Adam Cogan talks about some exciting new developments with Power Apps, Azure SQL, the new Microsoft Teams interface, Apple Watch helping in the fight against COVID-19, and more!

00:00 – Introduction – welcome to 2021!

00:24 – Power Apps turning emails into mobile notifications

01:21 – Reference: Power Apps new naming: https://youtu.be/SU910ZzDp7M

02:03 – Azure SQL server and COVID-19’s effect on growth

03:34 – Microsoft Teams gets a new interface

04:27 – Surface Pro “leaked images” and chip set

05:47 – Apple Watch helping in the fight against COVID-19!

06:48 – Jack Ma makes a public appearance

07:33 – Elon Musk’s new title and Tesla going out of control

10:03 – Trump vs. The Tech industry

About the speakers

About the speakers

Adam Cogan

Adam Cogan blogs at adamcogan.com and interviews for SSW TV frequently. He is the Chief Architect at SSW, a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner specializing in custom enterprise .NET and Azure solutions mostly using Angular and React. His solutions also involve Office365, SharePoint, Dynamics 365, and Power BI.

In addition to being a Microsoft MVP in Azure DevOps, Adam is one of only 3 Microsoft Regional Directors in Australia. In this role, he regularly presents in conferences such as TechEd (USA, Australia, New Zealand, Europe and Malaysia). A couple of times a year, he visits Microsoft headquarters in Seattle to learn the latest on Microsoft strategic directions and to undertake training in development technologies. His favourite Microsoft teams that he loves to work with are Nat Friedman’s GitHub and Azure DevOps team, James Phillips’ Power BI team, and Jeff Teper’s SharePoint team.

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