Power Platform Dev Weekly #262
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🥇 Cover Story
Copilot’s new form fill assist toolbar
by Jeroen Scheper
It’s always fun to see a new feature you didn’t realise existed before although with the speed that new features come out, that’s happening more and more! This is a fun preview by Jeroen who takes some time to talk about the latest iteration of Smart Paste - allowing files to be uploaded and auto populate a model driven app form. If this works properly, what a fantastic tool in the kit this will be.
💎 Model Driven Apps & Dataverse
Beware of Unmanaged Layers in Managed Solutions!
by Chris Harper
Seeing blog posts like this popping up show in the feed is always a good time to remind yourself of solution layering. In this industry and the practices we have to take, any reminders and opinions on solution layering are always good to take on board - thanks for your input Chris!
🏋️♂️ Canvas Apps
The magic of pfx-default-value for PCF – with example on how to provide colors
by Diana Birkelbach
Following on from her previous blog about using default values for PCF control properties, Diana shows how to make sure your custom controls use appropriate theme colors by default. Make your controls easier to use and automatically respond to theme changes!
🌎 Power Pages
Power Pages conditions handling
by Alex Shlega
It’s always fun when a blog post is more code than it is explanation! Alex talks about his liquid work and how it handles different condition scenarios. A great resource!
😎 Power Automate
How To Add Copilot Studio Knowledge Files Using Power Automate
by Matthew Devaney
Increase the size of the files that an agent can read, massively improving it’s performance. Lots of great content here!
Power Automate - How to Change Connection Owners
by David Wyatt
Fun ALM challenges with connections and owners. Here David takes some inspiration from Matt Collins-Jones and expands on his own way of solving this issue.
Enterprise Approval Workflows: Choosing the Right Tool for Maximum Efficiency
by Carsten Groth
Power Automate Approvals and Agent Flows cover a lot of the same ground, so picking the right one for each scenario can be confusing. Carsten breaks down the strengths and weaknesses of each one to help you choose which one is best for you.
🤖 Copilot
Deploy Copilot for Sales in your organization
by Priyesh Wagh
Not really a developer post this time, but still a really helpful guide to anyone getting started with Copilot for Sales to make sure you get all the moving parts coming together.
Revamping Your Power Platform Environment Strategy in the Age of Agentic AI
by Carsten Groth
Making sure you’ve got processes in place for managing governance, security etc. might not sound fun, but they can help you sleep sounder knowing that your critical business apps & data are secure while still supporting innovation.
🎮 Other Interesting Articles
Project Sophia, take two :) - Ana Inés Urrutia
🎥 Videos
🔊 Podcasts
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