XrmToolCast
The podcast dedicated to tools available for the Microsoft Business Applications Platform. Hosted by Daryl LaBar and Scott Durow.
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Calendar Control With Rick Wilson
01/05/2025
Calendar Control With Rick Wilson
Happy New Year from the XrmToolCast team! In this episode 118, Daryl and Scott sit down with Rick Wilson, former MVP and now a Microsoft employee, to discuss his innovative PCF calendar control. This versatile control works seamlessly with both Model-Driven and Canvas apps, offering greater customisation than the standard options available out-of-the-box. Some of the highlights: Reverse Homework Pro Code Always be updating Differences in PCF for Model vs Canvas Apps Scott is a Mayan Calander User Loading data in Canvas vs Model AI Tool Aider GitHub Editor Rick's Info: Blog: LinkedIn: YouTube: Github: PCF Calendar Control: GitHub Repo - PCF Gallery - Intro Video - Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode, or like a shout-out? Contact Daryl and Scott at . Follow us on and for updates on future episodes. Do you want to see us too? Subscribe to our to view the last episodes. Don't forget to rate and leave a review for this show at . Your hosts: Daryl LaBar: | Scott Durow: | Editor: Linn Zaw Win: | Music:
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Plugin Identity Manager With David Rivard
11/17/2024
Plugin Identity Manager With David Rivard
In Episode 117 of the XrmToolCast, Daryl and Scott talk to Microsoft MVP David Rivard about his newest tool, Plugin Identity Manager which is an XrmToolBox tool to create, update and assign managed identity records to Dataverse plugin assemblies. If you're unsure what managed plugin identities are, why you need them, or how they're used, this episode is a must-listen! And if you've already created one yourself, tune in to learn how the tool can simplify your workflow and make your life easier. Some of the highlights: Scott lives in a place that is not an island Managed Identities David UIs all the Postman Calls Why credentials are bad Identity managed journey Sign plugin with a certificate This creates a thumbprint This is what is used for federated credentials to authenticate to the Azure Resource Create Managed Identities in Azure Give the Identity Azure Roles to resources Create a Managed Identity record in Dataverse and assign to a plugin Scott explains all the problems that exist Environment variables for Azure Key Vault secrets David's Info: Blog: LinkedIn: Twitter: Bluesky: Links: Blog Post: GitHub Repo: Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode, or like a shout-out? Contact Daryl and Scott at . Follow us on and for updates on future episodes. Do you want to see us too? Subscribe to our to view the last episodes. Don't forget to rate and leave a review for this show at . Your hosts: Daryl LaBar: | Scott Durow: | Editor: Linn Zaw Win: | Music:
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Power Apps Tools with Leonardo Russo and Rudimar Baesso Althof
11/03/2024
Power Apps Tools with Leonardo Russo and Rudimar Baesso Althof
In Episode 116 of the XrmToolCast, Daryl and Scott dive into Power Apps Tools with guests Leonardo and Rudimar. They explore the community-driven "clipboard" packed with YAML snippets, SVG-to-FX converters, Power Fx functions, icons, and more—all aimed at boosting canvas app development. Some of the highlights: Capybaras Backstory of Power Apps Tools When your tools become your weekend projects Power of open source software Earliest show hzomework ever assigned Scott wants to be made into a Capybara Daryl discovers Electric vehicles Leonardo's Info: LinkedIn: YouTube: Rudimar's Info: LinkedIn: YouTube: Links: Power Apps Tools: Capybara: Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode, or like a shout-out? Contact Daryl and Scott at . Follow us on and for updates on future episodes. Do you want to see us too? Subscribe to our to view the last episodes. Don't forget to rate and leave a review for this show at . Your hosts: Daryl LaBar: | Scott Durow: | Editor: Linn Zaw Win: | Music:
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2024 Power Platform Community Conference Recap with Chris Piasecki
09/29/2024
2024 Power Platform Community Conference Recap with Chris Piasecki
