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XrmToolCast

112 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratings

The podcast dedicated to tools available for the Microsoft Business Applications Platform. Hosted by Daryl LaBar and Scott Durow.

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Career Tips and Tricks with Alison Mulligan

November 07, 2021 16:00 - 56 minutes - 104 MB

In this non-technical/jargon-free episode, Daryl and Scott speak with Alison Mulligan about career tips and tricks such as how to get started in Dynamics & Power Platform, how to ask for a raise in a right way and how to change roles within a career. Other topics: Destined moment of three people with metal in their arm Alison's American Express/Excel/Access heritage and digital transformation stories Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life How to get started with a care...

Live from the Dynamics Communities Summit NA

October 24, 2021 16:00 - 40 minutes - 74.8 MB

In this episode, Daryl and Scott talk about their sessions and experiences at Summit NA 2021. This is the special episode that was recorded face-to-face at the Community News Desk room in the Community Summit North America venue. Other topics: Controversial opinion about laptop stickers Navigating COVID-19 Fusion teams Is It Worth The Time? comic by xkcd Daryl got distracted by a fly and his phone Official collective terminology for customer engagement apps Tips about snoozing ...

Bram Colpaert and Data Transporter

October 10, 2021 16:00 - 49 minutes - 91.2 MB

Daryl and Scott interview Bram Colpaert, a good lazy developer based in Belgium, and chat about one of his tools, the Data Transporter.  Other topics: Queen's English and George Doubinski's accent Fellow listeners from The UP Podcast Star Trek, Lieutenant Commander Data and transporter beam Better Connection Management in XrmToolBox over Microsoft Tools Scott spends his free time diving into Dataverse GUID generation Daryl's magic trick to entertain aliens in Toy Story Editor ...

Matt Beard and Dataverse Format Changer

September 26, 2021 16:00 - 40 minutes - 75 MB

Daryl and Scott interview Matt Beard, fellow MVP and a data nerd, and chat about his newest tool, the Dataverse Format Changer.  Other topics: Beards and Mr. Beard Matt reacts to the worst schema names What use case is the JSON format? Dataverse for Teams leads the way Data Validation Tool Connector Gallery Exclusive announcement of London user group meeting Data8 Ltd, the data quality company Matt’s Dad Joke Matt's Info and other links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt...

The Rise of Jonas

September 12, 2021 16:00 - 53 minutes - 98.5 MB

Daryl and Scott hang out with Jonas Rapp, the other co-host of the XrmToolCast, and have a fireside chat without talking about any technical topic or tools and stuff. Some of the highlights: Jonas has started doing some coding Trying to remember that dang shortcut, having to resort to the menus Remembering his tool names? Jonas will be speaking at the South Coast Summit Encouraging everyone to share their story Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggest...

Danish Naglekar and Dataverse DevTools Extension for VSCode

August 29, 2021 16:00 - 50 minutes - 93.3 MB

Daryl and Scott interview Danish Naglekar, fellow MVP and a previous guest, and chat about his newest tool, the Dataverse DevTools for VsCode.   Other topics: Building VsCode Extensions The PCF Builder Bearer Tokens Danish's Info and other links: https://twitter.com/@DanzMaverick https://www.linkedin.com/in/danishnaglekar https://github.com/Danz-maveRICK/PCF-CustomControlBuilder https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=danish-naglekar.dataverse-devtools Got questions...

Daniel Cai and KingswaySoft

August 15, 2021 16:00 - 48 minutes - 88.3 MB

Daryl and Scott interview Daniel Cai, founder of KingswaySoft and a former MVP.  We talk through the history of the KingswaySoft SSIS adapter as well as some of the improvements made along the way.  Other topics: Scott hates mosquitos almost as much as Daryl hates rope swings Free shirts are the best shirts Daniel's trigger statements SOAP vs WebApi Tables vs Entities Daniel's Info and other links: Company: KingswaySoft LinkedIn: DanielCai Twitter: @DanielCai Got questions? ...

Albanian Early Bound with Betim Beja

August 01, 2021 16:00 - 53 minutes - 73.5 MB

With Scott being on vacation Mike Ochs was nice enough to fill in the co-host seat as we dive into the Albanian Early Bound Tool for the XrmToolBox with Betim Beja.  Betim is a developer based in Albanian, who talks about his tools as well as his home country. Betim's Info and other links: Blog: https://xrm.al/ LinkedIn: BetimBeja Twitter: @betimbeja GitHub: Albanian-xrm Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and...

