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Managed Identity

Managed Identities are the natural evolution of service principals because they completely eliminate the need to manage and store secrets.

Power Platform CICD Evolution

Why CI/CD and ALM? We need CI/CD and ALM in Power Platform to move from ad‑hoc manual exports/imports to predictable, governed delivery.

PowerFx Data Query Grouping

Grouping Example // Does not work ClearCollect( colEmployeesGrouped, ForAll( Distinct(colEmployees, Department), With( { ...

Join Tables in PowerFX

History Back in the old dates, for plugins depend on 3rd party assemblies, we need to do an ILmerge but it will mess up with debugging.

Join Tables in PowerFX

Nested Galleries Multiple Gallery will lead to multiple scrolls in the 2nd level which is nasty.

PCF cheat sheat

Install the PAC CLI Tool Install the PAC CLI tool for both the VS Code and Command Prompt for Windows

navigation open side panel

How to get input and output to and from PCF

navigation open side panel

Background FakeXrmEasy made unit tests D365 really easy.

navigation open side panel

Open the far side panel

PCF Debug

Debug method Debugging with local testing harness npm start or npm start watch

OpenAI Series: Prompt - Harnessing Generative AI to Solve Complex Problems

Mastering Azure DevOps Pipelines

Mastering Azure DevOps Pipelines: Common Tasks for Developers”

Mastering Configuration Values Management in Azure Functions

Dependency Injection in Azure Functions: A Comprehensive Guide

Azure AD B2C Series - 1: App Registation for Power Pages Integration

Overall Apps

Roles Inherited by Team Membership and Operation Context

The Evolution and Significance of Roles Inherited by Team Membership in Dynamics 365

Understanding Azure AD B2C Custom Policies

Understanding Azure AD B2C Custom Policies: A Comprehensive Guide

OpenAI Integration via Azure Function Apps

Overcoming Challenges with OpenAI Integration Whether you are building a Single Page Application (SPA) and seeking to leverage the powerful features of OpenA...

Pack Multiple PCF Controls in a Single Solution

Introduction If you followed Microsoft documentation Create your first component, you will create one solution file per PCF control. However, in some scenari...

PCF 101 - The Missing Manual

Introduction Microsoft documentation is a great source of learning but still need more transaltion for less experienced developers.

Azure Functions Deep Dive: Entry Points, the Startup Class, and Alternatives

Azure Function App Entry Point common tasks happen in the entry point of an Azure Function App?

Getting started with Azure AD B2C: A Tale of User Flows, Custom Policies, and WeChat Integration

Quick Start Nothing better than starting with sample. Here are some best AAD B2C samples custom policy resources I found so far:

Unleashing the Power of ReactJS Components with Storybook

Introduction

NoSQL CosmosDB MongoDB Learning Notes

Why NoSQL? Traditional SQL databases are good at processing complex queries very efficiently. However, when it comes to the 3V (Volume, Velocity, Variety), w...

Ignite 2022 Power Platform Announcement Highlights

Power Pages GA Power Pages as a standalone Power Platform product is now GA. It is a new member to a family of Power Platform products, including Power Apps,...

Dynamics 365 CE File Column Scenario: Folder File Tree Structure

Scenario Background As a resource company, my clients are other businesses in the supply chain. I need to exchange documents with them. For example, I need t...

Azure Logging TelemetryClient vs ILogger

Summary TelemetryClient is more feature rich comparing to ILogger. However, it depends on Microsoft Azure Application Insights. So, your logging code will no...

Consume 21Vianet Dataverse Web API Using MSAL

Overall The layers between a consumer client application and Dataverse Web API are: A client application. An Azure AD App Registration. A Dataverse Ap...

Post Custom Message to Azure Service Bus

Service Endpoints and Azure-aware Plugins Service endpoints allow you to send Dynamics 365 plugin execution context to Azure Service Bus, Topic, or Event Hub.

Dynamics 365 IFD ADFS and external IdPs

The Problem Enterprises with an existing centralised (non-Microsoft) Identify Provider (IdP) may frown upon the idea of introducing another new ADFS based Id...

Storage Emulator

Error Cannot create database ‘AzureStorageEmulatorDb510’ : The database ‘AzureStorageEmulatorDb510’ does not exist.

Dynamics 365 OAuth 2.0 Authentication with a Service Principal

In a nutshell, the goal is to get a security token from Azure AD via OAuth 2.0 protocal.

Session Aware Azure Service Bus Binding for Azure Functions

The Pain Point Data integration layer comes in many shapes and forms. Sometimes the data you are integrating is transactional in nature. In that scenario, th...

Dynamics 365 Data Synchronization with Azure Data Factory

People’s Republic of China government rolled out a cyber security law in July 2017. It forced my client to localize their data storage for their Chinese resi...

Dynamics 365 IE 11 supportability

At the end of building a solution, everything was working. Then someone mentioned IE11, I felt a visceral punch.

2019 Novel Corona Virus Cases Power BI Report

This report is based a dataset published by Johns Hopkins University. You may experience a delay when the report initiates from a cold start. Incomplated dat...

Push Dynamics 365 Editable Subgrids To Do UX Tricks

Background Imagine you are making a small solution enhancement for a commercial real estate management company. The company sale people need to come up with ...

No Sandbox Worker processes are currently available

Our tester reported the following error logged in a Dynamics 365 online instance multiple times and it is a blocker. The Dynamics 365 instance consists of a ...

微信提醒通知开发

场景: 提醒通知

Ansible DevOps Study Notes

Ansible is a popular choice of DevOps tools.

OCR ID Card Detection in a Dynamics 365 Native Mobile App

The Final Results Mobile devices are born with cameras, microphones and other sensors. With a ‘Dynamics 365 for phones’ app in your palm, will it be cool if ...

Actionable Message in Outlook

The first time I saw an Actionable Message in Outlook is from an email from Approvals of Power Automates (formerly MS Flow).

Dynamics Products Evolution

With the landing of Dynamics 365 Online (Mooncake) in China, the new and old product names are used interchangeably. The table below maps the old product nam...

Kelvin Bytes News Letter: Marketing Eco-systems in China

Cover Story: Marketing Eco-systems in China What are the same? The marketing concepts are the same in China or not, for example, marketing segmentation, conv...

