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In this episode, Daryl and Scott talk to Matthew Devaney, fellow BizApps MVP, and chat about Power Apps custom pages, AI and various topics. Some of the highlights: MVP Summit newbie stories Matthew's first podcast experience What is a custom page for model-driven apps When you stick with a model-driven app vs creating a custom page. How to make a custom page consistent with a model-drive app. Creator Kit Controls vs Modern Controls Points vs Pixels Chicken Burgers vs Chicken Sandwich When to or when not to use AI Matthew and Scott share their canvas apps/custom page wishlist Matthew's Info and other links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-devaney-6499271b7 @mattbdevaney Blog: https://www.matthewdevaney.com Overview of custom pages for model-driven apps : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-apps/maker/model-driven-apps/model-app-page-overview Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at cast@xrmtoolbox.com. Fol

In this episode, Daryl and Scott talk to a Product Manager at Microsoft, Mankirat Kaur Bajwa, about the developer environments in Power Platform. Some of the highlights: Developers, Developers, Developers Personal Trash Can Environment License requirements Dataverse is like a drug, and the first dev env is free Limitations of dev env Treating dev environments as "cattle" Power Platform pipelines and dev env Governance of dev env Development environments of power MK's Info and other links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mk-bajwa About the Power Apps Developer Plan: https://learn.microsoft.com/power-platform/developer/plan Making Dataverse available for all makers: https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/making-it-easier-to-work-with-dataverse Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at cast@xrmtoolbox.com. Follow us on LinkedIn and @XrmToolCast for updates on future episodes. Do you want to see us too? Subscribe to o

In this episode, Daryl and Scott talk to Michael Megel about the PowerApps Helper VS Code extension and its new features. Some of the highlights: History of PowerApps Helper VSCode Extension Where can we get this tool Features of the tool Creation of Custom Connectors Visualization of Environments Visualization of Solution Dependencies Scott and Michael talk about bearer tokens Advice on writing a new VS Code extension Michael suggests splitting your custom connectors from your canvas apps A deep dive Power Platform ALM ChatGPT writes a VS Code extension to connect to Dataverse When you're dead, it's hard to learn more The joy of preview Michael's Info and other links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelmegel @MMe2K Blog: https://never-stop-learning.de PowerApps Helper (VSCode Marketplace): https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=megel.mme2k-powerapps-helper PowerApps Helper (GitHub): https://github.com/megel/powerapps-helper Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to shar

In this episode, Daryl and Scott talk to a Global Blackbelt Senior Technical Specialist at Microsoft, Carsten Groth, about the Power Platform pipelines. Some of the highlights: What does Global Blackbelt do Why ALM, Pipeline, DevOps, etc. become a hot topic lately in Power Platform How long have Power Platform pipelines been available What are people using it for A typical cycle of projects from beginning to moving into production What are the recommendations before even starting the pipelines Not to close down the creativity of the makers Elevated pitch for Power Platform pipelines What kind of user-friendly error messages do Power Platform pipelines show for missing artefacts How easy it is to set up the Power Platform pipelines How do Power Platform pipelines handle some of the prompts during the solution import process (Connection Reference, Environment Variable, etc.) Best way to set up Power Platform pipelines What happens once we enable managed environments for a particular environment Ca

In this episode of XrmToolCast, the hosts Daryl and Scott welcomed Kristine Kolodziejski, a Microsoft MVP and a Technical Architect, to talk about ChatGPT-3, Bing Chat, and other AI-powered tools. Kristine shared her experience using these tools to enhance personal productivity and save time. The discussion began with talking about ChatGPT-3, an advanced natural language processing model developed by OpenAI. Kristine explained how ChatGPT-3 and other AI tools could be used to save us time and spend more time gaming or chilling on the beach. She also talked about some of the challenges and limitations of using AI-powered chatbots, such as the need for typing correct spelling or providing more context to get more detailed responses. The conversation then moved on to Bing Chat, a chatbot building platform provided by Microsoft. Kristine discussed how using a ChatGPT would not make someone a developer overnight and the more someone knows about the topics that are asked in ChatGPT, the more helpful answers w

