Releasing the February Update for the Developer Tools (Power Platform CLI)

Kartik Kanakasabesan (HE/HIM), Principal Program Manager, Montag, 20. März 2023

We are happy to finally release our February update for the Power Platform CLI. For those of you who are new, our pattern has been that we release an update for the work done in the last month, in the current month. Usually, we each include some new capabilities, along with the usual fixes that…

Announcing a next-generation AI Copilot in Microsoft Power Apps that will transform low-code development

Ryan Cunningham, VP, Power Apps, Donnerstag, 16. März 2023

Today, we’re announcing a next-generation AI Copilot in Microsoft Power Apps that will transform how we build and interact with software applications. With the power of large language models, we are advancing to the next step in the evolution of code abstraction—moving from custom code, to low-code, to natural language authoring where human and machine work side by side to build applications together.

Announcing Tenant Switcher in Power Apps Mobile

Tristan Dehove, Principal Program Manager, Mittwoch, 15. März 2023

Projects can cross company boundaries. Users need to be able to access all the apps shared to them from any tenant on all of their devices. For these scenarios, Power Apps lets users share apps with guest users from other tenants. I’m happy to announce that now it is very easy for guest users to…

Easily design and automatically send actionable, data-driven cards in Teams

Anthony Uitz, Principal Product Manager, Mittwoch, 8. März 2023

Cards for Power Apps is a recent addition to the low code lineup, announced as public preview in September, that empowers business users and developers alike to create interactive, embeddable, data-driven, lightweight mini-apps that bring context and actions directly into Teams conversations. Today we are excited to announce that cards for Power Apps can be…

Announcing admin-configured maker welcome experience in Power Apps

Caitlin Shaw, Montag, 6. März 2023

We are pleased to announce that admin-configured maker welcome content is now available for the Power Apps maker portal. Today, admins rely on sending welcome emails, creating wikis, and setting up internal portals to educate makers. Since this information can be presented in so many different places, makers may miss important communication. With the maker…

Lumen optimizes processes by 90% and scales innovation across the organization with Managed Environments

Taiki Yoshida, Principal Program Manager, Donnerstag, 2. März 2023

Lumen Technologies has cultivated an active community of “Lumen Makers” – over 800 professional and citizen developers across the company building Power Platform solutions, some of which have increased efficiency of their business processes by over 90%.

Pipelines in Power Platform is Generally Available (GA)

Casey Burke, Principal Product Manager, Mittwoch, 1. März 2023

We are pleased to announce that pipelines within Power Platform is generally available. Pipelines within Power Platform aim to democratize application lifecycle management (ALM) for Power Platform and Dynamics 365 customers by bringing deployment automation capabilities into the product in a manner that’s more approachable for all makers, admins, and developers.

Kao uses Power Apps to boost frontline worker efficiency by 480 hours every month

Taiki Yoshida, Principal Program Manager, Donnerstag, 23. Februar 2023

Kao Corporation has used Microsoft Power Platform to create digital solutions for frontline workers across their factories in Japan. A single citizen developer project resulted in an efficiency increase of 480 hours per month. This is one of the 250+ apps in use across ten facilities in Japan.

Discover the breadth of the Power Platform with simple and scalable navigation

Yetunde Olalere, Mittwoch, 22. Februar 2023

Introducing the new and simplified Power Apps portal left navigation pane. Do you find it daunting to navigate through the menu items on the pane today? Do you wish you had a quick and easy way to pin items that are most used by you or get a quick glance of all the product features…

Call Dataverse actions directly in Power Fx

Lance Delano, Principal Program Manager, Donnerstag, 16. Februar 2023

We are excited to announce direct access to Dataverse actions in Power Fx formulas as an Experimental release. As a part of the Power Fx language, authors can now directly invoke a Dataverse action within a formula. A new Power Fx ‘Environment’ language object that authors can add to their app enables access to Dataverse…