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Managed Identity

Managed Identities are the natural evolution of service principals because they completely eliminate the need to manage and store secrets.

Power Platform CICD Evolution

Why CI/CD and ALM? We need CI/CD and ALM in Power Platform to move from ad‑hoc manual exports/imports to predictable, governed delivery.

PowerFx Data Query Grouping

Grouping Example // Does not work ClearCollect( colEmployeesGrouped, ForAll( Distinct(colEmployees, Department), With( { ...

Join Tables in PowerFX

History Back in the old dates, for plugins depend on 3rd party assemblies, we need to do an ILmerge but it will mess up with debugging.

Join Tables in PowerFX

Nested Galleries Multiple Gallery will lead to multiple scrolls in the 2nd level which is nasty.

PCF cheat sheat

Install the PAC CLI Tool Install the PAC CLI tool for both the VS Code and Command Prompt for Windows

navigation open side panel

How to get input and output to and from PCF

navigation open side panel

Background FakeXrmEasy made unit tests D365 really easy.

navigation open side panel

Open the far side panel

PCF Debug

Debug method Debugging with local testing harness npm start or npm start watch

OpenAI Series: Prompt - Harnessing Generative AI to Solve Complex Problems

Mastering Azure DevOps Pipelines

Mastering Azure DevOps Pipelines: Common Tasks for Developers”

Mastering Configuration Values Management in Azure Functions

Dependency Injection in Azure Functions: A Comprehensive Guide

Azure AD B2C Series - 1: App Registation for Power Pages Integration

Overall Apps

Roles Inherited by Team Membership and Operation Context

The Evolution and Significance of Roles Inherited by Team Membership in Dynamics 365

Understanding Azure AD B2C Custom Policies

Understanding Azure AD B2C Custom Policies: A Comprehensive Guide

OpenAI Integration via Azure Function Apps

Overcoming Challenges with OpenAI Integration Whether you are building a Single Page Application (SPA) and seeking to leverage the powerful features of OpenA...

Pack Multiple PCF Controls in a Single Solution

Introduction If you followed Microsoft documentation Create your first component, you will create one solution file per PCF control. However, in some scenari...

PCF 101 - The Missing Manual

Introduction Microsoft documentation is a great source of learning but still need more transaltion for less experienced developers.

Azure Functions Deep Dive: Entry Points, the Startup Class, and Alternatives

Azure Function App Entry Point common tasks happen in the entry point of an Azure Function App?

Getting started with Azure AD B2C: A Tale of User Flows, Custom Policies, and WeChat Integration

Quick Start Nothing better than starting with sample. Here are some best AAD B2C samples custom policy resources I found so far:

Unleashing the Power of ReactJS Components with Storybook

Introduction

NoSQL CosmosDB MongoDB Learning Notes

Why NoSQL? Traditional SQL databases are good at processing complex queries very efficiently. However, when it comes to the 3V (Volume, Velocity, Variety), w...

Ignite 2022 Power Platform Announcement Highlights

Power Pages GA Power Pages as a standalone Power Platform product is now GA. It is a new member to a family of Power Platform products, including Power Apps,...

Dynamics 365 CE File Column Scenario: Folder File Tree Structure

Scenario Background As a resource company, my clients are other businesses in the supply chain. I need to exchange documents with them. For example, I need t...

Azure Logging TelemetryClient vs ILogger

Summary TelemetryClient is more feature rich comparing to ILogger. However, it depends on Microsoft Azure Application Insights. So, your logging code will no...

Consume 21Vianet Dataverse Web API Using MSAL

Overall The layers between a consumer client application and Dataverse Web API are: A client application. An Azure AD App Registration. A Dataverse Ap...

Post Custom Message to Azure Service Bus

Service Endpoints and Azure-aware Plugins Service endpoints allow you to send Dynamics 365 plugin execution context to Azure Service Bus, Topic, or Event Hub.

Dynamics 365 IFD ADFS and external IdPs

The Problem Enterprises with an existing centralised (non-Microsoft) Identify Provider (IdP) may frown upon the idea of introducing another new ADFS based Id...

Storage Emulator

Error Cannot create database ‘AzureStorageEmulatorDb510’ : The database ‘AzureStorageEmulatorDb510’ does not exist.

Dynamics 365 OAuth 2.0 Authentication with a Service Principal

In a nutshell, the goal is to get a security token from Azure AD via OAuth 2.0 protocal.

Session Aware Azure Service Bus Binding for Azure Functions

The Pain Point Data integration layer comes in many shapes and forms. Sometimes the data you are integrating is transactional in nature. In that scenario, th...

Dynamics 365 Data Synchronization with Azure Data Factory

People’s Republic of China government rolled out a cyber security law in July 2017. It forced my client to localize their data storage for their Chinese resi...

Dynamics 365 IE 11 supportability

At the end of building a solution, everything was working. Then someone mentioned IE11, I felt a visceral punch.

2019 Novel Corona Virus Cases Power BI Report

This report is based a dataset published by Johns Hopkins University. You may experience a delay when the report initiates from a cold start. Incomplated dat...

Push Dynamics 365 Editable Subgrids To Do UX Tricks

Background Imagine you are making a small solution enhancement for a commercial real estate management company. The company sale people need to come up with ...

No Sandbox Worker processes are currently available

Our tester reported the following error logged in a Dynamics 365 online instance multiple times and it is a blocker. The Dynamics 365 instance consists of a ...

微信提醒通知开发

场景: 提醒通知

Ansible DevOps Study Notes

Ansible is a popular choice of DevOps tools.

OCR ID Card Detection in a Dynamics 365 Native Mobile App

The Final Results Mobile devices are born with cameras, microphones and other sensors. With a ‘Dynamics 365 for phones’ app in your palm, will it be cool if ...

Actionable Message in Outlook

The first time I saw an Actionable Message in Outlook is from an email from Approvals of Power Automates (formerly MS Flow).

Dynamics Products Evolution

With the landing of Dynamics 365 Online (Mooncake) in China, the new and old product names are used interchangeably. The table below maps the old product nam...

Kelvin Bytes News Letter: Marketing Eco-systems in China

Cover Story: Marketing Eco-systems in China What are the same? The marketing concepts are the same in China or not, for example, marketing segmentation, conv...

