Power Platform Weekly - Issue #178
Welcome to Power Platform Weekly!
Last week the Power Apps May 2024 Feature Update was presented.
The General Availability of Copilot for Power BI was announced.
A new Dynamics 365 App for Outlook to Copilot for Sales transition playbook was shared by the FastTrack team.
The General Availability of the Unified Development Environment (F&O + Dataverse) was announced.
Dynamics 365 Contact Center – a Copilot-first cloud contact center was announced.
The Microsoft Power Platform templates Cookbook Challenge was announced.
Have a great week and thanks for reading!
📰 Articles
Convert Choice Values and Labels in Power Automate
🦸🏻♀️ Amey Holden shares how you can create a very helpful child flow that will help you convert Choice or Choices column values from Label to Value and also Value to label for any table or column in Dataverse. Call that child flow from any other flow when a conversion is needed.
Copilot – Create Knowledge Articles From Resolved Cases
🦸🏻♀️ There is a new feature in Dynamics 365 Customer Service that will aid the creation of knowledge articles, agents can now use copilot to generate a suggested knowledge article based on the case content. Neil Parkhurst explains how this new feature operates.
Extend D365 Customer Service Copilot with prompt plugins (preview)
🦸🏻♀️ Dian Taylor shows us how to create prompt plugins and turn them on in Dynamics 365 Customer Service. The specific use case? Dian wanted agents to be able to ask Copilot to show all cases related to a specific product. She wanted Copilot to show the list of cases with a link to each case so the agent can open and review the case if needed.
Other articles
🦸🏻♀️ Insightful AI Builder Consumption Report or not? by Jeroen Scheper
🦸🏻♀️ Use modern themes with custom logo in model-driven apps by Tuomas Anto
🦸🏻♀️ A completely hidden navbar relationship? Where did that come from? by Alex Shlega
👩💻 Infrastructure as code for Power Platform, a light at the end of the tunnel? by Raphaël Pothin
🦸🏻♀️ Reassign An Approval In Power Automate by Matthew Devaney
👩💻 Creating Model Driven Apps Side Panels like a boss by Andrew Butenko
🦸🏻♀️ Automating D365 Customer Voice responses deletion by Ramon Tebar
🦸🏻♀️ Solving ‘exceeded the maximum size’ when working with images in Power Automate by Calvin Fernandes
🛠️🦸🏻♀️👩💻 Scary, dangerous, creepy tools by Jonas Rapp
📺 Videos
🎙️ Podcasts
Nordic Summit Podcast
🤵🏻 In this episode of the Nordic Summit Podcast, we are talking to Sara Lagerquist who is one of the contributor of the Nordic Summit organization team (you could even say the main for Nordic Summit 2023). We talked about the idea behind it and how it has gone so far. For Nordic Summit 2024, Sara is responsible for the Nordic Summit Mentor program.
A Shot of Business Central and a Beer Podcast
👩💻 In this episode, we’re diving into the latest Business Central news and exploring multi-company functionality. Plus, we’ve got sizzling updates on Microsoft AI chips that you won’t want to miss. So, grab your beer mugs, and let’s take a ride through the world of Business Central!
Femme Forward Podcast
🧭 Stepping outside of Power Platform for some valuable insights on reshaping the industry. In this episode, we delve into the world of transformation with Beatrice Galet, former CFO Transformation Project Manager at Pandora and current Retail Excellence Manager. In this episode, Beatrice shares her journey from traditional finance to leading transformation projects and offers valuable insights on navigating complex workplace dynamics. Tune in to discover strategies for success in the digital age and learn from the experiences of pioneering women leaders. Subscribe to the BrainFruits podcast to forward yourself! "Femme Forward: Forwarding females to shape the future"
📅 Events & Webinars
European Power Platform Conference 2024
(📅 June 11-13, 2024)
The 3rd European Power Platform Conference (EPPC) will take place in Brussels, Belgium, June 11-13, 2024 at Square. The European Power Platform Conference brings together the Microsoft Power Platform Community for 3 invaluable days of in-person learning, connections and inspiration.
Baltic Summit 2024
(📅 September 13-14, 2024)
Baltic Summit is a remarkable event organized by the vibrant community of Microsoft enthusiasts, with a special focus on Microsoft Power Platform and Microsoft Business Applications.
Microsoft Power Platform Conference 2024
(📅 September 18-20, 2024)
Be inspired by Microsoft senior thought leaders, the product experts, and engineers behind the Power Platform. You’ll also learn from Microsoft MVPs who are dedicated to bridging the gap between humanity and technology. MPPC is the perfect place to connect with folks from around the world who are eager to share their insights and knowledge on how the Power Platform & Dynamics 365 can transform your business.
