XrmToolCast

Hosted by Daryl LaBar and Scott Durow

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The podcast dedicated to tools available for the Microsoft Business Applications Platform. Hosted by Daryl LaBar and Scott Durow.

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April 4, 2025Episode 11348 min

Canvas App Watch PCF with Andrew Butenko

In this episode, Daryl and Scott talk to a repeat guest and fellow MVP, Andrew Butenko, about his foray into Canvas Apps, and hist resultant Canvas App Watch PCF. Some of the highlights: Late to the Canvas Apps Party Inifite Loop Bug? Software testers are crazy Thinking about Binding/Observables in Canvas Apps Konomi Code and IDDQD Games and Ads Next project: Using PowerFx to control JS The Back in my Day Geek out Episode Canvas App Watch PCF 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 Canvas App Watch: https://butenko.pro/2024/03/31/canvas-apps-watch-pcf-component/ 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. 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

March 10, 2025Episode 11959 min

Test Engine Geek Out with Grant Archibald

In Episode 119 of the XrmToolCast, Daryl and Scott delve into the Power Apps Test Engine with Grant Archibald, Senior Program Manager at Microsoft, highlighting the strategic importance of automated testing in enhancing application reliability and efficiency. Some of the highlights: Grant's Unit Testing Elevator Pitch The Boulder Testing Analogy Power Apps Test Studio vs Power Apps Test Engine PowerFx playground directly in the browser Web Assembly When will it be available? Grant's Info: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/grantarchibald/ X: https://x.com/garchibald Links: Mastering Automated Testing in Power Platform: From Unit Tests to CI/CD Integration - YouTube Test Studio - Power Apps | Microsoft Learn Power Apps Test Engine :: PowerApps Test Engine Learning Playground :: PowerApps Test Engine Playwright vs Power Apps Test Engine :: PowerApps Test Engine Test Engine and Power Fx :: PowerApps Test Engine Ring Deployment Model :: PowerApps Test Engine Getting Started Business Roles :: PowerApps Test Engine Getting Started Architects :: PowerApps Test Engine Getting Started Technical Users :: PowerApps Test Engine Introducing the plan designer in Power Apps (preview) - Microsoft Power Platform Blog WebAssembly WebAssembly | MDN Grant-Archibald-MS/dotnetwasm 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 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

January 5, 2025Episode 11858 min

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: https://www.richardawilson.com LinkedIn: rickawilson YouTube: @richarda.wilson3696 Github: rwilson504 PCF Calendar Control: GitHub Repo - https://github.com/rwilson504/PCFControls PCF Gallery - https://pcf.gallery/calendar-control Intro Video - https://youtu.be/dBtqsAKt78c 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 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

November 17, 2024Episode 11750 min

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: https://itmustbecode.com/ LinkedIn: davidrivard Twitter: @david_rivard Bluesky: @drivard.bsky.social Links: Blog Post: How to Secure a Dataverse Plug-in with Managed Identity using Plugin Identity Manager for XrmToolBox GitHub Repo: https://github.com/drivardxrm/Driv.XTB.PluginIdentityManager 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 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

November 3, 2024Episode 11643 min

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: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonardorrusso YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Leo_Russo Rudimar's Info: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rudimar YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@powerrudy Links: Power Apps Tools: https://powerappstools.fly.dev Capybara: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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 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

September 29, 2024Episode 11553 min

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 https://github.com/scottdurow/magical-mystery-tour Chris's Info: Twitter - @ChrisPiasecki89 LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-piasecki 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

July 14, 2024Episode 11445 min

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: https://twitter.com/DynamicsNinja GitHub: https://github.com/DynamicsNinja Blog: https://dynamicsninja.blog LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivanficko Email: ivan.ficko@outlook.com Links: PCF Generator: https://github.com/DynamicsNinja/generator-pcf Flow Execution History: https://github.com/DynamicsNinja/FlowExecutionHistory Power BI Embedder: https://github.com/DynamicsNinja/PowerBiEmbedder Fast Record Counter: https://github.com/DynamicsNinja/FastRecordCounter In-App Notification Builder: https://github.com/DynamicsNinja/InAppNotificationBuilder Advanced App Manager: https://github.com/DynamicsNinja/AdvancedAppManager Marketing Custom Channel Manager: https://github.com/DynamicsNinja/MarketingCustomChannelManager Power Roles https://bit.ly/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 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

May 6, 2024Episode 11250 min

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: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikefactorial/ X Twitter: https://twitter.com/MikeFactorial Blog: https://mikefactorial.com/blog/ Links: Power Platform CLIx: A New XrmToolBox Tool for Power Platform Command Line Functions – Mike!'s Blog (mikefactorial.com) Universal Search for Solution Source Files – Mike!'s Blog (mikefactorial.com 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 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

April 21, 2024Episode 11156 min

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: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthonysheehi/ Links: Power Platform Pipelines for all: https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-gb/blog/pipelines-for-all-public-preview-easily-set-up-pipelines-in-power-platform/ 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 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

April 7, 2024Episode 11052 min

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: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ulrikke X-Twitter: https://twitter.com/UlrikkeAkerbk Blog: https://ulrikke.akerbak.com Links: European Power Platform Conference: https://www.sharepointeurope.com/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 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