by The CRM Chap | Jan 17, 2021 | DevOps, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Dataverse, Power Platform
As we continue my blog series all about Microsoft exam PL-400, we now turn to look at solutions and the various application lifecycle management (ALM) capabilities within the Power Platform, all of which can help us deliver more rapid, effective solutions. Read on to find out more!
by The CRM Chap | Jan 10, 2021 | AI + Machine Learning, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Dataverse, Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, Power Platform, Power Virtual Agents
Extensibility is one of the main advantages of the Power Platform and an area that Microsoft expects you to understand when tackling exam PL-400. As such, it's the focus of this next post in my revision notes series, as we round off our discussion concerning the first exam area.
by The CRM Chap | Nov 29, 2020 | Analytics, Databases, Microsoft Azure
Getting your head around Azure Synapse Analytics can be challenging, even for the most seasoned SQL Server professional. With that in mind, this blog post will jump into the two concepts that you need to understand - table distribution and index types.
by The CRM Chap | Nov 1, 2020 | DevOps, Dynamics 365, Microsoft Dataverse, Power Apps, Power Platform
Automation is key to any successful DevOps or Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) strategy. However, this can be difficult to achieve if the platform in question does not have the capability to support this. Fortunately, for the Power Platform, we have the tools available to perform some pretty amazing things…
by The CRM Chap | Sep 27, 2020 | Dynamics 365, Integration, Microsoft Azure, Office 365, Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, Power Platform, Visual Studio
Microsoft Ignite 2020 took place earlier this week, and there were oodles of new capabilities announced to make any Microsoft 365, Azure or Power Platform enthusiast happy. With this in mind, let's take a look at my top five announcements from the event.
by The CRM Chap | Sep 13, 2020 | Customer Engagement, Dynamics 365, Enterprise, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Dataverse, Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, Power Platform, Sales, Service
As we close out my blog series on exam MB-400, I thought it might be useful to compile all previous posts together into a single location. So if you've been following along or are joining for the first time, I hope this post is useful.
by The CRM Chap | Sep 6, 2020 | Databases, Dynamics 365, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Dataverse, Power Platform, PowerShell, Sales, Security, Service, SQL Server, Transact-SQL (T-SQL)
Today, we are looking at the final topic for the MB-400 exam – the Data Export Service - a convenient tool to use when performing simplistic integrations involving Dynamics 365 Online or the Common Data Service. What’s more, it’s dead easy to set up too...
by The CRM Chap | Aug 30, 2020 | Dynamics 365, Integration, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Dataverse, Power Platform
As we start getting to the end to my MB-400 revision notes series, we turn our attention to more obscure topics, involving events, Azure and Webhooks. Although this sounds scary when you first hear it, thankfully, their setup relies on a tool we should all be familiar with...
by The CRM Chap | Aug 9, 2020 | AI + Machine Learning, Customer Engagement, Dynamics 365, Microsoft Azure, Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Platform
So far in the MB-400 exam series, we've seen the variety of connectors available for Power Apps and Power Automate flows. For situations where you're working with a bespoke API, developers can use custom connectors to provide the same type of functionality and to extend the Power Platform further.
by The CRM Chap | Jul 26, 2020 | Dynamics 365, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Dataverse, Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, Power Platform
It's all change ahead once more when it comes to Microsoft Business Application certification! New exams are landing soon, and some of the currently available ones will be retired at the end of 2020. In this post, I'll dive in and evaluate some of the detail behind all this.
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