Power Platform Weekly - Issue #152
Welcome to Power Platform Weekly!
Last week the General Availability for model-driven apps offline for maker was announced.
Another GA announcement was Cards for Power Apps – Power Automate Connector.
The November 2023 update of Power Automate for desktop was presented.
The Power Platform Advisor was introduced.
Have a great week and thanks for reading!
📰 Articles
What Not to do in Power Automate
🦸🏻♀️ There are loads of great blogs sharing what to do to be a great Power Automate developer. But that made David Wyatt think, he has never seen any on what not to do, so here are his top 10 things not to do in Power Automate.
Modern Controls and themes within the Canvas App
🦸🏻♀️ Recently, Microsoft has released modern controls and themes that improve the unified interface for forms built with Canvas Apps. This provides users with a more efficient and streamlined experience, and Inogic is giving the tour.
Improve Solution import time
🦸🏻♀️👩💻 Microsoft is investing a lot in advancements in the overall Application Lifecycle Management process and capabilities. One area they already made a lot of improvements is the Solution import time. In this blog post, Benedikt Bergmann discuss how this improved solution import time can be achieved.
Other articles
🦸🏻♀️ Power Automate Cloud Flows designer using Copilot | Now in GA by Priyesh Wagh
🦸🏻♀️🤵🏻 What are sequences and how does it differ from Business Process Flow? by Jakob Örneberg
🦸🏻♀️ Personalised Thank You Pages For Realtime Marketing by Megan V. Walker
🦸🏻♀️ Disable Collapsible Groups In D365 Model-Driven Apps by Megan V. Walker
🦸🏻♀️ Write an email (Copilot) in Dynamics 365 Customer Service by Nishant Rana
🦸🏻♀️ So I got the web site running, there are requests there… how do I get them on my phone? by Alex Shlega
🦸🏻♀️ Modify Microsoft Entra ID Connector (Standard) to meet your security requirements by Olena Grischenko
🦸🏻♀️ Extract Invoice Details With Power Automate And AI Builder by Matthew Devaney
🦸🏻♀️ Omnichannel for Customer Service – Languages by Neil Parkhurst
👩💻 Learning Dataverse Offline Mode (Canvas Apps) and Implement Concurrency by Temmy Wahyu Raharjo
🛠️👩💻 SQL 4 CDS V8 Released by Mark Carrington
🛠️🦸🏻♀️👩💻 Plugin Tracer Viewer for XrmToolBox version 1.2023.11.3 is now available! (LinkedIn post) by Jonas Rapp
📺 Videos
🎙️ Podcasts
Ctrl+Alt+Azure Podcast
👩💻 Microsoft is pushing into chip manufacturing, and we heard about new chips like Azure Maia and Azure Cobalt. There's also the Azure AI Studio, all the new and updated Microsoft Copilots, the updated Microsoft Cybersecurity Reference Architecture (MCRA), Microsoft Cloud PKI, The Windows App, and more. Tobias asks Jussi an unexpected question about being turned into a cat.
Microsoft Mechanics Podcast
🧭 Access quality data, wherever it resides, with Microsoft Fabric, our next-generation managed data and analytics service. Make data accessible across your entire data estate, without having to integrate different sources or work across multiple toolsets. Check out new data mirroring capabilities and AI-powered Copilot experiences, from building data pipelines to creating predictive models and generating Power BI reports.
Microsoft Intrazone Podcast
👩💻 Never take the shortcut to learning, take the Huneycutt! On today's episode, we talk with Andy Huneycutt from Upskill Tech about his use and best practices across two areas: AI and Automation; namely his use and experiences with Power Automate and Copilot We delve into his expertise across both, plus benefits from his tinkerings with generative AI – based on practical use working on a children's book full of AI-generated story and characters.
📅 Events & Webinars
European SharePoint, Office 365, and Azure Conference
(📅 November 27-30)
ESPC helps IT Pros, Developers, Makers & Business Decision Makers achieve project and career success with leading Microsoft technologies.
Cloud Technology Townhall Tallinn 2024
(📅 February 1-2, 2024)
CTTT is a Microsoft Cloud Community event with the purpose of bringing technology and community leaders to Tallinn to share their learning with the local community
Microsoft 365 Community Day Miami
(📅 February 2, 2024)
Get ready to be inspired and learn at the Microsoft 365 Community Day Miami! This event is all about unlocking the full potential of Microsoft 365, the Power Platform, and Artificial Intelligence. Whether you’re a tech enthusiast, a business owner, or just curious about the latest advancements in technology, this event is for you.
💙 Out of the Blue
Cards for Power Apps – Power Automate Connector is Generally Available
🦸🏻♀️👩💻🚀 The Cards for Power Apps connector is now GA! In this blog, Marina Kolomiets shows how you can use this useful connector in an example flow! Make sure to read on to learn more!
Introducing Power Platform Advisor
🚀 In this blog by Sid Gundavarapu, Power Platform Advisor got introduced. Power Platform Advisor will give you insights and inline actions to optimize your Power Platform tenant! Read the blog to learn more about it!
Introducing the licensing dashboard and new capacity management experience for Power Pages (Preview)
🚀 Dileep Singh announced a new licensing & capacity management experience for Power Pages. This will provide admins with more insights into what’s going on in their tenant.
November 2023 update of Power Automate for desktop
🦸🏻♀️👩💻🚀 BIG news from the Power Automate for desktop side! Yiannis Mavridis announces the introduction of Copilot in Power Automate for desktop in this blog about the November 2023 update!
Announcing General Availability for model-driven apps offline for maker
🦸🏻♀️🚀 Another GA announcement this week! Tristan Dehove announced the GA for model-driven apps offline! Learn more about this functionality and read this blog!
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