<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[D365 Geek]]></title><description><![CDATA[Matt Collins-Jones]]></description><link>https://www.mattcollinsjones.co.uk/home</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 03:09:46 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.mattcollinsjones.co.uk/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Vibe coding an XrmToolBox Tool part 5 - From the ashes, comes a new tool]]></title><description><![CDATA[In my last post, I talked about how not knowing something could lead to disaster and for me it did. For the most part, this experiment started as a way to teach me more and see if something like this was possible. But I'm not a proper developer, I don't want to waste someone's time with something silly, however, in the real world, where maybe you are working in a team and you have others around you, you would absolutely work with other developers to fix the code. You would also have source...]]></description><link>https://www.mattcollinsjones.co.uk/single-post/vibe-coding-an-xrmtoolbox-tool-part-5-from-the-ashes-comes-a-new-tool</link><guid isPermaLink="false">693606b8a2eba4aaa5c1e88a</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 10:30:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0dccb8_b110c274d6674705b908e7594b3a2804~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_366,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matt Collins-Jones</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vibe Coding an XrmToolbox Tool part 4 - Optimisation and destroying my entire tool]]></title><description><![CDATA[There may be an elephant in the room here, but I'm going to start with the optimisation. During my testing for the tool, I noticed a bit of lag when loading different pages. The initial load of flows is fine, because this is the first load of an entire environments flows and metadata, but I noticed when I was going in and out of menus, it seemed like it was reloading the entire list of flows all over again.  I popped over to Copilot and asked it about the code and if it was reloading the...]]></description><link>https://www.mattcollinsjones.co.uk/single-post/vibe-coding-an-xrmtoolbox-tool-part-4-optimisation-and-destroying-my-entire-tool</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6935f14621dbaf583f8cd276</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 21:11:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0dccb8_5076b718e1e7498888c5f3c2d9d77743~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_643,h_292,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matt Collins-Jones</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vibe coding an XrmToolBox tool part 3 - Add ALL the functionality]]></title><description><![CDATA[In my last couple of posts, I've discussed how an experiment that I did not think would work, created something otherwise impossible for me, an XrmToolBox tool for listing the solutions a flow is included in. But then I started adding more functionality, like sorting and filtering and exporting a CSV file as well. In this post, I talk about adding more functionality, the designer completely breaking and having something I'm pretty happy with. One of the first things after this basic...]]></description><link>https://www.mattcollinsjones.co.uk/single-post/vibe-coding-an-xrmtoolbox-tool-part-3-add-all-the-functionality</link><guid isPermaLink="false">692b6307ce8000f2f4b97ea9</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:02:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0dccb8_9ea0f035257b49e2ba92fca862037bd4~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_904,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matt Collins-Jones</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vibe coding an XrmToolBox Tool part 2 - Now we vibing!]]></title><description><![CDATA[In my previous post, I wrote about how I tried to build a XrmToolBox tool with no C# or plugin experience by Vibe coding with GitHub Copilot and the results were, quite frankly, amazing! Within a few evenings of a couple of hours each, I managed to use it to not just teach me about building XTB tools, but also build a working one. This is where we left off, but as you can see from the top, I am hiding something, because after creating a working tool, I wanted it to go further, I wanted to add...]]></description><link>https://www.mattcollinsjones.co.uk/single-post/vibe-coding-an-xrmtoolbox-tool-part-2-now-we-vibing</link><guid isPermaLink="false">692a1d12d8fb7619deec44d3</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 09:00:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0dccb8_e4ecdfec8bd644dea21c1cde5a46d1c4~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_613,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matt Collins-Jones</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can you build an XrmToolBox tool with Zero experience -Vibe coding with GitHub Copilot]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am not a developer. I don't claim to be a developer. I have built things, I have designed things, I have learnt how to code certain things and got better over the years, but I am not someone who lives in an IDE day in and day out. With the rise of Vibe Coding, I wanted to see if I could build something I would have been, otherwise, unable to build. To make matters worse, I wanted to build something extremely complex, with me not even understanding the foundations of what is even required...]]