Microsoft Ignite Sessions #MSIgnite2020

Here are links to all the sessions for the Power Platform, Dynamics 365, and IoT.

Power Apps
https://powerapps.microsoft.com/blog/power-apps-at-microsoft-ignite-virtual-conference/
Power Automate
https://flow.microsoft.com/blog/power-automate-at-microsoft-ignite-virtual-conference/
Power Virtual Agents
https://powervirtualagents.microsoft.com/blog/power-virtual-agents-at-microsoft-ignite-virtual-conference/

Dynamics 365
https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/bdm/2020/09/15/your-guide-to-microsoft-business-applications-sessions-at-ignite-2020/

IoT
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/internet-of-things/iot-at-microsoft-ignite-2020/ba-p/1673323

Find me at Microsoft Ignite #MSIgnite

Find links to all my sessions on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/posts/juliansharp_msignite-activity-6713382679250776064-wg-9

Microsoft Ignite Intro to Tech Skills: Dynamics 365

This session is a 30 minute introduction to Dynamics 365 and how you can get started on your journey into skilling up for Dynamics 365 apps and discover the resources available to you.

There are three sessions in different time zones:

• LRN115 Tuesday
• LRN116 Wednesday
• LRN117 Wednesday

Check out the Learning Zone https://myignite.microsoft.com/learning-zone for more skilling sessions and workshops

PS Take part in the Cloud Skills Challenge to earn a free exam voucher https://aka.ms/IgniteCloudSkillsChallenge

Microsoft Ignite Learn Workshop: Work with external data in a Power Apps canvas

On Thursday 24 I will be on the chat answering questions and assisting on the Microsoft Learning workshop, Work with external data in a Power Apps canvas.

This is a guided online workshop using material from Microsoft Learn https://aka.ms/Learn/PowerAppsExternalData

Sign up at https://myignite.microsoft.com/sessions/80a76dc5-8cf3-4ef9-bb8d-d3bfdaf98d4d

Check out the Learning Zone https://myignite.microsoft.com/learning-zone

PS Take part in the Cloud Skills Challenge to earn a free exam voucher https://aka.ms/IgniteCloudSkillsChallenge

Microsoft Ignite Learn Workshop: Shape data in a Power Apps canvas app

On Wednesday 23 I will be on the chat answering questions and assisting on the Microsoft Learning workshop, Shape data in a Power Apps canvas app.

This is a guided online workshop using material from Microsoft Learn https://aka.ms/Learn/PowerAppsShapeData

Sign up at https://myignite.microsoft.com/sessions/df7c7313-e055-4132-bd98-8f228958e3bb

PS Take part in the Cloud Skills Challenge to earn a free exam voucher https://aka.ms/IgniteCloudSkillsChallenge

Microsoft Ignite Table Talk: The Dynamics Community in action

Table Talks are scheduled 30 minute Microsoft Teams meetings for the community to connect face-to-face.

One of the best things about Ignite isn’t the sessions but the organic conversations you have while walking the hallways.

As Ignite is virtual Talk talks are a way to meetup and have those valuable discussions. Come and meetup with Alex Chandiwana, Stefano Demiliani, Mohamed Mostafa, Antti Pajunen, myself Julian Sharp and 300 others members of the community on Wednesday 23rd at 5AM PT/1PM BST. Make sure you RSVP to reserve your place.

We will be using questions and topics added to the Microsoft Tech Community page for this table talk. To see the questions and topics , or if you want to ask a question of your own go to https://aka.ms/TableTopic/BusinessApplications.

You can find the table talk in the Connection Zone https://myignite.microsoft.com/community-connect and search for CON188. The direct link is https://myignite.microsoft.com/sessions/51060721-3dc7-40d2-9775-35962db68982.

PS Take part in the Cloud Skills Challenge to earn a free exam voucher https://aka.ms/IgniteCloudSkillsChallenge

Microsoft Ignite Table Talk: How Learning changes careers

Table Talks are scheduled 30 minute Microsoft Teams meetings for the community to connect face-to-face.

One of the best things about Ignite isn’t the sessions but the organic conversations you have while walking the hallways.

As Ignite is virtual Talk talks are a way to meetup and have those valuable discussions. Come and meetup with Ed Baker, Salman Chishti, Tiago Costa, Gareth Jones, myself Julian Sharp and 300 others members of the community on Wednesday 23rd at 7:15AM PT/3:15PM BST. Make sure you RSVP to reserve your place.

We will be using questions and topics added to the Microsoft Tech Community page for this table talk. To see the questions and topics , or if you want to ask a question of your own go to https://aka.ms/TableTopic/Learning.

You can find the table talk in the Connection Zone https://myignite.microsoft.com/community-connect and search for CON203. The direct link is https://myignite.microsoft.com/sessions/98dbbae8-6cb7-469c-a145-e55b51bdac69.

PS Take part in the Cloud Skills Challenge to earn a free exam voucher https://aka.ms/IgniteCloudSkillsChallenge

Forms Pro is now Customer Voice

Gathering feedback for Dynamics 365 via surveys that had an interesting history.

It started with Microsoft purchasing the IP to Mojo Surveys, which became the Voice of the Customer product provided with Dynamics 365.

Voice of the Customer was deprecated in 2019 (and removed at the end of June 2020) to be replaced by Microsoft Forms Pro.

Now Forms Pro is , in the words of Microsoft, transitioning to Dynamics 365 Customer Voice.  If you are using Voice of the Customer, you will be migrated to Customer Voice in the next few weeks; you may have seen the entity names change to Customer Voice.

To learn more about Customer Voice see the documentation at https://docs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/customer-voice/help-hub and the training available on Microsoft Learn https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/paths/create-surveys/.

Field Service Bootcamp 2020

If you are interested in Dynamics 365 Field Service sign up for this combined product team and community event. There are three days of workshops plus a day full of sessions.

Details below. I will be speaking on the Saturday on Dynamics 365 Field Service mobile Power App and comparing with the Field Service mobile and rolling your own canvas app.

• Wednesday August 12th – Advanced scheduling for Field Service scenarios workshop
• Thursday August 13th – Inspections and Dynamics 365 Field Service mobile Power App workshop
• Friday August 14th – Utilizing Remote Assist for Field Service scenarios workshop
• Saturday August 15th –  Field Service Community Conference

Register on the event’s website https://events.powercommunity.com/field-service-bootcamp-2020/

Preparing for the Dynamics 365 Marketing MB-220 exam

The Dynamics 365 Marketing exam, MB-220, it one of my favourite exams and along with Field Service, my favourite courses to teach as you learn so much from the delegates who attend.

The exam covers a lot of topics:

• Configure marketing applications (5-10%)
• Manage segments and lists (10-15%)
• Create and manage marketing forms and pages (10-15%)
• Manage leads (10-15%)
• Create and manage marketing emails (10-15%)
• Manage customer journeys (15-20%)
• Manage events and webinars (10-15%)
• Configure and analyze customer responses (10-15%)

Preparing for the exam will really get you into how Marketing really works. Marketing is a complex app with a lot of features.

I have created a collection of Microsoft Learn modules to help you prepare for the exam. Please take a look at my MB-220 collection.

You can download the full list of skills measured from https://docs.microsoft.com/learn/certifications/exams/mb-220