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David Rivard

@drivard.bsky.social

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Power Platform Architect | Developer | former Microsoft MVP itmustbecode.com | github.com/drivardxrm

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David Rivard @drivard.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

If you’re building #PCF controls, it can helpful to know whether your control is rendering in the live app (run time) or in the form designer (design time). 📣Learn how to detect the Authoring mode in PCF code (link in comments) #PowerApps #Dataverse

code snippet showing isAuthoringMode property of PCF context.mode

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David Rivard @drivard.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

📣 Learn how to create 🔗 deep links to D365 F&O Records using Dataverse virtual tables. Bonus, I also show a new Feature of the FinOps Virtual Entity Manager for XrmToolBox that lets you generate F&O deep links on the fly. 👇Link in comments #D365FO #PowerAutomate #Dataverse #XrmToolBox

Screenshot of FinOps Virtual Entity Manager tool showing how to generate deep links

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David Rivard @drivard.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

🚀 The latest release of the Plugin Identity Manager for #XrmToolBox introduces support for plugin packages. The tool now automatically detects the plugin type (classic or package) and ensures the Managed Identity is linked correctly.

Screenshot of the Plugin Identity Manager tool for XrmToolBox

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David Rivard @drivard.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Surfing on the Bluesky wave 🌊, My newest PCF control lets you display Bluesky profile cards in #PowerPlatform apps. Credit goes to @srbh.dev as the control is essentially a wrapper around his great bsky-widget library Find it in the PCF Gallery : pcf.gallery/bluesky-prof... #Dataverse

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David Rivard @drivard.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

🎄 Celebrating Christmas Tree Day in style by watching myself on the latest episode of #XrmToolCast! 🎥✨ I had an absolute blast talking with Daryl Labar and @scottdurow.bsky.social about the Plugin Identity Manager for #XrmToolBox. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM56... bit.ly/4exywel

XrmToolCast episode 117 showing on the TV with my christmas tree on the side

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David Rivard @drivard.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

I don’t usually brag about numbers, but this one is worth celebrating. 🏆CustomApi Manager for #XrmToolBox just hit 50K downloads!🏆 Knowing it’s been such a useful tool for the Power Platform community is incredibly rewarding. 🙏

Screenshot of nuget package downloads showing 50K download achievemnt of the Custom API manager for XrmToolBox

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