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Thoughts on Dynamics 365, the Power Platform and occasionally other stuff


Duplicate Detection Rules - Blank Value
Dataverse has a duplicate detection capability which if configured can warn users about duplicate records. Part of the configuration requires duplicate detection rules which specify which columns must match in order for a record to be considered a duplicate. Consider two contact records with no value for Email as per the table. First Name Email Fred Fred And assume we have a duplicate rule based on exact match of Email only with Ignore Blank Values selected. This means ignor
3 days ago1 min read
New AB Exams from Microsoft
Four new exams with related courses and the prefix AB were released by Microsoft during December 2025 and January 2026. These are summarized in the table below. Exam Study Guide Title Link to Course AB-100 Agentic AI Business Solutions Architect https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/courses/ab-100t00 AB-730 AI Business Professional https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/courses/ab-730t00 AB-731 AI Transformation Leader https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/cours
7 days ago1 min read


Managing your relationships
No, not your personal ones but those that appear in model-driven apps. In a model-driven app form, the Related tab shows links to tables that are related to the table for the record in the form. The relationship might be a one to many or a many to many. Image of model-driven app form showing the related tab When customizing model-driven apps, you decide which tables to include in the app, which ones to show in the site map and how they are ordered. But tables that you don't i
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