In this episode, Daryl and Scott chat with Chris Piasecki, recaping the MS 2024 Power Platform Community Conference in Vegas. Some of the highlights: Chris Freezes Southwest likes scaring Daryl into thinking he is late for his flight. Dad joke episode call back Chris's Info: Twitter - LinkedIn - Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at . Follow us on and for updates on future episodes. Do you want to see us too? Subscribe to our to view the last episodes. Don't forget to rate and leave a review for this show at . Your hosts: Daryl LaBar: | Scott Durow: | Editor: Linn Zaw Win: | Music:
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Power Roles with Ivan Ficko
07/14/2024
Power Roles with Ivan Ficko
In Episode 114 of the XrmToolCast, Daryl and Scott talk Microsoft MVP Ivan Ficko about his newest tool, Power Roles! Some of the highlights: MCU Power Roles Dynamics BC Origin Sniffs Network Traffic, determining the rights required Will it work in Canvas Apps? Scott Sniffing anything in my book is great!" "It doesn't suck, it sniffs. New Role editor and burning 8-bit trees Ivan recreates his blog from scratch Ivan's Info: Twitter: GitHub: Blog: LinkedIn: Email: Links: PCF Generator: Flow Execution History: Power BI Embedder: Fast Record Counter: In-App Notification Builder: Advanced App Manager: Marketing Custom Channel Manager: Power Roles Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode, or like a shout-out? Contact Daryl and Scott at . Follow us on and for updates on future episodes. Do you want to see us too? Subscribe to our to view the last episodes. Don't forget to rate and leave a review for this show at . Your hosts: Daryl LaBar: | Scott Durow: | Editor: Linn Zaw Win: | Music:
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Power Platform CLIx and Universal Search with Mike Factorial (Ochs)
05/06/2024
Power Platform CLIx and Universal Search with Mike Factorial (Ochs)
In Episode 112 of the XrmToolCast, Daryl and Scott talk Microsoft MVP Michael Ochs about his newest toll the Power Platform CLIx and the latest updates to his Universal Search tool! Some of the highlights: Earliest Episode for homework Power Platform CLIx Wrapper around the PAC CLI Unit Tests help get your mind in the flow Universal Search Added ability to search entire Solution Zip, and Unzips Canvas Apps Decompiles plugin libraries and searches the decompiled code What drives developers to just dive into code. Starting an ALM Practice Mike's Info: LinkedIn: / X Twitter: Blog: Links: Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode, or like a shout-out? Contact Daryl and Scott at . Follow us on and for updates on future episodes. Do you want to see us too? Subscribe to our to view the last episodes. Don't forget to rate and leave a review for this show at . Your hosts: Daryl LaBar: | Scott Durow: | Editor: Linn Zaw Win: | Music:
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Power Platform Pipelines For All With Anthony Sheehi
04/21/2024
Power Platform Pipelines For All With Anthony Sheehi
In Episode 111 of the XrmToolCast, Daryl and Scott talk to Anthony Sheehi, a Product Manager at Microsoft about the changes coming down the "pipe" for Power Platform Pipelines, Pipelines For All. Some of the highlights: What Type of pipeline is Pipelines for all? Custom Host Platform Host Details as to the rights and ownership of importing Rollbacking solution Governing Multiple Pipelines The architecture of Pipelines Scott gives homework Anthoy's Info: LinkedIn: Links: Power Platform Pipelines for all: Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode, or like a shout-out? Contact Daryl and Scott at . Follow us on and for updates on future episodes. Do you want to see us too? Subscribe to our to view the last episodes. Don't forget to rate and leave a review for this show at . Your hosts: Daryl LaBar: | Scott Durow: | Editor: Linn Zaw Win: | Music:
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Power Pages and More With Ulrikke Akerbæk
04/07/2024
Power Pages and More With Ulrikke Akerbæk
In Episode 110 of the XrmToolCast, Daryl and Scott talk to Ulrikke Akerbæk, a fellow BizApps MVP and Cohost of the Power Platform BOOST Podcast about her experiences working with Power Pages. Some of the highlights: Encountering with one of the listeners at the Canadian Power Platform Summit Ulrikke's learning journey of Power Pages A tip from Daryl about setting all privileges of a table in the classic security role editor Learning tips and tricks through experience Power Pages is the most pro-code part of the platform Properly prompting Power Pages Co-pilot Power Pages Co-pilot failures Managing CSS - SASS Using VS Code for the Web Identify oneself as a low-code or pro developer European Power Platform Conference Ulrikke's Info: LinkedIn: X-Twitter: Blog: Links: European Power Platform Conference: Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode, or like a shout-out? Contact Daryl and Scott at . Follow us on and for updates on future episodes. Do you want to see us too? Subscribe to our to view the last episodes. Don't forget to rate and leave a review for this show at . Your hosts: Daryl LaBar: | Scott Durow: | Editor: Linn Zaw Win: | Music:
