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 ๐ช๐. 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
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
Power Platform: verify Current Value of an Environment Variable in a Managed Solution
Why? Microsoft has improved the Environment Variable experience a lot since my last blog posts on this topic (Power Platform: update Current Value of an Environment Variable in a Managed Solution). Even the documentation has a lot more details now (Use environment variables in solutions - Power Apps | Microsoft Docs). However there is still … Continue reading Power Platform: verify Current Value of an Environment Variable in a Managed Solution
Power Platform: export a Solution with an Azure DevOps Pipeline
Why? In the previous post Power Platform: connect an Azure DevOps Pipeline ยป Knowhere365, I showed how to connect an Azure DevOps Pipeline to the Power Platform. Now we are going to let the Pipeline export a Power Platform Solution. What? In this post, I am going to let the Azure DevOps Pipeline export a … Continue reading Power Platform: export a Solution with an Azure DevOps Pipeline
Power Platform: Solutions and Azure DevOps Pipelines
Why? Recently I had the honor to work with one of the biggest Dynamics Partners in the Netherlands. In their daily business it is common practice to use Azure DevOps. With Pipelines they manage their different Dynamics 365 environments with as less manual work as possible. Especially in builds and releases, Power Platform Azure DevOps … Continue reading Power Platform: Solutions and Azure DevOps Pipelines
Scottish Summit 2021 Session: Common Sense in the Dataverse
Why? Last week the Scottish Summit took place and I had the honor to speak at one of the Power Platform track sessions. During the 27th of February, more than 360 sessions on all kind of Microsoft Cloud Topics were given! ๐คฏ What? This blog post is for sharing my presentation deck on my session: … Continue reading Scottish Summit 2021 Session: Common Sense in the Dataverse
Power Platform: update Current Value of an Environment Variable in a Managed Solution
Why? In my last post Power Platform: Current Value of an Environment Variable in a Solution, I tried to explain a product defect in Environment Variables. Apparently when you try updating the Current Value of an Environment Variable in a (previously imported) Managed Solution, it may seem impossible because of strange errors, notifications and greyed … Continue reading Power Platform: update Current Value of an Environment Variable in a Managed Solution
Power Platform: Current Value of an Environment Variable in a Solution
Why? Enterprise worthy Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) in the Power Platform ๐ช. I like the concept of Unmanaged Solutions for development purposes versus the concept of Managed Solutions for production purposes a lot! However not all functionalities that "Dynamics Consultants" know from the Legacy / Classic experience (Dynamics Portal), are yet fully working for us … Continue reading Power Platform: Current Value of an Environment Variable in a Solution
Power Platform: Solution Import error handling
Why? When importing a solution into the Power Platform, for me it feels like crossing my fingers and hoping for a good outcome without a failed notification (commonly regarded as errors). But because the Power Platform (based on years of experience in Dynamics) has so many overwhelming possibilities, there can be a lot of "dependencies" … Continue reading Power Platform: Solution Import error handling
365 Saturday at Microsoft Netherlands
Why? Goedemiddag! Stepped out of my comfort zone (being born in the Office 365 family) and had the privilege to speak at 365 Saturday last weekend in Amsterdam at Microsoft Netherlands. Even though the main focus is still on Microsoft Dynamics, the Power Platform now has a firm place within the session line up and … Continue reading 365 Saturday at Microsoft Netherlands