XrmToolCast

In this episode, Daryl and Scott interview Clément Olivier, fellow BizApps MVP, and chat about his original tools for the XrmToolBox, the Delta Plugins, and the new tool which allows you to rename the views in bulk. Some of the highlights: Delta Plugins: Local Assembly vs CRM - to compare the plugins classes Plugin between the local vs the plugin assembly registered in the Dataverse environment De...

In this episode, Daryl and Scott talk to a Senior Program Manager at Microsoft, Nathan Helgren, about the Virtual Tables. Some of the highlights: Nathan's 25 years at MS What are Virtual Tables (VT)? Difference between a Connector and a VT Create virtual tables using the virtual connector provider Virtual Dad Jokes abound Virtualize all the things? Building Power Apps using 100% virtual tables Wha...

In this episode, Daryl and Scott talk to a Principal Program Manager at Microsoft, Scott Sewell, about the Power BI Dynamics 365 Sales Templates. Some of the highlights: Daryl's Europe trip Scott's superpower is working with Data, from SSIS/Kingswaysoft to SSRS to Power BI How Scott got into using the Titanic What not to do when starting with Power BI Scott explains a star schema for Daryl Scott w...

In this episode, Daryl and Scott talk to a repeat guest and fellow MVP, Julian Sharp, about the study groups that he runs for the Microsoft certification exams. Some of the highlights: Julian's impressive beard Study Groups Meet twice a week, Thursday Evening and Sunday Morning Run on Teams 10 sessions over a couple of months Ask users to show up, ask questions How do people decide where to specia...

In this episode, Daryl and Scott talk to Microsoft employee Kartik Kanakasabesan about the Power Apps CLI. Some of the highlights: The origin and history of the PAC New Tools to install using PAC Submitting a PR to PAC Using PAC in Azure DevOps PAC Canvas Create Kartik's Info and other links: Kartik Kanakasabesan - LinkedIn @kkanakas List of Kartik blog posts - https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-u...

In this episode, Daryl and Jonas talk to Mark Carrington, Chris Piasecki and Matt Beard about the XrmToolBox Basics. Some of the highlights: Why do we need to get back to the basics Connection List Managing Connections in XrmToolBox:  https://youtu.be/mC5FR_LaY4w Different ways of connecting environments Set environment highlight colour Define browser and profile Why Tanguy couldn't join the show...

In this episode, Daryl and Scott talk to a repeat guest and fellow MVP, Andrew Butenko, about the new v2 of his ABDialogs. Some of the highlights: How to design for both Low-Coders and Pro-Coders Documentation vs video tutorial Scott wants to go to the museum Difficulties in implementing Lookup PowerFx in Dialogs? Andrew's Imposter Syndrome Supporting Ukraine  Andrew's Info and other links: Twitte...

In this episode, Daryl and Scott talk to Phil Cole, a long-time listener of XrmToolCast, about using the PowerFx open-source library in various ways. Some of the highlights: Daryl's #SummitNA experience Phil decides to use all the preview things! Jurassic Park - Can we, but should we? Scott subscribe to the RSS feed of PowerFX GitHub Homework assignment for Phil Scott's idea about using RPA to mig...

In this episode, Daryl and Scott talk to Microsoft employee Manuela Pichler about the Power CAT CoE Starter Kit ( https://aka.ms/coestarterkit ). Some of the highlights: Scott returns from the Power Platform conference Dogs with separation anxiety  CoE - Spreading the excellence Who should be using it? Manuela's Info and other links: Manuela Pichler - LinkedIn @ManuelaPichler_ Got questions? Have...

In this episode, Daryl and Scott talk to fellow MVP Dani Kahil about multiple cheat sheets that he prepared over the last 2 years. Some of the highlights: Scott talks about punts Daryl confesses to cheating in high school Cheatsheets Better late than never introduction by Daryl MS CRM 2013 Client API Cheat Sheet by Rami Mounla Daryl and Scoot give Dani homework What's a Trapezoid again? Dani's cou...

Daryl and Scott interview Sid Gundavarapu and Jesse Parsons from Microsoft, and chat about the ESLint rules for Power Apps model-driven apps and Dynamics 365 CE. Some of the highlights: What is ESLint? What are ESLint rules for Power Apps and Dynamics 365? ESLint is like a grammar check for code Power Apps ESLint npm package vs Solution Checker Targeted audience for ESLint rules  Security-focused...

In this episode, Daryl and Scott talk to fellow MVP Raphaël Pothin, a user and consumer of Jupyter Notebook, about the Power Platform Notebook Templates. Some of the highlights: TMNT What is Jupyter Notebook Code and Markdown Cells in Jupyter Notebook Is VB still a thing Where/how Notebooks can be used Use case scenario to use Notebooks for Power Platform Raphaël's MVP journey Raphaël's upcoming a...

