Why? In one of my previous blog posts Power Automate: Flows within context of Power Apps, I already explained that Microsoft will enforce Power Automate licensing on Flows using premium functionalities. Here I also explained on how to associate a Flow within context in case Premium Power Apps licensing is enough. Now I recently started … Continue reading Power Automate: Associate a Flow within context of Power Apps
Power Platform: Dataverse in Microsoft Fabric
Why? There have been a lot of cool announcements last month, but Microsoft Fabric (Introducing Microsoft Fabric: The data platform for the era of AI | Azure Blog | Microsoft Azure) integrating with Power Platform definitely was a big one! The way Dataverse can be used in Microsoft Fabric looks amazing 😎. What? As an … Continue reading Power Platform: Dataverse in Microsoft Fabric
Dataverse: use the force of the API in your browser
Why? When I started using Dataverse with Power Automate, I was always using the Power Apps Portal to lookup the definition schema of a Table. Think of the scenario where we need the internal Column / Field name from a Table / Entity. For example in OData filter queries of Power Automate. We would need … Continue reading Dataverse: use the force of the API in your browser
Power Automate: Flows within context of Power Apps
Why? It has been quite some while now since Microsoft announced that Power Automate Flows using premium functionalities, could run within the context of Power Apps. But it was only recently that I came across an enforcement notification from a Power Automate Flow: "This flow's owner needs a premium license". The instructions to get a … Continue reading Power Automate: Flows within context of Power Apps
ESPC22 Session: Automating ALM of Power Platform with Azure DevOps
Why? Last week the great European SharePoint Office365 & Azure Conference in Copenhagen took place. I was given the opportunity to speak about ALM in Power Platform with Azure DevOps 💪👍. What? This blog post is for sharing my presentation deck on my session: Automating ALM of Power Platform with Azure DevOps - European SharePoint, … Continue reading ESPC22 Session: Automating ALM of Power Platform with Azure DevOps
Dataverse for Teams: sharing Canvas Power Apps
Why? Ever since it was introduced as Project Oakdale, I have followed the development of Dataverse for Teams (Microsoft Dataverse for Teams overview - Power Apps | Microsoft Learn) with much interest. One of the features I liked very much was about sharing Canvas Power Apps beyond a team (You can now share Dataverse for … Continue reading Dataverse for Teams: sharing Canvas Power Apps
Microsoft Certifications and free renewals
Why? You either love it or you hate it, but everyone who monitors Microsoft topics knows of the Microsoft Certifications that people can achieve. But it is not generally known that renewals of your already achieved certifications are free 🤑. You can find all certifications of the Certification Poster behind the aka-link: http://aka.ms/traincertposter with very … Continue reading Microsoft Certifications and free renewals
Idea: Power Automate Action Notes in historic Flow run
Why? Microsoft has been moving around the tech community, user voice and idea options quite a bit in the last few years. Even though it is often for the best, I need some consistency so I am going to log my ideas as part of my own blog 🤓. Hopefully you will also add extra … Continue reading Idea: Power Automate Action Notes in historic Flow run
Power Automate: Object must implement IConvertible in SharePoint
Why? I have seen the error of ❌“Object must implement IConvertible.” ❌ on multiple places in the Power Platform. Like this Power Apps User Forum post: Solved: Server Response: Object must implement IConvertibl... - Power Platform Community (microsoft.com). Recently Power Automate gave me the same "Object must implement Iconvertible"-response: SharePoint action failing in flow run … Continue reading Power Automate: Object must implement IConvertible in SharePoint
Power Platform: Current Value of an Environment Variable in the Modern Maker Portal
Why? I like the updated Modern Maker Portal experience of Power Apps a lot. However updating the Current Value of an Environment Variable in the Modern Maker Portal is no longer possible using the method explained in Power Platform: verify Current Value of an Environment Variable in a Managed Solution. In a lot of the … Continue reading Power Platform: Current Value of an Environment Variable in the Modern Maker Portal