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Allan De Castro - January 10, 2026
- AI
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Dataverse ERD Visualizer: See Your Data Model, Understand Your Data
If you've ever tried to explain a Dataverse schema to a client, onboard a new developer to a complex Dynamics 365 project, or simply wrap your head around how 50+…
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Allan De Castro
- December 19, 2025
- Copilot Studio
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Extending Copilot in Dynamics 365 Sales with Copilot Studio — Tailor It Your Way
In this post, we'll explore the different extensions available for Copilot in Dynamics 365 Sales using Copilot Studio. We'll go through the welcome message, custom Sparkle Menu groups, building your…
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Allan De Castro
- December 8, 2025
- Copilot Studio
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Extending Copilot for Sales with Copilot Studio — A Practical Guide to Custom Extensions
EDIT: Microsoft 365 Copilot for Sales is rebranded as Sales in Microsoft 365 Copilot since November 2025. What if your sales team could ask a Copilot to check contract status…
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Allan De Castro
- January 29, 2024
- Dataverse
- (1)
2024 Wave 1 Release Highlights: Dynamics 365 & Power Platform’s exciting features
In this blog post, we're stepping into the dynamic realm of Dynamics & Power Platform's latest release – the 2024 Wave 1. While I won't be delving into every nook…
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Allan De Castro
- November 1, 2022
- Azure
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Write custom telemetry to Application Insights from Dataverse plug-in
If you visit my blog from time to time, you may have noticed that one of my last articles was about the possibility to analyze the log data of your…
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Allan De Castro
- January 5, 2021
- Dynamics 365
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Implementing Dataverse Custom APIs (a.k.a new Custom Actions)
It's been a while since we heard Microsoft's desire to make Custom Actions and Workflows obsolete. For Workflows this seems to be quite logic since the availability of Power Automate…
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Allan De Castro
- November 15, 2020
- Azure
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Extending Common Data Service using Azure Function – Part 2: Outgoing scenario
If you have already been able to read the first blog post in this series, you now know why and when to use an Azure Function. If not, I strongly…
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Allan De Castro
- November 1, 2020
- Azure
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Extending Common Data Service using Azure Function – Part 1: Introduction
If you are reading this post, you should already have an idea what an Azure Function is and why this Azure component is extremely useful within the Power Platform. If…
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Allan De Castro
- December 27, 2019
- Dynamics 365
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Deep dive into Power Apps Component Framework – Part 4 : Walkthrough to create your first PCF (based on a field)!
In this new episode, we will simply build step by step a PCF bound to a field! Before continuing to read this article, I advise you to read the four latest…
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Allan De Castro
- December 1, 2019
- Dynamics 365
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Deep dive into Power Apps Component Framework – Part 3 : Focus on … Architecture & Component’s life cycle!
In this new episode, we will go into a little more detail on the design of a component. Before continuing to read this article, I advise you to read the…
Allan De Castro
Microsoft Business Applications MVP | FastTrack Recognized Solution Architect (Power Apps & CE) | Power Platform SME & Solution Architect @ Avanade France Passionate about Dynamics 365 CE, Power Platform, and Azure. Posts reflect my personal views. #MSDyn365 #PowerPlatform #Dataverse #PowerApps #Azure #Github
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