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Improving Optimization?
Improving Optimization? The traditional steps of Optimization: 1. Eliminate 2. Automate or 3. Delegate What if we added a missing element? Simplify....
Unit tests for Dataverse plugins?
Unit tests for Dataverse plugins? I must admit, I almost never write unit tests for Dataverse plugins. Plugins are often quite simple, testing them...
New Dynamics 365 browser extension
New Dynamics 365 browser extension I'm trying out the new -Power Roles- extension and it looks very promising. You browse to a Dynamics 365 (or...
SpecFlow: Great concept, flawed execution.
SpecFlow: Great concept, flawed execution. SpecFlow, a BDD framework designed to make writing scenarios a breeze for requirement analysts. The...
What if…? Production has a Staging slot.
What if...? Production has a Staging slot. Staging or QA environment needs to be the same or as close to production as it can be. Preferably, you...
UUID v7 coming in .NET 9
UUID v7 coming in .NET 9 For those that didn't know, you can create Guids in different ways (algorithms). System.Guid supports UUID v4...
Unlock the power of .NET’s latest collection types!
Unlock the power of .NET's latest collection types! Here's a guide for when to best use the new Readonly, Immutable, and Frozen collections. You...
💡Tip: Convert FetchXml to a Query expression
💡Tip: Convert FetchXml to a Query expression Have you had a situation where you have a FetchXml query, but you needed to inspect, tweak, or extend...
Microsoft is going to block unmanaged solutions in Production 🚫
Microsoft is going to block unmanaged solutions in Production 🚫 I hear this argument a lot when debating unmanaged vs managed 🔄 That MS will do this...
ReadOnlySet<T> is coming in .NET 9
ReadOnlySet is coming in .NET 9 Say goodbye to issues with IReadOnlySet interface. No more casting back to mutable sets or creating custom read-only...
External authentication with Dataverse ServiceClient
For a while now we can use the new Dataverse ServiceClient that replaced the old CrmServiceClient. It has three big improvements: Works for .NET 5.0...
Visual Studio only runs on Windows.
Visual Studio only runs on Windows. I hear this argument a lot when comparing C# with other programming languages. I don't understand this argument....
What if…? Source control is built into Dataverse.
What if...? Source control is built into Dataverse. Microsoft is focusing on building ALM pipelines into the platform and blocking unmanaged...
The case against managed solutions in Production environment.
The case against managed solutions in Production environment. How many times is Development or the Golden environment out-of-sync with the...
Everyone got ALM wrong in Dynamics 365 / Dataverse
For ages, we've been ferociously encouraging the integration of developer practices, such as source control and ALM, into the Dynamics 365/Dataverse...
Unit testing is overrated.
Unit testing is overrated. I don't think that unit testing is as important as people make it out to be. Is it something that is required for junior...
Scrum conceals bad teams.
Scrum conceals bad teams. Far too often, we confuse Scrum with a magic wand that transforms any team into a high-performing 'dream team'. It's...
🚀 Process Automations in Microsoft Loop!
🚀 Process Automations in Microsoft Loop! Now you can create Power Automate-backed rules to streamline repetitive tasks in your Loop table. See...
You don’t control the truth in Production!
You don't control the truth in Production! Now a days multiple teams/projects are working on the same Dataverse production environment. So thinking...
Remy van Duijkeren
Power Platform Automator
I help businesses automate and integratie Dynamics 365 and Power Apps.