XrmToolCast

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/LinkeD365.FlowToVisio/

Matt's Info and other links:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattcollins-jones/
• Twitter: @D365Geek
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MattCollinsJones
• Website: https://www.d365geek.co.uk/

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.purple-planet.com

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 Inspector - https://github.com/MscrmTools/MscrmTools.AttributeUsageInspector
• Metadata Document Generator - https://github.com/MscrmTools/MsCrmTools.MetadataDocumentGenerator
• PowerApps Checker - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/maker/common-data-service/use-powerapps-checker

Neil's Info and other links:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neilbenson/
• Twitter: @Customery
• Pimp My LinkedIn Profile: Watch Here, Sign up Here
• Website: https://www.customery.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 hosts:

Daryl LaBar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daryllabar/ | @ddlabar Jonas Rapp: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rappen/ | @rappen Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

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 LinkedIn Profile: Watch Here, Sign up Here
• Blog: https://www.ameyholden.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 hosts:

Daryl LaBar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daryllabar/ | @ddlabar Jonas Rapp: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rappen/ | @rappen Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

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/
• Twitter: @devkeydet
• COE Starter Kit: https://github.com/microsoft/coe-starter-kit
• Docs: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/guidance/ (Contains general guidance docs as well as the CoE Starter Kit docs).
• Theming module Docs: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/guidance/coe/setup-theming
• Manuela Pichler Twitter: @ManuelaPichler_

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.purple-planet.com

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.com/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-crosbie/
• Twitter: @LisaMCrosbie

Megan V. Walker's Info :

• Blog: https://meganvwalker.com/blog/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meganwalker/
• Twitter: @MeganVWalker

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.purple-planet.com

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: https://theuppodcast.com/

Lisa Crosbie's Info:

• Blog: https://lisacrosbie.com/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-crosbie/
• Twitter: @LisaMCrosbie

Megan V. Walker's Info :

• Blog: https://meganvwalker.com/blog/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meganwalker/
• Twitter: @MeganVWalker

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.purple-planet.com

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? 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.purple-planet.com

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/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/thepoweraddict
• Forum Profile: https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/88116
• Blog: https://thepoweraddict.com/blog/
• Email: [email protected]
• Power Apps Formula Reference: https://thepoweraddict.com/power-apps-formula-reference/
• Power Apps Formula Reference direct download link: https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Community-App-Samples/Power-Apps-Formula-Reference/m-p/650191#M595

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.purple-planet.com

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? 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.purple-planet.com

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/blog

Gus's Info:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAhjoi4W_K7sLNpXr9Kqz8w

https://twitter.com/@GusGonzalez2

elev8solutions.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ggonzalez2/

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.purple-planet.com