Refresh the Cache

One of the Nicks is back but Doelman variety decided to take a pill and has gone to greener pastures of the mothership. To fill in the void of his large shoes, George "The Enabler" Doubinski has joined the crew and broken all-Canadian camaraderie. Both Nick & George are rusty after a long break, so the only hot topic of the day is "Who moved my cheese and is it still cheese?" aka "Power Pages" and "I can do Power Apps portals - do I still have a job?".  Also turns out, logins are like exercise - everyone says they want to and will do it daily but in reality... Nick Hayduk @Engineered_Code George Doubinski @georgedude

The Nick's are back after a brief break to bring you the news from the Power Platform 2022 release plans for Power Apps portals. Nick Hayduk @Engineered_Code Nick Doelman @readyxrm

The Nicks discuss the Power Platform 2021 Release Plan and how it relates to Power Apps portals, buying a car and Coke vs Pepsi. Nicholas Hayduk @Engineered_Code Nick Doelman @readyxrm

Nick and Nick are joined by special guest "Portals Super User" Oliver Rodrigues to discuss portal terminology changes and getting answers on community forums. Oliver Rodrigues @BrahmeiroDiary https://oliverrodrigues365.com/   Nicholas Hayduk @Engineered_Code https://www.engineeredcode.com/   Nick Doelman @ReadyXrm https://readyxrm.blog https://365.Training   Oliver's Scottish Summit Session: Oliver Rodrigues - Power Apps Portals best practices New portal terminology changes: Terminology changes in Power Apps portals - Power Apps | Microsoft Docs

Nick and Nick are joined by special guests Ulrikke Akerbæk and Franco Musso to discuss what "Where's Waldo?" is called in different countries, new portal features and how to build a Power Apps portals that doesn't look like a portal. Portal Entity Permissions Manager https://jonasr.app/2021/02/epm/ Power Platform Release Plan 2021 Wave 1 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform-release-plan/2021wave1 Ulrikke Akerbæk @UlrikkeAkerbk https://ulrikke.akerbak.com/ Franco Musso @crmbizcoach https://francomusso.com/ Nicholas Hayduk @Engineered_Code https://www.engineeredcode.com/ Nick Doelman @ReadyXrm https://readyxrm.blog https://365.Training  

Colin Vermander @koolin_ Nick Doelman @readyxrm Nicholas Hayduk @Engineered_Code Configure Azure AD B2C Provider: https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-apps-portals-configure-azure-ad-b2c-provider-for-portals-in-a-new-way-preview/ JQuery Update: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4594428/portal-9-2-10-x-breaking AlexaCRM: https://alexacrm.com/ Portal Connector: https://www.crmportalconnector.com/ Sponsored by 365.Training

Nick, Colin and Nick discuss the recent Fall into Portals Virtual Conference and recap the incredible content. Fall into Portals Recording: https://365.training/Courses/Detail/Fall_PowerAppsPortals Content Publishing on Portals using multi-language: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6EDgqgk9G8&t=317s Colin Vermander @koolin_ Nick Doelman @readyxrm Nicholas Hayduk @Engineered_Code Sponsored by 365.Training

Colin, Nick and Nick are back from summer vacation and chat about the portals WebAPI currently in public preview. Portals WebAPI (Microsoft Docs) 2020 is the year of virtual conferences, and Power Apps portals are no exception with Power Portals Saturday and Fall/Spring into Portals conferences. Power Portals Saturday (YouTube Playlist) Fall into Portals Colin Vermander @koolin_ Nick Doelman @readyxrm Nicholas Hayduk @Engineered_Code Sponsored by 365.Training

While Colin is off in the wilderness on vacation, Nick and Nick discuss the features announced in the Power Platform 2020 Wave 2 Release plans.   Nick Hayduk @Engineered_Code Nick Doelman @readyxrm

Colin, Nick H and Nick D (CNN) chat with MVP Jim Novak about tools used when working with Power Apps portals projects.   Jim Novak is a Technical Architect with deep experience with Dynamics CRM/xRM and custom .NET application development working in projects for the United States government, education and healthcare industries.   Twitter: @crmdevjim Website: https://futurezconsulting.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesnovak/ Other links: https://www.xrmtoolbox.com https://www.bootstrap-live-customizer.com/ https://github.com/WaelHamze/xrm-ci-framework https://abvogel.com/2019/08/13/Microsoft.Xrm.DevOps.Data/

Nick, Nick and Colin practice social distancing and chat from their home offices about MVP summit, Web Forms, Virtual Entities, Local Authentication and other Power Apps Portals stuff. Show notes: Colin's post on web forms: https://colinvermander.com/2020/03/09/power-apps-portals-web-form-ideas-desired-improvements/ Nick Hayduk's Portals Community Call: https://www.engineeredcode.com/portals-community-call Nick Doelman's Power Apps Portals online class: https://powerplatformlearning.newzenler.com?affiliate=rVj6rb Colin Vermander @koolin_ Nicholas Hayduk @Engineered_Code Nick Doelman @readyxrm