Back to Top ↑

LinkedIn

Managed Identity

Managed Identities are the natural evolution of service principals because they completely eliminate the need to manage and store secrets.

Power Platform CICD Evolution

Why CI/CD and ALM? We need CI/CD and ALM in Power Platform to move from ad‑hoc manual exports/imports to predictable, governed delivery.

PowerFx Data Query Grouping

Grouping Example // Does not work ClearCollect( colEmployeesGrouped, ForAll( Distinct(colEmployees, Department), With( { ...

Join Tables in PowerFX

History Back in the old dates, for plugins depend on 3rd party assemblies, we need to do an ILmerge but it will mess up with debugging.

Join Tables in PowerFX

Nested Galleries Multiple Gallery will lead to multiple scrolls in the 2nd level which is nasty.

PCF cheat sheat

Install the PAC CLI Tool Install the PAC CLI tool for both the VS Code and Command Prompt for Windows

navigation open side panel

How to get input and output to and from PCF

navigation open side panel

Background FakeXrmEasy made unit tests D365 really easy.

navigation open side panel

Open the far side panel

PCF Debug

Debug method Debugging with local testing harness npm start or npm start watch

OpenAI Series: Prompt - Harnessing Generative AI to Solve Complex Problems

Mastering Azure DevOps Pipelines

Mastering Azure DevOps Pipelines: Common Tasks for Developers”

Mastering Configuration Values Management in Azure Functions

Dependency Injection in Azure Functions: A Comprehensive Guide

Azure AD B2C Series - 1: App Registation for Power Pages Integration

Overall Apps

Roles Inherited by Team Membership and Operation Context

The Evolution and Significance of Roles Inherited by Team Membership in Dynamics 365

Understanding Azure AD B2C Custom Policies

Understanding Azure AD B2C Custom Policies: A Comprehensive Guide

OpenAI Integration via Azure Function Apps

Overcoming Challenges with OpenAI Integration Whether you are building a Single Page Application (SPA) and seeking to leverage the powerful features of OpenA...

Pack Multiple PCF Controls in a Single Solution

Introduction If you followed Microsoft documentation Create your first component, you will create one solution file per PCF control. However, in some scenari...

PCF 101 - The Missing Manual

Introduction Microsoft documentation is a great source of learning but still need more transaltion for less experienced developers.

Azure Functions Deep Dive: Entry Points, the Startup Class, and Alternatives

Azure Function App Entry Point common tasks happen in the entry point of an Azure Function App?

Getting started with Azure AD B2C: A Tale of User Flows, Custom Policies, and WeChat Integration

Quick Start Nothing better than starting with sample. Here are some best AAD B2C samples custom policy resources I found so far:

Unleashing the Power of ReactJS Components with Storybook

Introduction

NoSQL CosmosDB MongoDB Learning Notes

Why NoSQL? Traditional SQL databases are good at processing complex queries very efficiently. However, when it comes to the 3V (Volume, Velocity, Variety), w...

Ignite 2022 Power Platform Announcement Highlights

Power Pages GA Power Pages as a standalone Power Platform product is now GA. It is a new member to a family of Power Platform products, including Power Apps,...

Dynamics 365 CE File Column Scenario: Folder File Tree Structure

Scenario Background As a resource company, my clients are other businesses in the supply chain. I need to exchange documents with them. For example, I need t...

Azure Logging TelemetryClient vs ILogger

Summary TelemetryClient is more feature rich comparing to ILogger. However, it depends on Microsoft Azure Application Insights. So, your logging code will no...

Consume 21Vianet Dataverse Web API Using MSAL

Overall The layers between a consumer client application and Dataverse Web API are: A client application. An Azure AD App Registration. A Dataverse Ap...

Post Custom Message to Azure Service Bus

Service Endpoints and Azure-aware Plugins Service endpoints allow you to send Dynamics 365 plugin execution context to Azure Service Bus, Topic, or Event Hub.

Dynamics 365 IFD ADFS and external IdPs

The Problem Enterprises with an existing centralised (non-Microsoft) Identify Provider (IdP) may frown upon the idea of introducing another new ADFS based Id...

Storage Emulator

Error Cannot create database ‘AzureStorageEmulatorDb510’ : The database ‘AzureStorageEmulatorDb510’ does not exist.

Dynamics 365 OAuth 2.0 Authentication with a Service Principal

In a nutshell, the goal is to get a security token from Azure AD via OAuth 2.0 protocal.

Session Aware Azure Service Bus Binding for Azure Functions

The Pain Point Data integration layer comes in many shapes and forms. Sometimes the data you are integrating is transactional in nature. In that scenario, th...

Dynamics 365 Data Synchronization with Azure Data Factory

People’s Republic of China government rolled out a cyber security law in July 2017. It forced my client to localize their data storage for their Chinese resi...

Dynamics 365 IE 11 supportability

At the end of building a solution, everything was working. Then someone mentioned IE11, I felt a visceral punch.

2019 Novel Corona Virus Cases Power BI Report

This report is based a dataset published by Johns Hopkins University. You may experience a delay when the report initiates from a cold start. Incomplated dat...

Push Dynamics 365 Editable Subgrids To Do UX Tricks

Background Imagine you are making a small solution enhancement for a commercial real estate management company. The company sale people need to come up with ...

No Sandbox Worker processes are currently available

Our tester reported the following error logged in a Dynamics 365 online instance multiple times and it is a blocker. The Dynamics 365 instance consists of a ...

Ansible DevOps Study Notes

Ansible is a popular choice of DevOps tools.

OCR ID Card Detection in a Dynamics 365 Native Mobile App

The Final Results Mobile devices are born with cameras, microphones and other sensors. With a ‘Dynamics 365 for phones’ app in your palm, will it be cool if ...

Actionable Message in Outlook

The first time I saw an Actionable Message in Outlook is from an email from Approvals of Power Automates (formerly MS Flow).

Dynamics Products Evolution

With the landing of Dynamics 365 Online (Mooncake) in China, the new and old product names are used interchangeably. The table below maps the old product nam...

