Author: Markus Erlandsson

Episode 122: Markus Erlandsson has a chat with Nick Doelman from Microsoft about Power Apps Portals to Power Pages, and what the key changes are. Nick starts by summarizing some recent news then explains the name change to Poages and goes through some of the news in the upcoming 2023 release wave 1.

Bio

Nick is a senior content developer at Microsoft, focused on developing Power Pages content.  Prior to joining Microsoft, Nick was a trainer and consultant focused on the Power Platform. Nick has been awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award from 2017 to 2021 and is a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) since 2019.

Links

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-pages/introduction

https://powerpages.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/admin/pay-as-you-go-meters?tabs=image#power-pages-meters-preview

https://twitter.com/readyxrm

https://readyxrm.blog/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK6qAkh_HlO38zh7K5d5O8A

https://github.com/readyxrm

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Episode 120: Markus Erlandsson and Heidi Neuhauser have a chat with Jason Gumpert from MS Dynamics World about the state of Dynamics CRM and Power Platform in 2022 where the three of us talk about Government, Digital Contact Center Platform, Viva Sales, Release Notes, changes in the partner program and more…

Bio

Jason is the editor and co-founder of MSDynamicsWorld.com, they’re an independent publication focused on the Microsoft Dynamics and Power Platform ecosystem. Before that, he spent ten years working in various consulting, development, and other service roles in the enterprise software world.

Links

https://msdynamicsworld.com/story/msdw-podcast-whats-changed-smb-dynamics-partners-microsoft-cloud-partner-program

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Episode 118: Markus Erlandsson and Heidi Neuhauser have a chat with Molly Fuschel from Dynamics User Group (DUG) about DynamicsCon live debrief. Molly starts by explaining how she as a community cheerleader supports communities and how to build both local and virtual meet-ups. The conversation then continues to all the good things about DynaimcsCon DUGs conference, what was popular and you can start your own local meet-up.

Bio

Molly is President at Dynamics User Group and a Global Microsoft Dynamics 365 & Power Platform community builder one connection at a time.

Links

https://dynamicsusergroup.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mollyfuchsel/

https://twitter.com/MollyFuchsel

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Episode 117: Markus Erlandsson and Heidi Neuhauser have a chat with Chris Cognetta from congruentX about Viva Sales. Chris starts by explaining the Viva brand as a whole and how Viva Sales join into that, then Chris explains Viva Sales features and it is now a lot easier to use advanced AI features to turn conversations into actions.

Bio

Chris Cognetta is the Chief Technology and Innovation Officer for congruentX.  Chris is based in Tampa, Florida, originally from New York growing up in South Florida. Chris is a proven hands-on, servant leader with over 25 years of various industry experience, across many different technology platforms and architectures.  Chris is a 10x time Microsoft Business Solutions 365 MVP, has an infrastructure, cloud & application architecture background and has been implementing global Dynamics CRM/D365 implementations since its inception. Chris is an active community member, Azure & CRMUG Medic Founder and sits on the D365/CRMUG Programming Board. Chris is a frequent speaker and organizer at various D365/CRM/Azure events and User Group conferences.  Chris is also the Vice President of Tampa Community (formerly TampaDev).

Links

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-viva-blog/announcing-microsoft-viva-sales-public-preview-the-future-of/ba-p/3586178

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfumpaVlE-Q&list=PLfbrTynFcaGVGnxCdSUnY38BW1ZpiBe6o

https://congruentx.com/

https://resources.congruentx.com/dialogueprimeci

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Episode 116: Markus Erlandsson and Heidi Neuhauser share their best news from the release plan to 2022 release wave 2.

Links

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365-release-plan/2022wave2/

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform-release-plan/2022wave2/

•  SDK supporting .Net Core

For more than 2 years we have been waiting for this, and it’s finally here!

https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/dataverse-service-client-is-now-generally-available/

• Create multiple, update multiple, upsert multiple

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform-release-plan/2022wave2/data-platform/use-optimized-apis-bulk-data-operations

• Conditional execution for plugin

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform-release-plan/2022wave2/data-platform/enable-conditional-execution-improved-plug-in-execution-efficiency

• Adding nuget packades to plugins

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform-release-plan/2022wave2/data-platform/dependent-assemblies-support-plug-ins

• Adding Power Fx to Business rules, calculated columns

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform-release-plan/2022wave2/data-platform/enable-power-fx-dataverse-business-rules

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform-release-plan/2022wave2/power-apps/dataverse-tables-integrated-inside-power-apps-studio

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform-release-plan/2022wave1/data-platform/enable-power-fx-formula-columns-inside-dataverse-tables

• Create Power Fx columns in Dataverse

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform-release-plan/2022wave1/data-platform/enable-power-fx-formula-columns-inside-dataverse-tables

• Grid controls, grouping aggregation, nested

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform-release-plan/2022wave2/power-apps/grid-control-support-grouping-aggregation-nested-grids

• Update to Virtual Tables, more easily to external sources

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform-release-plan/2022wave2/power-apps/connect-external-data-dataverse

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform-release-plan/2022wave2/data-platform/virtual-tables-between-dataverse-instances

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform-release-plan/2022wave2/data-platform/connector-provider-non-tabular-virtual-tables

• Enhanced Teams collaboration in Dynamics 365

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365-release-plan/2022wave2/sales/dynamics365-sales/teams-outlook-collaboration

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365-release-plan/2022wave2/service/dynamics365-customer-service/planned-features#teams-integration

• Copy a Link:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform-release-plan/2022wave2/power-apps/easily-copy-links-records

• Sellers Dashboard:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365-release-plan/2022wave2/sales/dynamics365-sales/track-progress-using-seller-dashboard

• Swarming:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365-release-plan/2022wave2/service/dynamics365-customer-service/use-customer-support-swarming-complex-cases

• Outlook integration enhancements

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365-release-plan/2022wave2/sales/dynamics365-sales/share-dynamics-365-records-as-information-cards-email-content-dynamics-365-app-outlook

• Sequential approvals in power automate

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform-release-plan/2022wave2/power-automate/support-sequential-approvals-power-automate

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Episode 114: Markus Erlandsson and Heidi Neuhauser have a chat with Phil Topness from Microsoft about Power CAT. Phil starts with explaining what Power Customer Advisory Team is, and what they do. Who the customer is for CAT and how they do what they do.

Bio

Phil is irrationally excited about applying technology to help people better do what they need to do. He helps the world’s largest organizations maximize their results from Microsoft Power Platform as part of the Power Platform Customer Advisory Team (CAT) at Microsoft.

Links

https://aka.ms/powercatlive

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/guidance/coe/starter-kit

Managed Environments For Easier Governance

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