Announcing rich text editor for Power Apps portals

Gitanjali Singh, Program Manager, Tuesday, 24 May 2022

We are happy to announce the Rich text Editor support in Power Apps portals is now available with portals version 9.4.3.x.

Announcing the general availability of the Power Apps modern app designer

Jessica Lo, Program Manager II, Thursday, 19 May 2022

Power apps is excited to announce the general availability of the modern app designer, which enables a seamless, intuitive way to build robust model-driven apps.

Access Migration to Power Apps and Dataverse is released to General Availability

Nathan Helgren, Wednesday, 11 May 2022

Beginning today, Microsoft Access users can migrate their data into Power Apps and Dataverse.  Customers who have the current or monthly channel for Microsoft 365 and Office can update their Microsoft Access to make use of the Dataverse Connector and migration tool. The Access migration tool and connector provided within MS Access streamlines the process of migrating tables, relationships, and data with setup taking just a few minutes, and migration handled for you.

Updating ownership for Power Apps apps

Lee Zuckett, Sr Program Manager, Tuesday, 10 May 2022

How to update the ownership of a Power App (Model-driven and Canvas apps).

Thank you to the Microsoft Power Platform community

Bryony Wolf, Wednesday, 4 May 2022

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.

Announcing New Data Sources for the Virtual Connection Provider

Nathan Helgren, Tuesday, 3 May 2022

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.

6 people who changed careers with low-code from Power Apps

Charles Lamanna, CVP, Low Code Application Platform, Tuesday, 3 May 2022

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.

Meet the developers combining Power Platform and Azure to go faster

Sameer Bhangar, Principal Program Manager, Friday, 29 April 2022

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.

Announcing General Availability (GA) for In-app notifications in Model-driven apps

Adrian Orth, Principal Program Manager, Thursday, 28 April 2022

We are happy to announce that the in-app notifications feature has reached General Availability (GA). 

Power Fx: String interpolation, Index function, and RandBetween function

Greg Lindhorst, Principal PM Architect, Monday, 25 April 2022

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.