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    • Bringing Dates Back to the Future! Migrating Dates from CRM 4.0 to Dynamics 365

      Nick Chin, 20 June 2019

      Recently I was migrating Contact data from CRM 4 to Dynamics 365 and came across a Date Time issue. All the dates were correct besides the Date of Birth. Why is only the Date of Birth incorrect? This was because in CRM 4 the Date Time fields were set to "User Local", meaning the date is displayed i

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    • Dynamics 365 Portal Entity Form Breaks after Adding a Control on a Field

      Satyvir Jasra, 19 June 2019

      Dynamics 365 allows us to customize Entity forms by adding custom controls to the fields for a more enhanced User Experience. For example, we can add ‘Flip – Switch’ as a control for a ‘Two Option Set’ field. This ‘Flip – Switch’ control changes the look and feel of a ‘Two Option Set’ field. I added

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    • Power Platform Licensing

      John Eccles, 18 June 2019

      Power Platform unlocks the potential of Dynamics 365 and Office 365. It opens the door for non-software developer users within organisations to manage data and electronic forms, automate business processes and enable mobility. An organisation needs licensing to use Power Platform. In this blog, I wa

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    • How to Resolve Microsoft Dynamics 365 jQuery Reference Issue

      Adam Murchison, 17 June 2019

      Have you ever had an error similar to the one below? TypeError: Object expected at Alert.$ (https:/xxxx/%7B636661942030000359%7D/WebResources/mag_/js/alert.js?ver=46925777:28:5) at Alert.show (https://xxxx/%7B636661942030000359%7D/WebResources/mag_/js/alert.js?ver=46925777:60:9)Are you adding in a j

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    • Retrieving Self-Referencing N:N records in Dynamics 365 Programmatically

      Jordan Hohepa, 14 June 2019

      In Dynamics 365 you are able to create a 1 to N, N to 1 or N to N relationship between two Entities. With this you also have the option to create a self-referential relationship. The screenshot below is an example of an N to N self-referential relationship created on the Account entity with the rel

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    • 3 Tips for Reducing Power Platform Capacity Costs

      Gayan Perera, 13 June 2019

      As of April 2019, the Power Platform started reporting storage based on database, file and log capacity. Microsoft are very generous with the default storage allocations, giving you 10GB for the database, 20GB for attachments and 2GB for logs. The biggest hit for Power Platform customers will be the

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    • Stopping Azure WebJobs easily with Configuration Settings

      Jared Johnson, 12 June 2019

      If you have a lot of WebJobs, you may be wanting an easier way to start and stop them without having to push the start/stop button on all of them, or worse for scheduled jobs since you cannot do that with a button press from the UI. There is however an easier way to do this via Application Settings

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    • SSIS KingswaySoft - Multi-threading errors

      Nick Chin, 11 June 2019

      With the release of KingswaySoft v9.0 in July 2017, they added support for multi-threaded writing in the CRM destination component. When multi-threading is enabled you can set the number of threads to run simultaneously writing to CRM. I took over a project where the Batch Size was set to 200 and t

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    • Embedding Maps into a PowerApps Canvas App

      Isaac Stephens, 10 June 2019

      Maps are a great visual way of seeing where a location is and the area around it. This makes embedding a Map into your PowerApp an extremely useful tool. But how do you do this? And what options are there? Currently PowerApps does not let you add a Map as an OOTB control, but here is a way to add a

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    • Using the Condition Builder to Compare Multiple Values in Microsoft Flow

      Sean Roque, 07 June 2019

      The basic condition builder in a Microsoft Flow condition card is sufficient for building simple two-variable comparisons. However previously when we came across the need to create a condition that would compare multiple values, or any sort of complex comparisons, we would inevitably resort to ‘Edi

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    • Logging a Power Platform ticket with Microsoft

      Alfwyn Jordan, 06 June 2019

      As a Dynamics 365 administrator, you may be familiar with requesting support from Microsoft through the Office 365 admin site as documented in an earlier blog post but now we can submit support requests through the Power Platform Admin Center. You can access the portal at https://admin.powerplatform

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    • How to Resolve the Dynamics 365 App for Outlook Loading Error on Outlook

      Harshani Perera, 05 June 2019

      This blog will show you how to resolve the following error when using the Dynamics 365 App for Outlook: “We can’t load this app because your email account isn’t configured with Dynamics 365 server-side sync for appointments, contacts, and tasks. Ask your system administrator to set up server-side sy

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    • Voice of the Customer and CRM

      John Eccles, 04 June 2019

      Voice of the Customer (VoC) is not a new concept.  It’s the marketing concept re-badged - the philosophy that firms should analyze the needs of their customers and then make decisions to satisfy those needs, better than the competition. It's the same, but it’s also different because we live in

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    • Activating a workflow that is owned by a disabled user in Dynamics 365

      Ronelle Raath, 31 May 2019

      Recently, while attempting to Activate a draft workflow, I received an Access Error which stated that my User record or Business Unit had been disabled. While activating the workflow, the User account I was performing the action with had the System Administrator role, so I decided to investigate why

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    • IT for High-Growth Companies

      John Eccles, 30 May 2019

      IT systems can be growth drivers or growth inhibitors.  Information Technology should be scaleable and adaptable as well as enabling growth strategies. We’ll examine key features of IT systems consistent with the needs of high-growth companies. Cloud Fast, flexible and cost-effective means clou

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