Power Platform Weekly - Issue #198
Welcome to Power Platform Weekly!
Last week the general availability of React and Fluent-based virtual code components was announced.
The Power Apps November feature update was highlighted. The on-premises data gateway November release was presented.
Have you tried out autonomous agents yet? Don’t miss the beginner tutorial in the video section!
Have a great week and thanks for reading!
📰 Articles
Overview of the Client APIs for Power Apps Grid
👩💻 Diana Birkelbach gives a very detailed overview of the Client APIs for Power Apps Grid. Read and ensure that you know how to control them.
PCF: Extended work with linking in Dataset PCF Components
👩💻 Andrew Butenko shows the possibly unsupported functions that exist inside PCFs that allows multi-level linking i datasets.
Display Countdown Timer Using Nifty Images In Customer Insights
🦸🏻♀️ Have you ever wanted to add a Countdown Timer to your marketing emails? Megan V. Walker shows how you can use an external service to do it.
Other articles
👩💻 Virtual PCFs with Fluent UI 9 after GA by Diana Birkelbach
🦸🏻♀️🛠️ Setting Autonumber Seed in a Managed Solution in Power Platform by Jonas Rapp
🦸🏻♀️👩💻 2024 October and November DC Chapter Meetings by Kylie Kiser
🦸🏻♀️ Data Logic Across Tables by Angeliki Patsiavou
🦸🏻♀️ Where is my jump bar in the view? by Jeroen Scheper
🦸🏻♀️ The New Era of Data Management: Introducing Multiple App Creation in Fabric Workspace by Snorre Glemmestad
🦸🏻♀️ Power Pages: a known table permissions issue which I did not know were known by Alex Shlega
🦸🏻♀️ Experimenting on LCS connected Power Platform Environments by Ted Ohlsson
📺 Videos
🎙️ Podcasts
Knee-Deep in Tech Podcast
🧭 In this first of a two-part series on Microsoft Ignite, the trio talk news and experiences from Microsoft Ignite 2024 in Chicago!
Amazing Applications Podcast
👩💻 You'll learn about Maarten's controversial stance: in startups and scale-ups with fewer organizational impediments, having a scrum master might be unnecessary overhead. Instead, Martin suggests that with a deep understanding of scrum, your team could self-manage effectively.
It's not a one-size-fits-all solution for all Power Platform teams. But it does highlight the importance of being open to new practices and continuous experimentation in agile development.
Low Code Approach Podcast
🤵🏻 With Microsoft Power Platform, there is strength in numbers. To get the most out of Power Platform, organizations need to build a community of champions, educators, and innovators. But how do you do this and where do you start? Uday Adhikari, Microsoft MVP, drops by the podcast to discuss his experiences and how to grow a successful Power Platform community in your organization.
📅 Events & Webinars
Cloud Technology Townhall Tallinn 2025
(📅 January 30-31, 2025)
Cloud Technology Townhall Tallinn 2025, set for January 30-31, will bring together top experts to share updates on Microsoft Cloud technology, including AI, machine learning, and scalable infrastructure.
Update Days: Power Platform
(📅 February 4-5, 2025)
Update Days is a conference for professional developers building enterprise grade solutions. It will be hosted in Prague, Czech Republic on the 4th and 5th of February 2025!
ColorCloud Hamburg 2025
(📅 April 24, 2025)
ColorCloud is back in 2025! After the highly successful first edition, the new edition is happening in April 2025. Again, it will be a great event for everyone who likes Power Platform, Dynamics 365, Azure & Power BI.
European Collaboration Summit, European AI and Cloud Summit & European BizApps Summit 2025
(📅 May 26-28, 2025)
With 3000 attendees, the European Collaboration Summit, European AI and Cloud Summit & European BizApps Summit 2025 are uniting forces to become a big, shared conference in Düsseldorf, Germany. New this year is the European BizApps Summit with a focus on Power Platform, Fabric and Dataverse.
DynamicsMinds 2025
(📅 May 26-28, 2025)
An awesome Dynamics 365 and Power Platform Community Conference. Where brilliant minds meet, mingle & share.
💙 Out of the Blue
React and Fluent based virtual code components are now generally available
👩💻🚀 Hemant Gaur announced the general availability for react and fluent based virtual code components in PCF! This means you can now safely use them in production. Make sure to rebuild your components with the newest version of Power Platform CLI to ensure you got the latest bits!
What’s new in Power Apps: November 2024 Feature Update
🤵🏻🦸🏻♀️🧭👩💻🚀 A lot of great recent updates summarized by Clay Wesener! Make sure to read up on all the updates and don’t miss the Power Apps Pulse video from the one and only April Dunnam!
On-premises data gateway November 2024 release
👩💻🚀 Normally the on-premises data gateway doesn’t include a lot of release notes, but this month it changed! New updates are: Fabric Pipeline Integration in On-premises Data Gateway is now generally available, and there are a couple of bug fixes! Thanks to Nikki Waghani for the blog!
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