Japan Power Platform Community Introduction

Japan Power Platform Communities Activity Introduction

About Me (on Business) Ryota Nakamura BizOptimars Co., Ltd. CEO/Co-Founder - Career - ・System Design and Consultation of Financial institutions ・Cloud migration for Customer’s systems ・Microsoft 365 implementation proposal and education ・Power Platform implementation proposal and education ・Planning and enlivening customer’s business improvement communities - Article - - Writing・Supervision - - Award ・Microsoft MVP（Most Valuable Professional） Business Applications (2020-2025) BizOptimars Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

About Me (on Community) りなたむ (Rinatamu) Microsoft MVP Business Applications (2020-2025) Cacoo Accelerator (Ambassador) Create of Power Platform related videos and support and manage IT communities. Also create citizen developers and advise on career changes. ◇Management Communities ・Japan Power Platform User Group ・Japan Power Apps User Group Osaka ・CMC_Meetup Osaka (※CMC=Community Marketing Community) Rinatamu_ITDR Rinatamu_Bike @rinatamu_bike www.rinatamu.fun BizOptimars Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

Japan Power Platform Communities 2024/9/9 BizOptimars Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. 4

“A lot of” Power Platform Communities in Japan General Power Platform Communities • Product-driven Communities. Branch Power Platform Communities • Communities outside of Tokyo. Unique Power Platform Communities • Theme-driven communities, such as games, musical instruments and more. Individual Power Platform Communities • Communities organized by individuals. 2024/9/9 BizOptimars Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. 5

General Power Platform Communities Japan Power Platform Community Day1 Workshop 2024/9/9 Day2-3 Main Event Day4 Hackathon BizOptimars Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. OnSite : 312 OnLine : 1229 6

General Power Platform Communities Japan Power Apps User Group / LogicFlow-ja (Azure Logic Apps / Power Automate) / Power Automate for desktop Meetup 2024/9/9 BizOptimars Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. 8

General Power Platform Communities Japan Power BI User Group 2024/9/9 BizOptimars Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. 9

Branch Power Platform Communities and Events Japan Power Apps UG in Hiroshima Japan Office365 UG in Fukuoka Global Power Platform Bootcamp Sapporo Low-code tool Meetup of Saga Microsoft Base Sendai Power Platform UG 758 (Nagoya) 2024/9/9 Japan Power Apps UG in Osaka 10

Unique Power Platform Communities “Japan Power Platform Game Builders” This User group focus on Game Production using the Power Platform. 2024/9/9 BizOptimars Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. 11

JPPGB Creating Contest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw7dDvRgK1s 2024/9/9 BizOptimars Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. 12

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw7dDvRgK1s

You can get of JPPGB Creating Contest entry Games!! Get Games and Try it 2024/9/9 BizOptimars Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. 13

Unique Power Platform Communities “Japan Power Apps Orchestra” This User Group who perform music instruments apps using of created by Power Platform. and… music instrument apps will also create. 2024/9/9 BizOptimars Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. 14

Microsoft Business Applications Summit 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDmKEf_h1uo 2024/9/9 BizOptimars Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. 15

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDmKEf_h1uo

Japan Power Platform Conference 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtLOQ13kIYQ 2024/9/9 BizOptimars Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. 16

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtLOQ13kIYQ

Individual Power Platform Communities Many others… 2024/9/9 BizOptimars Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. 17

Community Event Activity output using X! Community members post event summary, impressions etc.. on X. and post summary publish to togetter. In this way, the excitement of the community can be spread using social networking sites 2024/9/9 BizOptimars Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. 18

Collaboration w/s Non-Microsoft Communities 2024/9/9 BizOptimars Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. 19

Problem of not enough speakers 2024/9/9 BizOptimars Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. 20

-2019 Early Power Platform communities in Japan were only General Power Platform communities. Therefore, although the number of participants gradually increased, speakers was small and often the same people always spoke. MVPs / Microsoft Employee and small community members Same people again… 2024/9/9 BizOptimars Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. 21

Tokyo only… Most of the events were held in Tokyo, making it difficult for people outside the Kanto region to attend. 2024/9/9 BizOptimars Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. 22

2020 2024/9/9 BizOptimars Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. 23

COVID-19 2024/9/9 BizOptimars Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. 24

Onsite only → Online only The pandemic made it impossible to hold the event onsite, which is why it is being held online. Microsoft Teams Speaker Speaker Zoom 2024/9/9 BizOptimars Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

Indifferent to location Now that it is an online event, community members outside the Kanto region can easily participate. 2024/9/9 BizOptimars Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. 26

Events can be opened easily Compared to onsite, online events are easier to open and more events was being held. 1 ~ 3 months 2024/9/9 1 Day ~ 1 month BizOptimars Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. 27

Birth of new communities As events became easier to open, new communities were born. And because it was easier to make presentations in the fledgling community, the number of speakers also increased. More than 1000 members community Less than 100 members community 2024/9/9 BizOptimars Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. 28

Gain experience in speaking engagements Environment The establishment of community where people can easily take the stage has created an environment where speakers can gain experience scheme has been created. General Branch/Unique Individual 2024/9/9 BizOptimars Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. 29

Then Now… The number of speakers increased significantly, partly due to the increased awareness of the Power Platform, but even more so due to the formation of an environment that made it easier for people to speak at the event. 2019 2023 Attendee 108 Speaker 6 2024/9/9 Attendee 1000+ Speaker 30+ BizOptimars Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. 30

In-House Power Platform Community 2024/9/9 BizOptimars Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. 31

Outsourced Development to In-House Production In the midst of intensifying competition with other countries, Japanese companies are placing the highest priority on improving operational efficiency, and there is growing momentum to shift from outsourced system development to in-house production. Rank Total economic conditions Government Efficiency Business Efficiency Infrastructure Japan Gov. DX Report ~ Overcoming the IT systems “2025 cliff” and full-scale deployment of DX ~ Japan Gov. Japan's International Competitiveness in the WEF International Competitiveness Ranking

Formation of In-House community The growing demand for in-house production among Japanese companies has created momentum for the formation of In-House communities. Learn / Development In-House Community Survey / Discussion Presentation / Publish

In-House Community are also Community In-house communities also incorporate the same mechanisms as public communities to create opportunities for the formation and dissemination of collective knowledge. Q&A Support Publish Case 2024/9/9 Presentation / Workshop / Hackathon BizOptimars Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. 34

Inter-company collaboration connected by In-House communities By connecting the internal communities of each company, a venue is formed where further collective knowledge. Kansai Region Kanto Region Attendee Company : 90 Attendee Member : 250 2024/9/9 BizOptimars Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. 35

In-House Community to Public Community Members who continue to presentation in the In-House community will also take the stage in the public community, creating a workforce that is more capable of spontaneously improving their work. 2024/9/9 BizOptimars Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. 36

Community Feedback Loop Japan's unique community formation and development has led to the use of communities within and among companies and even playing a role in improving business operations. I believe that keeping these community activities cycles moving is an extremely important factor for the future, and as a “Microsoft MVP”, I would like to continue to support them. 2024/9/9 BizOptimars Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. 37