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 cast@xrmtoolbox.com. 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 cast@xrmtoolbox.com. 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 cast@xrmtoolbox.com. 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 cast@xrmtoolbox.com. 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 cast@xrmtoolbox.com. 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

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 cast@xrmtoolbox.com. 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 cast@xrmtoolbox.com. 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 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 cast@xrmtoolbox.com. 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 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 cast@xrmtoolbox.com. 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 cast@xrmtoolbox.com. 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 talks to fellow MVP Temmy Wahyu Raharjo about the Dependency Injection, and Developer Rabbit Holes/Perfectionism.

Some of the highlights:

• What is Dependency Injection?
• How is it different from Inversion of Control
• ILMerge Divide
• Testing a plugin which calls an external service without testing the external service
• How to start learning .NET Core for the beginners
• Daryl #EarlyBoundForever
• Rabbit hole over-engineering
• More developer horror stories
• Temmy's MVP Journey
• Mental health update of XrmToolCast

Temmy's Info and other links:

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/temmy-wahyu-raharjo
• @temmy_raharjo
• Blog: https://temmyraharjo.wordpress.com

Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at cast@xrmtoolbox.com. 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 shared horror stories about things that did not go quite as planned and the pranks they have pulled on their colleagues.

Some of the highlights:

• If you were an interviewer, would you hire someone who answers "I have never done anything wrong in my career"
• Battle scars of Daryl and Scott
• Two Concurrent Publish All actions could make the server hang in the early days of CRM online
• Daryl attached a debugger to the process on the on-prem server and everyone complained that the Dev instance was not working
• Using the same service principal across multiple environments and hitting API limit affects all environments
• Daryl almost truncated one of the tables in the UAT environment with millions of records
• Daryl's home renovation horror stories
• The worst sinking feeling that Scott had
• Daryl's car buying experience
• Inheriting a project with JavaScript without namespaces and the web resource files without extensions
• What do you do when you inherit the project with no source code for the plugin or the source code does not match the functionality?
• What is worse than having no error message for an error?
• What is your error handling approach for plugin development?
• The disadvantage of deploying the PCF Code Component or assembly compiled in debug mode to a Production environment
• Testing as a system administrator
• Things to look out for before reparenting the business unit
• What is the worst auto-numbering solution that you have seen?
• A bug in Retrieve plugin for systemuser table locked everyone out of the system
• Pranks that Daryl has pulled on his colleagues
• Be careful what you encourage by giving badges when you gamify the system
• Less code, fewer horror stories

Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at cast@xrmtoolbox.com. 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 Maciej Kornacki and chat about the new Managed Solution Bulk Remover tool as well as the Unmanaged Active Layer Bulk Remover tool.

Some of the highlights:

• Hoodie vs Jumper
• Unmanaged Active Layer Bulk Remover
• Managed Solution Bulk Remover
• Uninstalling MS Marketing is horror stories
• Maciej let Power Virtual Agents answer some of the questions (Apologies for the robotic sound)
• Feature requests by the hosts as usual
• Future open-sourced Umbraco Portal tool

Maciej's Info and other links:

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/maciejkornacki
• @kornackimaciej
• Umraco Portal Tool: https://www.externable.com
• #TooLDR blog post for Unmanaged Active Layer Bulk Remover
• #TooLDR blog post for Managed Solution Bulk Remover

Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at cast@xrmtoolbox.com. 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 Jonas Rapp, the other co-host of the XrmToolCast, and chat about his Early-bound experience and feature requests for the EarlyBound Entity Generator.

Some of the highlights:

• Daryl makes himself a fool
• Daryl teaches Jonas about Benedict Arnold (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Arnold)
• Jonas dives into his Early-bound experience
• Deliver 100% of your obligations in 25% of your time
• Jonas tells Daryl what he needs to do with the EarlyBound Entity Generator
• If you don't have all the entities that you're working with inside a solution, then you're doing wrong
• Is it worth filtering specific attributes/columns in generating early-bound entity classes?
• Power Platform Level Up Dev Discord Channel: https://discord.gg/EpKUVj3Qu3

Jonas's Info and other links:

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/rappen
• @rappen
• The tool doc: XRM Tokens Runner
• The code doc: XRM Tokens
• Session video from South Coast Summit
• Blog on Power Apps Studio and GitHub

Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at cast@xrmtoolbox.com. 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 Diana Birkelbach, PCF Lady, about the latest improvements for the Colorful Optionset PCF control.