Back to Top ↑

Microsoft

Mastering Azure DevOps Pipelines

Mastering Azure DevOps Pipelines: Common Tasks for Developers”

Mastering Configuration Values Management in Azure Functions

Dependency Injection in Azure Functions: A Comprehensive Guide

Azure AD B2C Series - 1: App Registation for Power Pages Integration

Overall Apps

Roles Inherited by Team Membership and Operation Context

The Evolution and Significance of Roles Inherited by Team Membership in Dynamics 365

Understanding Azure AD B2C Custom Policies

Understanding Azure AD B2C Custom Policies: A Comprehensive Guide

OpenAI Integration via Azure Function Apps

Overcoming Challenges with OpenAI Integration Whether you are building a Single Page Application (SPA) and seeking to leverage the powerful features of OpenA...

Pack Multiple PCF Controls in a Single Solution

Introduction If you followed Microsoft documentation Create your first component, you will create one solution file per PCF control. However, in some scenari...

PCF 101 - The Missing Manual

Introduction Microsoft documentation is a great source of learning but still need more transaltion for less experienced developers.

Azure Functions Deep Dive: Entry Points, the Startup Class, and Alternatives

Azure Function App Entry Point common tasks happen in the entry point of an Azure Function App?

NoSQL CosmosDB MongoDB Learning Notes

Why NoSQL? Traditional SQL databases are good at processing complex queries very efficiently. However, when it comes to the 3V (Volume, Velocity, Variety), w...

Ignite 2022 Power Platform Announcement Highlights

Power Pages GA Power Pages as a standalone Power Platform product is now GA. It is a new member to a family of Power Platform products, including Power Apps,...

Dynamics 365 CE File Column Scenario: Folder File Tree Structure

Scenario Background As a resource company, my clients are other businesses in the supply chain. I need to exchange documents with them. For example, I need t...

Azure Logging TelemetryClient vs ILogger

Summary TelemetryClient is more feature rich comparing to ILogger. However, it depends on Microsoft Azure Application Insights. So, your logging code will no...

Consume 21Vianet Dataverse Web API Using MSAL

Overall The layers between a consumer client application and Dataverse Web API are: A client application. An Azure AD App Registration. A Dataverse Ap...

Post Custom Message to Azure Service Bus

Service Endpoints and Azure-aware Plugins Service endpoints allow you to send Dynamics 365 plugin execution context to Azure Service Bus, Topic, or Event Hub.

OCR ID Card Detection in a Dynamics 365 Native Mobile App

The Final Results Mobile devices are born with cameras, microphones and other sensors. With a ‘Dynamics 365 for phones’ app in your palm, will it be cool if ...

Actionable Message in Outlook

The first time I saw an Actionable Message in Outlook is from an email from Approvals of Power Automates (formerly MS Flow).

Dynamics Products Evolution

With the landing of Dynamics 365 Online (Mooncake) in China, the new and old product names are used interchangeably. The table below maps the old product nam...

Kelvin Bytes News Letter: Marketing Eco-systems in China

Cover Story: Marketing Eco-systems in China What are the same? The marketing concepts are the same in China or not, for example, marketing segmentation, conv...

Back to Top ↑

Azure

Managed Identity

Managed Identities are the natural evolution of service principals because they completely eliminate the need to manage and store secrets.

OpenAI Series: Prompt - Harnessing Generative AI to Solve Complex Problems

Mastering Azure DevOps Pipelines

Mastering Azure DevOps Pipelines: Common Tasks for Developers”

Mastering Configuration Values Management in Azure Functions

Dependency Injection in Azure Functions: A Comprehensive Guide

Azure AD B2C Series - 1: App Registation for Power Pages Integration

Overall Apps

Roles Inherited by Team Membership and Operation Context

The Evolution and Significance of Roles Inherited by Team Membership in Dynamics 365

Understanding Azure AD B2C Custom Policies

Understanding Azure AD B2C Custom Policies: A Comprehensive Guide

OpenAI Integration via Azure Function Apps

Overcoming Challenges with OpenAI Integration Whether you are building a Single Page Application (SPA) and seeking to leverage the powerful features of OpenA...

Azure Functions Deep Dive: Entry Points, the Startup Class, and Alternatives

Azure Function App Entry Point common tasks happen in the entry point of an Azure Function App?

Getting started with Azure AD B2C: A Tale of User Flows, Custom Policies, and WeChat Integration

Quick Start Nothing better than starting with sample. Here are some best AAD B2C samples custom policy resources I found so far:

NoSQL CosmosDB MongoDB Learning Notes

Why NoSQL? Traditional SQL databases are good at processing complex queries very efficiently. However, when it comes to the 3V (Volume, Velocity, Variety), w...

Dynamics 365 CE File Column Scenario: Folder File Tree Structure

Scenario Background As a resource company, my clients are other businesses in the supply chain. I need to exchange documents with them. For example, I need t...

Azure Logging TelemetryClient vs ILogger

Summary TelemetryClient is more feature rich comparing to ILogger. However, it depends on Microsoft Azure Application Insights. So, your logging code will no...

Consume 21Vianet Dataverse Web API Using MSAL

Overall The layers between a consumer client application and Dataverse Web API are: A client application. An Azure AD App Registration. A Dataverse Ap...

Post Custom Message to Azure Service Bus

Service Endpoints and Azure-aware Plugins Service endpoints allow you to send Dynamics 365 plugin execution context to Azure Service Bus, Topic, or Event Hub.

Storage Emulator

Error Cannot create database ‘AzureStorageEmulatorDb510’ : The database ‘AzureStorageEmulatorDb510’ does not exist.

Dynamics 365 OAuth 2.0 Authentication with a Service Principal

In a nutshell, the goal is to get a security token from Azure AD via OAuth 2.0 protocal.

Session Aware Azure Service Bus Binding for Azure Functions

The Pain Point Data integration layer comes in many shapes and forms. Sometimes the data you are integrating is transactional in nature. In that scenario, th...

Dynamics 365 Data Synchronization with Azure Data Factory

People’s Republic of China government rolled out a cyber security law in July 2017. It forced my client to localize their data storage for their Chinese resi...

Back to Top ↑

Dynamics

Pack Multiple PCF Controls in a Single Solution

Introduction If you followed Microsoft documentation Create your first component, you will create one solution file per PCF control. However, in some scenari...

