Using Map file in ALM
To ensure a healthy code state, a developer needs to ensure that every part of the implementation that is deployed to downstream environments is healthy. Within the Power Platform we can, for…
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Move to managed solutions
My recommendation, as well as Microsoft’s, is to only use managed solutions for environments other than the development environment. This often leads to questions from colleagues and customers on how to move…
Set up Workload Identity federation for ADO Connection
Application ID and client secret were the preferred way of authenticating Azure DevOps (ADO) to a Dataverse instance. For a few months, there has been a new way of doing this part,…
How to work with connection References
In one of my older posts, I described how connections and connection references work. I still often get asked how one can properly work with connection references since a few problems always…
Environment vs. Source code centric ALM approach
When I discuss different Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) approaches with colleagues, customers and other community members there is often confusion about the differences between an Environment centric and Source code centric approach.…
Why use managed solutions
Every now and then I get asked why someone should use managed solutions. We also had a discussion internally recently because some of our projects have problems with it. The same discussion…
Improve Solution import time
Microsoft is investing a lot in advancements in the overall Application Lifecycle Management process and capabilities. One area they already made a lot of improvements is the Solution import time. In this…
Generic TS/JS to open a Custom Page
In the last few weeks, I have created TS/JS functions/snippets for several projects to open a custom Page from a ribbon button within a model-driven app. Since I am a lazy developer…
Upcoming Licensing enforcement in Power Automate explained
A few weeks ago I saw a message in the M365 Message Center regarding “Non-compliant” flows. Unfortunately, I can’t find the message any longer, but it was pretty concerning because it looked…
Release 2023 Wave 2 Summary
As I described in one of my previous posts (Explaining “One Version” – Dynamics MDA) Microsoft is releasing two “Waves” of new functionalities and improvements per year. Today, 2023-07-18, Microsoft has published the…