Why I changed my mind about #PowerApps and became a fan… and why you should, too
This blog post title was initially titled ‘Why I disregarded PowerApps but now I radically changed my mind’. I changed my mind and I now think that PowerApps is a very powerful tool and…
Microsoft HR uses the Power Platform to transform employee experiences
Microsoft used PowerApps to create a a suite of employee engagement mobile apps that have been deployed worldwide to 100,000+ employees. These applications have a clean and modern UI and connect to a variety of backend services, including cloud-based APIs and legacy on-premise systems. This blog post takes a deeper look at this set of apps, that are branded as the Thrive suite. It describes the partnership between the HR and IT departments at Microsoft, the decision to use PowerApps, the app functionality, and the solution architecture.
Test your flows with real example data, and four new management connectors
Creating a flow may require some trial and error during the development process. Starting this week, you can use real, example, data from connectors to test your flow as you build it, right inside of the Flow portal. Now you can know that the flow will run as expected. Additionally, we are introducing four new management connectors: PowerApps for App Makers, Power platform for Admins, PowerApps for Admins, Microsoft Flow for Admins, and, one other new connector: Microsoft School Data Sync.
We made a collection of the most popular PowerShell bloggers, including a link to each individual blog. The ranking is based on Alexa global score. If you noticed a blogger that we missed, please let us know in the comments. Charlie Russel Kevin Marquette Patrick Grünauer Boe Prox Mike F Robbins Carlos Perez Chrissy LeMaire […]
This blog post is part of my Power Platform blog series. Maybe you’ve already heard about the Microsoft Power Platform (which consists three tools Power BI, PowerApps and Microsoft Flow) and now is th…
Deploying To a Power Bi Report Server with PowerShell
Just a quick post to share some code that I used to solve a problem I had recently. I needed to automate the deployment of some Power Bi reports to a Power Bi Report Server PBRS using TFS. I had so…
How to create a Ticket Management System using SharePoint, PowerApps & Flow - Collab365 Community
This post explains how to build a help desk Ticket Management System on top of SharePoint that allows support staff to manage their tickets from their mobile using SharePoint, PowerApps and Flow.
A couple years ago, Microsoft IT made a bet that we could deliver enterprise-grade apps on the Power Platform. PowerApps was pre-GA at the time and, like any nascent platform, it had gaps and bugs.…
Enhanced Group control in canvas apps enables more control over layout and nesting
With the latest release, we have added a new experimental feature for enhanced Group control in canvas apps. This control changes grouping from being a Studio only grouping concept to a real grouping control in the player. It enables us to enhance the grouping capabilities which weren't possible in Studio only.
Unable to Connect with Power BI Service using PowerShell
I have installed PowerShell for Power BI using following Code. Install-Module -Name MicrosoftPowerBIMgmt It is installed successfully. Now, I used following code-snippet to connect with Power BI Service. Login-PowerBI When I executed the code it shows me an error like: Login-PowerBI : The 'L...
Progress indicators (also known as progress trackers) provide a great visual indication of how far along a user is to completion of a particular task. They set expectations of what’s to come so the…
October ’18 releases notes (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/business-applications-release-notes/october18/ ) are available to be reviewed and downloaded.
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Implementing Offline Capabilities for Relational Data
As you may already know, POWERAPPS provides offline capabilities for your applications to enable users to be productive when there is limited internet access or no connectivity. Here is a blog which…
A Question Shortly after the European PowerShell Conference and the PowerShell and Devops 2018 summit in the USA Mike Robbins b | t contacted me with a question. Interested in writing a chapter in …
Hi everyone. In our latest release, you can now automatically format your formulas! You can take all those very compact formulas, that can be very difficult to read and understand, and make them…
Microsoft Business Applications Summit 2018 – Event recap
We had a great Microsoft Business Applications Summit 2018 #MSBizAppsSummit event with several sessions related to PowerApps, Microsoft Flow and Common Data Service for Apps - but if you were not able to attend in person all of our sessions are posted online to watch on-demand.
Flow is available in Excel and the Outlook Web App, introducing Business process flows, and more!
There are two new flow integrations: with the new Flow button in Excel, you can create and trigger automation directly on tables in your worksheets, and, you can now create flows that sync tasks to Microsoft ToDo in the Outlook Web App. Second, we are introducing a new type of flow: the Business process flow -- a stateful, human-interactive flow based on the Common Data Service for Apps. Finally, Microsoft Flow has four new connectors: Azure IoT Central, Survey 123, LMS365 and ProjectWise Design Integration, and, improvements to the SharePoint connector.
New Self Service Demos for PowerApps on the Business Apps Resource Center
We have just published a new demo to highlight how easy it is to build new business processes in SharePoint using PowerApps. SharePoint lists are a great way for any business to work together on their…
I am starting a blog series, which I've titled "Learning with Mr. Dang." In the beginning, I'll be walking through my methods for learning: what do I already know that I don't need to re-learn? What do I do when I don't know something? And as the name of this series suggests, over time, I will be writing about how I am exploring other capabilities in PowerApps so that you can learn at the same time as I am.
Saving data locally to your device requires placing the data you want in a collection. The SaveData() function saves collections and LoadData() reloads them, so we can collect data in a collection and…
Express Yourself: Collection Functions in Microsoft Flow
In this post, I will discuss all the Collection functions that can be used in Microsoft Flow. These functions generally work with Arrays, Strings, and Dictionaries. Function Description contains Th…
The links on this list contains resources for Microsoft Flow. Since I see myself accessing many of these links constantly, I decided to roll them up in a central place so I don’t have to be s…
The links on this list contains resources for Microsoft PowerApps. I’m trying to compile as many resources as possible and have them rolled up in a central place so I don’t have to be s…
Express Yourself: Building Expressions with Microsoft Flow
I’m happy to announce I will be working on a Microsoft Flow series titled Express Yourself: Building Expressions with Microsoft Flow. The first part of the series, which is this post, is dedi…
Express Yourself: Logical Functions in Microsoft Flow
In this post, I will discuss all the Logical functions that can be used in Microsoft Flow. Function Description if This function returns a specified value based on whether the expression resulted i…
