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🌅 Good morning! Ever wondered what a day in the life of a foreigner in Malaysia looks like? Here's a sneak peek into my daily routine: ☕ Morning rituals: Wake up to the sound of the azan (Muslim call to prayer), followed by a quick swim, bringing my son to daycare,...
Why is the Power App Team not focusing more on the core features? Recently Pipelines feature was released. My first reaction was looks nice, but why? Why put so much effort into an edge feature, which is 'solved' already by the community. Why not put this effort to...
Are you still running on Azure Functions v1? Do you do this to run .NET Framework code? Since the end of last year, Azure Functions v4 supports .NET Framework 4.8 in isolated mode. So now would be a suitable time to upgrade, before Microsoft marks v1 as End-Of-Life.
Powerful segmentation is coming to Dynamics 365 Sales. When you are running marketing campaigns and leads are coming more than you can handle you get the desire to segment them. Now you can create segments and classify your leads. You can do this manually or...
Regions in C# is an anti-pattern or code smell. When I review, I sometimes see a class that looks decent. Then I open the #region sections and it becomes a big giant monster. If you think code should be in a #region because it's a separate step or thing, it should be...
Good naming of your methods can solve a lot of customer issues. I use NServiceBus as messaging framework in dotnet. I was using a method of this framework, which wasn't doing what I was expected. NServiceBus uses a UnitOfWork pattern when sending messages. I was using...
When Buying vs Building logic doesn't work... When I paid salary to my employees, signing up for a service for €50/month feels insignificant. When I work as freelancer, I would rather spend 8 hours coding instead of buying a €5/month service😂. It is easy to give...
Vertical tabs have arrived in OneNote (2016, the classic Windows app). When the new OneNote for Windows came out, I liked the simplicity. The 'classic' OneNote had so many features to accommodate everyone, that it became cluttered. One of the simplicities was the...
Last week a customer wanted to edit directly in a view in a model-driven Power App. They needed to quickly set the attendance for the students. Opening each record to set if someone is present or absent would be a hassle. This not possible by default in model-driven...
"Culture is what people do when no one is looking" This statement feels so true to me. Culture is not something that is imposed by external rules or norms. It is something that emerges from the inner values and beliefs of individuals and groups. Culture is the...
Don't just 'do' to do. Anything you do repeatedly should be improved, automated, or questioned & removed.
The marketing team of Microsoft really likes renaming and rebranding products. The evolution of the Dynamics logo: 2009-2012 2012 - 2016 2016 - 2021 2021 - Today Dit I miss any?
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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).
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