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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 Apps: Portals now Power Pages in Power Platform

Why? From all the Microsoft Build keynote announcements regarding Power Platform, Announcing Microsoft Power Pages: Build secure, low-code websites | Microsoft Power Pages stuck with me the most. What? Power Apps Portals has become (or depending on your perspective: always has been) so much more than "just another type of Power Apps". This is now … Continue reading Power Apps: Portals now Power Pages in Power Platform

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

Dataverse: use Excel Online of Model Driven Power Apps

Why? Recently I had to import 9.000 records into a Dataverse table. I wanted to use the Excel Online option of Model Driven Power Apps in Dataverse. I like this option because that is one of the options that a "simple" end user has when using a Model Driven Power App. It is easy to … Continue reading Dataverse: use Excel Online of Model Driven Power Apps

Power Platform: export Solutions with an Azure DevOps Pipeline Template

Why? In one of my previous posts Power Platform: export a Solution with an Azure DevOps Pipeline, I shared a straight forward Pipeline to export a Power Platform solution. For one solution this is fine. However if you want to do this multiple times, duplicating the whole Pipeline becomes inefficient. Let's see if we can … Continue reading Power Platform: export Solutions with an Azure DevOps Pipeline Template

Power Platform: import a Solution with an Azure DevOps Pipeline

Why? In the previous post Power Platform: export a Solution with an Azure DevOps Pipeline » Knowhere365, I showed how to export all variants of a Power Platform Solution to a Git Repo. We are going to use the output of that Pipeline to import the solution to another Power Platform Environment. What? In this … Continue reading Power Platform: import a Solution with an Azure DevOps Pipeline

Power Platform: export a Solution with an Azure DevOps Pipeline

Why? In the previous post Power Platform: connect an Azure DevOps Pipeline » 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: connect an Azure DevOps Pipeline

Why? In the previous post Power Platform: setting up an Azure DevOps Pipeline » Knowhere365, I have setup a Starter Pipeline in Azure DevOps. Now we will connect the Azure DevOps Pipeline to the Power Platform yet. What? In this post, I am going to connect the Azure DevOps Pipeline to the Power Platform using … Continue reading Power Platform: connect an Azure DevOps Pipeline

Power Platform: setting up an Azure DevOps Pipeline

Why? In my previous post Power Platform: Solutions and Azure DevOps Pipelines » Knowhere365, I shared the possible benefits of using an Azure DevOps Pipeline for your Power Platform. What? In this post, I explain into detail how to setup a Starter Pipeline and include some of my lessons learned. How? Double check to make … Continue reading Power Platform: setting up 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