Teams Put Their Microsoft Power Apps Skills to the Test in Week-Long Competition Global pandemics may be rare, but crises of all sizes affect business operations in unforeseen ways. Smart businesses are rising to the top, providing new tools and processes to support their employees coming back to work. And, after employees are back, additional […]
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Digital Innovation When It’s Needed Most the Theme of Microsoft Inspire’s Day 1 Keynotes
The COVID-19 pandemic was always likely to be a talking point at Microsoft Inspire. Microsoft didn’t shy away from it either, acknowledging immediately that this year was a little different. The keynote speakers on Day 1 of Inspire – Microsoft Corporate Vice President of Commercial Partners, Gavriella Schuster, Microsoft Executive Vice President of Worldwide Commercial […]
How to Set Your Theme in Microsoft’s Power Apps
You’re ready to dive deep into Microsoft’s Power Apps, but maybe wondering the easiest way to use color schemes throughout your app. You can make your code into more readable and maintainable in just a few easy steps. Themes help with consistency throughout your app and let you easily reference colors while designing. Not only […]
Building Modular Pipelines in Azure Data Factory using JSON data
Azure Data Factory (ADF) pipelines are powerful and can be complex. In this post, I share some lessons and practices to help make them more modular to improve reuse and manageability. Why Modular Pipelines? Pipelines are composed of activities, as the number of activities and conditions increases, the difficulty in maintaining the pipeline increases as […]
3 Cool Announcements From Microsoft Build 2020
I finally got a chance to attend Microsoft Build this year! Unfortunately, it was at the cost of a worldwide pandemic so I guess I shouldn’t be that excited about it. Typically, Build is held in-person with 15,000+ of your closest developer friends – it’s Microsoft’s big yearly showcase of all the innovation they’ve been […]
Perficient Named 2020 Microsoft Health Innovation Award Winner
We are honored to announce that we have been named by Microsoft the 2020 Microsoft Health Innovation Award winner in the category of Enable Personalized Care. The award recognizes healthcare organizations and technology solution partners that leverage Microsoft technology to provide innovative solutions to help enable personalized care, empower care teams, improve operational outcomes, protect […]
Talking Teams Integration at the Microsoft 365 Virtual Marathon
I am excited to announce that on Thursday May 28th at 10AM PST, I will be speaking at the Microsoft 365 Virtual Marathon alongside countless other Microsoft employees and MVPs. It’s a great honor to be able to present at this conference, which has had to pivot because of COVID-19. Traditionally, this conference would be […]
Microsoft 365 Virtual Marathon is Community Togetherness, Big-Tent Diversity, and Inclusion
In March, I was meeting with a group working on a conference that was designed to be a Microsoft MTC led event for Modern Workplace. We had a great team and some awesome speakers. Michael Gannotti and I kicked off the keynote with special callouts to Microsoft Teams usage on the front lines with virtual […]
Rising Above at the Microsoft 365 Virtual Conference Marathon
Our worldwide pandemic has hit everyone differently. Even within the same circles, people are handling and responding to these changes in different ways. I have found such strength and inspiration from the IT industry and our clients. Everyone has approached this challenge head-on. My professional community has provided such a grounding force by facing this […]
Why Azure Red Hat OpenShift Helps Developers Innovate
The following is the fourth and final in a series of blogs about how innovation is necessary for businesses – and how Azure Red Hat OpenShift, a managed offering from Microsoft and Red Hat, enables that innovation. In this fourth blog, we’re going to highlight how Azure Red Hat OpenShift helps developers focus on innovation […]
How Azure Red Hat OpenShift Simplifies Processes to Drive Innovation
The following is the third in a series of blogs about how innovation is necessary for businesses – and how Azure Red Hat OpenShift, a managed offering from Microsoft and Red Hat, enables that innovation. In this third blog, we’re going to go further in-depth about how exactly Azure Red Hat OpenShift enable innovation by […]
Preparing for Project Cortex and the Future of Knowledge Management
What if you had a Wikipedia of all of the topics that are being discussed at work? How would that change your productivity? Imagine a place that had an explanation for the acronyms, pages with information about the projects and processes at work linked to the experts, files, meetings. Imagine a way to navigate who […]