In this episode, Daryl and Scott interview Clément Olivier, fellow BizApps MVP, and chat about his original tools for the XrmToolBox, the Delta Plugins, and the new tool which allows you to rename the views in bulk. Some of the highlights: Delta Plugins: Local Assembly vs CRM - to compare the plugins classes Plugin between the local vs the plugin assembly registered in the Dataverse environment Delta Plugin Steps between two environments to compare plugin steps between two of your environments export the results into an Excel sheet Daryl overwhelmed a new grad with a code review Using Preview features in production Pain points with the solution management View Renamer - bulk search and replace to bulk rename the views Homework for Clement from the hosts Clément's Info and other links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clemolivier @Clement0livier Blog: https://stuffandtacos.azurewebsites.net Delta Plugins: Local Assembly vs CRM: https://github.com/carfup/XTBPlugins.DeltaAssemblyvsCrm Delta Plugin Steps betwe

In this episode, Daryl and Scott talk to a Senior Program Manager at Microsoft, Nathan Helgren, about the Virtual Tables. Some of the highlights: Nathan's 25 years at MS What are Virtual Tables (VT)? Difference between a Connector and a VT Create virtual tables using the virtual connector provider Virtual Dad Jokes abound Virtualize all the things? Building Power Apps using 100% virtual tables What are the VT Limits?  No Audit functionality No Rollup or Joins between VT How VT security works GUID column is still a hard requirement for VT Query through TDS endpoint from SQL VT Benefits of pulling through data in real-time in VT Making more data sources available for the virtual connector provider Reasons to re-visit VT again for those who have used it long ago Nathan's Info and other links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nhelgren Online documents: Create virtual tables using connectors https://learn.microsoft.com/power-apps/maker/data-platform/create-virtual-tables-using-connectors Known limitat

In this episode, Daryl and Scott talk to a Principal Program Manager at Microsoft, Scott Sewell, about the Power BI Dynamics 365 Sales Templates. Some of the highlights: Daryl's Europe trip Scott's superpower is working with Data, from SSIS/Kingswaysoft to SSRS to Power BI How Scott got into using the Titanic What not to do when starting with Power BI Scott explains a star schema for Daryl Scott walks through his Power BI Templates Using pre-GA Power BI Solution imports Scott shares his proposal story Julian's Info and other links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mscottsewell Twitter: @scottsewell GitHub: https://github.com/mscottsewell YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MSFT_ScottSewell Power BI ❤️ Dynamics 365 Sales! Report Templates - https://github.com/mscottsewell/Power-BI-D365-Sales Power BI modeling guidance for Power Platform - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/guidance/powerbi-modeling-guidance-for-power-platform A "Solution" for Power BI with Dynamics 365 Sales - https://youtu.be/m

In this episode, Daryl and Scott talk to a repeat guest and fellow MVP, Julian Sharp, about the study groups that he runs for the Microsoft certification exams. Some of the highlights: Julian's impressive beard Study Groups Meet twice a week, Thursday Evening and Sunday Morning Run on Teams 10 sessions over a couple of months Ask users to show up, ask questions How do people decide where to specialize? Microsoft Power Up Julians Flow vs Logic Apps Preferences Julian's love for Goals in the Sales Exams Julian's Info and other links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliansharp Twitter: @juliandynamics Blog: https://ukcrm.wordpress.com Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at cast@xrmtoolbox.com. Follow us on LinkedIn and @XrmToolCast for updates on future episodes. Do you want to see us too? Subscribe to our YouTube channel to view the last episodes. Don't forget to rate and leave a review for this show at Podchaser. Y

In this episode, Daryl and Scott talk to Microsoft employee Kartik Kanakasabesan about the Power Apps CLI. Some of the highlights: The origin and history of the PAC New Tools to install using PAC Submitting a PR to PAC Using PAC in Azure DevOps PAC Canvas Create Kartik's Info and other links: Kartik Kanakasabesan - LinkedIn @kkanakas List of Kartik blog posts - https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/author/kartikka Related blog posts Power Platform Developer Tools monthly release blog - https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-platform-developer-tools-monthly-release-september-refresh PAC Canvas Create - https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/automatically-create-a-power-app-from-a-rest-api PAC CLI in Azure DevOps - https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/new-version-of-power-platform-build-tools-and-a-feature-packed-update-of-power-platform-cli Dataverse Service Client - https://github.com/microsoft/PowerPlatform-DataverseServiceClient NuGet Packages PP CLI on Windows - https://