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Andrew Vogel and The Microsoft Xrm Devops Data Tool
03/10/2024
Andrew Vogel and The Microsoft Xrm Devops Data Tool
In this episode, Daryl and Scott talk to Andrew Vogel about his Microsoft Xrm Devops Data Tool Some of the highlights: A fully caffeinated Scott Microsoft.Xrm.DevOps.Data Configuration Data Migration Tool Package Deployer Extreme Programming Test Driven Development 100% code coverage Playwright RegX101 Andrew's Info and other links: GitHub: Microsoft.Xrm.Devops.Data repo: Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at . Follow us on and for updates on future episodes. Do you want to see us too? Subscribe to our to view the last episodes. Don't forget to rate and leave a review for this show at . Your hosts: Daryl LaBar: | Scott Durow: | Editor: Linn Zaw Win: | Music:
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Scott as Mario, and Daryl's IOC Framework
02/11/2024
Scott as Mario, and Daryl's IOC Framework
In this episode, Daryl and Scott talk amongst themselves, diving into Scott's time serving as a judge at ACDC, the Canadian Power Platform Summit, and Daryl's new IOC framework. Daryl also withholds and then re-releases his love for Scott, and Scott confesses his inner most TypeScript/C# brain farts. Links:
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PACX and _n XrmToolBox Tools with Riccardo Gregori
12/17/2023
PACX and _n XrmToolBox Tools with Riccardo Gregori
In this episode, Daryl and Scott talk to Riccardo Gregori about PACX command line utility belt for Dataverse and his other XrmToolBox tools. Some of the highlights: Scott Partying at Disney/Universal Studios PACX Lazy Italian Developers Automatically generate documentation at compile time Daryl and Scott give Ricardo homework Polymorphic lookup creation command XrmToolBox Tools _n.ConstantsExtractor _n.EnvironmentComparer _n.EnvironmentSolutionsComparer _n.ModernThemeBuilder _n.SolutionManager Generate Wiki Style Documentation for Dataverse Tables Please submit PRs for the PACX Riccardo's Info and other links: GitHub: PACX repo: XrmToolBox Tools repo: Tool Reviews Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at . Follow us on and for updates on future episodes. Do you want to see us too? Subscribe to our to view the last episodes. Don't forget to rate and leave a review for this show at . Your hosts: Daryl LaBar: | Scott Durow: | Editor: Linn Zaw Win: | Music:
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PrettifyMyWebApi for Microsoft Dataverse with Erik Donker
11/19/2023
PrettifyMyWebApi for Microsoft Dataverse with Erik Donker
In this episode, Daryl and Scott talk to Erik Donker about ethical hacking and his tool, PrettifyMyWebApi for Microsoft Dataverse. Some of the highlights: Ethical Hacking Security doing Custom Pro Dev vs Low Code Scotts as a Service PrettifyMyWebApi for Microsoft Dataverse See all attributes Edit attributes Quickly update actions or variables of cloud flows Erik's Info and other links: GitHub: PrettifyMyWebApi for Microsoft Dataverse: Video: Quickly editing cloud flow definition: GotDibbs Toolbox for Dynamics 365/CRM: Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at . Follow us on and for updates on future episodes. Do you want to see us too? Subscribe to our to view the last episodes. Don't forget to rate and leave a review for this show at . Your hosts: Daryl LaBar: | Scott Durow: | Editor: Linn Zaw Win: | Music:
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Building Modern Apps with Sara Laqerquist
11/05/2023
Building Modern Apps with Sara Laqerquist
