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9x Microsoft Business Solutions 365 MVP, I'm the CTIO for congruentX and a community Technology Evangelist Delivering Edge Experiences Using Microsoft Dynamics 365, Azure & Power Platform (Power BI, PowerApps & Power Automate) & Office 365

Category: Administration

PowerApps: Using the Common App Connector vs the Dynamics 365 Connector

Christopher CognettaAdministration, Best Practices, CDS Connector, Common Application Service, Dynamics 365, New Release, Power Apps

It’s been a while since blogging, as I have been learning and playing with all the new features that are about to hit with Microsoft’s October Release Wave 2. Read more about the Dynamics 365 enhancements here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365-release-plan/2019wave2/ or for the Powerapps enhancements: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform-release-plan/2019wave2/. So there’s been a lot of conversation in both the FLOW and […]

My Sessions at D365/CRM UG Summit 2019: Stop by and say Hello!

Christopher CognettaAdministration, Best Practices, CDS Connector, Cloud, CRM 2015, CRM 2016, Dynamics 365, Dynamics CE, Dynamics CRM, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Flow, Mobility Client, Office 365, Power Apps, Power BI, Powerapps AI, User Group

Please find my sessions for this year’s Dynamics 365/CRM User Group Summit. More details about the event can be found here: https://na.usergroupsummit.com/nasummit/attend/register

Orlando Code Camp – March 30th! – Join Me!

Christopher CognettaAdministration, Azure, Best Practices, Dynamics 365, Power Apps

Join me and several MVPS at Orlando Code Camp this March 30th. You can find out more details and register here: https://www.orlandocodecamp.com/ I will be presenting PowerApps in the Real-World. https://www.orlandocodecamp.com/Sessions/Details/129 A great session for all experience levels. This will open your mind to what’s possible with PowerApps today, with your current data sources, and […]

Dynamics 365 Saturday comes to Tampa!

Christopher CognettaAdministration, Azure, CRM 2015, CRM 2016, CRM Performance, Dynamics 365, Installation Errors, Microsoft Azure, MVP, Power Apps

I’m so excited to announce that Dynamics 365 Saturday will be making a stop in my backyard in Tampa Florida! Join me and several other MVPS along with some other familiar Dynamics 365 resources. I will be presenting Power Apps in the Real World and Dynamcis 365 upgrade tracks with Beth Burrell. Come join us […]

October 2018 Release Notes! Wow 200+ Pages!

Christopher CognettaADFS & IFD, Administration, Azure, Best Practices, Business Intelligence, Cloud, CRM Performance, Customizations, Dashboards, Documentation, Dynamics 365, Licensing, Marketing, Mobile, Mobility Client, New Release, Office 365, Outlook Client, Plugins, Power Apps, Power BI, Power Pivot, Process Flow UI

Download the October ’18 Release Notes PDF (last updated September 26, 2018) The October ’18 wave of business application releases from Microsoft provides you with significant capabilities to transform your business. These new services and capabilities become available starting in October 2018. (These release notes describe functionality that may not have been released yet. Delivery […]

Honored to be renewed for my MVP 2018-2018!

Christopher CognettaAdministration, Best Practices, Dynamics 365, MVP, Office 365, Power Pivot, PowerBI Service, Process Flow UI, Solutions

It’s that time of year again, where you bit off your fingernails waiting to see if you still have what it takes! I’m honored to have received my MVP Award congratulations email for the 7th time (2012-2019)! This past year has been extremely challenging with the merger of Tribridge and DXC Technology, taking on a […]

Step by Step: Let’s refresh your Dynamics 365 Sandbox

Christopher CognettaAdministration, Best Practices, Cloud, Dynamics 365, Office 365, Sandbox Instance, System Settings, Uncategorized

Welcome back and Happy New Years Everyone. One of the items I love about using Dynamics 365 Online is the ability to use the Sandbox feature. In the past, with on-premises version of Dynamics, you had to take a database backup copy of Production system, file copy the database to Sandbox server, restore the database […]