Gus Gonzalez started a series of podcasts giving an overview of what he would do if he were the program manager for some of the Dynamics 365/Power Platform products.  This the portal edition where Colin, Nick and Nick discuss the new features and options they would add to portals if they were program managers (with unlimited budget and resources) What is your wish list item?  https://ideas.powerapps.com Our Twitters: Colin Vermander: @koolin_ Nick Hayduk: @Engineered_Code Nick Doelman: @readyxrm CRM MVP Podcast: http://crmmvppodcast.com/

The Power Platform 2020 Wave 1 release plan has been published!  Also announced is the WS-trust and organizationserviceproxy deprecation, which as a big impact on xRM Community edition, Microsoft open source and Adxstudio v7 portals. Join Nick Doelman, Colin Vermander and new permanent host Nick Hayduk as they discuss these new features and changes. Release Plan: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform-release-plan/2020wave1/ xRM Portals Community Edition Open Issue https://github.com/Adoxio/xRM-Portals-Community-Edition/issues/123  

Dileep Singh returns to the podcast with an update of the Power Apps Portals General Availability and some hints as to what might be coming in 2020 wave 1.  Also discussed is the new Configuration Migration Tool, Forms Pro and Web Forms. Unified Interface Transition dates Portal: https://runone.powerappsportals.com/ Ideas site: https://experience.dynamics.com/ideas/ Colin's blog: https://colinvermander.com/ Nick's blog: https://readyxrm.blog Nick's Portals Training at Scottish Summit 2020: https://scottishsummit.com/event/nd

Colin and Nick chat with Ted Pattison about his journey learning Power Apps Portals from a Power BI/SharePoint/Office 365 background.   A great conversation of Ted learns new technology and applies to teach others. Ted's MVP profile: https://mvp.microsoft.com/en-us/PublicProfile/10712?fullName=Ted%20Pattison Ted's training site (check out his classes!) https://www.criticalpathtraining.com/ Colin's blog: https://colinvermander.com/ Nick's blog: https://readyxrm.blog  

In this episode, Nick and Colin discuss the general availability of Power Apps Portals as well as updates from the Microsoft Ignite conference which they are enjoying from their office chairs in Canada.

This episode is brought to you by KingswaySoft. Nick and Colin are joined by special guest Eugene Van Staden. Eugene, Colin and Nick discuss building a set of ALM/DevOps tools for PowerApps Portals deployments. Learn about the importance of healthy ALM, the available open-source tools and the challenges of applying automated DevOps to Portal projects. Show Notes and Links: Eugene’s contact info: eugenevs@outlook.com https://github.com/hmdvs - Eugene will eventually post some of his templates and companion app samples there. 2019 State of DevOps Report https://puppet.com/resources/whitepaper/state-of-devops-report Andrew Vogel’s tools: https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/Microsoft.Xrm.DevOps.Data.PowerShell/1.3.0 https://github.com/abvogel/Microsoft.Xrm.DevOps.Data Scott Durow’s Task Runner https://github.com/scottdurow/SparkleXrm/wiki/spkl Microsoft Doc’s Configuration Data Migration Tool https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/customer-engagement/portals/migrate-portal-configuration Music: www.purple-planet.com  

This episode is brought to you by KingswaySoft. Today Dileep Singh, Principal Program Manager Lead from Microsoft, joins Nick and Colin to talk PowerApps Portals. Links: Introducing PowerApps Portals https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/introducing-powerapps-portals-powerful-low-code-websites-for-external-users/ PowerApps Portals Pricing Update https://colinvermander.com/2019/08/29/powerapps-portals-pricing-update/ PowerApps and Microsoft Flow licensing FAQs for October 2019 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-ca/power-platform/admin/powerapps-flow-licensing-faq#will-powerapps-and-microsoft-flow-use-rights-change-for-dynamics-365-applications PowerApps Portals Release Overview 2019 wave 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NPtZSMH0h4 Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dileep-singh-82b57317/ Music:www.purple-planet.com  

This episode of Refresh the Cache is brought to you by Kingswaysoft. Colin Vermander and Nick Doelman dig in to the PowerApps portals announcements--is the something new or the same Dynamics 365 portals that we know and love? Download the release plan here. Music: purple-planet.com  

On this Episode of Refresh the Cache (brought to you by KingswaySoft), Colin and Nick play around with some of the new April ’19 release features. Discussed in this episode:  CDS Portals https://community.dynamics.com/365/b/colinvermandermicrosoft/archive/2019/04/17/deploy-a-cds-starter-portal-preview Portal Maintenance Mode https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/customer-engagement/portals/enable-maintenance-mode OAuth Implicit Grant Flow https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/customer-engagement/portals/oauth-implicit-grant-flow Music: www.purple-planet

This episode is brought to you by mscrm-addons.com. BIO Megan Walker is a CRM consultant with experience in web design, social media and marketing. She's a passionate blogger, writing about tips, tricks and ideas for non developer geeks.    Show Notes: This week Nick is joined by Megan Walker where we talk about the best way to a Dynamics 365/Power Platform career is through a degree in Hotel and Tourism management.  We also chat about learning and best practices around Dynamics 365 Portals and dive into some of Megan’s recent blog posts and videos.  Links:    http://www.meganvwalker.com https://www.youtube.com/user/meganvwalker123 https://twitter.com/meganvwalker https://www.linkedin.com/in/meganwalker/

