Security Series Part Two: User-Scoped Permissions

Hi there and Happy New Year! Welcome back to my security series. I promise that it will get interesting soon, but I want this series to be 100% comprehensive and cover EVERYTHING so the first few entries are going to be boring and cover things you probably already know but there will be a few … Continue reading Security Series Part Two: User-Scoped Permissions

Security Series Part One: Adding Users to your Dataverse / D365 Environment

Today i'm starting to post a series i've been thinking about posting for years. I stopped blogging during COVID and then my son was born and it's taken me a while to get back into it. But now that I have, I want to complete this quest. This series is all about security. In my … Continue reading Security Series Part One: Adding Users to your Dataverse / D365 Environment

Signing Up for a Dynamics 365 Trial: The Real Way

For years and years the recommended method - for me at least - of learning and playing around with the latest Dataverse, Power Platform, and D365 features is to sign up for a free trial. To the point that for the last 10+ years I've always just assumed it was common knowledge. And in some … Continue reading Signing Up for a Dynamics 365 Trial: The Real Way

Power Pages Security Unification: What the Web Role & Dataverse Security Role Merge Really Means

If youโ€™ve worked with Power Pages (or its predecessorsโ€”Dynamics 365 Portals, Power Apps Portals, or even Adxstudio Portals), you know that the security story has always had a bit of a split personality. Portal Web Roles on one side, Dataverse Security Roles on the other. In other words, two models, two sets of permissions, two … Continue reading Power Pages Security Unification: What the Web Role & Dataverse Security Role Merge Really Means