MSDynamicsWorld podcast episode
If you have been working in the Microsoft Dynamics CRM and ERP ecosystem, you will surely have come across the MSDynamicsWorld.com site. This independent online publication has been operating since 2008 and I’ve had the pleasure to have my writings and thoughts published on the site many times in the past.
It had been a long time since the last time, though. When MSDW editor Jason Gumpert reached out to me recently, I was delighted to get a chance to appear on the MSDW podcast. The episode has just now been published and you can listen to it on your favorite podcast platform - or directly on the MSDynamicsWorld podcasts page.
Here’s some background information for the listeners:
Jukka Niiranen is a former Microsoft MVP and a current Power Platform expert, offering his services through his own firm and sharing his views regularly on social media and in his newsletter. On this episode, Jukka joins us to talk about how his career has evolved, his current work, his technology outlook, and a few hints at his upcoming licensing session at DynamicsMinds 2025 (where MSDW is a media partner).
Jukka's career has evolved in the last decade from a consulting role with a Microsoft partner to founding a services firm to now opening his own consultancy. He also recently made the decision to end his 11-year streak as a Microsoft MVP and we discuss that experience. And Jukka shares some context on how the evolution of Microsoft Business Applications has shaped his advice to clients regarding AI, Power Platform, D365 apps, and more.
Show notes (with YouTube links):
1:00 - Jukka's professional history, including his newest venture and the transition from CRM to Power Platform and low code advisory Clients in the low-code world are not exactly the same as CRM decision makers
4:30 - The emergence of Microsoft's low-code vision with the components that became Power Platform
7:30 - The ongoing separation in the Power Apps community between CRM-based and dev-based
15:15 - What Jukka has learned from looking at Microsoft's Ideas sites
17:15 - Experience after retiring his MVP status
26:30 - How Jukka's views in writing and advisory work overlap
28:00 - Jukka's presentation on Power Platform licensing at DynamicsMinds 2025
34:30 - What kind of AI conversations is Jukka having with customers today
43:45 - Security and governance issues as it relates to AI in enterprise software
49:00 - About Jukka's newsletter, Perspectives Plus