In Episode 105 of the XrmToolCast, Daryl and Scott talk to Sara Laqerquist, a fellow BizApps MVP about her experiences building modern apps using the Creator Kit. Some of the highlights: Sara can't grow a mustache for ACDC. We get by with a little help from our friends. Jonas taught Sara what to do, then told her not to do it! Are the Fluent 2 Modern Controls competing with the Fluent 1 controls? Being frustrated with model driven apps and solving with custom pages. When do you use choose custom pages over sticking with OOB functionality? Everything creates technique debt! Darly gives everyone tape dispensers! Benedikt Bergmann will find a way! Sara's Info: LinkedIn: X-Twitter: Blog: Links: Fluent 2 Design System - Creator Kit - Modern Controls in Power Apps - Arctic Cloud Devloper Challenge (ACDC) - ColorCloud Conference in Haburg 18-19 April 2024 - Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode, or like a shout-out? Contact Daryl and Scott at . Follow us on and for updates on future episodes. Do you want to see us too? Subscribe to our to view the last episodes. Don't forget to rate and leave a review for this show at . Your hosts: Daryl LaBar: | Scott Durow: | Editor: Linn Zaw Win: | Music:
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Microsoft MVP vs Blue Badge with Nick Doelman
10/22/2023
Microsoft MVP vs Blue Badge with Nick Doelman
In Episode 104 of the XrmToolCast, Daryl and Scott talk to Nick Doelman, former BizApps MVP about his experiences being an MVP, moving to Microsoft and then leaving to follow his passion for Power Platform training. Some of the highlights: Scott reveals the not-so-secret news of him moving to work for Microsoft Daryl and Scott might have secret matching tattoos Nick has had to pay for his first conference What it's like transitioning from an MVP to a ‘blue badge’ Nick provides insider info on the pros and cons of working at Microsoft Shout-out to The Power Platform Boost Podcast Nick’s Info: LinkedIn: X-Twitter: Blog: Power Platform Boost Podcast: YouTube: X-Twitter: Instagram: LinkedIn: Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode, or like a shout-out? Contact Daryl and Scott at . Follow us on and for updates on future episodes. Do you want to see us too? Subscribe to our to view the last episodes. Don't forget to rate and leave a review for this show at . Your hosts: Daryl LaBar: | Scott Durow: | Editor: Linn Zaw Win: | Music:
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Flow Execution History with Ivan Ficko
10/10/2023
Flow Execution History with Ivan Ficko
In this episode, Daryl and Scott talk to Ivan Ficko, fellow BizApps MVP and another ninja 🐱👤, about his new tool, Flow Execution History. Some of the highlights: Shout out to Milo (Scott's Dog) The Flow Execution History Came about because of beer Allows for filtering the flow history to find Authenticating to the Power Automate API Ninjas for the common good Stretch goals Flow API wrapper Plugin Trace Viewer for Flows Are Correlation IDs for plug-in and flow the same for the same event? Power Platform Boost Podcast: Amount of time to build the tool: Expected vs Actual Fudge Episode https://www.uranusgeneralstore.com/ - The Best Fudge Comes From Uranus! How to contribute to the tool authors The Ninja broke his arm Burger King Crowns Ivan's Info: Twitter: GitHub: Blog: LinkedIn: Email: Ivan's Tools: PCF Generator: Flow Execution History: Power BI Embedder: Fast Record Counter: In-App Notification Builder: Advanced App Manager: Marketing Custom Channel Manager: Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at . Follow us on and for updates on future episodes. Do you want to see us too? Subscribe to our to view the last episodes. Don't forget to rate and leave a review for this show at . Your hosts: Daryl LaBar: | Scott Durow: | Editor: Linn Zaw Win: | Music:
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The Default Environment with EY Kalman
09/03/2023
The Default Environment with EY Kalman
In this episode, Daryl and Scott talk to EY Kalman, fellow BizApps MVP, and chat about the default environment. Some of the highlights: Scott's lack of martial arts Default environments Do's and Don'ts of default environments Staying away from SharePoint Environment routing What is a Managed Env? Reporting Security restrictions ALM pipelines Renaming default environments EY's Info and other links: Blog: Blog post on Default Environment - Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at . Follow us on and for updates on future episodes. Do you want to see us too? Subscribe to our to view the last episodes. Don't forget to rate and leave a review for this show at . Your hosts: Daryl LaBar: | Scott Durow: | Editor: Linn Zaw Win: | Music:
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Dependent Assembly Plug-ins with Asif Siddiqi and Marcel Ferreira
07/30/2023
Dependent Assembly Plug-ins with Asif Siddiqi and Marcel Ferreira
