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How to Use Application Insights (App Insights) with APIM

In our previous post, we showed how to setup and use API Management (APIM) in the Microsoft Azure Portal. Now that APIM is set up, let’s add Application Insights to monitor the usage of these APIs. Application Insights, or App Insights, or an Azure service that can be used to provide detailed monitoring and reporting of your application. Let’s set it up with our test APIM app. Log into https://portal.azure.com/ and search … Continue reading How to Use Application Insights (App Insights) with APIM

How to Setup and Use API Management (APIM) in Microsoft Azure Portal

In Azure, the API Management service helps organizations manage APIs. In this post, we will look at how this works. Let’s follow the example at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-management/import-and-publish. We will manage a sample API located at https://conferenceapi.azurewebsites.net/?format=json which looks like below: Log into Azure Portal at https://portal.azure.com and search for API Management and select API Management Services: You will see below. Click Add: You will see: Enter a Name, Resource Group etc and click Create: … Continue reading How to Setup and Use API Management (APIM) in Microsoft Azure Portal

MSBUILD You Must Provide a Value Expression Following the Operator

In this post, we will look at the error “You must provide a value expression following the ‘/’ operator.” You may get this when you are trying to run the command msbuild in PowerShell : “C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Enterprise\MSBuild\Current\Bin\amd64\MSBuild.exe” /t:restore In order to resolve this, run the command with an ampersand before it: & “C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Enterprise\MSBuild\Current\Bin\amd64\MSBuild.exe” /t:restore We see the command is now working.

Using Tooltips to Show an Image on Hovering Over a Power BI Record

In this post, we will look at how to set up Power BI tooltips so when a user hovers over a record, it displays an image. Let’s follow on from a previous post where we showed how to display images from a URL in Power BI. We will now display only the City name in the report, and when the user hovers over the name, the tooltip will display the … Continue reading Using Tooltips to Show an Image on Hovering Over a Power BI Record

Adding a Model-Driven App to a Dynamics 365 Environment

Consider the scenario where you have an existing Dynamics 365 environment and you want to create a new app for users to access and use. Let’s look at how to do this. First, let’s look at my Dynamics 365 environment. I already have several apps installed: I can select an app such as the Sales Hub, and it will open the App: Now let’s say I want to create a … Continue reading Adding a Model-Driven App to a Dynamics 365 Environment

Calling the Power Apps and Dynamics 365 Web API from the Postman Windows Client

This is an update to the post I wrote in 2017 on using Postman to access the Dynamics 365 Web API. In this updated post, we will use the latest Postman Windows client to access the Power Apps and Dynamics 365 Web API, going through the setup required. Setup Azure AD App First, we will need to register an app in Azure. Go to https://portal.azure.com/ and select Azure Active Directory: Select … Continue reading Calling the Power Apps and Dynamics 365 Web API from the Postman Windows Client

Enabling High Density Headers in PowerApps and Dynamics 365 Forms

In the October release of Dynamics 365, headers of forms can be displayed as high density or low density. In this post, we will look at what this means and how to use it. In Dynamics 365 forms, there is a Header section. The section displays right at the top of the form, and displays information that a user may want to see consistently when viewing a form and scrolling, … Continue reading Enabling High Density Headers in PowerApps and Dynamics 365 Forms