Power Platform Dev Weekly #215
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Microsoft Build 2024 announcements are all about Copilots!!
Microsoft Copilot Studio: Building copilots with agent capabilities
Power Apps is making it easier for developers to build with Microsoft Copilot and each other
Bridge the gap between enterprise data and Microsoft Copilot
Other Microsoft feature releases and announcements
Copilot in Microsoft Fabric is now generally available in the Power BI experience
Announcing General Availability of environment groups and environment routing
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🥇 Cover Story
Power Pages: Shopping Cart Series – Part 1: Search / Server-side Operations
by Namasi Naveretnam
Look out for these interesting series from Namasi on implementing shopping carts in Power Pages.
💎 Model Driven Apps & Dataverse
Preferred solution in the Power Platform
by Pieter Veenstra
Recently Microsoft released the preferred solution feature in Power Apps and Power Automate. This blog from Pieter shows how the Preferred solution configuration works.
Model Driven App Advanced Settings – New look
by Thomas Sandsor
We all knew it was a matter of time before the old UI for Advanced Settings would be replaced, and soon we are one major step closer to being rid of everything old UI.
🌎 Power Pages
How to use multistep forms in Power pages
by Carl de Souza
Multistep Forms are a great way to capture information from Power Pages users. In this post, Carl gives a step-by-step on how to use multistep forms and some of the capabilities these forms have.
Adventures with Power Pages – Configure Column Display Names
by Matt Ruma
Matt's shares an easy way to change the Display Name for columns on a List in Power pages.
😎 Power Automate
The Hidden Multi Level Approval Feature in Power Automate
by Matthew Devaney
The Approvals connector does not include a standard action for sequential approvals. However, we can use the Invoke an HTTP Request action to create a multi level approval in a Power Automate flow. Read to know more.
Using Power Automate to manage Dataverse File/Image Column Types
by Andrew Ly
Microsoft Dataverse has several ways of managing file attachments, one of which is File or Image Column types. In this blog post Andrew shares how we can use Power Automate to overcome some of the challenges in creating automation that manages content stored within Dataverse File and Image Column Types.
🔨 Tools & Components
by Jonas Rapp
Check out some new features Jonas added in XrmToolBox’s Bulk Data Updater.
Dataverse REST Builder and the Hidden Gems
by Wilmer Alcivar
Learn how to create Dataverse Web API requests to call custom APIs or custom actions using the REST Builder plugin. Also, don’t forget Dataverse REST Builder works within VSCode via Dataverse DevTools extension.
👍 Everything else in Power Platform
Let's Talk About Power Platform Pipelines
by David Wyatt
Pipelines are kind of a big deal, they are key to IT lifecycles. Pipelines or automated deployments, have 2 main benefits:
Simplifying Deployments
Adding Governance & Compliance
So let's look at how it stacks up.
🎮 Other Interesting Articles
Adding a modern list to a Power Pages form - Carl de Souza
Environment settings behavior (Preview) feature in Model-driven Apps - Arun Potti
Effectively manage site security from the Power Platform Admin Center - Inogic
📢 Call for Speakers
A look at CFS closing soon
aMS Tunis 2024 - Tunisia - Closes 2024-05-24
Baltic Summit - Poland - Closes 2024-05-31
🎥 Videos
🔊 Podcasts
In this podcast episode, Carsten and Daniel discuss about how to navigate the decision tree of what copilot tool to use when building custom copilots, which will help you get greater ROI faster, and what teams are going to have to get involved when choosing the right tool!
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