Learn what’s new in the April 2019 release around building and deploying smart, customizable apps that drive business growth for PowerApps. Join us for the Business Applications Virtual Launch Event: Streaming live on April 2 from 8:00-9:30 AM PDT. This free event will showcase the new features coming in the April 2019 Business Applications update … Continue reading “See What’s Coming Next in Microsoft PowerApps”
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In this post we learn about Lauren Taylor, an elementary school educator, who built a Power Platform solution to improve the reading assessment process for students and educators. Lauren is an Assistant Principal at Manitou Park Elementary, part of the Tacoma Public Schools district that’s located in the state of Washington in the United States …
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Microsoft is committed to enabling government agencies to reduce the complexity of IT, meet compliance and security regulations, and turn data and insight into intelligent action – making interactions with citizens impactful and driving government efficiencies. Agencies are adopting the cloud to store data from a multitude of sources like web traffic and business systems. … Continue reading “PowerApps for US Government is generally available”
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Do you have experience in creating canvas apps? PowerApps user research is conducting a short survey to help us make PowerApps components more easily findable. If you have 15-20 minutes we would greatly appreciate your feedback. Canvas Component Survey Thank you for making PowerApps better!
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Last fall we introduced display names and GUIDs for Canvas apps as Preview features. Both have been well received with very few issues and very few authors turning these features off. With our latest release (3.19032) these features are now permanent. To refresh your memory, display names allow the use of friendly names such as … Continue reading “Display names and GUIDs for Canvas apps graduate”
» Read more SharePoint Online document libraries are now available in canvas apps. Document libraries show up from the data sources panel when you select a SharePoint Online list as a data source. You can create experiences for your end users to view a listing of files that come from a SharePoint document library. Document libraries have a unique icon … Continue reading “Sharepoint Online document libraries now supported”
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An important aspect of any business dealing with products and inventory is to periodically compare system inventory records against the actual physical stock in the stores and the warehouse locations. In Finance and Operations, one way to reconcile inventory is to use Inventory Counting Journal. This journal is able to calculate the on-hand (system) inventory of … Continue reading “Scenario 3: Inventory Counting Assistant”
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If you’ve built canvas apps using PowerApps, you’ve noticed that one of the first decisions you need to make is whether you want a layout that is tailored for a phone or for a tablet. This choice will determine the size and shape of the canvas you will work with while building your app. If … Continue reading “Craft App Height and Width expressions to create responsive canvas apps”
» Read more Partners In Health is a Boston based social justice and health care nonprofit that serves impoverished communities in 10 countries. By establishing long-term relationships with sister organizations based in settings of poverty, Partners In Health (PIH) strives to achieve two overarching goals: to bring the …
» Read more If you live in Mexico or the United Kingdom you may have noticed that Canvas apps don’t quite get the international settings right. We have lacked a consistent map of languages and regions across the Studio, the web player, and the mobile players. With the release coming next week (v3.19032) we have fixed this. As … Continue reading “International region updates for Canvas apps”
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