In this episode, Daryl and Scott talk to Asif Siddiqi (Principal Engineering Manager at Microsoft) and Marcel Ferreira (Senior Product Manager at Microsoft) about the Dependent Assembly Plug-ins. Some of the highlights: What are Dependent Assembly plug-ins and how it got started The complexity of getting this feature ready for GA ILMerge vs Dependent Assembly plug-ins The problem with using ILMerge for plug-ins How to have a shared dependent assembly for multiple plug-ins Size limit for plug-in package How to register the NuGet package using the Plug-in Registration tool Will it be possible to get a null value from the attribute without value in a plug-in image Support of Dependent Assembly plug-ins in Power Platform Tools for Visual Studio Pro Dev office hours Which tools are being used in the community for Power Platform development Debugging plug-ins with PRT Asif's Info Marcel's Info and other links: Pro Dev office hours: Share your ideas at Pro Dev team GitHub: Power Platform Developer Blog: Power Platform developer tools team e-mail: Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at . Follow us on and for updates on future episodes. Do you want to see us too? Subscribe to our to view the last episodes. Don't forget to rate and leave a review for this show at . Your hosts: Daryl LaBar: | Scott Durow: | Editor: Linn Zaw Win: | Music:
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XrmToolCast 100th Episode
05/21/2023
XrmToolCast 100th Episode
This is the hundredth episode of our podcast dedicated to the XrmToolBox, the ultimate set of tools for Dynamics 365, with Business Applications MVPs Daryl Labar, Scott Durow, Jonas Rapp, and Tanguy Touzard, the creator of the XrmToolBox. Some of the highlights: AI is an answer to everything How things have changed since the first episode The background story of the latest XrmToolBox UI update The process of releasing new versions of XrmToolBox and horror stories The backend engine of XrmToolBox powered by the Power Platform Daily Active Users (DAU) of XrmToolBox What would be the name of XrmToolBox if it was named today Upgrade plan of XrmToolBox to .NET Framework 4.8 Web-based tools inside WinForms XrmToolBox It works on my machine ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Focus hours for Jonas and Tanguy to work on community tools x3 recently released tools by Jonas Communication channel for XrmToolBox changes Enhancement suggestions for XrmToolBox Jonas's Info and other links: Blog: GitHub: YouTube: Shuffle Tools: Tanguy's Info and other links: Blog: GitHub: Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at . Follow us on and for updates on future episodes. Do you want to see us too? Subscribe to our to view the last episodes. Don't forget to rate and leave a review for this show at . Your hosts: Daryl LaBar: | Scott Durow: | Editor: Linn Zaw Win: | Music:
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Custom Pages for Model-driven Apps with Matthew Devaney
05/07/2023
Custom Pages for Model-driven Apps with Matthew Devaney
In this episode, Daryl and Scott talk to Matthew Devaney, fellow BizApps MVP, and chat about Power Apps custom pages, AI and various topics. Some of the highlights: MVP Summit newbie stories Matthew's first podcast experience What is a custom page for model-driven apps When you stick with a model-driven app vs creating a custom page. How to make a custom page consistent with a model-drive app. Creator Kit Controls vs Modern Controls Points vs Pixels Chicken Burgers vs Chicken Sandwich When to or when not to use AI Matthew and Scott share their canvas apps/custom page wishlist Matthew's Info and other links: Blog: Overview of custom pages for model-driven apps : Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at . Follow us on and for updates on future episodes. Do you want to see us too? Subscribe to our to view the last episodes. Don't forget to rate and leave a review for this show at . Your hosts: Daryl LaBar: | Scott Durow: | Editor: Linn Zaw Win: | Music:
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Developer Environments with Mankirat Kaur Bajwa
04/23/2023
Developer Environments with Mankirat Kaur Bajwa
In this episode, Daryl and Scott talk to a Product Manager at Microsoft, Mankirat Kaur Bajwa, about the developer environments in Power Platform. Some of the highlights: Developers, Developers, Developers Personal Trash Can Environment License requirements Dataverse is like a drug, and the first dev env is free Limitations of dev env Treating dev environments as "cattle" Power Platform pipelines and dev env Governance of dev env Development environments of power MK's Info and other links: About the Power Apps Developer Plan: Making Dataverse available for all makers: Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at . Follow us on and for updates on future episodes. Do you want to see us too? Subscribe to our to view the last episodes. Don't forget to rate and leave a review for this show at . Your hosts: Daryl LaBar: | Scott Durow: | Editor: Linn Zaw Win: | Music:
