Reminder: quickly format XML files with Notepad++

Notepad++ is one of my favorite tools but it is not always easy to remember which plugin you need to install again after moving to a new laptop. So quick reminder: if you want to format XML files in Notepad++ the easiest thing to do is installing XML Tools using the Notepad++ plugins manager. Next you can use the Plugins>XML Tools>Pretty  print

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Dynamics 365 and Power Platform monthly reading list October 2020

Technical topics (Configuration, customization and extensibility)

• ARC and SLA migration tool (Preview) in Dynamics 365 - 2020 release wave 2
• Email experience now available in Dynamics 365 mobile apps - 2020 release wave 2
• How to do sales forecast projection in Dynamics 365 CRM using trend charts and flow snapshots
• Next generation field service mobile app available
• Power Apps Teams Integration
• Get Flow run by using Dynamics 365/CDS record ID as parameter in Power Automate
• Trigger flows from any message in Microsoft Teams
• Power Apps Portals Community Bootcamp recordings (Sept 2020)
• Email messages sent from Dynamics 365 through Server-side synchronization will now save to Exchange "Sent items" folder
• Monitoring the Power Platform - blog post series from Microsoft PFE
• Use Monitor to troubleshoot forms in the model-driven app (preview) by @nishantranaCRM
• Impersonation within Azure Function or custom connector when using AAD authentication by @inogic
• Power Automate  - avoid initialize variables action and workaround 
• Using environment variables as parameters for Power Automate Deployments (ALM)  by @FlowAltDelete
• Pets vs cattle - how to manage your Power App environments by @scottdurow

Topics for Dynamics 365 Business Application Platform consultants, project managers and power users

• Learn how to convert your ideas to solutions with Power Platform
• Close deals by leveraging relationship analytics in Dynamics 365 Sales
• Redefining what it means to understand customer sentiment
• Automatically capture contacts from e-mail with Dynamics 365 Sales Insights
• Dynamics 365 Customer Insights: Power Apps pocket demo | Professional Services (Youtube 00:02:53) by @MSFTDynamics365

CRMUG Belux Webinar - Accelerate your Power Platform journey using Power Accelerate

Join CRMUG Belux on November 20th at 12:00 CET for a free webinar to learn about the Power Accelerate ISV solution (https://www.poweraccelerate.com)  which accelerates your Microsoft Power Platform journey and makes modernization onto the Microsoft Power Platform fast and seamless.

No preregistration required - join us by clicking this Power Accelerate webinar link on Friday November 20th or download the Outlook calendar reminder for the Power Accelerate webinar.

Agenda:

• Introduction 
• Power Accelerate solution overview
• Power Accelerate solution demo
• Learn about the free private preview program

Speaker: Bert Wijns, Co-founder of the Power Accelerate ISV solution - Experienced subject matter expert guiding enterprise customers, implementation teams and partners through implementations of the Microsoft Power Platform. 

Automate your PowerApps Canvas apps test in your DevOps Pipeline

Some of you are already using automated UI testing for PowerApps model-driven apps (or for Dynamics 365 App extensions) using Easyrepro - the UI automation test library for Dynamics 365 and CDS  but it is also possible to Automate your canvas app tests in your DevOps Pipeline. 

The PowerAppsTestAutomation project on Github abstracts the complexity of writing code to login the canvas apps, add application logging and executing a test case or a test suite.

References:

• How to fix a broken Easyrepro project after upgrading Chrome
• Automate Canvas app test with Azure Pipelines using classic editor
• Automate Canvas app tests with Azure Pipelines using YAML
• PowerApps Test Framework - Automated testing