Common Data Model and Common Data Service

Microsoft has released the Common Data Model currently as part of its PowerApps suite. The Common Data Model and Common Data Service are a “Microsoft Azure–based business application model and…

Power BI and Local Excel Data Refresh

…is our excel file: In Power BI Desktop, go to Get Data->Excel: Create a simple visualization, save and publish to powerbi.com: If we add a new row to the data…

Dynamics 365 PowerShell – Microsoft.Xrm.Data.Powershell

The Microsoft.Xrm.Data.Powershell module for PowerShell provides data operations such as CRUD. The module is available for download at: https://github.com/seanmcne/Microsoft.Xrm.Data.PowerShell/releases/ Download the ZIP file and unblock it by right clicking. If…

Azure Service Bus Sample

…Portal at https://portal.azure.com. Select + Enterprise Integration->Service Bus: Enter details and click Create: Select the Namespace created and then Shared Access Properties->RootManagerSharedAccessKey: Copy the connection string primary key: Also copy…

Microsoft AppSource

…Cloud Solutions, Power BI and Office 365 as well as Dynamics 365. To use AppSource, go to https://appsource.microsoft.com/ and sign in with your 365 credentials. Notice the products you can…

Creating Power BI Apps and App Workspaces

App Workspaces are a place to colloborate in Power BI and also create new Power BI Apps. Go to App Workspaces in powerbi.com and select Create app workspace: Enter group…

Dynamics CRM REST Builder

CRM REST Builder is a 3rd party tool available for download that helps in generating JavaScript code for the 2011 and Web API REST endpoints. Download the tool here: https://github.com/jlattimer/CRMRESTBuilder/releases…

Visual Studio – Change and Install Color Theme

Visual Studio comes with different color themes. When opening Visual Studio for the first time, you may see a theme something like below: To change this theme, go to Tools->Options:…

Azure Cloud Shell

…run commands – you can do it directly from within a browser. The tool currently supports Azure CLI 2.0. To access the cloud shell, log into portal.azure.com and select the…