></description><link>https://www.mattcollinsjones.co.uk/single-post/can-you-build-an-xrmtoolbox-tool-with-zero-experience-vibe-coding-with-github-copilot</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6925b69aa13f98a205ad7549</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 10:02:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0dccb8_76187793e45e4b1cbf09869438a0353f~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_928,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matt Collins-Jones</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Power Platform Pipelines oAuth Configuration App]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've written before about my architectural pattern for oAuth connection delegated deployments  and I've even provided a step by step guide and template flow  to help people with the process but it's still quite complicated. Today I am releasing a solution that organisations can use to make connection management easier for delegated deployments where they need to update connections during deployments. I hope that one day this won't be needed and that this gap is filled in the product, but...]]></description><link>https://www.mattcollinsjones.co.uk/single-post/power-platform-pipelines-oauth-configuration-app</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69389ae54e2629cde3a127de</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 09:35:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0dccb8_9d1c1ec97b9e495e8913ff8d25e1c842~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_731,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matt Collins-Jones</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Power Platform Alerts -Finding the failures]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is a new preview feature just released, called Power Platform Alerts. This new features allows admins to setup alerts for various...]]></description><link>https://www.mattcollinsjones.co.uk/single-post/power-platform-alerts-finding-the-failures</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68ad94336e26accbc6cc43e3</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2025 08:43:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0dccb8_75cd90be77274d99a543994f78ae0ef8~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_980,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matt Collins-Jones</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Power Platform Pipelines - Deploy with SPNs with different Connections than deployer]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have written about changing connections with Pipelines , maybe a couple of times , but in my scenarios I approached it from changing...]]></description><link>https://www.mattcollinsjones.co.uk/single-post/power-platform-pipelines-deploy-with-spns-with-different-connections-than-deployer</link><guid isPermaLink="false">683e10609caa5ce63a33700e</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2025 09:41:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0dccb8_871dcbeaa83f478e94da71639ee530a3~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_890,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matt Collins-Jones</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Default Pipeline Rules - Easier administration across an Organisation]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new feature was announced in the Power Platform Wave 1 2025  release notes, that would enable the access to a default Pipeline via an...]]></description><link>https://www.mattcollinsjones.co.uk/single-post/default-pipeline-rules-easier-administration-across-an-organisation</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6825037e903800387b04ec81</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2025 14:58:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0dccb8_4b05ed7eef784bc584ba6f954529c057~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_503,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matt Collins-Jones</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Change Connections during deployments - Power Platform Pipelines]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've previously blogged about my architecture patterns for delegated deployments for connections using oAuth . This pattern allows you to...]]></description><link>https://www.mattcollinsjones.co.uk/single-post/change-connections-during-deployments-power-platform-pipelines</link><guid isPermaLink="false">678d60cd46168e67fac06e5f</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2025 10:41:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0dccb8_480f97e30f87438bb4a05bac4af8a5ff~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_705,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matt Collins-Jones</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maker and Admin Deployment Pages Preview - Better Pipeline Visibility]]></title><description><![CDATA[Power Platform Pipelines have been getting lots of updates and new features since their release 2 years ago. Just recently, we got the...]]></description><link>https://www.mattcollinsjones.co.uk/single-post/maker-and-admin-deployment-pages-preview-better-pipeline-visibility</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6786c314ba878606feb55869</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2025 09:01:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0dccb8_ac6eae3225904468bd34bc6021652235~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_990,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matt Collins-Jones</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hydrate Development Environments via Power Platform Pipelines]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am a big fan of Power Platform Pipelines! Shocker, I know. One of the things I've heard from people is how their development...]]></description><link>https://www.mattcollinsjones.co.uk/single-post/hydrate-development-environments-via-power-platform-pipelines</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6760a82c81334590869b0646</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 2025 10:51:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0dccb8_65f344a1801f4c4bac3be3229713b224~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matt Collins-Jones</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hidden properties in Power Automate - Setting Lookups and Relating Rows]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was building some complex flows the other day and I was looking to simplify it the best I could. I started looking at outputs from...]]