• How to Run Test Cases in Azure DevOps

      Harshani Perera, 28 June 2021

      In Software testing, test cases are the step-by-step instructions carried out to verify the behaviour of a Software application. There are many tools to write test cases such as Excel, XMind, Testing tools or even Word. Azure DevOps is also a tool that provides the ability to create test cases easil

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    • Dynamically setting the Y-Axis on multiple Charts in Power BI

      Colin Maitland, 27 June 2021

      In this article, I will demonstrate how to dynamically align the end value for the Y axis between two corresponding charts in Power BI. This demonstration will use of the example of displaying Won sales versus Lost Sales by Fiscal Quarter.A common approach to comparing values, such as Won Sales vers

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    • Dynamically Scaling Alert Dialogue Box in Dynamics 365

      Calum Jacobs, 23 June 2021

      If you have used Alert Dialogue boxes before in Dynamics 365, you will have noticed that they do not scale dynamically when there is a lot of text. Instead, the out of the box functionality has a default size and displays a scroll bar. This can become messy if there is a case when your Alert Dialogu

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    • Dynamics 365 Using NOW() in Calculated Duration Fields

      Sean Roque, 22 June 2021

      In our Dynamics 365 environment, there is a custom 1 to Many relationship between Contact and Case. In the Case entity, there is an existing Calculated Field called “Case Duration” which calculated the time in hours, between the Case “Created On” field and the current date and time. Notice that the

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    • Dynamics for Marketing Send Now button on Marketing Email

      Adam Murchison, 17 June 2021

      Dynamics for Marketing allows you to bypass the manual use of segments and customer journeys to send Marketing Emails through the send now button, although customer journeys and a static segment are generated in the background to track the insights. This accompanies the test send functionality which

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    • Updating addresses in Dynamics 365 with an embedded Canvas App

      Colin Maitland, 15 June 2021

      In this article I will demonstrate how to update the addresses for a Contact in Dynamics 365 using a Canvas App that is embedded in a Model Driven App Contract.This image shows the embedded Canvas App. The app is displayed on a tab named Addresses on a Model Driven App Contact Form. You learn how to

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    • Software Application Add-ins and Add-ons

      John Eccles, 14 June 2021

      What are they and what’s the difference?An add-in is a software program that expands the capabilities of bigger programs. It is a term commonly used by Microsoft and other platforms which have additional functions that can be added to primary programs. An add-on is a software extension that adds ext

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    • Get Replies to Teams Thread in Power Automate with Graph API

      Paul Nieuwelaar, 19 May 2021

      The Microsoft Teams connector for Power Automate is a bit limited when it comes to messages and replies. With the built in Teams connector, we can only get ALL messages in a channel, using the “Get messages (preview)” action. If we want to get just the replies to a specific Teams message, we can use

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    • Renewing your Microsoft Certifications - for free!

      Isaac Stephens, 17 May 2021

      Sitting Microsoft Exams is a great way to prove your skills and gain ‘Certifications’. These Certification are now only valid for 1 year after a recent change by Microsoft. However, if you are sitting a Fundamentals exam these currently do not have an expiry date. As you can see below, I have the Po

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    • How to Plan for a Testing Project

      Harshani Perera, 29 April 2021

      When you are presented with a project to test, it can be overwhelming at first in deciding what to test to ensure a quality product will be delivered to the customers. There are an infinite number of tests that can be run but it’s not possible to test everything. You are also bound by two big factor

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    • Are You Customer-Centric?

      John Eccles, 28 April 2021

      You should be customer-centric “The purpose of a business is to get and keep a customer. Without customers, no amount of engineering wizardry, clever financing, or operations expertise can keep a company going.” Theodore Levitt“The most important single thing is to focus obsessively on the customer.

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    • Switching BPF Stage in a Dynamics 365 Plugin

      Adam Murchison, 22 April 2021

      When working with Business Process Flows (BPF) you may want to keep the BPF stage aligned with field value(s) when being updated by web request or any other server-side operation. One scenario could be based on a records status reason, you may want to have the BPF stage reflecting that automatically

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    • Create Power Automate Cloud Flow Programmatically in MS Dataverse

      Paul Nieuwelaar, 20 April 2021

      When you create a new Power Automate Cloud Flow from within a Dataverse Solution, behind the scenes this Flow is being stored as a new row in the Process table for your Dataverse environment. If you’ve been using Dynamics 365 for a while, you’ll know this Process table is used for various types of p

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    • Canvas Apps - Formatted Number Text Input and Display Demonstration

      Colin Maitland, 19 April 2021

      In this video blog, I will explain some limitations of using a Text Input control in a Canvas App to enter and display numbers. I will then demonstrate how a Label, Text Input and Timer control may be configured and used together to allow the data entry and display of formatted numeric values in a C

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    • CRM System - Build in-house or Outsource?

      John Eccles, 15 March 2021

      Best of bothHow to develop a CRM system is NOT a binary choice between in-house vs out-source. Rather it should be viewed as a continuum between fully designed, developed and supported with in-house staff (permanent and contractors) at one extreme and fully outsourced to a partner on the other. At M

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