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Dynamics 365 Marketing - TimeZone Independent DateTimes in C#
Adam Murchison, 17 September 2020
Working with DateTimes are often problematic and Microsoft have added some new functionality when working with them in Dynamics 365 Marketing that may cause issues. In this scenario, we’re retrieving a Time-Zone Independent date field and setting the retrieved value into a User Local date field. Wit
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Dynamics 365 File usage over capacity issues
Nick Chin, 08 September 2020
For Dynamics 365 staying under Capacity can be a bit of an issue, as files can easily balloon in size.Normally you would delete attachments and logs to clear up space, however there is a problem where you cannot delete data.In the Power Platform Admin under the Storage Capacity you can get a detaile
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New Dialog Builder PCF Custom Control for Dynamics 365 AppSource
Paul Nieuwelaar, 20 July 2020
Our Dialog Builder app (formerly Alert.js) was recently re-approved for Microsoft AppSource, and with it comes a new PCF Custom Control that allows you to build dialogs right from within the custom control UI, without having to write any custom code.This PCF control is exclusive to the AppSource ver
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Exploring the Common Data Service (current environment) Connector
Sean Roque, 29 June 2020
In Power Automate, the original Common Data Service connector is intuitive, but it certainly has its limitations. Primarily, when deploying a Power Automate Flow across environments, the generic connector required manual reconfiguring to ensure the connectors are pointing to the correct environment.
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Tips for building your first PCF Control
Zoe Sands, 28 May 2020
I have been playing around with PCF Controls in Dynamics 365 and have some tips for anyone wanting to dive in and give it a go. There are some great resources online which really helped which I have linked below.How to create a PowerApps PCF controlPCF Control GuideWhile following the instructions i
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Setting the Organisation URL in the Power Platform Admin Center
Nick Chin, 22 May 2020
In the Power Platform Admin Center, setting the URL has confused some people familiar with the old Dynamics 365 Admin Center. This is because you can no longer set the URL on create.Here is an example of the old Dynamics 365 instance create form.In the “Power Platform Admin Center” you will need to
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The Tech Powering Our Sales
Gayan Perera, 13 May 2020
Spoiler alert – We use the Microsoft Power Platform to help us with our sales!I must confess, we don’t have a sales team. We’re a bunch of businesspeople with a very good understanding of technology. We use that as our base to help our clients realise their potential through smart use of tech. The r
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Users Unexpectedly see all Dynamics 365 Apps
Sean Roque, 12 May 2020
When we want to restrict model-driven applications in Dynamics 365 to specific Users, we can easily apply Security Role based restrictions in the applications page and select which Security Role a User needs to have in order to have access to this application.For example, we want to restrict the mod
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Power Automate Flow: Making the Filter Query Easier
Nick Chin, 07 May 2020
When I’m using Power Automate Flow with “List records” to retrieve records, the Filter Query is the hardest part to get right.This is because there is no friendly editor where you can search each field name and which will tell you how to format it.To make your life easier, you can use the FetchXML B
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Clearing a Cloned Product Entity Image using a Pre-Create Plugin
Jared Johnson, 30 April 2020
When cloning a product using the Clone button, the new product that is created will also have the same entity image as the original product. What if you want to stop this from happening so that it has no entity image by default?A good way to solve this would be a plugin, ideally on pre-create so you
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Easily Create a Business Card Scanner using Microsoft Power Apps and Save to SharePoint
Harshani Perera, 01 April 2020
With Microsoft’s new AI Builder, it’s very easy to add intelligence into your business applications without writing any code. At the time of writing this, the AI Builder is only available for USA and Europe environments and is currently in Preview. The Business Card Reader component in AI Builder ca
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Dynamics 365 Migrating Power Automate Flows
Nick Chin, 11 March 2020
If you have multiple Dynamics 365 environments e.g. Dev, Test, UAT and Production then you may need to migrate Power Automate Flows.There are two ways to import Power Automate Flows into an environment; using a Package (Package.zip) or using a Solution.Package (Package.zip) You can export and import
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Adaptive Card Responses in Teams using Power Automate
Isaac Stephens, 25 February 2020
Power Automate recently released two new actions for Microsoft Teams. These actions allow you to post an Adaptive Card to a User or to a Team and wait for a response. Actions generally just run without any human interaction; however, these new actions bring in a new level of Human – Flow interaction
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Assigning Power Apps per App Plan Licenses to Users in your Organisation
Alfwyn Jordan, 18 February 2020
Licensing has changed yet again. There are two license types that are of use and it depends on how many apps you’ve built. There’s the unlimited plan, and the per app plan. Visit https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/ for more details. The steps to assign licenses is no longer straightforwar
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How to use a Microsoft Power Virtual Agent to Enhance your Website
Ronelle Raath, 07 February 2020
There are a few common tips on how to ensure you have a good website. Make sure your website is speedy, that its content is easily accessible and clear, to keep things simple and not over complicated as well as to ensure a personal touch by using real images of your business and people. The main g
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