My profile /Overview
Microsoft business applicationsGet in touch

ARCHITECT. ENGINEER. BUILDER.

Lê Văn Phước

Senior Solutions Architect

Dynamics 365 & Power Platform

I architect enterprise solutions on Microsoft Dataverse and build tools that help developers deliver them.

Explore my work Download CV

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam·LinkedIn (opens in a new tab)

Portrait of Le Van Phuoc
Enterprise thinking.Hands-on building.
From architecture to delivery
17+

Years in the Microsoft
business applications ecosystem

Product creatorDynamicsCrm.DevKit & Dataverse tools

800+

Users across 50+ sites
on VUS CORE EDU

MY ECOSYSTEM
Power Platform
Dynamics 365
Dataverse
Microsoft Fabric
01SELECTED WORK

Complex challenges. Connected solutions.

Enterprise projects at the intersection of technology, people and business.

A selection of my work
with Hitachi Solutions
EducationMar 2022 — Mar 2024

Hitachi Solutions Asia Pacific

VUS · CORE EDU

A connected foundation for education.

An education operations platform built on Power Platform and Microsoft Dataverse, connecting the student journey with the business behind it.

DataverseModel-driven AppsPower AutomatePower BIAzure Synapse Link
CORE EDU · Connected operations
StudentsClassesOperations
Microsoft DataverseOne connected foundation
800+ users50+ sites
Explore the project

The context

VUS needed a comprehensive CORE EDU system and initially considered in-house development. The Hitachi team, working with Microsoft Vietnam, used proofs of concept and business-process demonstrations to establish Power Platform as the foundation.

Delivery & platform

Model-driven apps, security roles, field security, business process flows, plugins, Custom APIs, PCF controls, FetchXML reports and Azure DevOps deployment pipelines.

Business capabilities

  • Marketing: leads, distribution and scoring
  • Sales: consultation, admission, enrollment, orders and e-invoices
  • Students: profiles and wallets
  • Teachers: profiles, schedules and compensation
  • Facilities: rooms and capacity
  • Inventory: inbound, outbound, transfers, adjustments and stock
  • Classes: scheduling and session execution
  • Finance: invoices, tuition allocation, deferred and recognized revenue
  • Customer care: students, parents, teachers and staff

Integration landscape

Call center, SMS, e-invoicing, Core-BIZ on Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations, landing pages and the learning management system.

Visit VUS(opens in a new tab)
Financial servicesMar 2019 — Jun 2020

Hitachi Solutions Asia Pacific

SSI Securities

Connecting relationships across finance.

A unified Dynamics 365 solution for institutional brokerage, investment banking and asset management.

Dynamics 365 SalesEngage for BankingAzure DevOps
Explore the project

The context

SSI needed an adaptable system to automate customer relationships and sales operations. Hitachi worked with management and operations teams to understand requirements and implemented Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement with Engage for Banking IP.

Delivery & platform

Configurable forms, views, dashboards, security, business process flows, plugins, custom actions, workflows and Dynamics 365 App for Outlook. Delivery supported by Azure DevOps.

Business capabilities

  • Account and contact management
  • Leads, opportunities and sales pipeline
  • Activity management and reporting

Integration landscape

Dynamics 365 for Customer Engagement (Sales) with Hitachi Solutions’ Engage for Banking IP.

Visit SSI Securities(opens in a new tab)
Field serviceJul 2020 — Feb 2022

Hitachi Solutions Asia Pacific

TEL

Bringing field service and enterprise systems together.

Dynamics 365 Field Service with SAP integration, platform customization and automated deployment.

Field ServiceSAPPower Automate
Explore the project

The context

Work on a Dynamics 365 and Field Service implementation, spanning Dataverse customization, reporting and integration with SAP.

Delivery & platform

Plugins, Custom APIs, custom actions and workflows, PCF controls, Web API, FetchXML-based SSRS reports, Power Automate and Azure DevOps pipelines.

Business capabilities

  • Dynamics 365 Field Service
  • Forms, views, dashboards and mobile app
  • Security roles and business process flows

Integration landscape

SAP integration.

Visit TEL(opens in a new tab)
02PRODUCTS & OPEN SOURCE

I build for the builders.

Tools born from real development work. Created to make the Dataverse ecosystem a little better.

Products I build and stand behind

Developer productivity, native Dataverse experiences and practical tools for business users.

Visual Studio extensionFlagship product

DynamicsCrm.DevKit

Scaffold Dataverse solutions, write server and client code, and automate deployment in a Visual Studio workflow shaped by 17+ years of hands-on development.

