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
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
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