PCF 101 - The Missing Manual

Introduction Microsoft documentation is a great source of learning but still need more transaltion for less experienced developers.

Ignite 2022 Power Platform Announcement Highlights

Power Pages GA Power Pages as a standalone Power Platform product is now GA. It is a new member to a family of Power Platform products, including Power Apps,...

Dynamics 365 CE File Column Scenario: Folder File Tree Structure

Scenario Background As a resource company, my clients are other businesses in the supply chain. I need to exchange documents with them. For example, I need t...

Consume 21Vianet Dataverse Web API Using MSAL

Overall The layers between a consumer client application and Dataverse Web API are: A client application. An Azure AD App Registration. A Dataverse Ap...

Post Custom Message to Azure Service Bus

Service Endpoints and Azure-aware Plugins Service endpoints allow you to send Dynamics 365 plugin execution context to Azure Service Bus, Topic, or Event Hub.

Dynamics 365 Data Synchronization with Azure Data Factory

People’s Republic of China government rolled out a cyber security law in July 2017. It forced my client to localize their data storage for their Chinese resi...

Dynamics 365 IE 11 supportability

At the end of building a solution, everything was working. Then someone mentioned IE11, I felt a visceral punch.

Push Dynamics 365 Editable Subgrids To Do UX Tricks

Background Imagine you are making a small solution enhancement for a commercial real estate management company. The company sale people need to come up with ...

No Sandbox Worker processes are currently available

Our tester reported the following error logged in a Dynamics 365 online instance multiple times and it is a blocker. The Dynamics 365 instance consists of a ...

OCR ID Card Detection in a Dynamics 365 Native Mobile App

The Final Results Mobile devices are born with cameras, microphones and other sensors. With a ‘Dynamics 365 for phones’ app in your palm, will it be cool if ...

Actionable Message in Outlook

The first time I saw an Actionable Message in Outlook is from an email from Approvals of Power Automates (formerly MS Flow).

Dynamics Products Evolution

With the landing of Dynamics 365 Online (Mooncake) in China, the new and old product names are used interchangeably. The table below maps the old product nam...

Kelvin Bytes News Letter: Marketing Eco-systems in China

Cover Story: Marketing Eco-systems in China What are the same? The marketing concepts are the same in China or not, for example, marketing segmentation, conv...

Back to Top ↑

AI

PowerFx Data Query Grouping

Grouping Example // Does not work ClearCollect( colEmployeesGrouped, ForAll( Distinct(colEmployees, Department), With( { ...

Join Tables in PowerFX

History Back in the old dates, for plugins depend on 3rd party assemblies, we need to do an ILmerge but it will mess up with debugging.

Join Tables in PowerFX

Nested Galleries Multiple Gallery will lead to multiple scrolls in the 2nd level which is nasty.

PCF cheat sheat

Install the PAC CLI Tool Install the PAC CLI tool for both the VS Code and Command Prompt for Windows

navigation open side panel

How to get input and output to and from PCF

navigation open side panel

Background FakeXrmEasy made unit tests D365 really easy.

navigation open side panel

Open the far side panel

PCF Debug

Debug method Debugging with local testing harness npm start or npm start watch

OpenAI Series: Prompt - Harnessing Generative AI to Solve Complex Problems

Back to Top ↑

PowerPlatform

Setup XrmToolBox Connection for Azure China Hosted Dataverse

Connect XrmToolBox to a 21Vianet hosted Dataverse instance The XrmToolBox Connection Wizard didn’t work when I connected to a Dataverse instance hosted on 21...

Flow HTTP Request Trigger Condition

Scenario I want to be able to trigger an Power Automate cloud flow from an external HTTP call. I also want to restrict on who can call the cloud flow. The fl...

Actionable Message in Outlook

The first time I saw an Actionable Message in Outlook is from an email from Approvals of Power Automates (formerly MS Flow).

Dynamics Products Evolution

With the landing of Dynamics 365 Online (Mooncake) in China, the new and old product names are used interchangeably. The table below maps the old product nam...

Kelvin Bytes News Letter: Marketing Eco-systems in China

Cover Story: Marketing Eco-systems in China What are the same? The marketing concepts are the same in China or not, for example, marketing segmentation, conv...

Back to Top ↑

Integration

Managed Identity

Managed Identities are the natural evolution of service principals because they completely eliminate the need to manage and store secrets.

OpenAI Integration via Azure Function Apps

Overcoming Challenges with OpenAI Integration Whether you are building a Single Page Application (SPA) and seeking to leverage the powerful features of OpenA...

Consume 21Vianet Dataverse Web API Using MSAL

Overall The layers between a consumer client application and Dataverse Web API are: A client application. An Azure AD App Registration. A Dataverse Ap...

Post Custom Message to Azure Service Bus

Service Endpoints and Azure-aware Plugins Service endpoints allow you to send Dynamics 365 plugin execution context to Azure Service Bus, Topic, or Event Hub.

Dynamics 365 Data Synchronization with Azure Data Factory

People’s Republic of China government rolled out a cyber security law in July 2017. It forced my client to localize their data storage for their Chinese resi...

Back to Top ↑

OAuth

Getting started with Azure AD B2C: A Tale of User Flows, Custom Policies, and WeChat Integration

Quick Start Nothing better than starting with sample. Here are some best AAD B2C samples custom policy resources I found so far:

Setup XrmToolBox Connection for Azure China Hosted Dataverse

Connect XrmToolBox to a 21Vianet hosted Dataverse instance The XrmToolBox Connection Wizard didn’t work when I connected to a Dataverse instance hosted on 21...

Dynamics 365 IFD ADFS and external IdPs

The Problem Enterprises with an existing centralised (non-Microsoft) Identify Provider (IdP) may frown upon the idea of introducing another new ADFS based Id...

Storage Emulator

Error Cannot create database ‘AzureStorageEmulatorDb510’ : The database ‘AzureStorageEmulatorDb510’ does not exist.

Dynamics 365 OAuth 2.0 Authentication with a Service Principal

In a nutshell, the goal is to get a security token from Azure AD via OAuth 2.0 protocal.

Back to Top ↑

Power Platform

Managed Identity

Managed Identities are the natural evolution of service principals because they completely eliminate the need to manage and store secrets.

