Power Automate connectors were training wheels. That is not an insult. Training wheels are useful. They let you go somewhere you could not go without them. The question is whether you still need...
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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 treat every Dataverse environment like cattle?” If...
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 get the most out of the platform. 💡 Hiring a...
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 want to restore a recent backup 💾 from Production as...
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 realm. The ultimate truth The revered 'Master...
Cards as dialogs?
Canvas Apps and Custom Pages are low-code solutions. They are recommended as a replacement for Dialogs in Model-driven apps (like Dynamics 365). I personally think it isn't a good enough...
Power Platform Wave 1 2023
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....
Power Pages Secure?
Power Pages! They tell me it's easy and is very secure, it's built in! I am not fully convinced when I hear this. Why? Simple said: "Easy and Security don't mix". Making something more secure will...
Microsoft Lists? Or Power Lists?
Microsoft Lists are built upon (or evolution of) SharePoint Lists. The pack a lot of power - no pun intended. Shouldn't they be rebranded to Power Lists? Are they really used a lot for personal...
Creating Canvas apps as Dataverse solutions by Default
Nice that Canvas apps can now also automatically be added the Dataverse Default Solution (still called Common Data Services Default Solution 😉). See Creating canvas apps as Dataverse solutions...

Remy van Duijkeren
Power Platform Architect
I help Dynamics 365 teams remove friction. Architecture, automation, and integrations that hold up.





