XrmToolCast

In this episode, Daryl and Jonas talk to Mark Carrington, Chris Piasecki and Matt Beard about the XrmToolBox Basics.

Some of the highlights:

• Why do we need to get back to the basics
• Connection List
  • Managing Connections in XrmToolBox: https://youtu.be/mC5FR_LaY4w
• Different ways of connecting environments
• Set environment highlight colour
• Define browser and profile
• Why Tanguy couldn't join the show
• Change icon size in the tools list
• Order tools list by most used
• Contribute tools by providing a review, feedback or raising a pull request
• How to improve abandoned tool projects
• Impersonate in XrmToolBox or Level up extension
• Backup XrmToolBox storage folder on the cloud
• XrmToolBox storage folder path
  • %AppData%\MscrmTools\XrmToolBox
  • Full Path - C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\MscrmTools\XrmToolBox
• You don't need to install tools in XrmToolBox
• Setting for open Tool Library on the startup
• Add to favourites with connection
• Postpone the tool update

Mark's Info and other links:

• Blog - https://markcarrington.dev
• GitHub - https://github.com/MarkMpn
• Twitter - @MarkMpn
• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/MarkMpn

Chris's Info and other links:

• Twitter - @ChrisPiasecki89
• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-piasecki

Matt's Info and other links:

• Blog - https://mbeard.co.uk
• Twitter - @mattybeard
• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattbeard7

Got questions? Have your own tool you'd like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at [email protected]. Follow us on LinkedIn and @XrmToolCast for updates on future episodes.

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Your hosts: Daryl LaBar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daryllabar | @ddlabar Scott Durow: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottdurow | @ScottDurow

Editor: Linn Zaw Win: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linnzawwin | @LinnZawWin

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

In this episode, Daryl and Scott talk to a repeat guest and fellow MVP, Andrew Butenko, about the new v2 of his ABDialogs.

Some of the highlights:

• How to design for both Low-Coders and Pro-Coders
• Documentation vs video tutorial
• Scott wants to go to the museum
• Difficulties in implementing Lookup
• PowerFx in Dialogs?
• Andrew's Imposter Syndrome
• Supporting Ukraine

Andrew's Info and other links:

• Twitter: @a33ik
• YouTube: http://youtube.com/AndrewButenko
• Blog: http://butenko.pro/blog/
• GitHub: http://github.com/AndrewButenko
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andriibutenko
• ABDialogs V2: https://github.com/AndrewButenko/ABDialogsV2
• Supporting Ukraine
  • "Back Alive" fund: https://savelife.in.ua/en/donate-en/#donate-army-card-monthly
  • Serhiy Prytula charity foundation: https://prytulafoundation.org/en/home/support_page#Paypal

Got questions? Have your own tool you'd like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at [email protected]. Follow us on LinkedIn and @XrmToolCast for updates on future episodes.

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Your hosts: Daryl LaBar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daryllabar | @ddlabar Scott Durow: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottdurow | @ScottDurow

Editor: Linn Zaw Win: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linnzawwin | @LinnZawWin

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

In this episode, Daryl and Scott talk to Phil Cole, a long-time listener of XrmToolCast, about using the PowerFx open-source library in various ways.

Some of the highlights:

• Daryl's #SummitNA experience
• Phil decides to use all the preview things!
• Jurassic Park - Can we, but should we?
• Scott subscribe to the RSS feed of PowerFX GitHub
• Homework assignment for Phil
• Scott's idea about using RPA to migrate reference data with the same GUID
• Daryl's worst calculated field ever
• Daryl learns to use the Expando object
• Does PowerFx Compile, or Interpret
• PowerFx in the Test App

Phil's Info and other links:

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/filcole
• Blog: https://philcole.org
• Power Fx via Custom API (GitHub Project)
• Using Power Fx in Cloud Flows (GitHub Project)
• Power Fx Prime Sieve (GitHub Project)
• Danish's blog about Expando

Got questions? Have your own tool you'd like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at [email protected]. Follow us on LinkedIn and @XrmToolCast for updates on future episodes.

