Charles Lakes II
Creative Solution Architect
United States of America

Microsoft MVP BizApps | Creative Solution Architect @ The II Lakes Group

Charles is a technical speaker and low-code advocate with a pro-code background, specializing in transforming business data architecture. With a passion for innovation, he shares his expertise to solve complex business problems and guide organizations in reimagining their legacy processes, advancing automation initiatives, streamlining operations, and reducing infrastructure costs. | Software Engineer Plus Ultra | Middle-child | Soufside

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Let’s Data Model Your App: Microsoft Dataverse 101
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Are you creating solutions for the business, but still storing your data in SQL Server, SharePoint Online, Excel or even Access? If so, then it may be time to reevaluate and consider Microsoft Dataverse, the native data solution of the Power Platform. For most of your low-code projects and many pro-code initiatives, Dataverse is likely the better data storage offering. Built to be a secure, centralized data solution, Microsoft designed Dataverse to help organizations increase their return on investment (ROI), better scale their in-house applications, standardize their data models, and drive rapid innovation, with Copilot by your side. In this session, let’s dive into Microsoft Dataverse, (I) discover how to jumpstart your flex team's productivity, (II) build some scalable solutions, and (III) tackle your org's project backlog.

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Power Apps: Business Solutions for the Modern Enterprise
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Low-code is holding its own against, if not edging out pro-code and no-code development for today's modern, scalable, enterprise solutions. Power Apps, Microsoft's SaaS offering to design and build highly custom business apps, is a suite of services and connectors promoting rapid, feature-rich app development. In this session, we’ll explore how Power Apps (I) empowers non-devs, (II) welcomes pro-devs, (III) reduces infrastructure costs, (IV) tackles IT's project backlog, (V) drives process innovation, and (VI) democratizes business solution development.

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