If you read UpGuard report on PowerApps Portals security which came out a few days ago, you might start panicking, and, I’d say, rightfully so: https://www.upguard.com/breaches/power-apps Danish has already covered the technical side in his blog post, so there is no need to discuss the technicalities here. But, then, on the high level, what did… Read More »
I’ve been hunting a missing dependency in my solution for almost two days. You’d think that should have been piece of cake – just go to the solution, and missing component, and that’s all you need to do. But, then, is it that simple? Here is the story of one elusive relationship (all table names… Read More »
As of Aug 18 2021, Internet Explorer is not supported by Microsoft 365 apps and services, Microsoft Dynamics 365, and Microsoft Power Platform. So, even if, somehow, it’s still there due to the corporate polices, it’s probably the last time I see a web page in the Internet Explorer: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-ca/lifecycle/announcements/internet-explorer-11-support-end-dates From here on, there is… Read More »
There seems to be new mapping behavior in my environment as of this morning – it could be a feature, but it could also be a bug. But it’s something to be aware of. Notice how, when creating a new record to populate a lookup, I’m getting one of the fields (“Feature Book”) populated automatically:… Read More »
With the performance insights feature available in preview now, I was wondering what is it I could possibly learn about one of my applications? For the most part, what I found there is not, necessarily, actionable. There are a few informational messages, and there are a few warnings; however, there is one insight that I… Read More »
I keep saying there is just no way to know everything about Power Platform these days. Below is a a year-old news, and I just ran into it out of a sudden while trying Power FX buttons (which I am still trying). Somehow, a new item showed up on the menu which I am pretty… Read More »
“Now everyone can quickly build and share low-code apps with Microsoft Power Apps” – this is the slogan you see when you open https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/ This is how Microsoft sees Power Apps, and, in the bigger schema, this is what Power Platform is all about – democratizing development by providing the tools everyone can use. With… Read More »
There are polymorphic lookups now, but what’s the big deal? Well, I don’t have to go far to find an example of where it might be helpful. Here is a screenshot from the actual model-driven form on one of the projects I’ve been working on: There are 3 different lookups on that screen, yet only… Read More »
With the recent announcement, one thing is clear: Power Apps licensing has never been cheaper. With no licence minimums or other purchase requirements, pretty much any organization should be able to start using Power Apps now: Although, as it usually is with licensing, there is a fly in the ointment. Those changes are coming into… Read More »
It’s been great attending Ali Youssefi’s EasyRepro workshop this week (and it’s also been great to be invited into those workshops by the client to start with). That’s a nice workshop which will get you through the basics of Easy Repro (and some of the related things you may need to keep in mind) –… Read More »