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Azure McFarlane

Azure McFarlane

MVP Business Applications MVP

Washington, Washington, D.C., United States

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Azure is a Senior Consultant at Hitachi in the Washington, DC area. Prior to joining tech consulting in 2022, she spent 9 years working in both clinical and commercial pharmaceutical manufacturing as a Bioprocess Engineer, discovering Power Automate in late 2019.

Passionate about people and hoping to assume her final form as a bot, she's on a mission to educate and enable more women and underrepresented racial groups into tech, one Flow at a time.

Area of Expertise

  • Manufacturing & Industrial Materials
  • Physical & Life Sciences
  • Information & Communications Technology

Women & Allies in Low Code Panel

This panel discussion focuses on Women and Allies in Low Code, shedding light on the experiences, contributions, and challenges women and their allies face in the low-code development space. Hosted by Emma Cooper, Principal PM, Power Apps, and April Dunnam, Principal Cloud Advocate. Join us as we explore how diversity, inclusivity, and collaboration can drive innovation and empower individuals to create impactful solutions using low-code platforms. Through diverse perspectives from Microsoft and the Community, this panel aims to inspire and foster an inclusive environment for all participants in the low-code community.

Why You Should be a Mentor

Mentorship can be the difference between going far, and going farther - wherever you are in life.

The greater Microsoft community has been an invaluable asset to many of us and by developing relationships with those around us, we've been able to receive guidance and support to reach our professional goals. On the other side, giving back via mentorship can be an incredibly rewarding experience.

This session will provide guidance for aspiring (or aspiring curious) mentors on why mentorship is important, the keys to successful relationships, navigating the challenges of said relationships, and personal anecdotes from the presenters who started where you are today.

Humans in IT Unite! A Panel on the Power of Allyship, Authenticity and Lifting Others Up

The path to a career in technology can be a beeline or a more meandering road. The tech industry is more diverse than ever, but there’s always more work to be done.

Our community and Microsoft panelists will talk about that person, place, or thing that helped them most in their careers, what allyship means to each of them, examples of where rising tides lift all boats, and what advice our panelists have on finding mentorship and community with others in the industry.

Each panelist will also share their origin story pre-Power Platform/pre-tech. Join moderator Heather Newman and our awesome panelists for some nuggets of inspiration, story sharing, and some homework.

Hitting a Home Run with Adaptive Cards and Power Automate

Adaptive cards are flexible, visually appealing, JSON based UI bits that can be used to display information or gather data from members of your organization across platforms.

Whether using Outlook or SharePoint, Teams or Viva, Android or iOS, these cards are a winning combination with Power Platform!

In this session we'll learn a few tips n tricks to building your first card to make you look like a pro, and showcase how one university implemented custom adaptive cards with Power Automate and other M365 services to streamline collegiate sports workout review to ensure student safety.

PowerUp With Power Automate

No coding experience? No problem! Join Azure in exploring Power Automate, Microsoft's low/no-code automation program. Increase productivity and communication while cutting down on manual processes and time waste.

Have it Your Way with RPA - At Home!

You've seen Power Automate Desktop in the workplace, but what about for personal use?

Join Azure for a beginner session on how to demystify RPA with some at-home use cases to power up your efficiency, so you can power down at the end of the day.

Intro to Power Automate

Crash course on how to build your first Power Automate flows using M365 tools (SharePoint, Teams etc.)

DynamicsCon LIVE Sessionize Event

May 2024 Denver, Colorado, United States

2023 Microsoft Power Platform Conference & Dynamics 365 CE Sessionize Event

October 2023 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

365 Power UP Saturday - Tampa Sessionize Event

November 2022 Tampa, Florida, United States

Come Cloud with Us User group Sessionize Event

October 2022

Power Platform Conference (Community Content) Sessionize Event

September 2022 Orlando, Florida, United States

Virtual Scottish Summit 2021 Sessionize Event

February 2021

Power Platform Community Conference Sessionize Event

October 2020

Start.Dev.Change

Start. Dev. Change. is a two-day virtual event for beginners that are looking to learn new development skills. This virtual event will feature sessions for introductory level code development and introduction to no code development tools with the Power Platform.

Our goal is to enhance your technical skills by setting you up for success with the right tools to help you improve in your current job, or prepare you to change careers and move into a technical role.

October 2020

Azure McFarlane

MVP Business Applications MVP

Washington, Washington, D.C., United States

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