Power Platform Weekly - Issue #184
Welcome to Power Platform Weekly!
Last week was a bit more silent than usual when it comes to the Out of the Blue news. Enjoy the list of articles, videos and podcasts from the community. Make sure to check if there is any event nearby your place.
The week did bring a new challenge, Challenge 031 | Failed Flow Runs. Miguel Verweij shares his findings from this Summer, when he built something to easily monitor failed flow runs, and improved his Power BI skills in that process.
Have a great week and thanks for reading!
📰 Articles
Use Work Assignment to automate assignments
🦸🏻♀️🤵🏻 Jeroen Scheper gives an in-depth presentation of the Work Assignment feature added in Wave 2 2024. This feature allows you to automate the process of leads and opportunities assignments based on different criteria.
Power Apps Performance Optimisation: The ULTIMATE Guide
🦸🏻♀️ Your Power App looks amazing, great! But if it’s dog slow and not very performant, you’ll struggle with long-term adoption and users will get frustrated. In this article, Craig White goes over his recommended practices to ensure a smooth and efficient experience for users.
Receive notifications in Power Apps from Azure Synapse Link for Dataverse
🦸🏻♀️ Mónica Andrea Pérez has written how to receive notifications when Azure Synapse Link state records are created. We are sure there are more situations, where record creation/update should lead to a notification. Read her blog to find out how to implement this.
Other articles
🦸🏻♀️ Dynamics 365 Contact Center – Audio Files in IVR by Neil Parkhurst
🦸🏻♀️ Enhanced Grouping and Aggregation Features in Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM for Views and Subgrids by Inogic
🦸🏻♀️ Power Automate Approval History For SharePoint Files & Items by Matthew Devaney
🛠️ SQL 4 CDS v9.3 Released by Mark Carrington
🦸🏻♀️ 2024 Release Wave 2 for Dynamics 365 Contact Center by Sharon Smith
🦸🏻♀️ How to be a White Hat Hacker in Power Automate by David Wyatt
🦸🏻♀️ Working with Polymorphic Lookup (multi-table column) in Power Apps: AsType and IsType Functions Explained by Debajit Dutta
🦸🏻♀️ Position Hierarchy Model: Another Way Forward by Nati Turtledove
🦸🏻♀️ Power Pages Sentence Casing by Angeliki Patsiavou
📺 Videos
🎙️ Podcasts
Awkward Silence Podcast
🧭 In this episode, join Ashley and Ed as they discuss advanced CRM marketing features beyond Microsoft's Copilot. We dive into email management tools, including personalization options and GDPR compliance, and touch upon upcoming exciting innovations to enhance marketing strategies. We also provide insights into how behavioral data can be leveraged for targeted marketing and the importance of data cleanliness. Along the way, we explore the potential integration challenges between marketing and sales teams, making this episode a must-watch for marketing professionals looking to stay ahead of the curve.
Microsoft Community Insights Podcast
👩💻 Unlock the secrets to mastering Microsoft Power Platform with Keith Atherton, a Power Platform Solution Architect at ANS Group and a Microsoft MVP. Keith's journey from a seasoned .NET developer to a Power Platform guru showcases the transformation possible by leveraging tools like Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Pages, and Copilot Studio. Gain insights into how these robust tools offer intuitive solutions for both technical and non-technical users, simplifying the development of business applications.
Low-Code Approach Podcast
🚀 Get ready to elevate your AI game! Your AI experience is only as good as your data, and with Microsoft Dataverse, it gets a whole lot better! What do we mean by ‘a whole lot better’? We’ve got Robert Bruckner, CTO and VP of Microsoft Dataverse, here to break it all down. If you’re eager to supercharge your organization’s success with generative AI, this is the episode you can’t miss!
📅 Events & Webinars
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.
Directions EMEA 2024
(📅 November 6-8, 2024)
Directions EMEA is the "Go To" place where Dynamics partners share the future. It's the preferred global community for collaborating and learning from Microsoft, MVPs, and ISVs.
Ignite 2024
(📅 November 19-22, 2024)
Ignite returns to Chicago! The first edition of Ignite was in Chicago and now the first edition after COVID that’s not in Seattle is there as well! This hybrid event is one of the flagship events from Microsoft and promises to bring the latest updates!
Low Code No Code Microsoft Power Platform Conference 2024
(📅 November 9, 2024)
Don’t miss this 24-hour event in November - there are keynotes, live demos, workshops and more! This conference is aimed at developers, IT pros, business analysts, citizen developers, CTOs, and technology leaders. There is content for everyone!
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
Use Copilot to filter to quickly filter, sort, and search canvas app galleries with SharePoint lists
🦸🏻♀️👩💻🚀 Power Apps users can now leverage Copilot to effortlessly filter, sort, and search gallery items using natural language queries in canvas web apps linked with SharePoint. This powerful update, available after version 7.4, enhances productivity and saves development time, making it a must-read for efficient app management.
Elevating Efficiency: How Microsoft Customer Experience & Success streamlines operations with process mining in Power Automate
🤵🏻🦸🏻♀️🧭👩💻🚀 Discover how Microsoft's Customer Experience & Success (CE&S) team streamlined their Just in Time (JIT) security process using process mining in Power Automate, significantly reducing bottlenecks and saving thousands of hours in approval requests. Learn how easy-to-use tools and insightful data can optimize operations without compromising security.
We are deprecating earlier versions of Visual Studio for Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations development
👩💻🚀 Microsoft announces the deprecation of older Visual Studio versions for Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, consolidating development support exclusively on Visual Studio 2022 to harness its 64-bit capabilities and streamline updates. Discover the benefits of upgrading and learn how this change aims to enhance your development experience, ensuring better performance and seamless transitions.
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