Welcome to Awkward Silence, where your hosts, Ashley Steiner and Ed Gonzales, dive deep into the world of Microsoft technologies. Focusing on the Power Platform, Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Business Applications, this podcast is your go-to source for all things tech. From the latest updates in business applications to valuable lessons learned in the field, Ashley and Ed cover it all. Tune in for insightful discussions, expert opinions, and sometimes, just a bit of awkward silences as they explore the ever-evolving landscape of Microsoft technologies.
Awkward Silence
Claim This Podcastby Ashley Steiner and Ed Gonzales
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16 episodes
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Welcome to Awkward Silence, where your hosts, Ashley Steiner and Ed Gonzales, dive deep into the world of Microsoft technologies. Focusing on the Power Platform, Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Business Applications, this podcast is your go-to source for all things tech. From the latest updates in business applications to valuable lessons learned in the field, Ashley and Ed cover it all. Tune in for insightful discussions, expert opinions, and sometimes, just a bit of awkward silences as they explore the ever-evolving landscape of Microsoft technologies.
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Recent Episodes
April 24, 2026
Outtake: The Great Continent vs. Island Debate
<p>This episode was definitely not on the agenda. What starts as a hot mic moment turns into an accidental deep dive on geography, maps that lie, and the very important question no one asked but everyone now cares about: why isn’t Australia an island?</p><p>Recorded during one of those moments when we forget we’re already recording, this cutting‑room‑floor clip captures peak Awkward Silence energy—complete with continents vs. islands, misleading maps, sunken continents, fake countries, and solid conspiracy vibes about Australia and New Zealand.</p><p>No big takeaways. No life lessons. Just curiosity, confusion, and the kind of conversation that absolutely explains why we should’ve hit stop… but didn’t.</p>
April 20, 2026
Exploring Sales Agents, Project Ops, and AI in Wave 1 2026
<p>Join us as we discuss Wave 1 updates relevant to Dynamics 365 and the Power Platform, focusing on Sales, Service, Power Apps/Dataverse, Project Ops, and Power Automate. On the Sales side, they highlight qualification, close, and research sales agents moving to GA, note FastTrack-enabled production access, question availability in Government Cloud, and debate whether sales agents will become as proactive as service agents. They emphasize that AI setup and evaluation criteria require significant effort and raise concerns about licensing and cost tradeoffs. For Dataverse/Power Apps, they call out restoring deleted records (admin-only, 30-day retention), generative pages going GA, added Copilot customization for summaries, view visualizations, and smart copy/paste. They also mention Project Ops time zone agnostic work to address inconsistencies across apps and scheduling boards. Power Automate items include restoring deleted flows, shared process license capacity, and an improved licensing dashboard.</p>
March 2, 2026
Caught a Vibe (dot Power Apps)
<p>In this episode, we unpack what vibe.powerapps.com (The Vibe Experience) actually is (and isn’t), how it compares to Plan Designer, and why it feels both exciting and a little off‑brand in the Power Apps world. From AI‑generated, React‑based custom apps to Dataverse‑only constraints, we talk through what Vibe produces, who it’s really for, and where functional consultants, makers, and pro‑code developers might collaborate—or completely check out. Whether you’re curious about Microsoft’s AI‑first direction, wondering if Vibe is the future (or just a fun preview experiment), or you just want to understand why everyone’s suddenly “caught a vibe,” this episode breaks it down with honesty, humor, and real‑world perspective.</p>
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