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 | Oct 25, 2020 | Dynamics 365, Microsoft Dataverse, Power Apps, Power Platform
When you start mixing and matching aspects of the Power Platform, you can sometimes stumble upon some odd behaviour. For example, working with entity image attributes from the Common Data Service within a canvas Power App can leave you wondering why your full image is not rendering...
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 | 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 16, 2020 | Dynamics 365, Microsoft Dataverse, Power Apps, Power Platform
When developers need to perform complex operations targeting the Dynamics 365 / Common Data Service platform, the Web API provides the best route, using well-established standards that support a variety of programming languages. It’s also a topic you need to be familiar with when tackling Microsoft exam MB-400.
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 | May 3, 2020 | Customer Engagement, Dynamics 365, Enterprise, Identity, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Dataverse, Power Platform
If you are building applications leveraging Azure Active Directory, you may already be aware of the new OAuth 2.0 V2 endpoints to use when generating access tokens. And, although it requires a refactor, it’s possible to utilise them today when connecting to Dynamics 365 / the Common Data Service.
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 | Feb 23, 2020 | Analytics, Customer Engagement, Dynamics 365, Enterprise, Identity, Microsoft Azure, Sales, Service
The Dynamics 365 / Common Data Service Web API allows developers to leverage a wide variety of functionality, from almost any conceivable location - such as, for example, an Azure Data Factory V2 pipeline. With this in mind, let’s dive in and see how to achieve this.
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