Dataverse Catalog Manager With David Rivard

July 18, 2021 16:00 - 44 minutes - 81.9 MB

We've challenged David Rivard in episode 41 to create a tool for Managing Custom APIs .  Not only did he accept that challenge and created the Dataverse Custom API Manager, he has also extended it to create another one, the Dataverse Catalog Manager, both of which we dive into on this show.   David's Info and other links: Blog: https://itmustbecode.com/  LinkedIn: davidrivard Twitter: @david_rivard Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future...

Portals With Megan V. Walker

July 04, 2021 16:00 - 54 minutes - 99.5 MB

In this episode we talk with Megan V. Walker about her experience with Portals.   Megan is an outstanding example of a self described citizen developer, delivering MS Portals with excellence. Other topics: Megan confesses her love of CSS, Daryl admits his disdain Scott pictures a Where's Waldo, Daryl Edition Megan admits to struggling with both Imposter Syndrome, and self pride. Daryl and Megan talk about their brothers Megan's portal Christmas wish Links: Franco Musso - Franco ...

Ben Vollmer Breaks the Internet

June 20, 2021 16:00 - 37 minutes - 68.2 MB

In this episode, we talk to Ben Vollmer, former Global Director for Field Service, about his involvement in the bringing down CRM Online for the entire world.  It's a true blast from the past as most of it was before Daryl even logged into CRM online, and so long that Scott has forgotten most of it.  Other topics: When CRM required XBOX Where has all of Daryl's code gone? Ben's interesting interpretation of bug free software Little Bobby Tables (https://xkcd.com/327/) Ben's Links Tw...

Andrew Butenko and All Things AB

June 06, 2021 16:00 - 55 minutes - 102 MB

In this episode, we talk to long time MVP Andrew Butenko who is the creator of multiple extremely useful PCF controls (The most recent being a Clippy PCF control, how awesome is that, Clippy!)  We announce that we will be running a contest for the best listener submitted questions, so submit yours today! Andrew's Links Twitter: @a33ik YouTube: http://youtube.com/AndrewButenko Blog: http://butenko.pro/blog/ GitHub: http://github.com/AndrewButenko Clippy: https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Imran Akram and the XTB's Plugin Registration Tool

May 23, 2021 16:00 - 42 minutes - 77.2 MB

In this episode, we talk to the current maintainer of the Plugin Registration Tool for the XrmToolBox.  We talk through the history of the tool and what the future may hold for it as well as: Microsoft's announcement of being able to register additional DLLs DLL Hell The Auto Deployer Tool "War" Stories Imran's Links Twitter: @imranakram365 Email: [email protected] LinkedIn: Imranakram1 Github: ImranAkram Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggest...

SQL 4 CDS Improvements With Mark Carrington

May 09, 2021 16:00 - 56 minutes - 103 MB

In this episode, we talk to brand new baby MVP Mark Carrington, creator of the SQL 4 CDS XTB tool, about his new improvements. Scott is Canadian, Eh? SQL 4 CDS Safe Guards and Query Optimization  Mark's Links Blog - https://markcarrington.dev/ SQL 4 CDS https://www.xrmtoolbox.com/plugins/MarkMpn.SQL4CDS/ https://markcarrington.dev/sql-4-cds/ https://github.com/MarkMpn/Sql4Cds Twitter - @MarkMpn LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-carrington-1499a010/ Work https://w...

Guido Preite and the PCF Gallery and Dependent OptionSet Manager

April 25, 2021 16:00 - 59 minutes - 110 MB

In this episode, Daryl and Scott talk with long time fellow MVP, Guido Preite.  Guido is the caretaker of the PCF Gallery as well as a the creator of the Dependent Option Set Manager.  Other topics discussed: Scott is wearing pants StackOverflow rivalries never die Guido's former newsletter You need to do something until you like it Guido's name change refusal Guido's info and other links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/crmanswers  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/guidopreite...