In this episode (brought to you by D365UG), Nick and Colin are joined by George Doubinski to discuss the Marketing Portal - did the Marketing Team go rogue? Show notes: MS Learn: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/paths/get-started-dynamics-365-portals/ Updated April 19 release notes: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/business-applications-release-notes/april19/ Marketing Portal https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/customer-engagement/marketing/developer/event-management-web-application Bad Masterclass https://crmtipoftheday.com/masterclass/ Portals Training UG Summit Amsterdam https://eu.usergroupsummit.com/conference-schedule/academy

In today's episode (brought to you by D365UG/CRMUG), Nick and Colin take a deep dive into the portals announcements in the Business Applications Platform/D365 April '19 release notes. Portals get their seat at the table CDS portals Enhanced portal diagnostics Maintenance mode Submitting ideas for portal enhancements PowerBI embedded in portals Marketing and event portals Integration with content management systems Links: April 19 release notes: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/business-applications-release-notes/april19/ Marketing Portals: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/customer-engagement/marketing/developer/event-management-web-application Colin’s blog: http://colinvermander.com/ Colin on Twitter: @koolin_ Nick’s blog:https://readyxrmblog.wordpress.com/author/nickdoelman/ Nick on Twitter: @readyxrm

This episode is brought to you by D365UG. Today Nick and Collin are joined by Nikita Polyakov, Senior Architect with the Microsoft FastTrack group. Nikita talks about his experience working with D365 portals and steps required to be successful with D365 portals. Topics discussed in this episode: Skills required to work with portals Customer challenges with portals Building domain experience with portals Setting realistic expectations with portals Scope of Microsoft support for portals Using other technologies with D365 portals When are other portals technologies a better fit than D365 portals? Microsoft investment in portals enhancements Designing with the user in mind Agile portals deployment  

In today's episode of the portals podcast (brought to you by Maplytics by Inogic), Colin Vermander and Nick Doelman talk about how to learn Dynamics 365 Portals In this episode: Updates from recent D365 Saturday events Upcoming events Training resources for portals Links: Microsoft Docs portal documentation: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/customer-engagement/portals/administer-manage-portal-dynamics-365 Dynamics Community: https://community.dynamics.com/search#q=portal&sort=&defaultAskForumId=0&pi56441=1&group=57&groupVisible=3 Create a trial: https://trials.dynamics.com Elaiza Benitez portal tutorials on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=benitezhere+portals Nick Hayduk's Engineered Code Blog: https://www.engineeredcode.com/blog/category/crm-portals Got questions about portals for Nick and Colin? Email voice@crm.audio. This episode is a production of Dynamic Podcasts LLC. Subscribe to the  CRM Audio network of podcasts on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

This episode is brought to you by Maplytics by Inogic. We are back with another episode about Dynamics 365 portals. This week Sheila Shahpari and Nicholas Hayduk join Nick and Shawn from D365 UG Summit in Phoenix. Topics discussed in this episode: Portals news Best practices for portals implementations Document management and Power BI in portals Portals vs CMS New user editing experience Editing HTML content snippets Are Canadians too nice? This episode is a production of Dynamic Podcasts LLC. Subscribe to the  CRM Audio network of podcasts on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.  

Refresh the Cache (brought to you by D365UG) was recorded live from the show floor at Microsoft Ignite!  Our guests are Dileep Singh, Sr. Program Manager – Microsoft Portals Team & Smith Codio, Program Manager – Microsoft ISV Success Team.  We cover many questions provided to us from listeners such as: How will portals align to the future of apps/CDS?  What is being done to continue to improve performance? Is there OData v4 compatibility for entity list OData feeds? …and more! Links  Dileep Singh – LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/dileep-singh-82b57317/ Smith Codio – LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/smithcodio/ This episode is a production of Dynamic Podcasts LLC. Subscribe to the  CRM Audio network of podcasts on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

Welcome to the first ever “collectors edition” of Refresh the Cache - the Dynamics 365 Portals Podcast (brought to you by Maplytics by Inogic)! Microsoft MVPs Nick Doelman and Colin Vermander join Shawn Tabor and talk about What is "Refresh the Cache" all about? Who are our hosts? The End of ADXStudio v7 Strategies for migrating Simple upgrade Refactoring Community Portal October ’18 Release Notes Configuration Migration Embed PowerBI visualizations Restrict Portal access by IP address Manage SharePoint Documents Simplified Customization Self Service portal diagnostics   Upgrading ADXStudio portals v7x to XRM Portals Community Edition http://colinvermander.com/2017/11/27/upgrade-adxstudio-portals-v7-x-to-xrm-portals-community-edition/   XRMToolbox Portal Records Mover https://community.dynamics.com/crm/b/dynamicscrmtools/archive/2017/06/13/new-xrmtoolbox-plugin-portal-records-mover   Colin’s blog: http://colinvermander.com/   Colin on Twitter: @koolin_   Nick’s blog: https://readyxrmblog.wordpress.com/author/nickdoelman/   Nick on Twitter: @readyxrm