Managed or Unmanaged solutions – a hot case still slightly open
The case is obviously not entirely closed. My recent article Case closed: Managed or Unmanaged solutions in Microsoft Dynamics 365 / CRM received a lot of attention, and sparked writers, podcasters, tweeters and commenters around the world to give feedback, yell at me, agree with me, or simply continue the discussion both publicly and privately. Readers of the “Case Closed” article last… Continue Reading Jonas...
Managed or Unmanaged solutions – a hot case still slightly open ⋆ The Dynamics 365 Trenches
The case is obviously not entirely closed. My recent article Case closed: Managed or Unmanaged solutions in Microsoft Dynamics 365 / CRM received a lot of attention, and sparked writers, podcasters, tweeters and commenters around the world to give feedback, yell at me, agree with me, or simply continue the discussion both publicly and privately. Readers of the “Case Closed” article… Continue Reading Jonas Rapp’s Article on...
Translating the Easy Way – YouTube
In this tutorial I will show you the benefits of using Easy Translator for XrmToolBox instead of translating youe Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement or CDS environment using out of the box functionality. Home · XrmToolBox XrmToolBox is a Windows application that connects to the Common Data Service for Apps (CDS). Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement (CE) applications, like Dynamics 365 for Sales, Service or Talent also use the...
Managed or Unmanaged solutions in Microsoft Dynamics 365
If you have problems shifting gears in your car, you don’t call Volvo to say “Hey, I don’t like how this gear shifting thing works, so I’m just going to use reverse and drive backwards from now on.”What you probably do is call them to say “I’m having trouble shifting, you need to fix the problems or show me how to use it properly.“ Ever since Microsoft introduced the… Continue Reading Jonas Rapp’s Article on their...
Case closed: Managed or Unmanaged solutions in Microsoft Dynamics 365 / CRM
If you have problems shifting gears in your car, you don’t call Volvo to say “Hey, I don’t like how this gear shifting thing works, so I’m just going to use reverse and drive backwards from now on.” What you probably do is call them to say “I’m having trouble shifting, you need to fix the problems or show me how to use it properly.“ Ever since Microsoft introduced the Solution platform...
Portal Records Mover with Nick Doelman
MVP Nick Doelman shows us how to use the Portal Records Mover tool in XrmToolBox to copy Dynamics Portals configuration data from one Dynamics 365 CE organization to another. source
Telling VS to not use latest packages ⋆ The Dynamics 365 Trenches
When your C# projects are referencing NuGet packages, you are always encouraged to update to latest version.This can be annoying, when you really don’t want to. In the world of Microsoft Dynamics 365/CE/CRM, you may have to use SDK of previous major version (8.x), while Visual Studio still wants you to use the latest available packages (9.x). But there IS a way to tell Visual Studio to… Continue Reading Jonas Rapp’s...
A first look at FetchXML Builder for XrmToolBox
In this episode we will take a first look at FetchXML Builder for XrmToolBox. We will create basic queries, look at output options, and some of the setting. XrmToolBox: Home · XrmToolBox XrmToolBox is a Windows application that connects to the Common Data Service for Apps (CDS). Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement (CE) applications, like Dynamics 365 for Sales, Service or Talent also use the Common Data Service for Apps as their...
Introduction to XrmToolBox
In this episode I show how to set up XrmToolBox, how to install plugins, and have a look at some of the settings. XrmToolBox: Home · XrmToolBox XrmToolBox is a Windows application that connects to the Common Data Service for Apps (CDS). Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement (CE) applications, like Dynamics 365 for Sales, Service or Talent also use the Common Data Service for Apps as their foundational data service. Tweets by XrmToolBox Me...
FetchXML Builder and Friends at D365UG Virtual Summer Camp
On August 7-9, the first ever Virtual Summer Camp for the Dynamics 365 platform will take place. During this free event the D365UG offer some 30+ sessions with focus on Customer Service and Field/Project Service. I will be doing one of a few cross vertical sessions, where I discuss and demonstrate some useful XrmToolBox tools that help customizers, administrators and users with information… Continue Reading Jonas Rapp’s...
Relationship data analysis with XrmToolBox ⋆ The Dynamics 365 Trenches
Background Relationships in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement (CRM) and PowerApps Model Driven Apps can be decorated with a number of characteristics that define their behavior. These characteristics instruct the platform how to behave in regard to child data when different actions are taken on the parent record of the relationship. The configuration of relationships describe what… Continue Reading Jonas Rapp’s...
Use VSTS to publish XrmToolBox plugins ⋆ The Dynamics 365 Trenches
Recently a fellow D365 developer, Lars Müller, wrote an article on how to Build a versioned XrmToolBox plugin. I am taking this one step further, to show you how to create a complete CI/CD pipeline for your XrmToolBox tools. Of course, the primary reason for creating an automated pipeline for Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment is to standardize versioning, naming, and any… Continue Reading Jonas Rapp’s...
More Auto Numbering features ⋆ The Dynamics 365 Trenches
In my previous article I described the details of the new Auto Number attributes feature of Microsoft Dynamics 365, and how to manage them using Auto Number Manager for XrmToolBox. Since this article, a few new possibilities have been verified to be supported. The most important new feature is the possibility to apply numbering to existing attributes!This means that you can now apply… Continue Reading Jonas Rapp’s...
A canary in CRM ⋆ The Dynamics 365 Trenches
Have you ever faced a situation when you don’t know why your Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement system behaves the way it does, or why your own plugins behave the way they do? If you have, this might be a good time to put a canary in your system. – A what?– A canary. You know when we were manually laboring down the coal mines, it happened that drilling into the rock… Continue Reading Jonas Rapp’s Article on their...
Build and Deploy Microsoft Dynamics 365 projects using VSTS ⋆ The Dynamics 365 Trenches
Recently I posted a series of three articles describing our approach to DevOps for Microsoft Dynamics 365, and the technology behind it. After giving a session on this topic at CRM Saturday in Madrid, Spain, it is now time to announce “public preview” of our tools. If you want the full story – these are the articles describing the background and technology behind our tools: Part I –… Continue Reading Jonas Rapp’s Article...