Lessons from a high-ROI cloud transformation journey…

Investing in building your own people’s capabilities A bottom-up approach to changing skills and mindsets Making agile work in a practical way Building security into everything Boosting productivity and capabilities Building value with business ….. Lessons from a high-ROI cloud transformation journey #cloudcomputing #informationtechnology #digitaltransformationstrategy #digitaltransformations #changemanagement #innovatio n#technology #digitaltransformation #digital

June 28, 2021 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
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Bring your pro devs and business together to build apps fast

As the eBook tagline says ” Bring your pro devs and business together to build apps fast”. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/guidance/fusion-dev-ebook/ Simple and an easy implementation approach for the Microsoft’s low-code / no-code application development experience for the Citizen developer (in fact should apply to every developer). https://lnkd.in/gU5aGy2#azure #microsoft #cloud #devops #developer #development #experience #powerapps #powerplatform #dataverse #webapi#changemanagment […]

May 27, 2021 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
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Canvas apps to Model driven apps experience and considerations

Canvas apps to Model driven apps experience and considerations in a OnePager…..   #digitaltransformation #businessapplications #workflowautomation #integrations #cloudsolutions #cloudcomputing #onepager canvasapps #modeldrivenapps #d365 #dynamics365

June 5, 2019 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
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New! Dynamics 365 Virtual Agent for Customer Service is available for preview

Dynamics 365 Virtual Agent.. So, the new cloud service which was announced in the public preview in April 2019 is now available (still in preview). It goes without saying, so easy to develop and deploy the virtual agent / bot, I actually did one within 15 minutes…. no boundaries on what you can do with […]

June 5, 2019 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
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Microsoft Flow to Logic Apps : Experiences compared

Summarising the Microsoft Flow to Logic Apps experience in a #OnePager….   #digitaltransformation #cloudcomputing #cloudsolutions #microsoftflow #businessapplications #logicapps #azure #office365 #integrations #workflowautomation #onepager PS: Elements and parameters like security, governance, application lifecycle management etc… are not covered in the One Pager.

April 15, 2019 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
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Architecture: Planning for a Cloud Solution–The Journey

As shared on LinkedIn…. #digitaltransformation #architecture #cloudcomputing #growthmindset #changemanagement #productivity #cloudsolutions #coe #collaboration #businessandmanagement The Cloud Solution Architecture journey (multi-directional) stages and activities simplified in two diagrams: The Stages…..Direct, Change/Transform and Operate. And the high level details around the Sub-stages and related Activities to explore during the journey (for each stage) ….   https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/architecture-planning-cloud-solution-journey-rahul-desai/

January 24, 2019 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
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Top Partner Product Questions

  Review the top product questions asked by Partners during the presales and deployment phases of their customer projects – including deployment, configuration, demos, migration, value proposition, and licensing Top Partner Product Questions

May 22, 2018 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
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Continuous integration and deployment using Data Factory | Microsoft Azure

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/continuous-integration-and-deployment-using-data-factory/

April 9, 2018 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
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Azure Services and status…

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/status/

April 4, 2018 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
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Additional Microsoft Cloud regions for Canberra…

List of services available for the 2 new Central (Canberra) regions can be searched at the link : https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/global-infrastructure/services/ Here is how it looks at this day: Additional Links to the announcement: http://www.canberratimes.com.au/national/public-service/microsoft-cloud-targets-critical-government-business-in-canberra-20180329-h0y4f1.html https://www.crn.com.au/news/microsoft-launches-azure-cloud-regions-in-canberra-488070  https://news.microsoft.com/en-au/2017/08/14/microsoft-first-offer-azure-cloud-regions-australian-government/ https://www.itnews.com.au/news/microsoft-switches-on-azure-in-canberra-488067 https://itbrief.com.au/amp/story/microsoft-announce-availability-2-new-azure-regions-canberra/ https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2018/04/microsoft-launches-new-azure-region-for-government-and-critical-infrastructure/

April 2, 2018 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
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