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PowerApps Helper with Michael Megel
04/09/2023
PowerApps Helper with Michael Megel
In this episode, Daryl and Scott talk to Michael Megel about the PowerApps Helper VS Code extension and its new features. Some of the highlights: History of PowerApps Helper VSCode Extension Where can we get this tool Features of the tool Creation of Custom Connectors Visualization of Environments Visualization of Solution Dependencies Scott and Michael talk about bearer tokens Advice on writing a new VS Code extension Michael suggests splitting your custom connectors from your canvas apps A deep dive Power Platform ALM ChatGPT writes a VS Code extension to connect to Dataverse When you're dead, it's hard to learn more The joy of preview Michael's Info and other links: Blog: PowerApps Helper (VSCode Marketplace): PowerApps Helper (GitHub): Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at . Follow us on and for updates on future episodes. Do you want to see us too? Subscribe to our to view the last episodes. Don't forget to rate and leave a review for this show at . Your hosts: Daryl LaBar: | Scott Durow: | Editor: Linn Zaw Win: | Music:
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Power Platform Pipelines with Carsten Groth
03/29/2023
Power Platform Pipelines with Carsten Groth
In this episode, Daryl and Scott talk to a Global Blackbelt Senior Technical Specialist at Microsoft, Carsten Groth, about the Power Platform pipelines. Some of the highlights: What does Global Blackbelt do Why ALM, Pipeline, DevOps, etc. become a hot topic lately in Power Platform How long have Power Platform pipelines been available What are people using it for A typical cycle of projects from beginning to moving into production What are the recommendations before even starting the pipelines Not to close down the creativity of the makers Elevated pitch for Power Platform pipelines What kind of user-friendly error messages do Power Platform pipelines show for missing artefacts How easy it is to set up the Power Platform pipelines How do Power Platform pipelines handle some of the prompts during the solution import process (Connection Reference, Environment Variable, etc.) Best way to set up Power Platform pipelines What happens once we enable managed environments for a particular environment Carsten's Info and other links: Blog: Pipelines in Power Platform is Generally Available (GA): Power Platform pipelines blog post series The Admin View: Makers & Environment Variables: The Security Model: Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at . Follow us on and for updates on future episodes. Do you want to see us too? Subscribe to our to view the last episodes. Don't forget to rate and leave a review for this show at . Your hosts: Daryl LaBar: | Scott Durow: | Editor: Linn Zaw Win: | Music:
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AI and ChatGPT-3 with Kristine Kolodziejski
03/12/2023
AI and ChatGPT-3 with Kristine Kolodziejski
In this episode of XrmToolCast, the hosts Daryl and Scott welcomed Kristine Kolodziejski, a Microsoft MVP and a Technical Architect, to talk about ChatGPT-3, Bing Chat, and other AI-powered tools. Kristine shared her experience using these tools to enhance personal productivity and save time. The discussion began with talking about ChatGPT-3, an advanced natural language processing model developed by OpenAI. Kristine explained how ChatGPT-3 and other AI tools could be used to save us time and spend more time gaming or chilling on the beach. She also talked about some of the challenges and limitations of using AI-powered chatbots, such as the need for typing correct spelling or providing more context to get more detailed responses. The conversation then moved on to Bing Chat, a chatbot building platform provided by Microsoft. Kristine discussed how using a ChatGPT would not make someone a developer overnight and the more someone knows about the topics that are asked in ChatGPT, the more helpful answers will be generated. Then, Scott asked Kristine about ethics and AI. Finally, the hosts and Kristine discussed other AI-powered tools that can be used for generating presentation slides, presentation videos, video creation and image editing. They talked about how these tools can be used to brainstorm, generate initial