The Essential Types of Documentation for a Successful Implementation of Dynamics 365 and Power Platform
Discover the key important types of documentation needed in Dynamics 365 And Power Platform for a successful implementation.
Advantages and disadvantages of plain text and rich text description fields
Learn the differences between plain text and rich text fields to select the ideal format for your need.
How to Setting the Queue as Email Responder on Emails in Dynamics 365
Automate email responses in Dynamics 365 by setting the queue as the email responder using JavaScript code.
Creating Records with the Same IDs in Dynamics 365: A Quick Tip
Learn a Quick Tip for Creating Records with Same IDs in Dynamics 365 Across Different Environments Using JavaScript.
How to Display Two Option Set Fields as Checkboxes in Dynamics 365: A Quick Tip
The Two Option Set field in Dynamics 365 is a common way for users to represent boolean values like Yes/No or True/False. By default, the field appears as a drop-down list with two options or a toggle button. However, to improve user experience, it is possible to customize the field to display as checkboxes instead. This option can be especially helpful in certain scenarios, allowing for more streamlined data entry and a more user-friendly interface.
12 Advantages of Using a Virtual Private Network
A virtual private network (VPN) is a secure tunnel that encrypts and transmits data to and from a remote or local network, protecting users from unauthorized access. It’s an incredibly powerful tool that offers numerous advantages for businesses, organizations, and individuals alike — including improved security, privacy, and convenience. Here are twelve of the essential …
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How to Download Free Microsoft Icons
Simple guide on how to download Microsoft icons for your architectural diagrams, training materials, or documentation.
Step by Step: How to Set Up a Free Power Apps Development Environment
In this blog, we will show how to set up a free power apps development environment step by step. Power Apps is a platform that allows you to build custom business applications, and having your own environment can be extremely beneficial when it comes to testing and experimenting with your designs. Whether you are a …
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Update Lookup Field Display Name in Dynamics 365 with JavaScript
A simple and straightforward method for altering the display name of your lookup fields in Dynamics 365 using the power of JavaScript.
How to Call an Asynchronous Power Automate Flow With JavaScript
Learn how to create an asynchronous Power Automate flow and how to call it with JavaScript.
Step-by-Step Guide: How to Use Power Automate to Create and Send Emails with Attachments in Dynamics 365/Dataverse
Learn step-by-step how to create and send emails with attachments in Dynamics 365/Dataverse using Power Automate.
How to Add and Customize iFrames in Dynamics 365
How to add and customize iFrames in Dynamics 365 using external websites and JavaScript for dynamically generate URLs for each account row.
Power App Award Generator
Power App solution for generating diplomas using Power Automate, Word Templates, OneDrive and Outlook for sending the award.
Power FX Cheat Sheet for Commands in Model-Driven Apps
A Power FX cheat sheet with frequently used scenarios and examples on Model-Driven App Command customizations.
Automatically Send Emails From A Queue
How to automatically populate the “from” field with a Queue when creating an email in Dynamics 365 using JavaScript.
Model-driven App Components – Pros and Cons
Pros and cons of model-driven app components for building business logic and user interface in model-driven apps.
How to Generate Dynamics 365 Entity Record URLs in Power Automate
This post show you how to generate entity record URL’s in Dynamics 365 CE with dynamic Environment URL, AppId and record id using Power Automate.
[Solved] “can’t instantiate template” error in Power Automate
How to solve the “can’t instantiate template” error when sending email messages from the SendEmailFromTemplate action in Power Automate.
Limit rows listed from related tables in Power Automate
Introduction Have you tried to limit the number of rows you want to return from related tables in Dataverse using Power Automate? Like using the top parameter to get the number of rows you want in FetchXML or directly in the Dataverse action, this works fine. Let’s say, you want to get the three latest …
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How to cancel running Power Automate flows with JavaScript
Have you ever accidentally triggered many Power Automate flows or have many flows running at the same time that don’t complete since it’s waiting for another flow to finish? In this post, we take a look at how you can cancel running Power Automate flows with JavaScript. Instead of manually canceling one flow at a time, the JavaScript code performs these steps for you.
How to write JavaScript code in a Power Automate Flow
Learn how you can leverage Azure Functions to write inline JavaScript code in Power Automate to simplify complex operations.
Creating side panes using Xrm.App.sidePanes client API in Dynamics 365 CE
An example on creating side panes by using a client API.
How to bulk change owner of Workflows and Power Automate flows using advanced find in Dynamics 365
How to bulk change owner of processes such as workflows and Power Automate in Dynamics 365/Dataverse.
How to check the environment your Power Automate flow runs in Dynamics 365/Dataverse
9-Step by step guide on how you can check the environment your flow is running in Microsoft Dataverse/Power Platform/Dynamics 365.