In this episode, Daryl and Scott talk to fellow MVP Neil Benson who is a host of his own podcast, Amazing Apps, about tools and suggestions for estimating projects. Some of the highlights: Estimating Business Applications Estimating in time sucks Neil's Favorite tool for estimating?  His phone calculator app Neil wants Daryl to run 10km uphill, in the rain, over a bridge with holes... Managing Wor...

In this episode, Daryl and Scott talk to fellow MVP Michael Ochs about the latest updates of the ALM Accelerator. Some of the highlights: Latest updates about ALM Accelerator What is Healthy ALM Using Solutions Everything is code Be able to deploy to a downstream environment at the push of a button What is the future of ALM Accelerator? Unopinionated ALM Accelerator Extensivity of ALM Accelerator...

In this episode, Daryl and Scott interview Kristine Kolodziejski, Gamer/Drummer/Piano girl, about the latest neumorphic UI design kits for Power Apps canvas apps. Some of the highlights: Reading release notes for 2022 Wave 2 Standing on the shoulders of giants Music is a part of Kristine's life Nails on the keyboard Skeuomorphism / Neumorphism UI trend Kristine tells her story Neumorphic UI Kit To...

In this episode, Daryl talks to fellow MVP Temmy Wahyu Raharjo about the Dependency Injection, and Developer Rabbit Holes/Perfectionism. Some of the highlights: What is Dependency Injection? How is it different from Inversion of Control ILMerge Divide Testing a plugin which calls an external service without testing the external service How to start learning .NET Core for the beginners Daryl #Early...

Daryl and Scott shared horror stories about things that did not go quite as planned and the pranks they have pulled on their colleagues. Some of the highlights: If you were an interviewer, would you hire someone who answers "I have never done anything wrong in my career" Battle scars of Daryl and Scott Two Concurrent Publish All actions could make the server hang in the early days of CRM online Da...

Daryl and Scott interview Maciej Kornacki and chat about the new Managed Solution Bulk Remover tool as well as the Unmanaged Active Layer Bulk Remover tool. Some of the highlights: Hoodie vs Jumper Unmanaged Active Layer Bulk Remover Managed Solution Bulk Remover Uninstalling MS Marketing is horror stories Maciej let Power Virtual Agents answer some of the questions (Apologies for the robotic soun...

Daryl and Scott interview Jonas Rapp, the other co-host of the XrmToolCast, and chat about his Early-bound experience and feature requests for the EarlyBound Entity Generator. Some of the highlights: Daryl makes himself a fool Daryl teaches Jonas about Benedict Arnold ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Arnold ) Jonas dives into his Early-bound experience Deliver 100% of your obligations in 2...

Daryl and Scott interview Diana Birkelbach, PCF Lady, about the latest improvements for the Colorful Optionset PCF control. Some of the highlights: If it ain't your computer, don't touch the screen Using React and Fluent UI for PCF Control Diana's helpful hints for picking up react What is React-based virtual code component Advantages of Virtual Controls Size of files Visible Performance improveme...

Daryl and Scott interview Mark Carrington, a 3rd-time repeat guest of the show, about the new features added in the latest version of SQL 4 CDS. Some of the highlights: Daryl is allergic to duck eggs Scott looks like a quail egg person Variables and For Loop Support in SQL 4 CDS Execution plan view SQL 4 CDS now provides an ADO connection Possible uses for it Naming things is one of the hardest th...

Daryl and Scott interview Casey Burke and Prabhat Pandey from Microsoft, and chat about the new command designer with Power Fx. Some of the highlights: Various Classic Games History of Commanding How it got pitched/approved Biggest problem Not interrupting customers Integrating with the Solution Model migration Managing the ALM process Integrating with PowerFx Microservices How it works When Ribbo...

Daryl and Scott interview Carl Cookson, supposedly (Ex) Developer & fellow MVP, and chat about the new XrmToolBox Tool - BPF To Visio Builder. Some of the highlights: Daryl Read-off-the-people's-Twitter-profile LaBar Do former Devs need to keep up their Dev chops? Does someone need to be a good developer to be a good manager? Field games that the hosts and the guest are familiar with Other XrmTool...

Daryl and Scott interview Clément Olivier, fellow BizApps MVP, and chat about the new XrmToolBox Tool - PCF to BPF. Some of the highlights: Gardening Podcast PCF to BPF How Custom Controls are added to BPF Table FormXml Adding Choices field to Data Step of BPF Crashing the XrmToolBox Worldwide What Clément didn't test Virtual DOM for Fluent What are the bounds on a PCF control in the BPF Clément's...

Daryl talks about his newest tool in his toolbelt, ZoomIt.  A Windows utility from Sys Internals for drawing on your screen.   Some of the highlights: Sorry, not many highlights... Just Daryl doing his thing!  :) Links: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/zoomit Got questions? Have your own tool you'd like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scot...