In this episode, Daryl and Jonas talk to Mark Carrington, Chris Piasecki and Matt Beard about the XrmToolBox Basics. Some of the highlights: Why do we need to get back to the basics Connection List Managing Connections in XrmToolBox: https://youtu.be/mC5FR_LaY4w Different ways of connecting environments Set environment highlight colour Define browser and profile Why Tanguy couldn't join the show Change icon size in the tools list Order tools list by most used Contribute tools by providing a review, feedback or raising a pull request How to improve abandoned tool projects Impersonate in XrmToolBox or Level up extension Backup XrmToolBox storage folder on the cloud XrmToolBox storage folder path %AppData%\MscrmTools\XrmToolBox Full Path - C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\MscrmTools\XrmToolBox You don't need to install tools in XrmToolBox Setting for open Tool Library on the startup Add to favourites with connection Postpone the tool update Mark's Info and other links: Blog - https://markcarrington.dev GitHub

In this episode, Daryl and Scott talk to a repeat guest and fellow MVP, Andrew Butenko, about the new v2 of his ABDialogs. Some of the highlights: How to design for both Low-Coders and Pro-Coders Documentation vs video tutorial Scott wants to go to the museum Difficulties in implementing Lookup PowerFx in Dialogs? Andrew's Imposter Syndrome Supporting Ukraine  Andrew's Info and other links: Twitter: @a33ik YouTube: http://youtube.com/AndrewButenko Blog: http://butenko.pro/blog/ GitHub: http://github.com/AndrewButenko LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andriibutenko ABDialogs V2: https://github.com/AndrewButenko/ABDialogsV2 Supporting Ukraine “Back Alive” fund: https://savelife.in.ua/en/donate-en/#donate-army-card-monthly Serhiy Prytula charity foundation: https://prytulafoundation.org/en/home/support_page#Paypal Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at cast@xrmtoolbox.com. Follow us on LinkedIn and @XrmToolCast for upda

In this episode, Daryl and Scott talk to Phil Cole, a long-time listener of XrmToolCast, about using the PowerFx open-source library in various ways. Some of the highlights: Daryl's #SummitNA experience Phil decides to use all the preview things! Jurassic Park - Can we, but should we? Scott subscribe to the RSS feed of PowerFX GitHub Homework assignment for Phil Scott's idea about using RPA to migrate reference data with the same GUID Daryl's worst calculated field ever Daryl learns to use the Expando object Does PowerFx Compile, or Interpret PowerFx in the Test App Phil's Info and other links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/filcole Blog: https://philcole.org Power Fx via Custom API (GitHub Project) Using Power Fx in Cloud Flows (GitHub Project) Power Fx Prime Sieve (GitHub Project) Danish's blog about Expando Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at cast@xrmtoolbox.com. Follow us on LinkedIn and @XrmToolCast for updates on fut

In this episode, Daryl and Scott talk to Microsoft employee Manuela Pichler about the Power CAT CoE Starter Kit (https://aka.ms/coestarterkit). Some of the highlights: Scott returns from the Power Platform conference Dogs with separation anxiety  CoE - Spreading the excellence Who should be using it? Manuela's Info and other links: Manuela Pichler - LinkedIn @ManuelaPichler_ Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at cast@xrmtoolbox.com. Follow us on LinkedIn and @XrmToolCast for updates on future episodes. Do you want to see us too? Subscribe to our YouTube channel to view the last episodes. Don't forget to rate and leave a review for this show at Podchaser. Your hosts: Daryl LaBar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daryllabar | @ddlabar Scott Durow: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottdurow | @ScottDurow Editor: Linn Zaw Win: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linnzawwin  | @LinnZawWin Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

In this episode, Daryl and Scott talk to fellow MVP Dani Kahil about multiple cheat sheets that he prepared over the last 2 years. Some of the highlights: Scott talks about punts Daryl confesses to cheating in high school Cheatsheets Better late than never introduction by Daryl MS CRM 2013 Client API Cheat Sheet by Rami Mounla Daryl and Scoot give Dani homework What's a Trapezoid again? Dani's course The most geographically isolated Biz Apps MVP Dani's future ideas Handling our human mistakes Devs watching QA test the product https://twitter.com/sanjazakovska/status/1352557733787152389 Dani's Info and other links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danikahil Blog: https://danikahil.com/category/cheatsheet Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at cast@xrmtoolbox.com. Follow us on LinkedIn and @XrmToolCast for updates on future episodes. Do you want to see us too? Subscribe to our YouTube channel to view the last episodes. Don't forge