draft content, summarise content, etc. Overall, this episode of XrmToolCast provided valuable insights into the world of AI-powered tools, and how they can be used to generate content and save a lot of time. Some of the highlights: Games Factorio Age Of Empires ChatGPT Bing Chat Some of the highs and lows of ChatGPT Ethics and AI Tome - AI-powered tool to generate slide deck beHuman – AI yourself in presentations D-ID - AI-generated video creation platform Runway - content creation with artificial intelligence Nvidia Eye Contact AI from Broadcast 1.4 Kristine's Info and other links: Blog: Github: ChatGPT PCF Control by Danish: https://pcf.gallery/chatgpt-control YouTube Video: Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at . Follow us on and for updates on future episodes. Do you want to see us too? Subscribe to our to view the last episodes. Don't forget to rate and leave a review for this show at . Your hosts: Daryl LaBar: | Scott Durow: | Editor: Linn Zaw Win: | Music:
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Clément Olivier and XTB Delta Plugins
02/12/2023
Clément Olivier and XTB Delta Plugins
In this episode, Daryl and Scott interview Clément Olivier, fellow BizApps MVP, and chat about his original tools for the XrmToolBox, the Delta Plugins, and the new tool which allows you to rename the views in bulk. Some of the highlights: Delta Plugins: Local Assembly vs CRM - to compare the plugins classes Plugin between the local vs the plugin assembly registered in the Dataverse environment Delta Plugin Steps between two environments to compare plugin steps between two of your environments export the results into an Excel sheet Daryl overwhelmed a new grad with a code review Using Preview features in production Pain points with the solution management View Renamer - bulk search and replace to bulk rename the views Homework for Clement from the hosts Clément's Info and other links: Blog: Delta Plugins: Local Assembly vs CRM: Delta Plugin Steps between two environments: View Renamer: Buy him a coffee if you appreciate his contribution to the community: Previous episodes with Clément The Business Process Flow Manager w/ Clement Olivier & Gus Gonzalez: The Quick Edit Form, A PCF Control: New XrmToolBox Tool PCF to BPF with Clément Olivier: Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at . Follow us on and for updates on future episodes. Do you want to see us too? Subscribe to our to view the last episodes. Don't forget to rate and leave a review for this show at . Your hosts: Daryl LaBar: | Scott Durow: | Editor: Linn Zaw Win: | Music:
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Virtual Tables with Nathan Helgren
01/15/2023
Virtual Tables with Nathan Helgren
In this episode, Daryl and Scott talk to a Senior Program Manager at Microsoft, Nathan Helgren, about the Virtual Tables. Some of the highlights: Nathan's 25 years at MS What are Virtual Tables (VT)? Difference between a Connector and a VT Create virtual tables using the virtual connector provider Virtual Dad Jokes abound Virtualize all the things? Building Power Apps using 100% virtual tables What are the VT Limits? No Audit functionality No Rollup or Joins between VT How VT security works GUID column is still a hard requirement for VT Query through TDS endpoint from SQL VT Benefits of pulling through data in real-time in VT Making more data sources available for the virtual connector provider Reasons to re-visit VT again for those who have used it long ago Nathan's Info and other links: LinkedIn: Online documents: Create virtual tables using connectors Known limitations and troubleshooting with virtual tables Setting up relationships with virtual tables with Power Apps Videos: Virtual tables overview: Create virtual tables: Integrate virtual tables with Dataverse: Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at . Follow us on and for updates on future episodes. Do you want to see us too? Subscribe to our to view the last episodes. Don't forget to rate and leave a review for this show at . Your hosts: Daryl LaBar: | Scott Durow: | Editor: Linn Zaw Win: | Music:
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Power BI Dynamics 365 Sales Templates with Scott Sewell
01/03/2023
Power BI Dynamics 365 Sales Templates with Scott Sewell