Power Platform CICD Evolution

Why CI/CD and ALM? We need CI/CD and ALM in Power Platform to move from ad‑hoc manual exports/imports to predictable, governed delivery.

Pack Multiple PCF Controls in a Single Solution

Introduction If you followed Microsoft documentation Create your first component, you will create one solution file per PCF control. However, in some scenari...

PCF 101 - The Missing Manual

Introduction Microsoft documentation is a great source of learning but still need more transaltion for less experienced developers.

Ignite 2022 Power Platform Announcement Highlights

Power Pages GA Power Pages as a standalone Power Platform product is now GA. It is a new member to a family of Power Platform products, including Power Apps,...

Back to Top ↑

Azure China

Azure Functions Deep Dive: Entry Points, the Startup Class, and Alternatives

Azure Function App Entry Point common tasks happen in the entry point of an Azure Function App?

NoSQL CosmosDB MongoDB Learning Notes

Why NoSQL? Traditional SQL databases are good at processing complex queries very efficiently. However, when it comes to the 3V (Volume, Velocity, Variety), w...

Dynamics 365 CE File Column Scenario: Folder File Tree Structure

Scenario Background As a resource company, my clients are other businesses in the supply chain. I need to exchange documents with them. For example, I need t...

Consume 21Vianet Dataverse Web API Using MSAL

Overall The layers between a consumer client application and Dataverse Web API are: A client application. An Azure AD App Registration. A Dataverse Ap...

Back to Top ↑

Power Pages

Azure AD B2C Series - 1: App Registation for Power Pages Integration

Overall Apps

Roles Inherited by Team Membership and Operation Context

The Evolution and Significance of Roles Inherited by Team Membership in Dynamics 365

Understanding Azure AD B2C Custom Policies

Understanding Azure AD B2C Custom Policies: A Comprehensive Guide

Getting started with Azure AD B2C: A Tale of User Flows, Custom Policies, and WeChat Integration

Quick Start Nothing better than starting with sample. Here are some best AAD B2C samples custom policy resources I found so far:

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DevOps

CI/CD 10,000-Feet Overview

GitFlow GitFlow is a popular way of manage code branches. It is a solid start point and can work with CI/CD flows well.

微信提醒通知开发

场景: 提醒通知

Ansible DevOps Study Notes

Ansible is a popular choice of DevOps tools.

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Azure Function

Storage Emulator

Error Cannot create database ‘AzureStorageEmulatorDb510’ : The database ‘AzureStorageEmulatorDb510’ does not exist.

Dynamics 365 OAuth 2.0 Authentication with a Service Principal

In a nutshell, the goal is to get a security token from Azure AD via OAuth 2.0 protocal.

Session Aware Azure Service Bus Binding for Azure Functions

The Pain Point Data integration layer comes in many shapes and forms. Sometimes the data you are integrating is transactional in nature. In that scenario, th...

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.Net Core

Storage Emulator

Error Cannot create database ‘AzureStorageEmulatorDb510’ : The database ‘AzureStorageEmulatorDb510’ does not exist.

Dynamics 365 OAuth 2.0 Authentication with a Service Principal

In a nutshell, the goal is to get a security token from Azure AD via OAuth 2.0 protocal.

Session Aware Azure Service Bus Binding for Azure Functions

The Pain Point Data integration layer comes in many shapes and forms. Sometimes the data you are integrating is transactional in nature. In that scenario, th...

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D365

Setup XrmToolBox Connection for Azure China Hosted Dataverse

Connect XrmToolBox to a 21Vianet hosted Dataverse instance The XrmToolBox Connection Wizard didn’t work when I connected to a Dataverse instance hosted on 21...

Flow HTTP Request Trigger Condition

Scenario I want to be able to trigger an Power Automate cloud flow from an external HTTP call. I also want to restrict on who can call the cloud flow. The fl...

Dynamics 365 IFD ADFS and external IdPs

The Problem Enterprises with an existing centralised (non-Microsoft) Identify Provider (IdP) may frown upon the idea of introducing another new ADFS based Id...

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Web

Azure AD B2C Series - 1: App Registation for Power Pages Integration

Overall Apps

Roles Inherited by Team Membership and Operation Context

The Evolution and Significance of Roles Inherited by Team Membership in Dynamics 365

Understanding Azure AD B2C Custom Policies

Understanding Azure AD B2C Custom Policies: A Comprehensive Guide

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WeChat

微信提醒通知开发

场景: 提醒通知

Kelvin Bytes News Letter: Marketing Eco-systems in China

Cover Story: Marketing Eco-systems in China What are the same? The marketing concepts are the same in China or not, for example, marketing segmentation, conv...

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China

Dynamics Products Evolution

With the landing of Dynamics 365 Online (Mooncake) in China, the new and old product names are used interchangeably. The table below maps the old product nam...

Kelvin Bytes News Letter: Marketing Eco-systems in China

Cover Story: Marketing Eco-systems in China What are the same? The marketing concepts are the same in China or not, for example, marketing segmentation, conv...

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CRM

Dynamics Products Evolution

With the landing of Dynamics 365 Online (Mooncake) in China, the new and old product names are used interchangeably. The table below maps the old product nam...

Kelvin Bytes News Letter: Marketing Eco-systems in China

Cover Story: Marketing Eco-systems in China What are the same? The marketing concepts are the same in China or not, for example, marketing segmentation, conv...

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CICD

Mastering Azure DevOps Pipelines

Mastering Azure DevOps Pipelines: Common Tasks for Developers”

Ansible DevOps Study Notes

Ansible is a popular choice of DevOps tools.

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Data

Dynamics 365 IE 11 supportability

At the end of building a solution, everything was working. Then someone mentioned IE11, I felt a visceral punch.

2019 Novel Corona Virus Cases Power BI Report

This report is based a dataset published by Johns Hopkins University. You may experience a delay when the report initiates from a cold start. Incomplated dat...

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Azure AD

Storage Emulator

Error Cannot create database ‘AzureStorageEmulatorDb510’ : The database ‘AzureStorageEmulatorDb510’ does not exist.

Dynamics 365 OAuth 2.0 Authentication with a Service Principal

In a nutshell, the goal is to get a security token from Azure AD via OAuth 2.0 protocal.

