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2020 Release Wave 1 – random picks

Looking at the 2020 Release Wave 1 features, it’s kind of hard to figure out which ones will be more useful. Somehow, all of those I’ve read through so far seem to have the potential to strike a chord with those working with Power Platform / Dynamics 365, so it’s going to be a very… Read More »

Category: Dynamics 365 Power Automate Power Platform Tags: Dynamics, Power Platform, PowerAutomate

Lookup filtering with connection roles

Here is what I wanted to set up today: There is a custom SkillSet entity that has an “Advisor” field. That field is a lookup to the out-of-the-box contact entity. However, unlike with a regular lookup, I want that “Advisor” field to only display contacts which are connected to the current skillset through the “Expert”… Read More »

Category: Dynamics 365 Power Platform PowerApps Tags: Dynamics, Power Platform, PowerApps

Power Platform Admin vs Dynamics 365 Admin

If you’ve been using Dynamics 365 Admin role to delegate Dynamics/Power Platform admin permissions to certain users, you might want to have a look at the Power Platform Admin role, too, since it may work better in some cases. The main difference between those two roles is that you may need to add Dynamics 365… Read More »

Category: Dynamics 365 Power Platform Tags: Dynamics, Power Platform

Reactivating a classic workflow that’s part of a managed solution

Managed solutions are recommended for production, and we’ve been using them lately without much troubles, but, occasionally, something does come up. One of the solutions had a workflow which required reference data. So it should not have been included into that solution to start with, but, since it was, it could not be activated. We’ve… Read More »

Category: Power Platform PowerApps Tags: Power Platform, PowerApps

Word Templates and default printer

Have you ever used a Word Template in Power Apps? If you have not, have a look at this documentation page. For the model-driven apps, it’s one of the easiest ways to quickly create standardized word documents for your entities. Although, Word templates do come with some limitations – I won’t go into the details… Read More »

Category: Power Platform PowerApps Tags: Power Platform, PowerApps

Power Platform Dataflows vs … Taking a cruise to see Microsoft cloud ETL/ELT capabilities

Sometimes I think that Microsoft Cloud is not quite a cloud – it’s, actually, more like an ocean (which is, probably, similar to how things are with other “clouds” to be fair). As an on-premise consultant, I did not use to appreciate the depth of Microsoft cloud at all. As a Power Platform consultant, I… Read More »

Category: Power Platform Tags: Power Platform

Power Platform dataflows

Have you tried Power Platform dataflows yet? I would not be too surprised if you have not – I had not tried them until this weekend either. Might not have completely figured them out yet, but here is a quick rundown so far. Basically, a data flow is a ETL process that takes data from… Read More »

Category: Dataflows Power Platform Tags: Dataflows, Power Platform

Compose action, dynamic content, and data conversions

Earlier today, a colleague of mine who tends to spend his days developing Power Automate Flows lately showed me something that seemed confusing at first. Now having dug into it a bit more I think it makes sense, but let’s see what you think. Here is a Flow where I have an HTTP Trigger, a… Read More »

Category: Flow Power Automate Power Platform Tags: Flow, Power Platform

Power App Portals, Azure AD B2C, and external identities

Before you read this post, let me suggest two earlier posts first, since they are all part of the same series: OAuth, Implicit Flow, and Authorization Code Flow Power App Portals and Azure AD B2C Power App Portals have identity management functionality available out of the box. What it means is that the portals can… Read More »

Category: Portals Power Platform PowerApps Tags: Portals, Power Platform, PowerApps

Power App Portals and Azure AD B2C

The whole reason I started to look into the details of OAuth in the previous post is that I really wanted to see how to set up external identity providers for the portals. There are some great blog posts out there which are describing the process in a step-by-step kind of way with all the… Read More »

Category: Portals Power Platform Tags: Portals, Power Platform
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