Explore capabilities
  • 30+ project and item templates
  • JavaScript IntelliSense for forms and Web API
  • Automated deployment of plugins, Custom Actions, Custom APIs, reports and web resources
  • DynamicsCrm.DevKit.Cli for CI/CD automation
  • Visual Studio 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022 and 2026
View repository (opens in a new tab)
Dataverse managed solutionCore product

Dataverse Dialog Builder

Design out-of-the-box-style Dataverse dialogs with a live preview, bringing familiar Assign and Close Opportunity patterns into your solution.

Explore capabilities
  • Build dialogs that match the look and feel of out-of-the-box Dataverse controls
  • Preview dialogs while you design
  • Use familiar Assign and Close Opportunity dialog patterns
View repository (opens in a new tab)
Microsoft AppSource solutionCore product

Icons and Tooltips with D365

Put useful context directly into Dataverse grids. Configure per-view icons and tooltips without writing JavaScript.

Explore capabilities
  • Define grid and subgrid icons and tooltips for each view
  • Start with three built-in icon collections; add or create collections
  • Control access through security roles
  • Use across web desktop, Unified Client Interface, Unified Service Desk, Outlook and mobile
View on AppSource (opens in a new tab)Product website (opens in a new tab)

More tools from my work

Dataverse managed solution

View-FetchXML

Take a query from Advanced Find straight into your development workflow.

Explore capabilities
  • Adds a button to Advanced Find
  • Copy FetchXML as XML, JavaScript, C# or Web API
View repository (opens in a new tab)
Microsoft Edge extension

Dataverse Column Namer

Consistent names, less manual work. Automatically generate column schema names from display names in the Power Apps Maker Portal.

Explore capabilities
  • Configurable naming conventions
  • Type-based suffixes for columns
  • Target environment detection
  • Import and export settings across teams
Get the extension (opens in a new tab)View repository (opens in a new tab)
03EXPERTISE

The platform. And everything around it.

Deep Dataverse engineering, connected with the skills to deliver a complete enterprise solution.

Dataverse engineering

From the data model to the last line of code.

  • Plugins & Custom APIs
  • C# / .NET
  • JavaScript / TypeScript
  • PCF controls
  • FetchXML / Web API
Built into DynamicsCrm.DevKit

Dynamics 365 applications

Solutions that understand the business.

  • Sales & Field Service
  • Portals
  • Unified Service Desk
  • Omnichannel
  • Customer Voice / PSA
Applied at SSI, TEL and Bosch

Power Platform delivery

From an idea to an enterprise platform.

  • Model-driven Apps
  • Power Apps
  • Power Automate
  • Security & business rules
  • Business process flows
VUS CORE EDU

Integration & migration

Connecting systems. Moving business forward.

  • Dynamics 365 F&O / AX 2012
  • SAP / REST / SOAP
  • SSIS / KingswaySoft
  • SQL Server
  • Contact center integration
1,000,000+ records migrated at Bosch

Data & analytics

Turning platform data into useful insight.

  • Microsoft Fabric
  • Power BI
  • Azure Synapse Link
  • SSRS reports
  • SQL / LINQ
Analytics within VUS CORE EDU

ALM & DevOps

Repeatable delivery, from build to release.

  • Azure DevOps Pipelines
  • CI/CD
  • Power Platform CLI
  • Git / TFS
  • Automated deployment
DynamicsCrm.DevKit.Cli

A PLATFORM JOURNEY

From the first customizations to connected enterprise platforms.

CRM 4.0→CRM 2011–2016→Dynamics 365→Microsoft Dataverse
Explore the full technical toolkit

Engineering & data

.NET, .NET Core, C#, Python, HTML5, CSS3, jQuery, Bootstrap, SQL Server, stored procedures, views, Entity Framework, EF Core, LINQ, OData v4, REST, MVC and MVC Core.

Early/late bound data access, Query Expression, Fetch Expression, SQL queries, SSRS, SSIS and KingswaySoft.

Platform & developer tools

Visual Studio, VS Code, Power Platform CLI, Ribbon Workbench, XrmToolBox, Dataverse REST Builder, Dataverse SDK, Plugin Registration Tool and Fiddler.

XrmServiceToolkit, CrmFetchKit, Soap.js, Process.js, Alert.js, CrmWebApi, CrmApiClient, FakeXrmEasy and WebApiClient.

Cloud, delivery & testing

Azure VM, Web App, SQL, Docker and Storage; Azure DevOps Pipelines, VSTS, Git and TFS. Office add-ins and Visual Studio extensions.

Microsoft Unit Test, NUnit and FakeXrmEasy.

Earlier technologies

VB.NET, Visual Basic 6, C/C++, PHP, Java and J2ME. Mobile development for iOS, Android, BlackBerry and Windows Phone.

