by The CRM Chap | Oct 18, 2020 | Customer Engagement, Dynamics 365, Microsoft Dataverse, Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, Power Platform, Project Service Automation
The Wave 2 2020 Business Applications release is upon us and, in true fashion, the community stepped up to deliver a whole event on the subject. It was a pleasure to be involved in this, and, today, I wanted to share my thoughts regarding the day.
by The CRM Chap | Apr 19, 2020 | Customer Engagement, Dynamics 365, Dynamics CRM, Enterprise, Field Service, Microsoft Dataverse, Power Apps, Power Platform, PowerShell, Project Service Automation, Sales, Service, Visual Studio
Power Apps Component Framework (PCF) controls are a new, shiny, thing that Power Platform / Dynamics 365 developers can work with. They are also a subject area within Microsoft exam MB-400. Therefore, in my next post on my series targeting this exam, let’s see how they work.
by The CRM Chap | Apr 12, 2020 | Customer Engagement, Dynamics 365, Dynamics CRM, Enterprise, Field Service, Microsoft Dataverse, Power Apps, Power Platform, Project Service Automation, Sales, Service
It's taken seven posts into my MB-400 developer's exam series for us to start talking about our first code related topic, client-side scripting using JavaScript or TypeScript. And, as we'll see, this is something you should only really resort to after thoroughly exhausting the capabilities within Business Rules…
by The CRM Chap | Mar 22, 2020 | Customer Engagement, Dynamics 365, Dynamics CRM, Enterprise, Field Service, Microsoft Dataverse, Power Apps, Power Platform, Project Service Automation, Sales, Service
Dynamics 365 and Power Platform developers should always use Business Rules over JavaScript / TypeScript form functions. Full stop. However, there are situations where the native capabilities within Business Rules are not up to scratch, such as when you start working with multi-select option set fields…
by The CRM Chap | Jan 19, 2020 | Customer Engagement, Dynamics 365, Enterprise, Power Apps, Power Platform, Project Service Automation, Sales, Service
For an exam like MB-400, which targets developers building code-heavy solutions targeting Dynamics 365 or the Power Platform, you'd expect Microsoft to skip a topic like Business Rules entirely. However, they are very much a feature you should use and fully understand.
by The CRM Chap | Jan 12, 2020 | Customer Engagement, Dynamics 365, Enterprise, Field Service, Microsoft Dataverse, Power Automate, Power Platform, Project Service Automation, Sales, Service
Traditionally, Dynamics CRM developers would find themselves constrained by the capabilities within traditional workflows. With some of the exciting innovations that Power Automate brings to the fore, it becomes possible to do some pretty amazing things, which is why they are a central topic for exam MB-400…
by The CRM Chap | Jan 5, 2020 | Customer Engagement, Dynamics 365, Enterprise, Field Service, Microsoft Dataverse, Power Apps, Power Platform, Project Service Automation, Sales, Service
In last week's post in my MB-400 exam series, we saw how you can use model-driven apps to build data-driven applications. The other type of Power Apps - canvas apps - throws this approach completely on its head, by providing a wholly tailorable visual and data access experience.
by The CRM Chap | Dec 29, 2019 | Customer Engagement, Dynamics 365, Enterprise, Field Service, Microsoft Dataverse, Power Apps, Power Platform, Project Service Automation, Sales, Service
It's week 3 in my series all about Microsoft Exam MB-400 and, this time around, we take a deep dive look into the various components that make up a model-driven Power App – with another instructional video to help you along.
by The CRM Chap | Dec 22, 2019 | Customer Engagement, Dynamics 365, Enterprise, Microsoft Dataverse, Power Apps, Power Platform, Project Service Automation, Sales, Service
It's the second week of my series focused on Microsoft Exam MB-400 and, in this weeks post, we're going to dive into some of the core, functional customisation topics within Power Apps and Dynamics 365 that you must have a good awareness of before tackling the exam.
by The CRM Chap | Dec 15, 2019 | Customer Engagement, Dynamics 365, Enterprise, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Dataverse, Power Apps, Power Platform, Project Service Automation, Sales, Service
Having sat the new exam for Dynamics 365 and the Power Platform now's as good a time as any to do another series providing revision notes for MB-400. In the first post, we dive deep into the theory behind creating a technical design involving the Power Platform.
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