A daily newsletter about automation and eliminating friction.
Price's law: 50% of the work is done by the square root of the number of employees. So: If you have 10 employees, 3 do 50% of the work. If you have 100 employees, 10 do 50% of the work. If you have 10k employees, 100 do 50% the work. I think this law has some truth to...
Connections in Dynamics 365. Should we still use them? Connections are very flexible and could be an option for some use cases. But most of the time I don't recommend them. Why? The User eXperience is so horrible. Users don't get how it should work. The problem: It's...
Git's branching, a power and a menace. More branches? More chaos. The result - sluggish workflows, longer feedback loops, tiresome reviews, late deployments, complex merges. Following changes across multiple branches - a time stealer, a collaboration killer....
Decoding Git Branching: Less is More! Easy and powerful - that's Git branching for me. I went on a journey with GitFlow branching strategy only to realize its complexity and pivoted to GitHub Flow. Now I am even more extreme, with almost no branches, using Trunk-based...
The Magic of Marketing Automation. Are you tracking each customer interaction? 📝 Are you assessing predictable patterns and behaviors?📊 Or are you still relying on guesswork and intuitions? ❓ Remember, the key to an effective marketing campaign is understanding...
The Most Powerful Question in Tech? Ever 😮 wondered about the most 💪 powerful question you can ask during requirement analyses or bug fixing? Let me let you in on a secret, it's: 'Can you show me how you do that?' Witnessing 👀 how a user performs a task can showcase...
In technology, we often lose sight of the human equation. That seems counterintuitive for customer-based platforms, doesn't it? We talk so much about integration and automation in Dynamics 365, or any other system for that matter, but we spend comparatively little...
The Time-Consuming Reality of Business Process Integration Ever wonder why companies often hesitate to integrate their systems? From an outsider perspective, business process integration seems a no-brainer. It enables streamlined work operations, reduces redundancy,...
Whizzing through Dynamics 365 and Power Platform like a pro, even with zero experience—sounds like a pipe dream? Well, I’ve coached several developers from scratch, turning them into adept professionals in navigating Dynamics 365 and the Power Platform. The thrill in...
Think Dataverse has clinched the low-code/no-code title? Let's toss in a dollop of truth: Picturing a scenario with more than just rudimentary business rules... Envision sparking a Power Automate flow or kicking off a Custom Page from a mere button... Can you imagine...
The secret to marketing success? Integration and automation. 💡 Marketing departments worldwide are reaping the benefits of integrating their CRM with automation tools, such as Dynamics 365 and Power Automate. It's not just about having a good email marketing platform;...
Just blogged 📢: Early-Bound Classes in .NET 4.6.2 and 6.0. Love .NET strong types in Dataverse / Dynamics 365? Fan of generating Early-Bound Classes? But do you also want to use them in .NET 6.0 and beyond? Using the same generated classes in in Plugins (= .NET 4.6.2)...
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Microsoft Power Platform Advisor with over 25 years of experience in IT with a focus on (marketing) automation and integration.
Helping organizations with scaling their business by automating processes on the Power Platform (Dynamics 365).
Expert in Power Platform, Dynamics 365 (Marketing & Sales) and Azure Integration Services. Giving advice and strategy consultancy.
Services:
– Strategy and tactics advise
– Automating and integrating
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