Crystal Reports, DreamWeaver, Corel Draw, DevExpress, Telerik, ComponentOne, Ext.Net, GraffitiCMS, CommunityServer, WordPress and DotNetNuke.

04CAREER JOURNEY

Built on experience. Driven by curiosity.

From software development to enterprise architecture, with a builder’s mindset throughout.

Hitachi Solutions Asia Pacific

Senior Solutions Architect

Senior Solutions Architect · Apr 2023 — Present Solutions Architect · Mar 2019 — Mar 2023

Experience & contributions
  • Enterprise Dynamics 365 and Power Platform delivery across education, financial services and field service.
  • Selected projects: VUS CORE EDU (2022–2024), TEL (2020–2022) and SSI Securities (2019–2020).

NashTech Limited

Dynamics 365 Principal Software Engineer

Crimson & P2V Systems · United Kingdom

Experience & contributions
  • Onsite with Crimson from February to June 2018, supporting Sales, Marketing, Customer Service, Voice of the Customer and Portal.
  • Implemented and supported Dynamics 365 solutions for P2V Systems.
  • Worked with Web API, SSRS, Azure Scheduler, PowerApps, Power BI, Microsoft Flows and Azure DevOps, alongside platform customization and security.

Bosch Vietnam

Dynamics 365 Specialist

Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions Vietnam

Experience & contributions
  • Implemented Sales, Marketing, Field Service, Unified Service Desk, Customer Portal and Power BI for Minh Long, Betrimex and Dai Dong Tien.
  • Built Web API 2.0 integration layers and integrated Google GEO API and Google Analytics.
  • Developed field-sales PowerApps, contact center workflows and Microsoft Flow integrations with Facebook and Power BI.
  • Migrated 1,000,000+ records and established VSTS pipelines covering build through release.

FPT Software

Software Architect — Dynamics CRM

Projects in Singapore and Vietnam

Experience & contributions
  • Led CRM 4.0 to CRM 2015 upgrade and data migration for the National Kidney Foundation clinical system.
  • Developed request/reservation, dialysis attendance and POP management modules.
  • Migrated Salesforce to Dynamics CRM 2015 for FPT’s internal sales system.
  • Maintained Dynamics CRM 4.0 for Singapore’s Media Development Authority.

Sequent Asia IT

Technical Architect

SAI Digital

Experience & contributions
  • Prudential Vietnam: Salesforce to CRM 2013 On-Premise migration and WPF Agent Desktop integrated with Avaya.
  • Friesland Campina Vietnam: CRM 2011 loyalty management integrated with CISCO Contact Center and SMS services.
  • Customer Capital Consulting, Singapore: investment tracking, event management and a Dynamic Student System for skills assessment.
The foundationsEarlier career · 2003–2012

Web applications, mobile platforms and ERP development, including Lemon3 ERP, built a foundation in .NET, SQL Server, REST architecture and enterprise software.

Sep 2007 — Mar 2012RentClick.ca CorporationTeam Leader
Aug 2006 — Aug 2007SilkRoadTeam Leader
Oct 2004 — Sep 2007Diginet CorporationDeputy of Division of R&D
Jun 2003 — Oct 2004MQSoftSoftware Developer
Jan 2003 — Jun 2003A ChauSoftware Developer
05CREDENTIALS & BACKGROUND

Always learning. Always building.

MICROSOFT CERTIFIED

Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate

Associate credential

MICROSOFT CERTIFIED

Power Platform Developer Associate

Associate credential

MICROSOFT CERTIFIED

Power Platform Functional Consultant Associate

Associate credential
Explore my Microsoft Learn profile (opens in a new tab)
Exams & earlier credentials

Exams

  • PL-400 · Microsoft Power Platform Developer
  • DP-600 · Implementing Analytics Solutions Using Microsoft Fabric

Earlier credentials & exams

  • MCSE: Business Applications
  • MCSA: Dynamics 365
  • Microsoft Specialist: Dynamics CRM 2016 Customization and Configuration
  • Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Dynamics CRM 2011 Extending
  • Exam 716: Dynamics 365 Customization and Configuration
  • Exam 717: Dynamics 365 for Sales
  • Exam 715: Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement Online Deployment
EDUCATION

Ho Chi Minh City
University of Technology

IT Engineer · 1997–2002

Thesis: Building Test Generator Program
COMMUNICATION

Working across borders.

English reading & writing:
Professional working proficiency

Listening & speaking: Conversational
BEYOND THE KEYBOARD

Curiosity doesn’t clock out.

New technologies, reading, sports and music.

Chess and a good game of OpenTTD.

06LET’S CONNECT

Great solutions start
with a conversation.

Have a Dynamics 365 or Power Platform challenge?
Let’s explore what we can build together.

vanphuoc@outlook.com
Download my CV PDFReferences available upon request.