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Do you really need TypeScript in Dataverse? Do you bring a tank to a Nerf gun fight? Most form scripts in PowerApps Model-Driven Apps are tiny: - Show/hide a field - Trigger a lookup filter - Or...
Working with more than one Power Platform or Dynamics 365 environment can quickly become a headache—especially when you're building a SaaS solution that needs to connect to many different customer...
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 want to restore a recent backup 💾 from Production as...
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 in the next couple of years. I've heard this for...
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 and up (.NET Core) Uses the newer MSAL.NET...
For ages, we've been ferociously encouraging the integration of developer practices, such as source control and ALM, into the Dynamics 365/Dataverse realm. The ultimate truth The revered 'Master...
💡 Tip: Get Formatted Values to your Web API response from Dataverse. We all know the drill - SDK and Power Automate users, you get the luxury of having formatted values by default. 👑 I'm a regular...
You like to use strong types in .NET when working with Dataverse / Dynamics 365? Are you into Early-Bound Classes? Generating entity classes? You can use CrmSvcUtil for this, but I personally like...
Mysterious 86% storage drop in Dataverse? 🤔 My customer has a lot of Email. Since beginning of this month we see a big drop in Database storage. Database storage - ActivityPointerBase table:🔻From...
6 features of Wave 1 2023 that caught my attention as an automation expert: ✅ Introduction of three new messages: CreateMultiple, UpdateMultiple, and UpsertMultiple. Optimizing bulk data operations....
5 ways to find data in Dataverse. How to find data in Datavers from simple to most powerful way: ✅ Dataverse Search In the middle on top there is a big Search bar, which is sometimes overlooked. It...
💡Tip: Is DefaultCommandLibrary blocking your deployments? Last week we had an issue deploying, because suddenly we had a dependency on a component library called DefaultCommandLibrary. Our quick fix...
Power Platform Architect
I help Dynamics 365 teams remove friction. Architecture, automation, and integrations that hold up.