Charles Lakes II, MCT
Creative Solution Architect, The II Lakes Group
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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Charles is a technical speaker and low-code advocate with a pro-code background. He has a passion for sharing his knowledge and experiences, solving complex problems, and engineering creative solutions. He actively helps organizations of all sizes modernize their business architecture and reimagine their legacy processes.
| Software Engineer Plus Ultra | Soufside
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Disorganized Noize: Data Therapy
Good data is necessary for any business to remain profitable. And obviously, we would assume that more data means more profitability. Right? Well, it does until it doesn’t. Once data has outlived its usefulness, it’s considered ROT and should ideally be purged from our systems because it’s likely costing us more money than it’s worth. Letting go of data is hard, so it’s okay to be a bit anxious about deleting anything. If you’re holding onto rotten data, let’s work together and explore these data attachment dependencies so we can properly leverage AI and automation.
Target Audience: CDO, CIO, IT Director; IT Engineer; Business Analyst;
Dataverse: Everything, Everywhere, Here and There
Are you still storing company app data in SQL Server? You should consider Microsoft Dataverse. It might be a better option for many of your low-code, Power Platform solutions. Other organizations are already using Dataverse and leveraging all of the Power Platform. Designed to be a secure, low-code data storage offering, Microsoft intends for it to help increase return on investment (ROI), better scale your in-house applications, and promote rapid innovation, even taking advantage of Microsoft Copilot. Let’s explore jumpstarting your team's productivity with Microsoft Dataverse.
Target Audience: IT Director; IT Engineer; Software Developer; Pro-Code Developer; Low-Code Developer; Database Administrator; Power User; Business Analyst;
Allow Me to Introduce Low-code
Microsoft's Power Platform is a no-code/ low-code approach to rapid development. While Python, C#, and TypeScript are great programming languages, and there are plenty of frameworks and libraries for each of them, high-code/ pro-code development isn't for everyone. In this session, we'll define no-code/ low-code, explore the developer deficit it helps to address, demonstrate how it increases return on investment (ROI), and review the skills you’ll need to get started, without a traditional developer's background, creating dashboards [Power BI], line of business apps [Power Apps], automations [Power Automate], and more, virtually eliminating your project backlog.
Target Audience: IT Director; Software Developer; Pro-Code Developer; Low-Code Developer; Power User; Business Analyst;
Come With Me If You Want to Innovate
Innovate, innovate, innovate. That is the directive of business leaders across industries for their organizations to remain relevant. Unfortunately, innovation requires change and change is typically hard for the well-established. Still, for the company to survive, they have no choice but to modernize their legacy processes and often reimagine their data architecture. Proper innovation happens with proper adoption, which ultimately requires full buy-in, so let's discuss how to get everyone onboard.
Target Audience: IT Director; IT Engineer; Software Developer; Pro-Code Developer; Low-Code Developer; Database Administrator; Power User;
.NET MAUI: One for All
Once upon a time, the Android, iOS, and Windows apps lived in harmony but independently. Because of this strict separation, dedicated dev teams were necessary for each native app that an organization wanted to bring to market, essentially doubling, if not tripling, their budgets for design, prototyping, development, testing, and ongoing maintenance. Hoping to address the skyrocketing costs, dev teams scoured the lands for cross-platform solutions. Microsoft, wanting to unite the apps, created .NET MAUI, their modern offering to build native Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android apps from a single, shared codebase. Join me as we chronicle .NET MAUI’s ability to save resources, time, effort, and money for all…
Target Audience: Software Developer; Pro-Code Developer; App Developer;
Citizen Architected Solutions
The Power Platform is Microsoft's "do more with less" collective of mobile-ready, low-code offerings. Paired with Microsoft 365 and its suite of SaaS offerings, the possibilities are practically endless for what non-developers can design and build for their remote teams. Are you interested in creating your own low-code service management system, employee recognition solution, or AI agent? Or simply, you would like to reduce monthly licensing costs for third-party applications? Well, you can, you should, and I'll show you how to get started.
Target Audience: CIO; Software Developer; Pro-Code Developer; Low-Code Developer; Power User; Business Analyst;
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