Power Platform Weekly - Issue #2

Articles

Get structure and governance around Power Platform. Keep a user adoption mindset. Solution Architect Brian Illand describes how CoE fits in.

MVP EY Kalman gives an excellent summary of the Wave 2 2020 AI translation feature for Omnichannel. What is it and how do you set it up?

🦸🏻‍♀️ Send push notifications to start your app in Power Apps by Pieter Veenstra

🦸🏻‍♀️ Add Power BI embedded as System Dashboard in Model-Driven Apps by Manish Rawat

🦸🏻‍♀️ Omnichannel for Customer Service – reconnect with customers by Neil Parkhurst

🦸🏻‍♀️ Creating Actions Triggered by Satisfaction Metric Values in Customer Voice by Megan V. Walker

🦸🏻‍♀️ Dynamics 365 Project Operations: Billing methods on project tasks by Antti Pajunen

🦸🏻‍♀️ Add and remove users to a SharePoint site using Microsoft Lists and Power Automate by Norm Young

🦸🏻‍♀️ Escalating cases in D365 Customer Service by Dian Taylor

🦸🏻‍♀️ Task Completion reminder using Flow Bot in Microsoft Teams | Power Automate by Priyesh Wagh

🦸🏻‍♀️ Use Icons from Power Apps Unified Interface in Power BI by Ulrik Carlsson

🤵🏻 Talk to your Segment Builder by Jesper Osgaard

🦸🏻‍♀️ Sticky notes are dead: digital Kanban boards for Dynamics and Power Apps by Amey Holden

🦸🏻‍♀️ Getting Specific Files And IDs In SharePoint Using Power Automate by Josh Cook

🦸🏻‍♀️ Create Segments using Customer Insights and Execute with Dynamics 365 Marketing by Virendra Agrawal

I encountered an issue when trying to filter a a file by filename, that was in a SharePoint document library. When needing to get a specific SharePoint file ID. It can be troublesome to filter the Files. For example Using a 'Get files' action we can see that the properties of the file are encased inside {} meaning that SharePoint is using some calculation on the Document Library to create these fields.

Tools & Code

Since Dynamics CRM 2013 we’ve been able to create our own APIs within the XRM framework using the Custom Action process type. Recently Custom APIs appeared as an option in Maker Portal. Chief Technologist Mark Carrington has tried them out and shares his findings.

👩‍💻 Enable additional language in CDS with Azure DevOps Pipelines by Benedikt Bergmann

👩‍💻 Azure Function: Web Deploy cannot modify the file on the Destination because it is locked by an external process by Ajit Patra

👩‍💻 Azure Data Factory Data Flow vs SQL Stored Procedure Comparison by Priscilla Tse

Videos

Podcasts

MVP Megan V. Walker and MVP Lisa Crosbie remind us that there is change history chapter in the Release Notes. Other areas that are brought up are Dynamics 365 digital selling, community content & events.

Dynamics Angel Guru Mary Thompson tells her inspiring story. How she got into Community, the concept of using tech for good, being a light in the dark and much more.

Upcoming events

D365UG "Birmingham" is a virtual event and it is pointed out that since it is virtual they are inviting ALL Dynamics 365 fans. It includes a Pub Quiz!

This month’s Power BI Dev Camp topic is: Deep Dive into the Power BI JavaScript API. Learn how to become a pro when developing with the Power BI JavaScript API.

Mainly targeted for Office 365​ admins, end users, architects and devs that​ work with SharePoint, Office 365 and Azure technologies. Power Platform related sessions include Project Oakdale, Power Apps, Power Automate and Power Virtual Agents!

Out of the blue

🚀 Introducing Power Virtual Agents capabilities in the Center of Excellence (CoE) Starter Kit Power Virtual Agents Blog introduces PVA in CoE! This article contains a lot more information as well. A must read for everyone interested in Power Platform governance.

🦸🏻‍♀️ How data saves lives: Using the Power Platform to gain amazing insights | #LessCodeMorePower (VIDEO)

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