I build enterprise solutions that hold up under pressure —
and I document the craft so others don't have to guess.
01 — About me
I'm Ahmed El-Khatib — though most people just call me Khatib.
I started my career as a .NET developer, writing APIs, building backends, and learning how software actually holds together under pressure. Somewhere along the way, Power Platform caught my attention — not as a shortcut, but as a legitimate enterprise platform worth mastering. I leaned in, went deep on Dataverse, Azure integration, and pro-code extensibility, and never looked back.
Today I'm the Power Platform Technical Lead at one of the leading Microsoft Partners in the Middle East, leading the Power Platform department. That means solution architecture, ALM governance, client delivery, and team direction — across Dynamics 365, Dataverse, Azure, and the full Power Platform stack.
My work lives at the intersection of pro-code precision and platform leverage. I write plugins, build Custom APIs, craft PCF controls, design Power Automate orchestrations, and wire up Azure services — because the right tool matters more than any single paradigm.
I'm available for consultation, conference talks, webinars, and mentoring — because knowledge compounds when it's shared. This blog is where I document what I wish had been written down when I was figuring it out the hard way.
02 — Skills & expertise
Eight years of building, breaking, and rebuilding things in the Microsoft ecosystem — across the entire delivery lifecycle.
Canvas & Model-Driven Apps, Power Automate, Power Pages, Power BI, AI Builder, Copilot Studio. End-to-end from architecture to delivery.
Dataverse as a proper data platform — plugins, Custom APIs, Business Events, security models. Dynamics 365 CE and F&O integration patterns.
PCF Controls, JavaScript web resources, TypeScript, Custom Workflow Activities. When low-code hits its ceiling.
Logic Apps, API Management, Azure Functions, Service Bus, Azure OpenAI. Connecting Power Platform to the real enterprise.
Environment topology, Azure DevOps pipelines, solution packaging, branching strategies, and governance frameworks that let teams move fast safely.
Hiring, onboarding, performance reviews, technical direction. Building teams that ship quality work consistently.
03 — Writing
No vendor fluff. Real patterns, real mistakes, real decisions — from enterprise Power Platform delivery.
Before environments, pipelines, and solutions — meet the developer who ships first and asks questions never. The story of how good intentions build unmaintainable systems, and why this series exists.
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04 — Contact
Have a question, want to collaborate, or just connect? Find me on LinkedIn.
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