Transitioning To Managed Solutions With Benedikt Bergmann

April 11, 2021 16:00 - 57 minutes - 105 MB

In this episode, Daryl announces Scott as the new co-host, and he, as well as guest Benedikt Bergmann, teach Daryl how to transition to managed solutions.  There is also a short clip from Jonas!  The following are discussed: Managed Solutions Aren't Unmanaged Keep it Simple One Solution to Rule them All Some interesting ALM options Benedikt's info and other links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/BergmannBene LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benedikt-bergmann/ Blog: https://ben...

XrmToolBox Developer Update with James Novak

March 28, 2021 16:00 - 48 minutes - 89.2 MB

In this episode, Daryl interviews James Novak.  James is the maintainer of a slew of WinForm controls designed for the XrmToolBox, as well as the Document Template Manager Plugin.  This is a dev heavy episode where the following topics are discussed: Shared Projects Source Only Nuget Files Sharing code in XrmToolBox Projects ILMerge/ILRepack Pitfalls we ran into XrmToolBox.com ratings improvement CodeNow James's Info and other links: Blog: https://futurezconsulting.com/blog ...

Documenting Power Platform Tools With Linn Zaw Win

March 14, 2021 16:00 - 32 minutes - 60 MB

Linn Zaw Win shares his journey of attempting to document every single tool in the Power Platform universe, focusing first on the tools in the XrmToolBox.  Daryl also gives an update on Jonas.  Linn shares: Link to tools documented: https://linnzawwin.blogspot.com/p/tools.html Tools that surprised him The steps he follows to document the tools. Environment Comparer - https://linnzawwin.blogspot.com/p/nenvironmentcomparer.html CDS Data Migrator tool https://linnzawwin.blogspot.com/p/...

Coming Together to Support Jonas

February 26, 2021 00:41 - 21 minutes - 39 MB

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 future episode? Contact Daryl and Jonas at [email protected]. Your hosts: Daryl LaBar: ht...

Loads of New Tools With (Mostly) Jonas and Daryl

February 14, 2021 17:00 - 36 minutes - 66.2 MB

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 like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Jonas at cast@...

Power Apps Source File Pack and Unpack Utility With Mike Stall

January 31, 2021 17:00 - 41 minutes - 75.5 MB

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 your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact D...

The Dataverse Custom API Collection with David Rivard

January 17, 2021 17:00 - 41 minutes - 77.1 MB

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 what does Jonas want it to be? Why APIs are helpful for ISVs Jonas and David start collaborat...

Community Documentation via Dynamics Chronicles and Lloyd Sebag

January 03, 2021 17:00 - 28 minutes - 39.4 MB

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 Kalchofner Matt's Info and other links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lloy...

Tools for your Power Automate Flow Woes with MVP Matt Collins-Jones

December 13, 2020 17:00 - 50 minutes - 92 MB

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/plugins/MsCrmTools.MetadataBrowser/  Flow to Visio - https://www.xrmtoolbox.com/plugins/Lin...

A Phone Call On Documentation Tools With Neil Benson

November 29, 2020 17:00 - 38 minutes - 70.7 MB

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/  Plugin Registration Tool - https://github.com/Innofactor/PluginRegistration  Attribute Usage ...

The Tables Have Turned with Amey Holden

November 15, 2020 17:00 - 43 minutes - 80.4 MB

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: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amey-holden/  Twitter: @AmeyHolden Pimp My Linke...

The Power Platform ALM Starter Kit

November 01, 2020 17:00 - 41 minutes - 76.3 MB

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 tools   Marc's Info and other links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/devkeydet/ ...

More Fun With The Up Podcast - Part2

October 18, 2020 16:00 - 32 minutes - 59.1 MB

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 Podcast: https://theuppodcast.com/ Lisa Crosbie's Info: Blog: https://lisacrosbie....

In The Beginning With Lisa Crosbie & Megan V Walker - Part1

October 04, 2020 16:00 - 30 minutes - 56.7 MB

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 Manager Daryl describes the Cardinal Rule for developers for naming things The UP Podcast: ...

Three XrmToolBox Tools with Carl Cookson

September 20, 2020 16:00 - 47 minutes - 86.6 MB

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.linkedin.com/in/carlcookson/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/LinkeD365    Got questions? ...

Power Apps Formula Reference

September 06, 2020 16:00 - 44 minutes - 81.3 MB

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 fore the win!   Hardit's Info: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harditbhatia/ Twi...

