Alphabetically organize your Microsoft Teams with the help of ChatGPT
Introduction If you’ve ever struggled to locate a specific team on Microsoft Teams, especially when you have a large number of teams that are not organized in any particular order, you know how frustrating it can be. It can be a waste of time and lead to frustration when you can’t quickly find the team or channel you need. Unfortunately, Microsoft Teams does not currently offer any… Continue Reading wauters’s...
Power Apps backup/restore, disaster recovery & service level agreements
Introduction This post provides an overview of the Power Apps service level agreements, disaster recovery, and backup/restore capabilities. Service Level Agreements The Service Level Agreement (SLA) for Power Apps is currently set at 99.9%, which translates to an allowed monthly downtime of 43 minutes and 28 seconds. If Microsoft does not meet these Service Levels, you may be eligible… Continue Reading wauters’s Article on...
Showing the active stage of record’s related business process flow in a model driven app view
Recently a customer had a requirement to show the active stage of the business process flow on an entity (table) view. Whereas I initially thought this would be a rather simple requirement, there were some challenges in order to achieve the required functionality. In this blog post I will explain the steps for creating such an “advanced” model driven app view. Business process flow data… Continue Reading...
Embed a Canvas App in a Model Driven App (full-screen)
There are tons of examples and tutorials on the internet on how to embed a Canvas App in a Model Driven App Form. Embedding a “full-screen” Canvas App in a Model Driven App however, wasn’t something that seemed to be documented before. See below gallery for a side-by-side comparison of the two “flavors” of embedding a Canvas App. Canvas App embedded in a Model Driven Form Canvas App… Continue...
Demystifying Power Platform Dataflows
Recently at a customer I came across the terminology of a Power Platform Dataflow. Immediately a few questions raised in my head. What are Power Platform Dataflows? Is there any difference between a Power BI Dataflow? It wasn’t so easy to answer these questions, so in this blogpost I’ll try to summarize what I’ve learned so far. Power BI Dataflows Power BI Dataflows are general available… Continue Reading...
MB-230: Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Customer Service exam preparation guide
Continuing my certification journey with the new Role Based Dynamics 365 for Customer Service exam (MB-230). At the time of writing this exam was still in BETA. Although this certificate is more focused on the functional users of Customer Service, it also helps to have some basic knowledge of customization and configuration. Again, this is not the main focus for this certificate but you can… Continue Reading wauters’s...
MB-210: Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Sales exam preparation guide
Continuing my certification journey with the new Role Based Dynamics 365 for Sales exam (MB-210). At the time of writing this exam was still in BETA. Although this certificate is more focused on the functional users of Sales, it also helps to have some basic knowledge of customization and configuration. Again, this is not the main focus for this certificate but you can refer to my Dynamics 365… Continue Reading wauters’s...
MB-200: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement Core exam preparation guide
It’s been a while that I’ve done a Microsoft certification exam. Just recently Microsoft released their new role-based certifications for Dynamics 365 and I decided to take a shot at them. At the time of writing, the role-based certification exams are still in BETA and as a result, finding the right training material was a bit tricky. In this blog post I share my preparation notes (which… Continue Reading...
Missing fields when exporting data from PowerApps (CDS For Apps)
There is a new way of exporting your data from a Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement environment (or the underlying CDS For Apps environment). In this blog post I will show you how you can export your data from your Common Data Service environment and the potential issues you may encounter doing so. How to export data from Common Data Service for Apps? Exporting data from you CDS for Apps… Continue Reading wauters’s Article...
Conditionally show button based on selected record
Haven’t you ever wondered why the “Activate” button is still visible after you have selected an (already) active record? Both the Activate and Deactivate buttons are visible for a selected active record. Well, I certainty did. For me, this is a clear example of bad user experience. Having both buttons available makes no sense and it can only bring confusion. In this case it would be better… Continue Reading...
Reactivate entity key is only supported for failed job
You might face the situation where the creation of an alternate key does not seem to do its job. It remains in the pending state: Alternate key remains in the pending status When trying to reactive the key: Reactive pending key The system throws an exception saying “Reactive entity key is only supported for failed job”: Reactivate entity key is only supported for failed job So, let’s take a… Continue Reading...
Overwrite customizations when deploying a patch solution
Solution segmentation has greatly improved since Dynamics CRM 2016. You are able to deploy small fixes to your production environment by the use of a patch solution. This reduces the risk of unintentionally modifying objects on the target deployment. More information and getting started with patch solutions can be found on msdn. Unfortunately an important feature is missing with the use of… Continue Reading wauters’s...
Custom column width in a CRM view
When creating a CRM view you can define the column width of each column (in pixels). The column properties editor gives you a few (limited) set of possibilities. The column properties editor You can find yourself in the situation where the pre-defined column widths don’t suffice. Maybe you want to make the column width bigger than 300px? Now, can we? And can we do this in a supported way?… Continue Reading wauters’s...