In this episode, Daryl and Scott talk to a Principal Program Manager at Microsoft, Scott Sewell, about the Power BI Dynamics 365 Sales Templates. Some of the highlights: Daryl's Europe trip Scott's superpower is working with Data, from SSIS/Kingswaysoft to SSRS to Power BI How Scott got into using the Titanic What not to do when starting with Power BI Scott explains a star schema for Daryl Scott walks through his Power BI Templates Using pre-GA Power BI Solution imports Scott shares his proposal story Scott's Info and other links: LinkedIn: Twitter: GitHub: YouTube: Power BI ❤️ Dynamics 365 Sales! Report Templates - Power BI modeling guidance for Power Platform - A "Solution" for Power BI with Dynamics 365 Sales - Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at . Follow us on and for updates on future episodes. Do you want to see us too? Subscribe to our to view the last episodes. Don't forget to rate and leave a review for this show at . Your hosts: Daryl LaBar: | Scott Durow: | Editor: Linn Zaw Win: | Music:
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Julian Sharp and The Study Group for Microsoft Certification Exams
12/18/2022
Julian Sharp and The Study Group for Microsoft Certification Exams
In this episode, Daryl and Scott talk to a repeat guest and fellow MVP, Julian Sharp, about the study groups that he runs for the Microsoft certification exams. Some of the highlights: Julian's impressive beard Study Groups Meet twice a week, Thursday Evening and Sunday Morning Run on Teams 10 sessions over a couple of months Ask users to show up, ask questions How do people decide where to specialize? Microsoft Power Up Julians Flow vs Logic Apps Preferences Julian's love for Goals in the Sales Exams Julian's Info and other links: LinkedIn: Twitter: Blog: Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at . Follow us on and for updates on future episodes. Do you want to see us too? Subscribe to our to view the last episodes. Don't forget to rate and leave a review for this show at . Your hosts: Daryl LaBar: | Scott Durow: | Editor: Linn Zaw Win: | Music:
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Kartik Kanakasabesan and Riding the Power Apps CLI Rocket Ship
12/04/2022
Kartik Kanakasabesan and Riding the Power Apps CLI Rocket Ship
In this episode, Daryl and Scott talk to Microsoft employee Kartik Kanakasabesan about the Power Apps CLI. Some of the highlights: The origin and history of the PAC New Tools to install using PAC Submitting a PR to PAC Using PAC in Azure DevOps PAC Canvas Create Kartik's Info and other links: List of Kartik blog posts - Related blog posts Power Platform Developer Tools monthly release blog - PAC Canvas Create - PAC CLI in Azure DevOps - Dataverse Service Client - NuGet Packages PP CLI on Windows - PP CLI on Linux - PP CLI on OSX64 - GitHub repository Github Actions - VS Code extension - Microsoft will be opening up the pac cli code on GitHub as read only soon for the time being please submit PAC CLI requests in these GitHub repos or send your feedback to . Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at . Follow us on and for updates on future episodes. Do you want to see us too? Subscribe to our to view the last episodes. Don't forget to rate and leave a review for this show at . Your hosts: Daryl LaBar: | Scott Durow: | Editor: Linn Zaw Win: | Music:
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Back to the XrmToolBox Basics with Mark Carrington, Chris Piasecki and Matt Beard
11/20/2022
Back to the XrmToolBox Basics with Mark Carrington, Chris Piasecki and Matt Beard
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: 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\<UserName>\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 - GitHub - Twitter - LinkedIn - Chris's Info and other links: Twitter - LinkedIn - Matt's Info and other links: Blog - Twitter - LinkedIn - Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at . Follow us on and for updates on future episodes. Do you want to see us too? Subscribe to our to view the last episodes. Don't forget to rate and leave a review for this show at . Your hosts: Daryl LaBar: | Scott Durow: | Editor: Linn Zaw Win: | Music:
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Andrew Butenko and ABDialogs V2
11/06/2022
Andrew Butenko and ABDialogs V2
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: YouTube: Blog: GitHub: LinkedIn: ABDialogs V2: Supporting Ukraine “Back Alive” fund: Serhiy Prytula charity foundation: Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at . Follow us on and for updates on future episodes. Do you want to see us too? Subscribe to our to view the last episodes. Don't forget to rate and leave a review for this show at . Your hosts: Daryl LaBar: | Scott Durow: | Editor: Linn Zaw Win: | Music:
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