Sessions
Talks and workshops for Power Platform and Dynamics 365. Come hang out, take what's useful.
Upcoming
Paws, Plans, and Prototypes: Rapid App Design with Power Apps
Where: Community Summit North America · Gaylord Opryland Resort
When: October 11-15, 2026 · 60-minute breakout
What I'll try: A paws-on look at rapid prototyping in Power Apps using an animal shelter scenario. I'll build the same shelter management concept twice, once with Power Apps Plan Designer and once with the Power Apps vibe experience, to show how each starting point accelerates the path from idea to app. The audience helps steer the prototype in real time, with feedback shaping intake tracking, adoption workflows, and day-to-day care monitoring as the build comes together. Whether you're a seasoned maker or just dipping your paws in, you'll leave with a clearer sense of which approach fits your next project.
Track: Development & Architecture
Sign up: View session on connect.summitna.com (opens in new tab)
Power Platform & D365 CE in GCC: Build Smart, Stay Compliant, Move Fast
Where: Community Summit North America · Gaylord Opryland Resort
When: October 11-15, 2026 · 60-minute breakout
With: Will McLendon
What we'll cover: GCC, GCC High, and Azure Government are powerful platforms, and succeeding on them means understanding how Power Platform and Dynamics 365 CE behave in those environments from the start. Feature availability, release cadence, connector support, licensing structures, and environment architecture all behave differently from their commercial counterparts. The teams that thrive are the ones who plan for those differences from day one.
Together, Will and I deliver a practical, pattern-based playbook for practitioners working in or moving toward government cloud tenants. We walk through what's available across GCC and GCC High today, how compliance frameworks like FedRAMP and CMMC shape architecture decisions, and how to structure environment strategy and governance to enable makers while honoring compliance posture.
Track: Administration · System Administration
Sign up: link coming soon
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Past
Mission Possible: Power Platform & Dynamics 365 CE in Government Clouds
Where: DynamicsCon · When: 2026
Government clouds can feel like a mission impossible, but they don't have to be. A practical look at how Power Platform and Dynamics 365 CE operate in GCC, GCC High, and Azure Government: what makes these environments unique, why they matter for compliance and security, and how to keep innovating without getting lost in complexity.
Covered: Commercial vs. GCC vs. GCC High differences · FedRAMP, ITAR, and CMMC impact on solution design · migration strategies for apps, data, and integrations · keeping agility without sacrificing security.
Take-home: a clear roadmap for building secure, compliant solutions that still empower innovation.
Slides: link coming soon
Pawsitive Tech: Innovating with Plan Designer
Where: DynamicsCon · When: 2026
A fur-tastic dive into Power Apps Plan Designer, now with vibes. I compared Plan Designer's powers with prompt-first building by designing an Animal Shelter Management system live, with the audience suggesting tweaks in real time.
Covered: tracking new paws · managing fur-ever homes · monitoring whisker wellness · using Plan Designer to shape a solution that fits a real-world need.
Format: Hands-on, with attendee feedback shaping the build as it happened.
Slides: View Pawsitive Tech 2026 slides on GitHub (opens in new tab)
Purrfecting Customer Service: A Cat's Guide to Dynamics 365
Where: DynamicsCon · When: 2025
A pawsitively engaging tour of Dynamics 365 Customer Service, with the feline friends taking the lead. I clawed my way through queues, basic and unified routing, and reports that keep purrformance on track, with live demos showing how it all comes together.
Covered: queue management · basic and unified routing · reports for purrformance · live demos of support workflows.
Take-home: friendly, practical patterns to help your customer service purr like a kitten.
Slides: View Purrfecting Customer Service 2025 slides on GitHub (opens in new tab)