Power Platform Weekly - Issue #185
Welcome to Power Platform Weekly!
Last week the Power Apps August 2024 Feature Update was presented. The August 2024 update of Power Automate for desktop was highlighted.
There are lots of helpful tools from the community and the tool creators continuously add new features. If you are not using XrmToolBox yet, you should try it out. 🛠️
Last week FetchXML Builder got a new feature well worth the wait. Build your queries, run to see your Dataverse data then Export to Excel. Read more about the FXB Release 1.2024.9.
Have a great week and thanks for reading!
📰 Articles
Power Pages: Upload large files – work in progress
👩💻 Olena Grischenko needed to enable portal users to upload large video files. It’s required for incident investigations. As we all know, the large file upload was one of the top asked features. Read here how to use it.
MDA: Fixing Add Existing Button in Associated GridView
👩💻 Have you ever wondered why we can’t change the default view when clicking Add Existing in the Subgrid area in Model Driven Apps? Fear not as Temmy Wahyu Raharjo has implemented the JavaScript that fixes it.
Automated Testing with Power Platform Pipelines: A Step-by-Step Guide
🦸🏻♀️ As automated testing is not natively available with Power Platform pipelines, Suparna Banerjee explored ways to extend the pipeline to include this capability. Read more on how to add a human in the loop to enable automated testing.
Other articles
👩💻 Power Apps and Yaml by David Wyatt
🦸🏻♀️ Power Pages: Use a custom Rich Text Files table to store images by Michel Mendes
🦸🏻♀️ Power Automate Approval Reminder Summary Email by Matthew Devaney
🦸🏻♀️ Power apps: Human Resources for leave and absence in Dynamics 365 by Mónica Andrea Pérez
🦸🏻♀️ Microsoft Group (Shared) Forms – Emailing the Form’s File Attachments by Ellis Karim
📺 Videos
🎙️ Podcasts
MSDW Podcast
🧭 Running better events means making them accessible to more people, and our guest on this episode, Microsoft MVP and HR expert Ana Inés Urrutia, joins us in the Biz Apps Classroom to discuss how conferences can do more to be inclusive by design. Both Ana Inés and BAC co-host Julie Yack will be participating in Scottish Summit 2024 in October, and they share some of ways that event's organizers have been improving both inclusivity and accessibility.
Journey to D365 Podcast
🧭 In this week's episode, I speak with Adam Mansfield about how to negotiate D365 Cloud subscriptions and also how to navigate some of the tricky pricing options they have. If your organization is in the middle of the procurement process for a D365 implementation, you’ll definitely want to stick around for this one!
Dynamics Corner Podcast
👩💻 In this episode, Bert Verbeek speaks with Brad and Kris about Microsoft Fabric: what it is, how to use it, and how it integrates with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. The conversation also clarifies what we do with the Great Lakes—Data Lake and One Lake. They discuss how Microsoft Fabric is a powerful tool for businesses to leverage their data and make informed decisions.
📅 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
Announcing TMDL support for the ALM Toolkit
🦸🏻♀️👩💻🚀 In this blog by Sid Vermuri, TMDL support for the ALM Toolkit is announced. TMDL stands for Tabular Model Definition Language and allows you to view semantic model metadata in a human-readable, YAML-like syntax and supports scenarios where data professionals need to make incremental changes to models, collaborate with others, Fabric Git integration, and Power BI Desktop projects.
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