How I Structure a PCF Repo for Clean GitHub Releases
A simple, step-by-step guide to shipping your PCF control as a managed solution zip — from an empty folder to a published release.
Syed Bilal
Available for selective PCF work
Dynamics 365 & Power Platform Solution Architect — building custom PCFs.
I design and deliver intelligent CRM solutions, enterprise apps and automation using Microsoft Dynamics 365, Power Platform, Copilot Studio and Dataverse — and ship custom PCF controls for the visual problems out-of-the-box can't solve.
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Jul 2024 - Present
Senior Consultant / Dynamics 365 Techno-Functional Consultant
Dubai, UAEFeb 2023 - Jul 2024
Software Engineer / Dynamics 365 Consultant
Dubai, UAEApr 2022 - Mar 2023
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Consultant
Sydney, AustraliaProject management system using model-driven apps, custom PCF controls, Power Automate and Copilot agents.
Core banking automation and HR integrations with Dynamics 365, SAP, canvas apps and invoice Copilot support.
Volunteer and mission management for internal resources, registrations, approvals and participation tracking.
Innovation modules, Power Pages, Dataverse virtual tables, SharePoint data and autonomous Copilot agents.
Analytical dashboard for UAE food-tech aggregator data with recommendation workflows and AI capability.
Animated liquid sphere field control. Turns plain decimal % fields into a living visual. Auto-pulls Choice colours from Dataverse, smart due dates, owner avatars. ~9 KB managed solution.
Rich hover-preview cards for any Dataverse lookup. Reads your Quick View Forms — admins drag fields on the standard form designer, SmartLookup follows automatically. Zero per-PCF configuration.
Multi-table nested grid PCF with per-table column auto-discovery from Active Views and full inline editing. Replaces OOB subgrids when you need real hierarchical data in one collapsible view.
Portfolio control showing execution %, schedule status (On Track / Delayed) and cost variance (On / Off Budget) in one compact card. Built for PMO dashboards where you need project pulse at a glance.
Pre-treatment vs residual risk heatmaps. 5×5 impact × probability matrix with severity-coloured cells, live counts and one-click drill to underlying records. Built for PMO and ERM teams.
Two-day in-person workshop at the Microsoft Dubai office.
End-to-end build training: when Copilot agents are the right answer (and when they aren't), designing topics, wiring up actions, publishing to Teams, and the production concerns — auth, fallback, handoff — that separate demos from working software.
A simple, step-by-step guide to shipping your PCF control as a managed solution zip — from an empty folder to a published release.
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