Latest Cs3 Podcast Episodes

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Power Platform Notebook with Raphaël Pothin

XrmToolCast - August 28, 2022 16:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
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 Not...

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Steve has a Chat with Jukka

Steve reads his Blog - August 25, 2022 16:32 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
I had the pleasure of having a chat with a Power Platform industry leader, Jukka Niiranen. Listen or Watch below. Enjoy!

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Estimation Tools with Neil Benson

XrmToolCast - August 14, 2022 16:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
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 ...

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The New Weapon - Cost Predictability

Steve reads his Blog - August 11, 2022 15:16 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
For as long as I have been in this business, about 25 years now, costs for clients have always been a wild card. As a Partner, you have an obligation to be straightforward about the potential costs to meet a client's requirements, but that carries significant risks, so not all partners are entir...

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Finding The Limits of Low-Code

Steve reads his Blog - August 11, 2022 15:16 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
I love low-code. It can, and is, changing business solutions for the world. Due to a recent business model change we are stretching low-code to the limit, and occasionally finding that limit. The New Model I have written in the past about our new Unlimited Services Model we call The Works f...

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The Works Services-as-a-Subscription Model Update

Steve reads his Blog - August 04, 2022 18:54 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Back in May, I wrote a post describing a completely new Services model we call "The Works from Forceworks". It is a Services-as-a-Subscription model that is unique in the industry. I also promised to follow up with our learnings from this new model, so today I will do just that. The Works Fi...

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ALM Accelerator Update with Michael Ochs

XrmToolCast - July 31, 2022 16:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
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 p...

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Power Platform Blind Spots

Steve reads his Blog - July 21, 2022 17:07 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Welcome to the "Steve reads his posts podcast". For those of you who are too busy, or too lazy, to actually read my posts, I have taken on the huge effort of reading them to you. Enjoy.

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Neumorphic UI Kit for Power Apps with Kristine Kolodziejski

XrmToolCast - July 19, 2022 12:51 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
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'...

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Power Platform Outside the Bubble

Steve reads his Blog - July 14, 2022 16:08 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
In my recent conversations with Charles Lamanna here and Jason Gumpert here, we discussed the explosive growth of the Power Platform. Then while listening to Jukka Niiranen on yet another podcast here, I was reminded that we are all inside the Power Platform bubble. From the outside, however, ...

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The Microsoft Partner Dilemma

Steve reads his Blog - July 08, 2022 19:07 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Welcome to the "Steve reads his posts podcast". For those of you who are too busy, or too lazy, to actually read my posts, I have taken on the huge effort of reading them to you. Enjoy.

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Dependency Injection with Temmy Wahyu Raharjo

XrmToolCast - July 03, 2022 16:51 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
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 ext...

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Steve has yet another Chat with Charles

Steve reads his Blog - July 01, 2022 12:53 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
I have had my head down working on some big things since RapidStart CRM growth exploded, and it has been a while since you heard from me. Well, I'm getting back to it with a follow-up chat with Charles Lamanna who recently took over for James Phillips as head of Business Applications for Microso...

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Developer Horror Stories

XrmToolCast - June 19, 2022 16:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
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 Dar...

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Maciej Kornacki and the Managed Solution Bulk Remover

XrmToolCast - June 05, 2022 16:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
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 Marketi...

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Jonas “The Early Bound” Rapp?

XrmToolCast - May 23, 2022 01:57 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
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....

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Let's Talk About Funnels

Steve reads his Blog - May 18, 2022 14:22 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
In my 20-plus years in this CRM business, I have seen my share of "Funnels". Lead Funnels, Sales Funnels, Delivery Funnels, every kind of business-related funnel you can think of, I have probably seen it. From what I have witnessed, most businesses have no idea how to use them effectively. So, l...

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It's Time for a New Services Model for Dynamics 365 and the Power Platform

Steve reads his Blog - May 17, 2022 13:18 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
About seven years ago we pioneered the "Support by Blocks" model, and it has served our Forceworks clients and us well. But thanks to Microsoft, it is time for a whole new model for Dynamics 365 and Power Platform Support and Services. Let's unpack this one. The Challenge Let's be honest, n...

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Colorful Optionset PCF – Virtual and Improved With Diana Birkelbach

XrmToolCast - May 08, 2022 16:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
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...

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Latest Updates for SQL 4 CDS With Mark Carrington

XrmToolCast - April 24, 2022 16:48 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
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 Executi...

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Power FX Commanding with Casey Burke and Prabhat Pandey

XrmToolCast - April 10, 2022 16:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
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 wit...

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New XrmToolBox Tool BPF To Visio Builder with Carl Cookson

XrmToolCast - March 27, 2022 16:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
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 ...

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New XrmToolBox Tool PCF to BPF with Clément Olivier

XrmToolCast - March 13, 2022 16:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
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 ...

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Daryl Talks About ZoomIt

XrmToolCast - February 27, 2022 17:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
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 que...

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Mike Stall and Canvas Apps GitHub Integration

XrmToolCast - February 13, 2022 17:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Daryl and Scott interview Mike Stall, Power Fx Architect at Microsoft, and chat about the Canvas Apps GitHub Integration. Some of the highlights: Was there any master plan behind canvas apps expressions to take over the whole platform? Daryl's "Managing the Low Code Portion of Complex Power...

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Are you over-paying for Dynamics 365?

Steve reads his Blog - February 02, 2022 20:29 - application/octet-stream ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Microsoft Dynamics 365 business applications are fantastic products. Unrivaled power and features and priced accordingly. Are they over-priced? No! Are you over-paying? Maybe. So, let's unpack this one. My Cable Bill Several years ago, I moved into a new home, and shortly afterwards the loc...

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The Myth of Single Version of the Truth

Steve reads his Blog - February 02, 2022 14:55 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
I've heard this term bandied about for many years now, "Single Version of the Truth". As Jack Nicholson once said, "You can't handle the Truth!" I would paraphrase that as, "You can't afford a Single version of the Truth, and you wouldn't want it anyway!". So, let's see how many of you I can get...

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The Dataverse Rest Builder and New PCF.Gallery Search with Guido Preite

XrmToolCast - January 30, 2022 17:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Daryl and Scott interview Guido Preite, the repeat guest of the XrmTool Cast, and chat about the new PCF Gallery search and his latest tool, Dataverse Rest Builder. Some of the highlights: Word of the day "Esthete" How Dataverse Rest Builder fetches metadata Guido tells nerdy stories Pr...

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Jonas's New XrmToolBox Tool, The XRM Tokens Runner

XrmToolCast - January 17, 2022 04:16 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Daryl and Scott interview Jonas Rapp, the other co-host of the XrmToolCast, and chat about his latest tool, the XRM Tokens Runner. Some of the highlights: Scott and his own tissue brand Jonas's Health History of XRM Tokens Runner ToEntityReference with KeyAttributes How to ask a quest...

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A Special Thank You Episode From Daryl

XrmToolCast - January 02, 2022 17:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
This is a special thank you episode from Daryl where he thanks 10 individuals that have made a significant impact on the XrmToolCast.  Thank you to all that you do and have done!  Best wishes to 2022 for all of you! Tanguy Touzard - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanguytouzard/  Jonas Rapp - htt...