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This is the first blog post in a series of posts that I plan to publish and share some of my demos that I presented during the Power Platform World Tour in Chicago last week (April 9-10, 2019). In tod…

This article will show how to create a custom SharePoint list or library using PnP provisioning template. You can use this approach to create lists or libraries of any complexity in SharePoint. For ex…

PowerApps is great but there are some limitations. One of these limitations is drag and drop. Wouldn't it be nice if you could drag a document into a PowerApp and then PowerApps uploads the document t…

Quick link to the Common Data Model poster on the CDM GitHub Repository. A nice one to print out. “Integrate and Disambiguate Data with the Common Data Model” – https://github.com/Microsoft/CDM/blob/m…

Let’s pick back up where we left off last week and continue building the workflow and finishing up our PowerApp! Create a Flow At this point, we have a functioning app that stores data in a SharePoint…

Today I’m here with some exciting news out of Microsoft with the public preview of Microsoft Virtual Desktop. Virtual desktops are not a new invention and they are currently offered by multiple vendor…

This article will show how to create a custom SharePoint list or library using PnP provisioning template. You can use this approach to create lists or libraries of any complexity in SharePoint. For ex…

I made a PowerApp to help build better looking Canvas Apps. You can try it out here. And if you want a free copy you find it in the TDG Power Platform Bank here. At the start of the year I decided I w…

<p>This has to be one of the smallest features ever shipped. We&#8217;ve modified the behavior of one character, and it is a small character at that. But I think you will agree t…

Many people start with Microsoft Flow or PowerApps every day. In this post I'm answering many questions that I've been asked on a regular basis. What Is Microsoft Flow? This had to be the first questi…

This looks excellent! For the SharePoint list schemas, though - they are .iqy files and upon editng in Notepad seem to go to lists in the microsofteur.sharepoint.com tenant. Is there any way to get at…

Real life example of how I use this: Equipment is tested before being shipped. * The PM uses PowerApps to enter in the equipment details * Engineering uses PowerApps to pull the equipment description …

Introduction A request came through for a team to have tasks created in Planner based on a new entry in a SharePoint list. The list has the following inputs, Title for the name of the new project, Cli…

By now, we’ve all seen Microsoft’s rebranding of Power BI, PowerApps, and Flow into the Power Platform, a set of tools for the citizen developer to analyze data, take action from that data, and, ultim…

Leveraging Microsoft’s Power Platform – comprised of Power BI, PowerApps, & Flow – is one way that organizations can use tools to analyze, act, & automate. Each of these tools can be used on its own t…

<p>Embedded canvas apps now provide the ability to perform actions to navigate, refresh and save the host form. With these capabilities makers can now achieve even richer integration between the…

Business process flows (BPF) provide a guided way to get work done in the form of stages and steps. Stages tell you where you are in the process, while steps are action items that lead to a desired outcome. Steps in a business process are bound to fields in the Common Data Service (CDS), and until n...

As PowerApps grew to have more features, the amount of space in the interface needed for those tools, views, properties and more also exploded. A frequent lament we heard from several users was that there is not enough room to work on the canvas, especially when working with a larger app. The desire to see … Continue reading “Increase your canvas space by closing the tree view”

The Microsoft Flow UI is great for developing flows quickly but sometimes it would help if you could do just a bit more with the tools provided. Quite often things are on the way, but you simply can't…

Hi, I've made this component of an item you can swipe to the left and reveal some buttons. This component would be so nice to use in a vertical Gallery (I realy hope they will implement that soon) The component has 4 Output Properties, one for when you just click on the item, and three for whicheve...

<p>I&#8217;m happy to announce we&#8217;ve made another batch of delegation enhancements for Canvas apps. Delegation refers to an app&#8217;s ability to &#8220;delegate&#8221…

Today I will have a look at relative positioning of elements in PowerApps. As you add elements like labels, icons,input boxes or anything else on the screen you will find that you often change your mi…

Quite a common task in PowerApps is to create a menu. You might already have figured out that a menu is easily created using a Gallery. Remember my recent post about galleries? Today I’m look…

The seamless “dev” experience between PowerApps and Flow is remarkable. I love how easy it is to create a Flow from PowerApps, and it just works. However, there’s one issue I see …

Recently, Microsoft introduced canvas components for PowerApps which is running in preview now. With components you can easily create a set of reusable controls for all of your PowerApps, like headers, navigation menus, and so on. More on canvas components can be found here. Microsoft has also published 10 sample components which you can use […]

If you’ve built canvas apps using PowerApps, you’ve noticed that one of the first decisions you need to make is whether you want a layout that is tailored for a phone or for a tablet. This choice will determine the size and shape of the canvas you will work with while building your app. If … Continue reading “Craft App Height and Width expressions to create responsive canvas apps”