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How the Business Unit field on a Security Role differs from the access level on individual privileges, why the two are easy to conflate, and how hierarchical security and the Parent:Child BU access level extend a manager's visibility across organisational boundaries. Part 3 of the Contoso security series.
July 4, 2026 17 min read
How to move from individual user assignments to scalable, team-based security in Dataverse — covering Business Units, Owner Teams, Member's Privilege Inheritance, team-owned records, and the BU boundary between departments. Part 2 of the Contoso security series.
July 1, 2026 28 min read
A practical walkthrough of row-level and column-level security in Microsoft Dataverse — how Security Roles and Column Security Profiles work, how they interact, and how to verify each layer is doing what you expect. Part 1 of the Contoso security series.
June 27, 2026 11 min read
A complete, practical guide to Microsoft Dataverse auditing — how environment, table, and column-level settings cascade, what their default states are, what operations actually get logged, retention and cleanup, and a hands-on walkthrough that builds incrementally so you can see each layer take effect.
June 22, 2026 22 min read
Master the difference between Connections and Connection References in Power Automate. Learn how solution-aware flows leverage connection references for portable, enterprise-grade ALM — with real-world examples, gotchas, and visual walkthroughs.
June 6, 2026 28 min read