Power Platform Dev Weekly #220

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Jun 26, 2024

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Microsoft is celebrating a year of innovation with the launch of the "Power Platform Templates Cookbook Challenge." Running throughout June 2024, this initiative invites users to contribute templates, fostering community collaboration. Participants can win weekly prizes and a grand prize of tickets to the 2024 Power Platform Conference. The challenge aims to showcase the efficiency and productivity benefits of Power Platform templates featuring Microsoft Copilot. For more details, visit the announcement blog post.

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🥇 Cover Story

Trigger a Power Automate Flow from a Custom Button in Dynamics 365 or Dataverse

by Amey Holden

In this week’s cover story, Amey explains how to trigger a Power Automate flow from a custom button within Dynamics 365 or model-driven app in a nicer approach. This detailed blog post guides you through the creation of a Custom Page, launching it when a custom button is pressed within a model-driven app, and subsequently triggering a cloud flow which responses values back to the custom page.

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💎 Model Driven Apps & Dataverse

Applying Modern themes to the Modern Refreshed look (app header)– Model-driven App / Dynamics 365
by Nishant Rana
Nishant’s post covers steps to customize the app header with modern themes, leveraging the capabilities of the refreshed user interface introduced by Microsoft (where the classic themes no longer work).

🏋️‍♂️ Canvas Apps

Copy a record and save as new using an Edit Form and Gallery
by Amik
The blog post on the Power Apps Community site by Amik explains how to copy a record and save it as new using an Edit Form and Gallery in Power Apps.

🌎 Power Pages

Custom Document Validation using AI Builder within Power Pages
by Inogic
In this blog post, you can learn how to use AI Builder within Power Pages to create custom document validation processes, enhancing accuracy and efficiency in data handling for businesses by automating the verification of document contents against predefined criteria.

Power Pages: Multiselect Load Event
by Engineering Code
King of Pages, Nicholas Hayduk highlights an impressive way of editing the values of a multiselect field in Power Pages

🤖 Copilot

Copilot Studio – New Style Voice BOTs
by Neil Parkhurst
Neil discusses the introduction of new-style voice bots using Copilot Studio, highlighting their enhanced capabilities and user interaction improvements.

😎 Power Automate

Exploring Access Management using Power Automate Flows in Dynamics 365
by Inogic
This blog post delves into how to leverage Power Automate cloud flows to notify the user when Access is Granted/Modified/Revoked for a record in Dataverse.

Easiest Power Automate Sequential Approval Flow Pattern
by Matthew Devaney
This blog post delves into how to leverage Power Automate cloud flows to notify the user when Access is Granted/Modified/Revoked for a record in Dataverse.