Nordic Summit 2024
(📅 September 28, 2024)
The Nordic Summit is the biggest and only in-person conference in the Nordics focused exclusively on Microsoft’s Power Platform and Dynamics 365. This year the Nordic Summit is coming to the beautiful capital of Norway… Oslo!
Bizz Summit ES 2024
(📅 October 4-5, 2024)
Bizz Summit ES is here! The international reference event on Microsoft Business Solutions in Spain. Happening in Madrid, Spain early October!
Community Summit NA 2024
(📅 October 13-17, 2024)
Community Summit North America is going to San Antonio, TX! From October 13th to 17th, you can learn all about GP / Dynamics 365 / Power Platform & AI.
Scottish Summit 2024
(📅 October 18-19, 2024)
Scottish Summit 2024 is coming to you from P&J Live, Aberdeen's state-of-the-art event complex. This is going to be the biggest Scottish Summit to date, spanning 3 days. The Scottish Summit 2024 is gearing up to be the Fall spotlight of the Microsoft community calendar! It will have an exhilarating three days packed with over 100 sessions, workshops, and panel discussions that will leave you briming with knowledge and inspiration.
ESPC 2024
(📅 December 2-5, 2024)
ESPC 2024 is coming to Stockholm, Sweden this year. Learn all about Microsoft 365, Azure and Power Platform at this great 3-day conference with over 100 speakers!
💙 Out of the Blue
Develop a tenant environment strategy to adopt Power Platform at scale
🦸🏻♀️👩💻🚀 Discover in this blog by Robert Standefer how to effectively manage and optimize your Power Platform environments with Microsoft's latest white paper: "Develop a tenant environment strategy to adopt Power Platform at scale." Gain actionable insights and best practices to ensure security, maximize efficiency, and scale your Power Platform investments for enterprise success.
May 2024 update of Power Automate for desktop
🤵🏻🦸🏻♀️👩💻🚀 The May 2024 update of Power Automate for desktop, announced by Yiannis Mavridis, brings the exciting addition of the Microsoft Dataverse connector, empowering users with a suite of actions to streamline their workflows directly within desktop flows. Dive into the update to harness these powerful new features and transform your automation processes effortlessly!
The general availability of Copilot for Power BI is rolling out starting today
🤵🏻🦸🏻♀️🧭👩💻🚀 Lada Hill announces the general availability of Copilot for Power BI, which is now rolling out, enabling users to leverage conversational language to create insightful and visually stunning report pages effortlessly. With features like data summarization and the ability to answer detailed questions about visualized data, exploring Power BI has never been more intuitive and powerful—making this blog a must-read for transforming your data analysis experience.
What’s new: Power Apps May 2024 Feature Update
🤵🏻🦸🏻♀️🧭👩💻🚀 In the Power Apps May 2024 Feature Update, Clay Wesener introduces groundbreaking enhancements, from cross-tenant license recognition to advanced environment management tools, empowering administrators, makers, and users to optimize their Power Platform experience. Dive into the detailed updates to explore how these innovative features can streamline productivity and bolster security across your digital ecosystem.
Celebrating a year of innovation: Announcing the Microsoft Power Platform templates Cookbook Challenge
🤵🏻🦸🏻♀️🧭👩💻🚀 In response to increasing application demand and limited developer resources, Microsoft Power Platform offers low-code tools and enterprise templates that accelerate app development and boost productivity. In this blog, Nikesh Parekh asks for you to participate in the Microsoft Power Platform Cookbook Challenge to contribute your innovative solutions and win exciting prizes, including a pass to the 2024 Power Platform Community Conference in Las Vegas.
Introducing the new environment and site level views for the Power Pages licensing dashboard (Preview)
🦸🏻♀️👩💻🚀 Earlier, in November 2023, Microsoft unveiled a comprehensive licensing dashboard and an enhanced capacity management experience for Power Pages. The latest update, written by Petri Simolin, introduces environment and site level views, offering administrators detailed insights into capacity consumption, making it easier to manage and optimize resource usage.
The Unified Development Environment is GA!
🦸🏻♀️👩💻🚀 Peter Villadsen announces the newly available Unified Development Environment (UDE) revolutionizes app development for Finance and Operations by integrating Microsoft Dataverse and Power Platform into a seamless, single sign-on experience, replacing the complex and burdensome LCS setup. Enjoy simplified development processes, automated integrations, and enhanced CI/CD capabilities, all while ensuring top-tier security and compliance managed by Microsoft.
Ask Copilot questions against your semantic model (Preview)
🤵🏻🦸🏻♀️🧭👩💻🚀 Rien Hu writes that Copilot now enables you to query your entire semantic model for insightful data visualizations, making complex data analysis as simple as having a conversation. Discover how to seamlessly integrate these visual answers into your reports and improve data-driven decision-making.
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