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Azure DevOps

Mastering Azure DevOps Pipelines

Mastering Azure DevOps Pipelines: Common Tasks for Developers”

CI/CD 10,000-Feet Overview

GitFlow GitFlow is a popular way of manage code branches. It is a solid start point and can work with CI/CD flows well.

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101 Git Practical Beginner’s Guide

Branching Strategy/Model/Flow GitFlow is a popular git flow strategy. It is a solid start point and can work with CI/CD flows well.

FakeXrmEasy Introduction

Why We all know the importance of unit tests to the quality of software. D365 plugins are housed inside plugin pipelines and supported by plugin context. It ...

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OpenID

Azure AD B2C Series - 1: App Registation for Power Pages Integration

Overall Apps

Getting started with Azure AD B2C: A Tale of User Flows, Custom Policies, and WeChat Integration

Quick Start Nothing better than starting with sample. Here are some best AAD B2C samples custom policy resources I found so far:

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Power Apps

Pack Multiple PCF Controls in a Single Solution

Introduction If you followed Microsoft documentation Create your first component, you will create one solution file per PCF control. However, in some scenari...

PCF 101 - The Missing Manual

Introduction Microsoft documentation is a great source of learning but still need more transaltion for less experienced developers.

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PCF

Pack Multiple PCF Controls in a Single Solution

Introduction If you followed Microsoft documentation Create your first component, you will create one solution file per PCF control. However, in some scenari...

PCF 101 - The Missing Manual

Introduction Microsoft documentation is a great source of learning but still need more transaltion for less experienced developers.

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OpenAI

OpenAI Series: Prompt - Harnessing Generative AI to Solve Complex Problems

OpenAI Integration via Azure Function Apps

Overcoming Challenges with OpenAI Integration Whether you are building a Single Page Application (SPA) and seeking to leverage the powerful features of OpenA...

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Programming Language

Mastering Configuration Values Management in Azure Functions

Dependency Injection in Azure Functions: A Comprehensive Guide

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CSharp

Mastering Configuration Values Management in Azure Functions

Dependency Injection in Azure Functions: A Comprehensive Guide

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ALM

Managed Identity

Managed Identities are the natural evolution of service principals because they completely eliminate the need to manage and store secrets.

Power Platform CICD Evolution

Why CI/CD and ALM? We need CI/CD and ALM in Power Platform to move from ad‑hoc manual exports/imports to predictable, governed delivery.

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General

Announcement: A New Perspective

Sorry guys, I haven’t posted in the last four months or so. It is because I relocated myself from New Zealand to China. I am still having a base in New Zeala...

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Marketing

Kelvin Bytes News Letter: Marketing Eco-systems in China

Cover Story: Marketing Eco-systems in China What are the same? The marketing concepts are the same in China or not, for example, marketing segmentation, conv...

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News Letter

Kelvin Bytes News Letter: Marketing Eco-systems in China

Cover Story: Marketing Eco-systems in China What are the same? The marketing concepts are the same in China or not, for example, marketing segmentation, conv...

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Weekly

Kelvin Bytes News Letter: Marketing Eco-systems in China

Cover Story: Marketing Eco-systems in China What are the same? The marketing concepts are the same in China or not, for example, marketing segmentation, conv...

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LindedIn

Kelvin Bytes News Letter: Marketing Eco-systems in China

Cover Story: Marketing Eco-systems in China What are the same? The marketing concepts are the same in China or not, for example, marketing segmentation, conv...

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Outlook

Actionable Message in Outlook

The first time I saw an Actionable Message in Outlook is from an email from Approvals of Power Automates (formerly MS Flow).

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Email

Actionable Message in Outlook

The first time I saw an Actionable Message in Outlook is from an email from Approvals of Power Automates (formerly MS Flow).

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Office365

Actionable Message in Outlook

The first time I saw an Actionable Message in Outlook is from an email from Approvals of Power Automates (formerly MS Flow).

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Mobile

OCR ID Card Detection in a Dynamics 365 Native Mobile App

The Final Results Mobile devices are born with cameras, microphones and other sensors. With a ‘Dynamics 365 for phones’ app in your palm, will it be cool if ...

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OCR

OCR ID Card Detection in a Dynamics 365 Native Mobile App

The Final Results Mobile devices are born with cameras, microphones and other sensors. With a ‘Dynamics 365 for phones’ app in your palm, will it be cool if ...

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Ali

OCR ID Card Detection in a Dynamics 365 Native Mobile App

The Final Results Mobile devices are born with cameras, microphones and other sensors. With a ‘Dynamics 365 for phones’ app in your palm, will it be cool if ...

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Plugin

No Sandbox Worker processes are currently available

Our tester reported the following error logged in a Dynamics 365 online instance multiple times and it is a blocker. The Dynamics 365 instance consists of a ...

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Sandbox

No Sandbox Worker processes are currently available

Our tester reported the following error logged in a Dynamics 365 online instance multiple times and it is a blocker. The Dynamics 365 instance consists of a ...

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Client API

Push Dynamics 365 Editable Subgrids To Do UX Tricks

Background Imagine you are making a small solution enhancement for a commercial real estate management company. The company sale people need to come up with ...

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Subgrid

Push Dynamics 365 Editable Subgrids To Do UX Tricks

Background Imagine you are making a small solution enhancement for a commercial real estate management company. The company sale people need to come up with ...

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Editable Grid

Push Dynamics 365 Editable Subgrids To Do UX Tricks

Background Imagine you are making a small solution enhancement for a commercial real estate management company. The company sale people need to come up with ...

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UI

Push Dynamics 365 Editable Subgrids To Do UX Tricks

Background Imagine you are making a small solution enhancement for a commercial real estate management company. The company sale people need to come up with ...

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UX

Push Dynamics 365 Editable Subgrids To Do UX Tricks

Background Imagine you are making a small solution enhancement for a commercial real estate management company. The company sale people need to come up with ...

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Power BI

2019 Novel Corona Virus Cases Power BI Report

This report is based a dataset published by Johns Hopkins University. You may experience a delay when the report initiates from a cold start. Incomplated dat...

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Data Factory

Dynamics 365 Data Synchronization with Azure Data Factory

People’s Republic of China government rolled out a cyber security law in July 2017. It forced my client to localize their data storage for their Chinese resi...