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Your hosts: Daryl LaBar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daryllabar | @ddlabar Scott Durow: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottdurow | @ScottDurow

Editor: Linn Zaw Win: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linnzawwin | @LinnZawWin

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

In this episode, Daryl and Scott talk to Microsoft employee Manuela Pichler about the Power CAT CoE Starter Kit (https://aka.ms/coestarterkit).

Some of the highlights:

• Scott returns from the Power Platform conference
• Dogs with separation anxiety
• CoE - Spreading the excellence
• Who should be using it?

Manuela's Info and other links:

• Manuela Pichler - LinkedIn
• @ManuelaPichler_

Got questions? Have your own tool you'd like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at [email protected]. Follow us on LinkedIn and @XrmToolCast for updates on future episodes.

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Your hosts: Daryl LaBar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daryllabar | @ddlabar Scott Durow: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottdurow | @ScottDurow

Editor: Linn Zaw Win: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linnzawwin | @LinnZawWin

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

In this episode, Daryl and Scott talk to fellow MVP Dani Kahil about multiple cheat sheets that he prepared over the last 2 years.

Some of the highlights:

• Scott talks about punts
• Daryl confesses to cheating in high school
• Cheatsheets
• Better late than never introduction by Daryl
• MS CRM 2013 Client API Cheat Sheet by Rami Mounla
• Daryl and Scoot give Dani homework
• What's a Trapezoid again?
• Dani's course
• The most geographically isolated Biz Apps MVP
• Dani's future ideas
• Handling our human mistakes
• Devs watching QA test the product https://twitter.com/sanjazakovska/status/1352557733787152389

Dani's Info and other links:

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/danikahil
• Blog: https://danikahil.com/category/cheatsheet

Got questions? Have your own tool you'd like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at [email protected]. Follow us on LinkedIn and @XrmToolCast for updates on future episodes.

Do you want to see us too? Subscribe to our YouTube channel to view the last episodes. Don't forget to rate and leave a review for this show at Podchaser.

Your hosts: Daryl LaBar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daryllabar | @ddlabar Scott Durow: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottdurow | @ScottDurow

Editor: Linn Zaw Win: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linnzawwin | @LinnZawWin

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Daryl and Scott interview Sid Gundavarapu and Jesse Parsons from Microsoft, and chat about the ESLint rules for Power Apps model-driven apps and Dynamics 365 CE.

Some of the highlights:

• What is ESLint?
• What are ESLint rules for Power Apps and Dynamics 365?
• ESLint is like a grammar check for code
• Power Apps ESLint npm package vs Solution Checker
• Targeted audience for ESLint rules
• Security-focused ESLint rules
• ESLint auto-fix
• Daryl's Christmas wish
• Recommended approach for those who are not using TypeScript yet Spell Checker for VS Code

Sid's Info:

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/sidharthag

Jesse's Info:

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesse-parsons-7295b426

Other links:

• Announcement blog post: https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-public-preview-of-eslint-rules-for-power-apps-and-dynamics-365/
• Discuss feedback/suggestions/concerns on the ESLint rules for Power Apps: https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Power-Apps-Pro-Dev-ISV/Power-Apps-ESLint-npm-package-public-preview/m-p/1679862

Got questions? Have your own tool you'd like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at [email protected]. Follow us on LinkedIn and @XrmToolCast for updates on future episodes.

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Your hosts: Daryl LaBar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daryllabar | @ddlabar Scott Durow: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottdurow | @ScottDurow

Editor: Linn Zaw Win: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linnzawwin | @LinnZawWin

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

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 Notebooks can be used
• Use case scenario to use Notebooks for Power Platform
• Raphaël's MVP journey
• Raphaël's upcoming activities
• Don't Accept the Defaults - Abel Wang https://www.bonfire.com/dont-accept-the-defaults-abel-wang

Raphaël's Info and other links:

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphael-pothin-642bb657
• @RaphaelPothin
• Polywork: https://poly.work/rpothin
• Blog: https://medium.com/rapha%C3%ABl-pothin
• GitHub: https://github.com/rpothin
• Notebooks:
  • Power Platform Notebook Templates: https://github.com/rpothin/Power-Platform-Notebooks
  • https://github.com/dotnet/interactive
  • Automating Diagnostic Notebooks with Azure Serverless Architecture: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/shows/data-exposed/automating-diagnostic-notebooks-with-azure-serverless-architecture
  • Automate Jupyter Notebooks for diagnostics: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/example-scenario/data/automating-diagnostic-jupyter-notebook

Got questions? Have your own tool you'd like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at [email protected]. Follow us on LinkedIn and @XrmToolCast for updates on future episodes.

