Microsoft Business Application Partner Ecosystem with Carissa Allen

FULL SHOW NOTEShttps://podcast.nz365guy.com/77Professional and personal background Living in Fairbanks, Alaska – childhood, the Northern lights, appreciation for nature Travel experiences and favourite destinations Career journey and working in Microsoft What comes with the role of overseeing Business Application Partner Ecosystem, focusing around customer engagement Having a fresh look at how Sales is going within Microsoft Thoughts on how partners/practices that have traditionally done Dynamics based implementation are evolving moving forward Thoughts on Dynamics becoming broader and practices having mastery in different workloads What Microsoft Readiness is looking going forward and create a system of “drinking from the firehose” Changes in the way Microsoft Partner Network type function and what these changes are in the calendar year How Microsoft deals with Partners feeling of being abandoned by Microsoft after the Dynamics group was moved to Enterprise Women in technology, a roundtable discussion with women during Dynamics 365 Saturday in Scotland “All the Voices” — what inspired the piece and her thinking around it Thoughts on equality and inclusion in tech Thoughts on diversity and inclusion coming through STEM Books Mentioned“The Broken Earth Trilogy” by N. K. Jemisen  ResourcesERPMicrosoft Partner Network Microsoft ReadinessMicrosoft 365 Copilot Adoption is a Microsoft Press book for leaders and consultants. It shows how to identify high-value use cases, set guardrails, enable champions, and measure impact, so Copilot sticks. Practical frameworks, checklists, and metrics you can use this month. Get the book: https://bit.ly/CopilotAdoptionSupport the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith