Welcome to the inaugural Power Apps monthly feature update! We will use this blog to share a summary of product, community, and learning updates from throughout the month so you can access it in one easy place. A variety of new and highly anticipated features are now available which we are very excited to share!
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Microsoft Power Apps and Microsoft Power Platform have come a long way since we announced four years ago, and we’re excited to share some significant milestones that we have recently achieved.
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I am happy to announce that we are adding Excel and SharePoint to the Virtual Connection Providers for Virtual Tables. You may have used the SQL virtual connection provider during its public preview and now we are happy to respond to you requests for more data sources by enabling this functionality for two of the largest external data sources for Power Apps.
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The tech sector is booming with jobs and opportunities. But for some people, the question is: how do I get in? Few people have degrees in computer science, IT, or engineering—so, coding jobs seem out of reach. However, with low-code app tools, some grit and curiosity, anyone can now realize a career in tech. This is one of the most exciting elements of Microsoft Power Platform.
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Software developers around the world are embracing low-code as a powerful part of their toolkit — they look at Power Platform as the next layer of abstraction that reduces repeated work, adds to their skill set, and lets them focus their coding energy on the problems that matter most. The increased level of productivity is also changing the way these developers work with their users — as fusion teams creating a much more active and rewarding environment for building impactful solutions faster than ever before. Let’s meet a few of these developers and look at examples of solutions built using Power Platform along with Azure services.
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We are happy to announce that the in-app notifications feature has reached General Availability (GA).
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Blog post on Power App support for the new SharePoint image column type
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Power Fx has added three great new features. String interpolation enables expressions to be embedded within strings, making it easier to combine parts of a string into a whole. The Index function does away with Last of FirstN patterns. The RandBetween function makes it easier to work with integer random numbers.
» Read more I am happy to announce a new Out of the Box virtual table for Dataverse, AAD User. AAD User makes it easy to retrieve any user that is in your organization’s Azure Active Directory as well as user details like job title, email, phone number and more.
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The new Power Automate Pane offers improved integration between Power Automate and Power Apps canvas apps. Create, edit, and refresh flows directly inline with the canvas app authoring experience.
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Introducing wrap – the brand new feature to create mobile apps with Power Apps. Power Apps is now officially a Mobile Application Development Platform (MADP/MXDP).
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