Power Platform build tools and Azure DevOps

Kartik Kanakasabesan (HE/HIM), Principal Program Manager, Tuesday 13 December 2022

We have had a lot of requests to clarify best practices for using Power Platform Build Tools (PP.BT) for Azure DevOps and are delighted to share more about this in our post below. Username and password versus Service Principal When using Azure DevOps, the Power Platform Build Tools provides you options to either create service…

Protecting Data with Dataverse Part 2: Security from Internal Threats (Users)  

Mark Spilde, Sr. Product Manager, Monday 12 December 2022

Protecting data from internal threats (users)

Coca-Cola United automates over 50,000 orders in complex SAP invoicing process with Microsoft Power Platform

Taiki Yoshida, Principal Program Manager, Friday 9 December 2022

Coca-Cola Bottling Company United used Microsoft Power Platform to automate on-demand shipment requests – reducing order validation time from half a day to seconds, and automate a complex multi-step SAP invoicing process to handle over 50,000 orders.

Automate deployments with pipelines in Power Platform, now in preview

Casey Burke, Principal Product Manager, Wednesday 7 December 2022

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.

Delegate the Mailbox Approval Process

Dana Martens, Monday 5 December 2022

I am excited to share that the mailbox approval process can now be delegated to another user instead of always requiring a Global or Exchange admin.  Introduction  Server-Side Synchronization is a feature which enables Dynamics or Power Apps users to send/receive email and synchronize appointments, contacts, and tasks with Exchange. To enable a connection to…

What’s new: Power Apps November 2022 Feature Update

Clay Wesener, Partner GPM, Power Apps Studio, Friday 2 December 2022

Welcome to the 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. We…

Rabobank streamlines complex process from three weeks to three minutes using Microsoft Power Platform

Taiki Yoshida, Principal Program Manager, Wednesday 30 November 2022

As part of a broad digitization strategy, Rabobank adopted Power Platform to streamline internal processes. Rabobank currently uses more than 2,500 Power Apps and Power Automate solutions, including solutions that reduced processing time from three weeks to three minutes.

Protecting data with Dataverse

Mark Spilde, Sr. Product Manager, Wednesday 30 November 2022

Part 1: Security from External Threats In this blog series, we will be covering how to protect data in Dataverse from external and internal threats (both from internal users and Microsoft). In today’s post, we will focus on protecting data from external threats. Secure Data from Hackers and Malicious Intent How can I protect my…

Microsoft and PMI announce certifications for university students to drive employability

Ryan Cunningham, VP, Power Apps, Tuesday 29 November 2022

Microsoft and the Project Management Institute (PMI) are partnering to announce the Microsoft Power Platform University Hub. The University Hub teaches students how to solve a wide range of business problems with low-code—one of the fastest growing technologies in the job landscape today.

Leading US hospice care provider VITAS Healthcare processes 2 million patient visits to date with Power Platform

Taiki Yoshida, Principal Program Manager, Wednesday 23 November 2022

VITAS Healthcare is nation’s largest single-source provider of end-of-life care delivering meaningful hospice and palliative care to its patients and their families across 14 states and the District of Columbia. VITAS has used a Power Platform solution called “Emmy” to process 2 million patient visits – equivalent to 92% of all patient visits.