Some of the highlights:

• If it ain’t your computer, don’t touch the screen
• Using React and Fluent UI for PCF Control
• Diana's helpful hints for picking up react
• What is React-based virtual code component
• Advantages of Virtual Controls
  • Size of files
  • Visible Performance improvements
  • Allows for Some Fluent UI controls to communicate across PCF controls
• What happens when MS update the React used in the platform?
• Diana talks through some of her future plans/ideas for Canvas Apps/Custom Pages
• Diana shares her PCF  Wishlist
• Scott apologizes to the Classic UI
• Jonas used Early Bound in a Plugin
• Diana's "Hooked to PCF" session in Power Apps Developer Bootcamp

Diana's Info and other links:

• Blog - https://dianabirkelbach.wordpress.com
• Twitter - @DianaBirkelbach
• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/diana-birkelbach
• GitHub - https://github.com/brasov2de
• Power Apps Community Forum for questions - https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Power-Apps-Pro-Dev-ISV/bd-p/pa_component_framework
• Colorful Optionset PCF – Virtual and Improved
  https://dianabirkelbach.wordpress.com/2022/04/24/colorful-optionset-pcf-virtual-and-improved
• UpdateView in Virtual PCF Components and how to optimize rendering
  https://dianabirkelbach.wordpress.com/2022/05/06/updateview-in-virtual-pcf-components-and-how-to-optimize-rendering

Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at cast@xrmtoolbox.com. 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 Mark Carrington, a 3rd-time repeat guest of the show, about the new features added in the latest version of SQL 4 CDS.

Some of the highlights:

• Daryl is allergic to duck eggs
• Scott looks like a quail egg person
• Variables and For Loop Support in SQL 4 CDS
• Execution plan view
• SQL 4 CDS now provides an ADO connection
  • Possible uses for it
• Naming things is one of the hardest things in Computer Science
• Where the TDS endpoint is still useful
• Current limitations with TDS endpoint
• .NET Core connector for on-prem databases

Mark's Info and other links:

• Blog - https://markcarrington.dev/
• SQL 4 CDS
  https://www.xrmtoolbox.com/plugins/MarkMpn.SQL4CDS/
  https://markcarrington.dev/sql-4-cds/
  https://github.com/MarkMpn/Sql4Cds
• Twitter - @MarkMpn
• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-carrington-1499a010/
• Work
  https://www.data-8.co.uk/
  https://appsource.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/apps?search=data8&page=1
• Blog posts about the latest updates for SQL 4 CDS
  https://markcarrington.dev/2022/04/11/sql-4-cds-ado-net-provider/
  https://markcarrington.dev/2022/04/11/sql-4-cds-v6-released/

Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at cast@xrmtoolbox.com. 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

Daryl and Scott interview Casey Burke and Prabhat Pandey from Microsoft, and chat about the new command designer with Power Fx.

Some of the highlights:

• Various Classic Games
• History of Commanding
• How it got pitched/approved
• Biggest problem
  • Not interrupting customers
  • Integrating with the Solution
  • Model migration
  • Managing the ALM process
  • Integrating with PowerFx Microservices
• How it works
• When Ribbon Workbench is still required
• Do standard Devs write PowerFx?
• When it is going to be GA
• Daryl incorrectly calling "the Ribbon Toolbench" TWICE
• Will unsupported use of OOB library functions break?

Casey's Info:

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/casey-burke-microsoft
• @caseyburke21

Prabhat's Info:

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/prabhatpandey
• @prabhatp

Other links:

• https://docs.microsoft.com/powerapps/maker/model-driven-apps/command-designer-overview

Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at cast@xrmtoolbox.com. 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

Daryl and Scott interview Carl Cookson, supposedly (Ex) Developer & fellow MVP, and chat about the new XrmToolBox Tool - BPF To Visio Builder.

Some of the highlights:

• Daryl Read-off-the-people's-Twitter-profile LaBar
• Do former Devs need to keep up their Dev chops?
• Does someone need to be a good developer to be a good manager?
• Field games that the hosts and the guest are familiar with
• Other XrmToolBox tools that Carl built under the name of LinkeD365
• Using documentation tools to capture a snapshot of the delivered system
• What's the gap that you cannot document now in XrmToolBox
• Benefits of automating the documentation
• Documentation is always out of Date
• Copypasta

Carl's Info and other links:

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlcookson
• @LinkeD365
• Blog: https://linked365.blog
• BPFs To Visio: https://linked365.blog/BPFToVisio

Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at cast@xrmtoolbox.com. 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 Clément Olivier, fellow BizApps MVP, and chat about the new XrmToolBox Tool - PCF to BPF.

Some of the highlights:

• Gardening Podcast
• PCF to BPF
• How Custom Controls are added to BPF Table FormXml
• Adding Choices field to Data Step of BPF
• Crashing the XrmToolBox Worldwide
• What Clément didn't test
• Virtual DOM for Fluent
• What are the bounds on a PCF control in the BPF

Clément's Info and other links:

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/clemolivier
• @Clement0livier
• Blog: https://stuffandtacos.azurewebsites.net
• PCF2BPF: https://github.com/carfup/XTBPlugins.PCF2BPF
• Buy him a coffee if you appreciate his contribution to the community: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/clementolivier

Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at cast@xrmtoolbox.com. 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

Daryl talks about his newest tool in his toolbelt, ZoomIt.  A Windows utility from Sys Internals for drawing on your screen.  

Some of the highlights:

• Sorry, not many highlights... Just Daryl doing his thing!  :)

Links:

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/zoomit

Got questions? Have your own tool you’d like to share? Have a suggestion for a future episode? Contact Daryl and Scott at cast@xrmtoolbox.com. 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