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Nathan Helgren

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.

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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.

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Announcing the AAD User Virtual Table – Find and add any AAD user to your records.

Nathan Helgren, Thursday, 21 April 2022

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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New Dataverse Videos! Currency, Date and Time, Migrating Access to Dataverse and Dataverse for Teams

Nathan Helgren, Monday, 8 November 2021

Four new videos in the Dataverse series to help users better understand some of the more complex data types: Currency and Date Time. Also available: videos covering the new Access Migration feature for Dataverse and Dataverse for Teams.

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Announcing: Power Apps + Microsoft Access = Security, Mobility, New Experiences.

Nathan Helgren, Tuesday, 2 November 2021

Today we are announcing the Public Preview for the new Microsoft Access connector for the Power Platform. The new connector to Dataverse and the Power Platform enables new scenarios and unlocks further benefits for MS Access developers who can now create custom apps, automations, and chatbots built with Power Platform that work directly with their Access data and Dataverse and Dataverse for Teams,

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Does how you submit date and time data matter?

Nathan Helgren, Wednesday, 6 October 2021

Does how you submit date and time data matter? The answer is “Yes” if you are using Canvas apps, User Local data and direct oData API calls.

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Change the format of existing Text, Integer, and DateTime data types to compatible formats+ 2 “new” formats.

Nathan Helgren, Thursday, 9 September 2021

It can be challenging to pick the right data type. You may start with a text field to store your email addresses and then later realize there is an Email type. Maybe you picked DateTime when really you only needed Date. A new API has been made public that will allow users to change the format of a Text, Integer, or DateTime data type to any of the compatible formats for the type.

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Security and Administration topics added to the Dataverse task based and overview video series

Nathan Helgren, Wednesday, 18 August 2021

Thanks to my coworker and friend Paul Liew, We have three new security topics added to our growing list of task based and overview videos. This is a commonly requested area for additional content to help managing users, teams, and roles easier.

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New task based and overview videos published for Dataverse and Dataverse for Teams

Nathan Helgren, Tuesday, 10 August 2021

A new batch of task based and overview videos have been published for Dataverse and Dataverse for Teams. These videos offer a helpful starting point for new users, and also provide some tips and tricks that could benefit existing users.

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Important Bug Fix Information: ActivityPointer Tables Cannot Add Custom Columns

Nathan Helgren, Friday, 30 July 2021

A bug fix to prevent users from adding columns to ActivityPointer is being deployed. If users added any custom columns to ActivityPointer they may need to take action.

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