Daryl and Scott interview Sid Gundavarapu and Jesse Parsons from Microsoft, and chat about the ESLint rules for Power Apps model-driven apps and Dynamics 365 CE. Some of the highlights: What is ESLint? What are ESLint rules for Power Apps and Dynamics 365? ESLint is like a grammar check for code Power Apps ESLint npm package vs Solution Checker Targeted audience for ESLint rules  Security-focused ESLint rules ESLint auto-fix Daryl's Christmas wish Recommended approach for those who are not using TypeScript yet Spell Checker for VS Code Sid's Info: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sidharthag Jesse's Info: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesse-parsons-7295b426 Other links: Announcement blog post: https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-public-preview-of-eslint-rules-for-power-apps-and-dynamics-365/ Discuss feedback/suggestions/concerns on the ESLint rules for Power Apps: https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Power-Apps-Pro-Dev-ISV/Power-Apps-ESLint-npm-package-public-preview/m-p/1679862 Got questio

In this episode, Daryl and Scott talk to fellow MVP Raphaël Pothin, a user and consumer of Jupyter Notebook, about the Power Platform Notebook Templates. Some of the highlights: TMNT What is Jupyter Notebook Code and Markdown Cells in Jupyter Notebook Is VB still a thing Where/how Notebooks can be used Use case scenario to use Notebooks for Power Platform Raphaël's MVP journey Raphaël's upcoming activities Don't Accept the Defaults - Abel Wang https://www.bonfire.com/dont-accept-the-defaults-abel-wang Raphaël's Info and other links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphael-pothin-642bb657 @RaphaelPothin Polywork: https://poly.work/rpothin Blog: https://medium.com/rapha%C3%ABl-pothin GitHub: https://github.com/rpothin Notebooks: Power Platform Notebook Templates: https://github.com/rpothin/Power-Platform-Notebooks https://github.com/dotnet/interactive Automating Diagnostic Notebooks with Azure Serverless Architecture: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/shows/data-exposed/automating-diagnostic-notebooks-with-azur

In this episode, Daryl and Scott talk to fellow MVP Neil Benson who is a host of his own podcast, Amazing Apps, about tools and suggestions for estimating projects. Some of the highlights: Estimating Business Applications Estimating in time sucks Neil's Favorite tool for estimating?  His phone calculator app Neil wants Daryl to run 10km uphill, in the rain, over a bridge with holes... Managing Work Items/Sprints using Azure DevOps (SpecMap, StoriesOnBoard) Jira with precious user interface Estimating projects for RFPs Neil has multiple birthdays Drink driving vs Drunk Driving AmazingApps.Show People that have built amazing apps Answer questions on topics Why Neil still plays with LEGO CRM Lady and stock images Neil's Info and other links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neilbenson @customery The LinkedIn post about painting your house that triggered Scott: Do you estimate projects in days? I did, and my estimates sucked. Customery Academy website: https://customery.academy Customery Academy YouTube channel

In this episode, Daryl and Scott talk to fellow MVP Michael Ochs about the latest updates of the ALM Accelerator. Some of the highlights: Latest updates about ALM Accelerator What is Healthy ALM Using Solutions Everything is code Be able to deploy to a downstream environment at the push of a button What is the future of ALM Accelerator? Unopinionated ALM Accelerator Extensivity of ALM Accelerator Full support for plugins/PCF controls? The PAC CLI bug Mike's Info and other links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelsochs @MikeFactorial Blog: https://mikefactorial.com Github: https://github.com/mikefactorial ALM Accelerator Repo - https://github.com/microsoft/coe-starter-kit ALM Accelerator Pipelines and Templates Repo - https://github.com/microsoft/coe-alm-accelerator-templates ALM Accelerator Project and Backlog - https://github.com/orgs/microsoft/projects/233 Setup Docs - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/guidance/coe/setup-almacceleratorpowerplatform-cli User Docs - https://docs.microso

In this episode, Daryl and Scott interview Kristine Kolodziejski, Gamer/Drummer/Piano girl, about the latest neumorphic UI design kits for Power Apps canvas apps. Some of the highlights: Reading release notes for 2022 Wave 2 Standing on the shoulders of giants Music is a part of Kristine's life Nails on the keyboard Skeuomorphism / Neumorphism UI trend Kristine tells her story Neumorphic UI Kit Tools for UI design and HTML Kristine's Info and other links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristine-kolodziejski @kristinekk94 Blog: https://www.kristinekolodziejski.com Github: https://github.com/misskristine94 Resources:  Dribbble - https://dribbble.com Codepen - https://codepen.io Figma - https://www.figma.com Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at cast@xrmtoolbox.com. Follow us on LinkedIn and @XrmToolCast for updates on future episodes. Do you want to see us too? Subscribe to our YouTube channel to view the last episodes. Don'