Dataverse PowerDataOps Introduction

Dataverse PowerDataOps

Let me introduce you a PowerShell module for Dataverse: PowerDataOps. PowerShell has many benefits: you can edit and run script on Windows servers, execute .Net code, use it easily in many tools, ... 

You can find the GitHub for the project here: https://github.com/AymericM78/PowerDataOps. As you will quickly see, the module is very well documented.

This module provides various features to:

• Execute CRUD operations on Dataverse data
• Work with solutions
• Administrate/manage the environment
• Perform DevOps operations

You can find the exhaustive list of commands in this file of the GitHub.

The module is built on top of Microsoft PowerShell modules: 

• Microsoft.Xrm.Tooling.CrmConnector.PowerShell
• Microsoft.PowerApps.Administration.PowerShell

It also uses some C# libraries such as Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Entity.

This module allows to use very easily the features described above.

To explore and discover the module, I would advise you to start by having a look at these two great samples:

• Working with data.md
  • In just a few lines, performs the following operations:
    • Connect to Microsoft Dataverse
    • Create a record
    • Retrieve all records and output in a gridview
    • Update a record
    • Retrieve a specific record
    • Delete record
• Working with solutions.md
  • In just a few lines, performs the following operations:
    • Connect to Microsoft Dataverse
    • Retrieve a solution record (row) with its uniquename
    • Increase version number
    • Export in managed

I hope you will enjoy this module. Don't hesitate to go in the GitHub and explore it more!

Dataverse PowerDataOps