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Your hosts: Daryl LaBar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daryllabar | @ddlabar Scott Durow: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottdurow | @ScottDurow

Editor: Linn Zaw Win: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linnzawwin | @LinnZawWin

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

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 phone calculator app
• Neil wants Daryl to run 10km uphill, in the rain, over a bridge with holes...
• Managing Work Items/Sprints using Azure DevOps (SpecMap, StoriesOnBoard)
• Jira with precious user interface
• Estimating projects for RFPs
• Neil has multiple birthdays
• Drink driving vs Drunk Driving
• AmazingApps.Show
  • People that have built amazing apps
  • Answer questions on topics
• Why Neil still plays with LEGO
• CRM Lady and stock images

Neil's Info and other links:

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/neilbenson
• @customery
• The LinkedIn post about painting your house that triggered Scott: Do you estimate projects in days? I did, and my estimates sucked.
• Customery Academy website: https://customery.academy
• Customery Academy YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/customeryacademy
• Join Estimating Business Apps free mini-course: https://customery.academy/courses/estimating
• Amazing Apps podcast: https://amazingapps.show/111

Got questions? Have your own tool you'd like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at [email protected]. Follow us on LinkedIn and @XrmToolCast for updates on future episodes.

Do you want to see us too? Subscribe to our YouTube channel to view the last episodes. Don't forget to rate and leave a review for this show at Podchaser.

Your hosts: Daryl LaBar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daryllabar | @ddlabar Scott Durow: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottdurow | @ScottDurow

Editor: Linn Zaw Win: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linnzawwin | @LinnZawWin

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

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 push of a button
• What is the future of ALM Accelerator?
• Unopinionated ALM Accelerator
• Extensivity of ALM Accelerator
• Full support for plugins/PCF controls?
• The PAC CLI bug

Mike's Info and other links:

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelsochs
• @MikeFactorial
• Blog: https://mikefactorial.com
• Github: https://github.com/mikefactorial
• ALM Accelerator Repo - https://github.com/microsoft/coe-starter-kit
• ALM Accelerator Pipelines and Templates Repo - https://github.com/microsoft/coe-alm-accelerator-templates
• ALM Accelerator Project and Backlog - https://github.com/orgs/microsoft/projects/233
• Setup Docs - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/guidance/coe/setup-almacceleratorpowerplatform-cli
• User Docs - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/guidance/coe/almacceleratorpowerplatform-components

Got questions? Have your own tool you'd like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at [email protected]. Follow us on LinkedIn and @XrmToolCast for updates on future episodes.

Do you want to see us too? Subscribe to our YouTube channel to view the last episodes. Don't forget to rate and leave a review for this show at Podchaser.

Your hosts: Daryl LaBar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daryllabar | @ddlabar Scott Durow: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottdurow | @ScottDurow

Editor: Linn Zaw Win: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linnzawwin | @LinnZawWin

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

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's life
• Nails on the keyboard
• Skeuomorphism / Neumorphism UI trend
• Kristine tells her story
• Neumorphic UI Kit
• Tools for UI design and HTML

Kristine's Info and other links:

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristine-kolodziejski
• @kristinekk94
• Blog: https://www.kristinekolodziejski.com
• Github: https://github.com/misskristine94
• Resources:
  • Dribbble - https://dribbble.com
  • Codepen - https://codepen.io
  • Figma - https://www.figma.com

Got questions? Have your own tool you'd like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at [email protected]. Follow us on LinkedIn and @XrmToolCast for updates on future episodes.

Do you want to see us too? Subscribe to our YouTube channel to view the last episodes. Don't forget to rate and leave a review for this show at Podchaser.

Your hosts: Daryl LaBar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daryllabar | @ddlabar Scott Durow: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottdurow | @ScottDurow

Editor: Linn Zaw Win: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linnzawwin | @LinnZawWin

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com