MVP Insights: Renato Fajdiga on Telemetry, Consulting, & Business Central
Welcome to “MVP Insights,” a podcast that explores the universe, ideas, and opportunities of the brightest stars in the Microsoft business applications ecosystem.
In episode 64, Giuseppe Ianni talks with Renato Fajdiga, Head of Business Applications, Happening, Microsoft MVP, about his career journey, MVP involvement, telemetry, and his sessions at Community Summit North America.
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Key Takeaways
- Career reflections: Celebrating his 10 years of experience, Renato reflects on the start of his career journey as a NAV developer, which opened his eyes to the world of NAV and the ERP ecosystem. Eventually, he moved to consultancy with a partner company, then founded his own consulting company. Now, he’s working with Business Central, Power Platform, and Finance & Operations.
- Valuable contributions: His community-driven MVP journey began with him writing a blog. “Blogging was only for me,” he shares. For example, when he prepared a manual, he also published it on his blog. In a conference, Microsoft shared some of his blog posts. “I was very proud of myself,” he says. Recognition for sharing your technology passion and others finding value in your work is important.
- Telemetry: Renato has been doing telemetry courses for a few years. “In the Business Central world, you have a lot of new telemetry insights that you can find and a lot of new data that you can query,” he explains. In this space, he sees customers trying to control, especially if they have an internal tech team, and then the tech team can track what is happening on the telemetry side. He advises customers to use their technical teams for their benefit and learn how their users are using the system.
- Summit NA: At Community Summit North America, Renato will have two sessions. In his telemetry session for Business Central, “Telemetry in Dynamics 365 Business Central: How to Maximize Value for You and Your Clients,” he will be guiding users and consulting partners on how to set up the telemetry and explore real examples. In his second session, “Dataverse capabilities with Dynamics 365 Business Central,” he’ll cover how to use virtual entities and business events in Business Central, from standard capabilities to custom developments.
- Favorite Business Central feature: Renato highlights the data analysis mode as his favorite feature in Business Central and integration with Power BI. As he started his career as a report developer, he understands the struggles behind building reports. He appreciates features that enable users to optimize and make reporting easy for customers.
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