by The CRM Chap | Dec 27, 2020 | Microsoft Dataverse, Power Apps, Power BI, Power Platform, Power Virtual Agents
PL-400 is now officially upon us, having been released from beta a few weeks ago. With this in mind, now is as good a time as any to kick off a new blog series, dedicated to providing a set of revision notes for the exam. In the first post, we look at how to validate requirements and design a technical architecture using the Power Platform.
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 | Aug 2, 2020 | Customer Engagement, Dynamics 365, Microsoft Dataverse, Power Apps, Power Platform, Visual Studio
We're back once more with another post in my MB-400 revision note series! And, this time around, we dive into the many capabilities that plug-ins can deliver for developers after tools such as Power Automate or Business Rules have been fully exhausted.
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.
by The CRM Chap | Jun 14, 2020 | Customer Engagement, Dynamics 365, Enterprise, Microsoft Dataverse, Power Apps, Power Platform
We are back once again with my MB-400 revision notes series! In this post, we round off our discussions relating to user interfaces by discussing command buttons and how to work with them via the Ribbon Workbench.
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…
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