How to use Try, Catch and Finally Scopes in Power Automate
How to use Try, Catch and Finally Scopes in Power Automate
How to add custom icons to a list view in Dynamics 365 CE
Step-by-step guide on how to add custom icons to a list view in Dynamics CE with example icons, JavaScript code, and view customization.
How to enable send in-app notifications within model-driven apps (preview)
A step-by-step guide for enabling the in-app notifications feature within model-driven apps (preview). With JavaScript examples.
Using Expand Query in Power Automate with Dataverse | Dynamics 365
How to use the Expand Query field in the List Rows action in Power Automate to get related tables in Dynamics 365.
How to create an account with a primary contact with JavaScript in Dynamics 365
How to create a record in Dynamics 365 using Xrm.WebApi.
JavaScript Code Snippets for Dynamics 365 – Cheat Sheet
JavaScript snippets often used in customizations to Dynamics 365. A JavaScript cheat sheet for Dynamics 365.
How to hide and show a tab in Dynamics 365 based on a field value
How to add Javascript function for setting tab in Dynamics visible or hidden based on field value.
How to add JavaScript to form on load in Dynamics 365
How to add a JavaScript event to a form in Dynamics 365. Step by step guide using the Power Apps admin center.
How to change display language to Power Apps admin center
Step by step how to change the display language in make.powerapps.com.
How to create Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement Trial instance?
A step by step guide for creating a Dynamics 365 CE Trial instance.
Using Power Automate to Automatically Move Note Attachment in Dynamics 365 to SharePoint
This post show how you can extract documents from Dynamics 365 to SharePoint. Reasons behind the flow: Issue with storage space in Dataverse. Storage in Dataverse costs money Remove third party applications like Attachment Extractor from MSCRM.ADDONS Prerequisites A SharePoint site is created and accessible to the organization is required If you use standard SharePoint …
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Study preparations for Power Platform Fundamentals (PL-900)
Took the Microsoft PL-900 Power Platform Fundamentals exam some time ago and took some notes during the study and thought I share how I studied for the exam. The way I like to learn is to see video lections, examples and hands on practice. So what I did first was to read through the Microsoft …
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How to check if a date is between two dates in Power Automate
This post shows an example of how you can check if a date is less than or more than a specific date or within a time period. A sample use case can be for instance a to check if a case must be followed up in between a time period, a start and end date. …
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Replace special characters in a string with Power Automate
Faced an error regarding special characters while creating a new document location in Dynamics 365 CE with Power Automate Flow. To get some context; the reason behind the flow is to extract attachments related to notes and email from Dataverse and store them in SharePoint to save space in Dataverse. The error occurred when I …
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How to display total count of related entities in Dynamics without Calculated Fields
Have you used calculated fields to show how many open opportunities that are related to an account or related closed quotes? Perhaps experienced the field is not up to date with current related entities? Or maybe just find the calculated field does not look satisfying? Counting related entities can easily be solved by using Javascript …
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[Solved] Resource not found for the segment in Power Automate
Specify the plural name of the entity lookup name and the record GUID to solve the error as shown below.
Color coded directory listing with PowerShell
Creating colorized Directory listing with PowerShell. A modification to Get-ChildItem.
How to troubleshoot name resolution
Six-step procedure to troubleshoot name resolution using PowerShell and Test-NetConnection and other network cmdlets.
Counting the days with PowerShell
Created a script for counting the days until a set date in the future. To see how many days is left to reach a goal or just to find out how many days there is before Christmas. Just for fun.
Working with bindings on Windows Web Server IIS with PowerShell
Short post today about how you can get, add and remove bindings with PowerShell on Windows Server running IIS (Internet Information Server). I find it more effective to add bindings through PowerShell rather than clicking through the user interface, especially if a website contains a lot of bindings and you have to scroll and look through the list manually to find the binding you want to delete.
How to export Custom Domains from an Azure Web App with PowerShell
PowerShell script for listing and exporting Custom Domains from an Azure Web App using PowerShell and Azure cmdlets.
Adding a backup_filter file to Azure Web App with PowerShell
Need to exclude files from your Web App Backup? Then you can use a file called _backup.filter and add it to the D:homesitewwwroot folder of your app. In this file you specify the files and folders you want to exclude. Further in this post I show you how to add this file to a Web App using PowerShell.
PowerShell script for counting files and folders
A complete PowerShell script for counting files, folders and files with a specific file type.
Creating Azure Web-App backup with PowerShell
Using PowerShell to create an Azure Web App backup configuration. Post contains a complete script with examples.
The FizzBuzz challenge with PowerShell
A couple of nights a go I suddenly got the urge to write the “FizzBuzz” challenge with PowerShell. As I sat there I came up with four different ways to solve it, even tough three of them is quite similar.
Experimenting with PowerShell and role based access control in Azure
Played around with role-based access control this weekend while learning more about Azure and the cloud. Thought I make a short post about the experimentation and some of the learnings a long the way.