Stop naming your publisher after your company. Your customer owns the environment. Your customer owns the solution. Yet I still see this everytime:...
Stop naming your publisher after your company.
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Finally, a built-in way to edit the command bar in Dynamics 365!
Finally, a built-in way to edit the command bar in Dynamics 365! Remember when Microsoft promised we wouldn’t need Ribbon Workbench anymore? They...
Ever seen an ALM consultant treat your PROD like a cow?
Ever seen an ALM consultant treat your PROD like a cow? A few years back, someone in the Power Platform ALM world had a bright idea: “What if we...
My wife asked: “Managed solutions, why bother?”
My wife asked: "Managed solutions, why bother?" I shrugged and hit the docs. First of all, she is talking about our own in‑house tweaks here; ISV...
Just blogged 📢: The TypeScript Type Trap in Dynamics 365! 😎
Just blogged 📢: The TypeScript Type Trap in Dynamics 365! 😎 Do you really need TypeScript type generators for your Dynamics 365 forms? IntelliSense?...
The TypeScript Type Trap in Dynamics 365
Everyone loves IntelliSense. It’s comforting. It's helpful. It's... kinda overhyped? Especially when it comes to adding strong types for form fields...
Still targeting ES6 JavaScript in 2025?
Still targeting ES6 JavaScript in 2025? That's like debugging with Notepad. 📝 If you’re building JavaScript for Dynamics 365 CRM and still targeting...
In the past 10 years I have updated a lot of JavaScript in Dynamics 365 CRM.
In the past 10 years I have updated a lot of JavaScript in Dynamics 365 CRM. These are the 6 refactorings I always do: ✅ Adding executionContext to...
Confirmation Dialog when syncing Marketing Lists
You can synchronize Marketing Lists using the Spotler Connector from Dynamics 365 to Spotler. You do this by clicking on the Sync to Spotler button....
Tagging & Scoring
The Spotler Connector has been extended with new operations to do tagging & scoring of contacts in Spotler. You can use this to segment your...
Anonymize and Deactivate contacts
The Spotler Connector already supported Purging Contact from Spotler. We now have added two new operations to replace the Purge Contact operation,...
No need for a full-time Dynamics 365 developer? 🤔
No need for a full-time Dynamics 365 developer? 🤔 Power Platform is amazing for no-code/low-code solutions. ✨ But sometimes you need a developer to...
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...
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...
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...
What if…? Empty fields are hidden by default in Dynamics 365 CRM?
💭What if...? Empty fields are hidden by default in Dynamics 365 CRM? 🧐 Some other CRM's, like Hubspot, have this feature. When viewing the contact...
Timeline Bookmarks?
Timeline Bookmarks? I just noticed a new icon Bookmarks in the Timeline in Dynamics 365 (New Look). You can save your filters and give it a name...
Two-sync between Spotler and Dynamics 365 CRM
The connector only supported syncing from Dynamics 365 CRM to Spotler. It was not yet possible to synchronize changed contact information back to...
Early-Bound Classes for .NET 4.6.2 and 6.0
You like to use strong types in .NET when working with Dataverse / Dynamics 365? Are you into Early-Bound Classes? Generating entity classes? You...
86% storage drop in Dataverse
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....
Remy van Duijkeren
Power Platform Automator
I help businesses automate and integratie Dynamics 365 and Power Apps.