></description><link>https://www.mattcollinsjones.co.uk/single-post/hidden-properties-in-power-automate-setting-lookups-and-relating-rows</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67180bfdabec66d16047e63d</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2024 12:14:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0dccb8_b0ee26794548405a9f049c2d23dd8e54~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_479,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matt Collins-Jones</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Personal Power Platform Pipelines - Revisited]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've written previously my thoughts on Personal Power Platform Pipelines  and ways to prevent the ability to use them in lieu of a...]]></description><link>https://www.mattcollinsjones.co.uk/single-post/personal-power-platform-pipelines-revisited</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66560159857ee3f6084e9b38</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2024 10:20:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0dccb8_061b865474474daf8d2459d5c58cb779~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matt Collins-Jones</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Power Platform Pipelines - Delegated Deployment Architectural Pattern for Connections with oAuth]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wow that's a long title!  But it's accurate. And it's difficult to figure out. I spent a bit of time recently trying to figure out the...]]></description><link>https://www.mattcollinsjones.co.uk/single-post/power-platform-pipelines-delegated-deployment-architectural-pattern-for-connections-with-oauth</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66eb34d59d108568755758a9</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2024 08:30:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0dccb8_cd7ca9473da44c23a481f75b324d408e~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_993,h_341,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matt Collins-Jones</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Run a Desktop Flow by pushing a physical button - No premium license required]]></title><description><![CDATA[Automation and the ability to automate and improve my efficiencies in my work and home life, lead me to the career I have today. I often...]]></description><link>https://www.mattcollinsjones.co.uk/single-post/run-a-desktop-flow-by-pushing-a-physical-button-no-premium-license-required</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66ac952b8fe53cf8075cbd8f</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Aug 2024 08:25:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0dccb8_64a93de454e1475dbcbacf30af7987e7~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_924,h_594,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matt Collins-Jones</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Multiple triggers in a Cloud Flow]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's triggers all the way down - Terry "Flow" Pratchett But a flow only has 1 trigger, right….right??? Well I thought that too, but a...]]></description><link>https://www.mattcollinsjones.co.uk/single-post/multiple-triggers-in-a-cloud-flow</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65f45d28ccb4a556176ed987</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2024 07:58:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0dccb8_987c2e3549364a31a88cfccce7f7d039~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_915,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matt Collins-Jones</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Automatically Create Full Power Platform Pipelines With Power Automate]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've shared my thoughts about Personal Power Platform Pipelines although I did see, that in less than a month, they went GA and added new...]]></description><link>https://www.mattcollinsjones.co.uk/single-post/automatically-create-full-power-platform-pipelines-with-power-automate</link><guid isPermaLink="false">663c81da0a815cb699ecc160</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2024 07:55:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0dccb8_9dc3c49b4b8f41e290387d9a1d4b107e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matt Collins-Jones</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to STOP Personal Power Platform Pipelines]]></title><description><![CDATA[After my last blog post where I basically say Personal Power Platform Pipelines have potential, but in their current form, I cannot...]]></description><link>https://www.mattcollinsjones.co.uk/single-post/how-to-stop-personal-power-platform-pipelines</link><guid isPermaLink="false">661d023b47404f24961df649</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2024 08:34:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0dccb8_81f4161ba4834b9999bdbccc0e92b119~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_924,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matt Collins-Jones</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Personal Power Platform Pipelines - Are they worth it?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Great addition for makers or a governance nightmare  A couple of weeks ago we started seeing people report a new environment in the...]]></description><link>https://www.mattcollinsjones.co.uk/single-post/personal-power-platform-pipelines-are-they-worth-it</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6615176e3ae859f2dace1cce</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2024 10:25:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0dccb8_b8cfc7aa3ac845569d9fedf2be5e14b6~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_846,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matt Collins-Jones</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>