Month: October 2018
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Portal: Updates accelerate in the October 2018 release and beyond
October 29, 2018 < 1 Min.To ReadMy latest article for MSDynamicsWorld.com was published today. It talks about the October ’18 release of the Dynamics 365 Portal product, which includes SharePoint and PowerBI integration, as well as some of the other exciting things to look forward to in future releases, including availability within CDS environments, client-side SDK and sandbox licenses.

Where’s That Dynamics 365 Portals Code? – Part 4
October 16, 2018 3 Min.To ReadIn my last post in the series on all the different places to look for Dynamics 365 Portals code, I discuss our best practices.

Where’s That Dynamics 365 Portals Code? – Part 3
October 10, 2018 2 Min.To ReadIn my previous blog post, I talked about looking at the page-specific attributes like Copy, Summary, Custom JavaScript and Custom CSS when you’re searching for where the code is being saved. In this post, I touch on a few other places, such as Entity Forms, Entity Lists, Web Files and Content Snippets.

Where’s That Dynamics 365 Portals Code? – Part 2
October 3, 2018 2 Min.To ReadIn my previous blog post, I talked about the overall page structure for a Dynamics 365 Portals page, and the main elements included in the rendered page, including the Header, Footer, and the Page Content. In this post, I get into the details about where code might be within the Page Content.
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