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Azure Service Bus

Session Aware Azure Service Bus Binding for Azure Functions

The Pain Point Data integration layer comes in many shapes and forms. Sometimes the data you are integrating is transactional in nature. In that scenario, th...

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ws-fed

Dynamics 365 IFD ADFS and external IdPs

The Problem Enterprises with an existing centralised (non-Microsoft) Identify Provider (IdP) may frown upon the idea of introducing another new ADFS based Id...

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AD

Dynamics 365 IFD ADFS and external IdPs

The Problem Enterprises with an existing centralised (non-Microsoft) Identify Provider (IdP) may frown upon the idea of introducing another new ADFS based Id...

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ADFS

Dynamics 365 IFD ADFS and external IdPs

The Problem Enterprises with an existing centralised (non-Microsoft) Identify Provider (IdP) may frown upon the idea of introducing another new ADFS based Id...

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Security

Dynamics 365 IFD ADFS and external IdPs

The Problem Enterprises with an existing centralised (non-Microsoft) Identify Provider (IdP) may frown upon the idea of introducing another new ADFS based Id...

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SSO

Dynamics 365 IFD ADFS and external IdPs

The Problem Enterprises with an existing centralised (non-Microsoft) Identify Provider (IdP) may frown upon the idea of introducing another new ADFS based Id...

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IFD

Dynamics 365 IFD ADFS and external IdPs

The Problem Enterprises with an existing centralised (non-Microsoft) Identify Provider (IdP) may frown upon the idea of introducing another new ADFS based Id...

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CI

CI/CD 10,000-Feet Overview

GitFlow GitFlow is a popular way of manage code branches. It is a solid start point and can work with CI/CD flows well.

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CD

CI/CD 10,000-Feet Overview

GitFlow GitFlow is a popular way of manage code branches. It is a solid start point and can work with CI/CD flows well.

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Test

FakeXrmEasy Introduction

Why We all know the importance of unit tests to the quality of software. D365 plugins are housed inside plugin pipelines and supported by plugin context. It ...

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Unit Test

FakeXrmEasy Introduction

Why We all know the importance of unit tests to the quality of software. D365 plugins are housed inside plugin pipelines and supported by plugin context. It ...

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FakeXrmEasy

FakeXrmEasy Introduction

Why We all know the importance of unit tests to the quality of software. D365 plugins are housed inside plugin pipelines and supported by plugin context. It ...

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Git

Git Practical Beginner’s Guide

Branching Strategy/Model/Flow GitFlow is a popular git flow strategy. It is a solid start point and can work with CI/CD flows well.

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Github

Git Practical Beginner’s Guide

Branching Strategy/Model/Flow GitFlow is a popular git flow strategy. It is a solid start point and can work with CI/CD flows well.

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Version Control

Git Practical Beginner’s Guide

Branching Strategy/Model/Flow GitFlow is a popular git flow strategy. It is a solid start point and can work with CI/CD flows well.

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Repository

Git Practical Beginner’s Guide

Branching Strategy/Model/Flow GitFlow is a popular git flow strategy. It is a solid start point and can work with CI/CD flows well.

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Power Automate

Flow HTTP Request Trigger Condition

Scenario I want to be able to trigger an Power Automate cloud flow from an external HTTP call. I also want to restrict on who can call the cloud flow. The fl...

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Flow

Flow HTTP Request Trigger Condition

Scenario I want to be able to trigger an Power Automate cloud flow from an external HTTP call. I also want to restrict on who can call the cloud flow. The fl...

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Dataverse

Setup XrmToolBox Connection for Azure China Hosted Dataverse

Connect XrmToolBox to a 21Vianet hosted Dataverse instance The XrmToolBox Connection Wizard didn’t work when I connected to a Dataverse instance hosted on 21...

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XrmToolBox

Setup XrmToolBox Connection for Azure China Hosted Dataverse

Connect XrmToolBox to a 21Vianet hosted Dataverse instance The XrmToolBox Connection Wizard didn’t work when I connected to a Dataverse instance hosted on 21...

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Authentication

Setup XrmToolBox Connection for Azure China Hosted Dataverse

Connect XrmToolBox to a 21Vianet hosted Dataverse instance The XrmToolBox Connection Wizard didn’t work when I connected to a Dataverse instance hosted on 21...

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Logging

Azure Logging TelemetryClient vs ILogger

Summary TelemetryClient is more feature rich comparing to ILogger. However, it depends on Microsoft Azure Application Insights. So, your logging code will no...

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Power Portal

Dynamics 365 CE File Column Scenario: Folder File Tree Structure

Scenario Background As a resource company, my clients are other businesses in the supply chain. I need to exchange documents with them. For example, I need t...

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Ignite

Ignite 2022 Power Platform Announcement Highlights

Power Pages GA Power Pages as a standalone Power Platform product is now GA. It is a new member to a family of Power Platform products, including Power Apps,...

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NoSQL

NoSQL CosmosDB MongoDB Learning Notes

Why NoSQL? Traditional SQL databases are good at processing complex queries very efficiently. However, when it comes to the 3V (Volume, Velocity, Variety), w...

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CosmosDB

NoSQL CosmosDB MongoDB Learning Notes

Why NoSQL? Traditional SQL databases are good at processing complex queries very efficiently. However, when it comes to the 3V (Volume, Velocity, Variety), w...

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MongoDB

NoSQL CosmosDB MongoDB Learning Notes

Why NoSQL? Traditional SQL databases are good at processing complex queries very efficiently. However, when it comes to the 3V (Volume, Velocity, Variety), w...

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Frontend

Unleashing the Power of ReactJS Components with Storybook

Introduction

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ReactJS

Unleashing the Power of ReactJS Components with Storybook

Introduction

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Azure AD B2C

Getting started with Azure AD B2C: A Tale of User Flows, Custom Policies, and WeChat Integration

Quick Start Nothing better than starting with sample. Here are some best AAD B2C samples custom policy resources I found so far:

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AIGC

OpenAI Integration via Azure Function Apps

Overcoming Challenges with OpenAI Integration Whether you are building a Single Page Application (SPA) and seeking to leverage the powerful features of OpenA...