Tools for Newbies with Julia Simpson

August 23, 2020 16:00 - 48 minutes - 88.6 MB

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. https://www.linkedin.com/in/Juliaj87/ https://twitter.com/Juliaj87   Got questions? ...

Power Text With Gus Gonzalez and Nicholas Hayduk

August 09, 2020 16:00 - 46 minutes - 84.8 MB

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_code https://www.youtube.com/c/EngineeredCode https://www.engineeredcode.com/blo...

Top 20 Tools for CRM/XRM/CDS Developers

July 26, 2020 16:00 - 49 minutes - 90 MB

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 Early Bound Generator Attribute Manager WebResource Manager Visual Studio Solution Accelerator Script Finder/Form Libraries Manager LinqPad Canvas App Packager Ditto Jonas's Tools  P...

CDS.tools with David Yack

July 12, 2020 16:00 - 36 minutes - 66.5 MB

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 pretends not to know about CRM online Daryl points out the new-ish Ret...

All Things SQL for CDS with Mark Carrington

June 28, 2020 16:00 - 40 minutes - 74.5 MB

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 https://www.xrmtoolbox.com/plugins/MarkMpn.SQL4CDS/ https://markcarrington.dev/sql-...

The Yeoman PCF Generator

June 14, 2020 16:00 - 35 minutes - 65.7 MB

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/ivanficko/ Email: [email protected] Ivan's Tools PCF Generator: https://github.com...

Developer Frameworks on Projects with Scott Durow Part 2

May 31, 2020 16:00 - 34 minutes - 64 MB

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 end a Podcast https://twitter.com/@ScottDurow https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottdurow/ ...

Developer Frameworks on Projects with Scott Durow

May 17, 2020 16:00 - 29 minutes - 55 MB

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 used? Dangerous of the "Super Framework" https://twitter.com/@ScottDurow https://www.li...

The Quick Edit Form, A PCF Control

May 03, 2020 16:00 - 35 minutes - 65.4 MB

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://stuffandtacos.azurewebsites.net/2020/04/15/pcf-quick-edit-form/ Got questions? Have your own tool yo...

Daryl and Jonas Argue Early Bound vs. Late Bound

April 14, 2020 00:00 - 47 minutes - 86.9 MB

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 suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Jonas at [email protected]. Your ho...

Tools To Solve Your Problems

April 05, 2020 16:00 - 43 minutes - 80.2 MB

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 your questions answered Tips and Tricks for solving issues in Canvas Apps Links Collecti...

UML Diagram Generator

February 09, 2020 17:00 - 52 minutes - 95.6 MB

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 real D La B please stand up?   Links UML Document Generator: https://jonasr.app/UML Plan...

Who's Calling the Shots? We Are!

January 26, 2020 17:00 - 41 minutes - 75.5 MB

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 [email protected]. Your hosts: Daryl LaBar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daryllabar/ @ddlabar Jonas Rapp: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rappen/ @rappen Music: https://www.p...

CDS For Code With Brandon Kelly

January 25, 2020 03:11 - 48 minutes - 89.4 MB

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=CloudSmithConsulting.cds-for-code Or check out the source here: https://github.com/cloudsmithcon...

Top Tools For Non Developers With Sara Lagerquist

November 27, 2019 20:29 - 40 minutes - 74.5 MB

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/ Easy Translator by Tanguy Touzard https://www.xrmtoolbox.com/plugins/MsCrmTools.Translato...

New Tools and Breaking Changes With Matt Barbour

November 03, 2019 17:00 - 45 minutes - 82.7 MB

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 Configuration Migration Tool Changes to the CRM/CDS SDK that may break your logins Th...

XTB Controls and Document Template Manager with James Novak

September 09, 2019 14:45 - 37 minutes - 69.4 MB

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 future tool desires   https://futurezconsulting.com/blog https://twitter.com/...

Xrm Automated Testing with Jordi Montaña and Magnus Sørensen

August 17, 2019 14:25 - 57 minutes - 105 MB

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 requests testing fits in  Deep dives into FakeXrmEasy, XrmMockup, and XrmUnitTest What are t...

Daxif, XrmDefinitelyTyped, and XrmFramework With Magnus Sørensen

July 21, 2019 14:47 - 50 minutes - 92.6 MB

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" How to query Crm client side using a strongly typed querying methodology How to get al...

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