The MSDW Podcast, April 25, 2016: Microsoft Dynamics MVPs on Trends Impacting the MVP Program, MPN, Madeira, MSFT Earnings

Two Dynamics GP MVPs - er, that's Business Solution MVPs - weigh in on the changing MVP program, Project Madeira, MPN cloud competencies and more.

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It has been six months since Microsoft rebooted the MVP program to be more regional, and less solution-specific. What do MVPs think of that? How is it working?

Two MVPs will tell us. They are Mariano Gomez, a senior software developer with Mekorma, and Mark Polino, director of client services with Fastpath.

They also weigh in on -

• Madeira. How does it sit in the Dynamics family? What's the partner opportunity, and how relevant is it to Dynamics NAV or Dynamics GP customers?
• MPN Competencies. Microsoft is doing away with 12 partner competencies and replacing them with cloud competencies. Is this a boon or a burden for partners?
• Microsoft Q3 2016 earnings. They were, frankly, a little soft and short of marks. But how did Dynamics and cloud earnings stack up? And when will the company shake the Windows Phone albatross? (Should it?)

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