XrmToolCast

It has been a difficult week this week on the XrmToolCast with Jonas suffering a stroke.  Daryl has invited some of Jonas' fellow co-workers and MVPs to talk about what happened, how Jonas is doing now, and how we, the community, can support him. Consider Donating to Jonas via http://fetchxmlbuilder.com/donate     Got questions? Have your own tool you'd like to share? Have a suggestion for a futur...

Jonas and Daryl have a friendly talk between themselves, walking through all the new tools they've recently released.  There may also be some Dad jokes in the episode, so make sure listen all the way to the end.  Tools covered: Custom Action Tester Custom API Tester XrmToolBox Integration Tester Portal Entity Permission Manager Outlook Timesheet Calculator Got questions? Have your own tool you'd l...

Mike Stall joins us to talk about the work that Microsoft has just publicly released for Canvas Apps in the form of the Power Apps Source File Pack and Unpack Utility.  Topics Covered: What are the end design goals. YAML, Why?  Checkout the blog post here or visit the GitHub page here Mike's Info: LinkedIn: MikeStall Blog: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/blogs/jmstall/ Got questions? Have...

Dataverse has had custom actions for some time now, and now, a similar new tool is available to Dataverse developer, Custom APIs.  We've brought David Rivard on to not only help define what they are, but to talk about his new Dataverse Custom API collection .  Other topics covered: What's the difference between Custom APIs and Custom Actions? What are the current hang-ups with Custom APIs, and wha...

High quality blogs are always a helpful, and in this episode we speak to the managing editor of Dynamics Chronicles, Lloyd Sebag.  It started as a conversation into the XTB tools documented on the site, but dived into much much more! Check out Dynamics Chronicles website, and the team that brings it to life: Stéphan Drouard Danny Rodrigues Alves Amaury Veron Mattias Liloia Lorenz Prandini Fabian K...

Brand new baby MVP Matt Collins-Jones talks about his top 4 tools for creating Power Automate Flows, and the tools that we wish existed. Be sure to check out Matt's YouTube channel!  Lot's of great content! Tools Discussed: FetchXML Builder - https://www.xrmtoolbox.com/plugins/Cinteros. Xrm. FetchXmlBuilder/   Level Up - Level Up Chrome/Edge Store Metadata Browser - https://www.xrmtoolbox.com/plug...

Fellow MVP Neil Benson needed some help on a project and decided to use a lifeline and called Daryl and Jonas to ask what tools to use to document a system for a technical assessment.  We decided to record the phone call for all to enjoy. Be sure to check out Neil's "Pimp My LinkedIn Profile" YouTube series! Tools Discussed: SnapShot! For Dynamics 365 -  https://www.xrmcoaches.com/snapshot/   Plug...

Fellow MVP Amey Holden decides to turn the tables and interview us!  Be sure to check out Amey's "Pimp My LinkedIn Profile" YouTube series! Topics Discussed: What was our first tool? 5318008 on our calculators What's are favorite tools we didn't create? 3d Dancing babies in PowerPoint: https://www.ameyholden.com/articles/i-didnt-know-powerpoint-could-do-that   Amey's Info and other links: LinkedIn...

Repeat guest Marc Schweigert from Microsoft talks about the (almost released) Power Platform ALM Starter Kit, a tool to help manage and solve all your Power Platform ALM woes! Topics Discussed: Center of Excellence (COE) Starter Kit Storing Theme data in CDS Issues with naming an advanced tool without making the non-advanced tool sound dumb. ALM App-ception, the Chicken and the Egg problem for too...

In this episode we continue our talk with the hosts of The UP Podcast, Lisa Crosbie and Megan V. Walker.   Topics in this episode: Megan succumbs to Jonas's date formatting peer pressure. Jonas shoot's down Lisa's Australian tool ideas Jonas enjoys listening about dresses while running Lisa learns about the Iconnator and View Layout Replicator. Daryl can't keep guests and listeners straight The UP...

In this episode we talk with the hosts of The UP Podcast, Lisa Crosbie and Megan V. Walker talking about how their introduction to tools for the power platform as well.   Other topics: Lisa Crosbie explains how she annoyed her company IT department Jonas accuses Lisa of Being the Power Platform Jesus Megan talks about her Eureka moment with tools in the XTB Jonas learns about the Auto-Number Manag...

In this episode we interview Carl Cookson, a creator of 3 XrmToolBox Tools.  We dive into each tool and why you should be using them. ERD Visio Builder - https://github.com/LinkeD365/ERDVisioBuilder Org Settings - https://github.com/LinkeD365/OrgSettings Mockaroo Data Munger - https://github.com/LinkeD365/MockarooDataMunger     Carl Cookson's Info: Blog: linkeD365.blog LinkedIn: https://www.linked...

