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Tag: Dynamics 365

  • Using Python with Dataverse – How to Execute Custom Python Code for Dataverse

    This post discusses leveraging Python with Dataverse, highlighting its advantages for analytics, reporting, and automation in Dynamics 365. It presents a real-world example of a C-level dashboard generated from Dataverse data, showcasing how to efficiently aggregate data, create custom visualisations, and send notifications using Python scripting and the PowerPlatform-DataverseClient-Python SDK.

  • Power Automate – Use Monitoring Alerts in the Power Platform Admin Center

    If you have been managing Power Platform environments for any amount of time, you probably know how this goes. A user calls you to say their app is not opening, or someone from the business tells you a critical flow has been failing since yesterday morning. You are the last…

  • Elastic Tables in Dynamics 365 and PowerApps

    This post explains elastic tables in Dataverse, highlighting their structure, creation process, and key considerations. Unlike standard tables, elastic tables, backed by Azure Cosmos DB, support high volumes of semi-structured data and automatic scaling. They are ideal for unstructured data but lack transactional integrity typical of relational databases.

  • Track Dataverse Attribute Usage Across All Your Flows via Microsoft Teams

    The Dataverse Attribute Dependency Scanner is a cloud flow that helps administrators identify which cloud flows reference specific Dataverse columns before renaming or deleting them. Triggered via a Teams channel message, it automates the search for flow dependencies, making it easier to manage schema changes without unexpected failures during production.

  • Code-First Architecture in Dynamics 365: Why Less Technology Is More

    The post highlights the challenges of tech sprawl in Dynamics 365 projects, where business logic gets fragmented across multiple tools, complicating debugging and maintenance. It advocates for a streamlined architecture using one technology per concern, emphasising plugins for server-side logic, TypeScript web resources for UI, and Power Automate for approvals,…

  • The Importance of Automated Testing in Dynamics 365 Projects and How to Set Up CI/CD

    Today I want to talk about something that transforms how you deliver Dynamics 365 projects. Automated testing combined with CI/CD pipelines. If you are still manually testing every change and deploying solutions by hand, you are spending too much time on repetitive work and taking unnecessary risks. I recently implemented…