XrmToolCast

In this episode, Jonas and Daryl pretend to have been promoted to PMs at Microsoft, in charge of the Power platform.  Each takes turns describing what they would do if they were in charge.   Got questions? Have your own tool you'd like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Jonas at  cast@xrmtoolbox.com . Your hosts: Daryl LaBar:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/daryllabar...

In this episode, we spend time with Brandon Kelly from CloudSmith Consulting, who has a new open source extension for VS Code, to share with us.  CDS for Code has the following features: - Manages Solution Assets - Editor For web Resources - Plugin Development Loop - Templating - Security - Code Generation Download the project here: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=CloudSmithCon...

In this episode, we invite Sara Lagerquist, MVP and vocal proponent of low code/no code solutions, to give us some of the top tools that she uses.  In this episode Sara shares the following tools: Bulk Workflow Execution by Andy Popkin https://www.xrmtoolbox.com/plugins/AndyPopkin. BulkWorkflowExecution/ Attribute Manager by Daryl LaBar https://www.xrmtoolbox.com/plugins/DLaB.Xrm. AttributeManager...

In this episode, we interview the Matt Barbour, the Principal Platform Architect – Common Data Services for Applications Platform at Microsoft at the Dynamics Community 2019 NA Summit.  In this episode Matt talks through:  The PowerApps Command line Utility Microsoft's Focus on Command line first Updates on the status of the Visual Studio Dev Tool Kit New features that have been added to the Data...

In this episode, we interview the James Novak.  James is the maintainer of a slew of winform controls designed for the Xrm Tool Box, as well as the Document Template Manager Plugin. Dealing with Impostor Syndrome when sharing your work with the world Newlywed life Lazy Developers How good code can be easily repurposed. The "I can make it more extendable rabbit hole". James's favorite tools James's...

In this episode of firsts, we have our first return guest, the Xrm Wizard himself Magnus Sørensen ( @XrmWizard ), and the first time having two guests as Jordi Montaña also joins us as we take a deep dive into automated testing of Xrm/CDS/D365 CE! Why use a mocking framework specifically tailored for Xrm The biggest reason to do automated testing with plugins/workflows How client side service requ...

In this episode, we interview the Xrm Wizard himself, Magnus Sørensen ( @XrmWizard ) the keeper and maintainer of Delegate A/S's Open Source tools. How to register your plugins and plugin steps via fluent based code. How to include workflow and view state in your CRM solution Deployments Using Fiddler to do your client side dev work. Why using Typescript allows you to "Write it, and it just works"...

In this episode, we interview Danish Naglekar ( @DanzMaverick ) the creator of the PCF-CustomControlBuilder. The features we want to be added How to get your tool "out there" Jonas does a Pull Request "On Air" Daryl mixes up the Guest with a breakfast food. https://twitter.com/ @DanzMaverick https://www.linkedin.com/in/danishnaglekar https://github.com/Danz-maveRICK/PCF-CustomControlBuilder   Got...

In this episode, we interview Scott Durow ( @ScottDurow ) the creator of the Ribbon Workbench and Sparkle Xrm framework. The Birth of the Ribbon Workbench and it's architecture Smart Buttons The most common reason why something doesn't show in the Ribbon Why the Ribbon Workbench will die Why Scott got 200 support requests in a weekend All of Scott's knowledge is in the Sparkle Xrm Framework. Use i...

In this episode (brought to you by  D365UG ), we interview Wael Hamze ( @WaelHamze ) the creator of multiple CDS/XRM CI frameworks and tools. Azure Devops Xaml vs PoweShell vs Yaml Managed vs unmanaged What's required for 100% automation of your ALM https://twitter.com/@WaelHamze https://www.linkedin.com/in/waelhamze/ https://waelhamze.wordpress.com/ https://github.com/WaelHamze/xrm-ci-framework h...

In this episode (brought to you by  D365UG ), we interview Clement Olivier (@Clement0livier stuffandtacos ) and Gus Gonzalez (@GusGonzalez2 elev8solutions.com ), the creators of the Business Process Flow Manager XrmToolBox. How bacon/pancakes and complaining gives birth to XTB plugins Gus pleads for someone to listen and create a tool for him. How long does it take to make an XTB plugin? The coole...

In this episode (brought to you by D365UG ), we interview Natraj Yegnaraman ( @RajYRaman  DreamingInCRM.com ), the creator of Level Up and multiple tools in the XrmToolBox. Topics discussed – Level Up - The best tool admins love to hate – Side loading Level Up in Firefox/Edge – Solution History (XTB Plugin) – Solution Installer (XTB Plugin) – Export To Excel (XTB Plugin) – Entity Image Uploader (X...

In this episode (brought to you by D365UG ), we interview Andy Popkin ( @andypopkin ), the creator of multiple tools in the XrmToolBox. Topics discussed – Bulk Delete Tool (XTB plugin) – Bulk Workflow Execution (XTB Plugin) – Record Counter (XTB Plugin) – Future XTB Plugin to convert user views to system views – The debt of onprem in online – Andy's tools + Gus Gonzalez's cojones = Death to multip...

This episode was born from a GitHub issue posted by our guest Marc Schweigert from Microsoft, on potentially renaming the XrmToolBox to something that is more CDS PowerPlatform friendly. Topics discussed - Marc's career progression from developer to sales - Marc's favorite tools - How Microsoft's focus on open APIs allows for tools - Marc's perfect world and what we would do to it (Deep Thought qu...

In this episode (brought to you by  Mapltyics  by  Inogic , Daryl steps out of the host seat and into the role of guest to talk about his newest XrmToolBox Plugin, the Visual Studio Solution Accelerator. Topics discussed - Daryl is a quitter. - What is this plugin? - Setting up Visual Studio solutions for XRM Development - Daryl's Shunning of TLAs - Why the default Region in Visual Studio sucks Do...

Today On XrmToolCast, brought you by  Mapltyics  by  Inogic , Daryl and Jonas talk to fellow MVP Jason Lattimer, diving into his background and his wildly successful RESTBuilder tool. Topics Discussed The CRMRESTBuilder ( https://github.com/jlattimer/CRMRESTBuilder ) CRMCodeEditor and Daryl's Confusion with a similar XrmToolBox tool ( https://github.com/jlattimer/CRMCodeEditor ) The pleathera of W...

This episode is brought to you by D365UG. Today on the XrmToolCast, Daryl and Jonas walk through what is involved in creating a plugin for the XrmToolBox. Topics discussed in this episode: Technologies you need to know The VisualStudio XTB Template PluginBase/PluginControlBase Async helper methods Setting up Debug Configuration XTB interfaces Daryl's Inability to memorize an e-mail address Develop...

This episode is brought to you by  Maplytics  by  Inogic . Listener Seth T. Bacon asks what is Microsoft's position on third-party developed tools. To answer the question, Daryl and Jonas invited Matt Barbour,  Principal Platform Architect – Common Data Services for Applications Platform (CAP) at Microsoft to answer the question: Controls and constraints at the api level Will Microsoft make commun...

This is the first episode of our podcast dedicated to the XrmToolBox , the ultimate set of tools for Dynamics 365, with Business Applications MVP's Daryl Labar, Jonas Rapp, and Tanguy Touzard, the creator of the XrmToolBox. This episode is brought to you by D365UG/CRMUG . History of the XrmToolBox Daryl and Jonas' experience creating tools for the XrmToolBox Benefit to Microsoft partners of their...