In this episode we interview MVP Hardit Bhatia to talk about his brand new tool, "Power Apps Formula Reference".  We dive into the app, why it was created, how it's structured, and how it's intended to be used.  We also go off topic in few areas: Never let Joel Lindstrom introduce himself first Jonas wants more responsive functionality Daryl and the rest of Americans have it easy Logical names for...

We've invited Julia Simpson, an F&O consultant new to the CRM/CDS world to gain insights on what it's like to be new to the CRM/CDS community, and the tools found within.  In this episode: Julia describes her first tool experience in the XrmToolBox. Julia describes her experience with the CRM/CDS community. Daryl still can't introduce a guess properly. Jonas is accused of bleeding on his icons. ht...

In this episode we interview MVPs Gus Gonzalez and Nicholas Hayduk, to talk about their new tool, Power Text !  We also discus: How 5 year MVPs have been MVPs for nearly a decade!  Gus's skill at getting others to do his dev dirty work. Nick's lack of sales skills. Jonas shared an Fetch Xml Builder update!   Nick's Info: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholashayduk/ https://twitter.com/engineered_co...

In this episode Jonas and Daryl each present their top 10 Tools for CRM/XRM/CDS Developers.   Jonas teaches Daryl about Win+V Jonas declares Sweden the "Home of the Imposter Syndrome" Daryl talks about America's love with blowing stuff up Daryl's Tools  Notepad++ Visual Studio/VS Code Ea rly Bound Generator Attribute Manager W ebResource Manager Visual Studio Solution Accelerator S cript Finder /...

In this episode, we talk to 17 year MVP David Yack about the tools in his web page, CDS.tools   Daryl still manages to mess the introduction up, even after doing it 28 times. David walks through all of the tools in CDS.tools SDK Tools Download Business Rules Viewer Security Role Explorer Server Trigger Explorer Access Tokens WebAPI Builder Auto Number Creator Record Counts Azure Region Check Jonas...

In this episode, we talk to the expert of all things SQL to CDS, Mark Carrington, about the new SQL CDS endpoint and his SQL for CDS XrmToolBox tool. Jonas admits to not being able to write Fetch Xml as easily as SQL Mark walks through his tool and the differences/advantages between the new SQL CDS endpoint All agree that Jonas is "special" Mark's Links Blog - https://markcarrington.dev/ SQL 4 CDS...

In this episode we interview Ivan Ficko, the Dynamics Ninja, , about his new tool, the Yeoman Pcf Generator. Jonas and Daryl admit their PCF ignorance Ivan walks through the differences between his tool and other similar tools Ivan's Info Twitter: https://twitter.com/DynamicsNinja GitHub:  https://github.com/DynamicsNinja Blog:  https://dynamicsninja.blog LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/iva...

In this episode, Jonas puts the call out for help with using frameworks on projects, so we call in Scott Durow ( @ScottDurow ) the creator of the Ribbon Workbench and Sparkle Xrm framework, to discuss.  This is part 2 of a 2 part episode. Should projects build their own?  How much would it handle? Should open source frameworks be used? Dangerous of the "Super Framework" Faxing requests How not to...

In this episode, Jonas puts the call out for help with using frameworks on projects, so we call in Scott Durow ( @ScottDurow ) the creator of the Ribbon Workbench and Sparkle Xrm framework, to discuss.  This is part 1 of a 2 part episode. Daryl introduces Jonas to Weezer Should projects use straight SDK? Should projects build their own?  How much would it handle? Should open source frameworks be u...

In this episode we interview Clement Olivier (@Clement0livier stuffandtacos , https://www.linkedin.com/in/clemolivier ), the creator of the Quick Edit Form, about his new tool. Clement explains why he made the Quick Edit Form control, and the learning experience with PCF and Office Fabric UI. Download the control here: https://github.com/carfup/PCFControls/releases Clement's Blog https://stuffandt...

In this episode, Markus Erlandsson invites Daryl and Jonas to discuss early bound development vs late bound development, as both Daryl and Jonas have their own XrmToolBox tools to assist in these areas. Markus Erlandsson:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/markuserlandsson/   https://twitter.com/MarkusErlandsso   https://crmrocks.com/   -- Got questions? Have your own tool you'd like to share? Have a su...

In this episode, Jonas and Daryl talk through common tools for getting your technical problems solved, with a specific eye towards canvas apps.  We also invite Matt Devaney, a MS forums Appstronaut, to talk through the tools he uses to solve his questions. Forums – a Product that ages in reverse, the more you use it, the better it gets What old programming language books are used for How to get yo...

In this episode, Jonas and Daryl walk through Jonas' newest tool for the XrmToolBox , the UML Diagram Generator .  We also invite Reece Campbell, a beta user of the tool, to talk through his experience with using it. PlantUML and it's features Shorten the XrmToolBox to XBox? What advantages/disadvantages it has over the Entity Relation Diagram Creator Daryl makes plea for free testing Would the re...