"Where are my applications and data going to be hosted?" This is probably one of the first questions you may face once you start a new project. In the case of the Power Platform, Microsoft has made available some very good documentation. The most recent information that I have seen and I have found very … Continue reading Power Platform geographical availability
The functionality to restore backups in Dynamics 365 CRM / Customer Engagement / Common Data Service has been there for a while now. Have you actually used it in a real project in production? 😶 This week we actually didn't have a choice. We got an issue with a managed solution where neither we could … Continue reading Restore enviroment backup
Level Up for Dynamics 365 is one of the most useful productivity tools if you are working with the Power Platform and model-driven apps. This utility is a Chrome extension that allows users to perform advanced actions, that normally would require JavaScript bookmarklets. In this article I'll describe how God Mode works and cover some … Continue reading Level Up God Mode
The Dynamics 365 Category entity has certain peculiarities, like it doesn't have a state and status attributes as many other entities in Dynamics 365 and the Common Data Service. In this article I'll describe how to create your own custom Category Status and lock the attributes in the form accordingly. Dynamics 365 Category entity doesn't … Continue reading Where is my Category status?
Microsoft carries on aligning their online platforms with the new licensing models. In the coming months, certain admin operations will no longer be available when tenant exceeds storage capacity entitlements. Currently there are two different administration experience for provisioning new environments: the classic Dynamics 365 admin center and the new Power Platform admin center. This … Continue reading Admin operation enforcement
This article describes how to integrate the Microsoft Power Apps Portals with the payments platform Stripe. This content was produced and presented during the community event London 2020 Power Saturday. The integration is based on a real story where the startup MySoap.co is willing to sell their new soaps in an online platform. The following … Continue reading Integrating Power Apps Portals with Stripe
Do you know the Power Platform y amigos? It is a new community innitiative started by a couple of good friends, @marcoamoedo and @mariotrueba365. They carry out interviews and podcasts in Spanish to talk about Dynamics 365 and the Power Platform. They interview professionals to share their expirience and learn more about their careers. The … Continue reading Power Platform y amigos
Back in March I took the exam MB-200 Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement Core when it still was a beta version. For a while, I forgot about it because the results won't be available until the certification was fully accesible. Recently, I wonder what happened to it, I checked my Microsoft certifications profile and I … Continue reading MB-200 Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement Core
Last week @MarcoAmoedo and I delivered a presentation for the Dynamics 365 User Group in Spanish (@d365ugespanol ) where we described the auditing capabilities of the Dynamics platform from its origins until today. During this presentation, among other features, we showed how you can use Activity Logging to enrich the auditing information for read and … Continue reading ¿Quién hizo Qué?
Hiding the out-of-the-box buttons "Excel Templates" and "Word Templates" is a usual requirement in many Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement projects. These buttons are, by default, in all entities and ribbons. What is the quickest and cleanest way to hide them? Security Roles. If you don't need the document functionality or the documents are generated by … Continue reading Hide Word Templates and Excel Templates buttons
