Migrating Customer Insights Data Between Dataverse Environments: What We Learned
We had a working PowerShell script that migrates 27 Sales tables between Dataverse environments via the Web API. The question came up: what happens when…
Migrating Dynamics 365 Sales Data Between Dataverse Environments via the Web API
We needed to move data — not schema, not solutions, actual records — between two Dataverse environments. Solutions handle customisations. The Data Import Wizard handles…
Seeding a Dynamics 365 Sales Instance with Realistic Dummy Data Using Python
Setting up a Dynamics 365 Sales instance for development, demos, or training is painful when it’s empty. You need accounts, contacts, opportunities, quotes, orders —…
Building Custom Dynamics 365 Plugins with Claude Code: Email Anonymisation & Network Activities
One of the best ways to learn Dynamics 365 plugin development is to build something real. In this post, I’ll walk through two plugins I…
Pass Record ID to Custom Page from a Sub-Grid RWB Button
When you wish to pass the ID of a selected item from a sub-grid Ribbon Workbench (RWB) button, there are a few key differences from…
Checking a User’s New Email is Active
Often in an onboarding type app, an email will be sent to the new starter with Welcome type info. But this cannot be sent to…
PowerShell from Power Automate via Azure Automation
There are some things, particularly with Exchange, that can still only be done by PowerShell. Flow can call these PowerShell jobs via an Automation account.…
Dummy’s Guide to expand query in Flow
Expand query really simplifies one’s Flows, but the syntax is a killer. I forget this after 10 minutes so a super brief primer. Below, expanding…
DataVerse List Rows get Related Records
When you stick a subgrid of related records on a form (if a N:N relationship was created rather than an intermediary entity), how does one…
DataVerse Email Templates in Flows
Most apps need emails sent out, very likely from Power Automate. As a developer the thing I always hate is doing work. Well, boring work.…