Virgin Atlantic drives agile wins for its mobile workforce with the Power Platform

Sameer Bhangar, Principal Program Manager, 2019. február 20., szerda

“PowerApps help us help our business” – Manuela Pichler, Business Systems Development Manager, IT Lite team In this post we’ll take a deep dive look at the successful adoption of the Microsoft Power Platform at Virgin Atlantic. We’ll start with a Safety and Compliance App, followed by Virgin Atlantic’s centralized administration approach to view and … Continue reading “Virgin Atlantic drives agile wins for its mobile workforce with the Power Platform”

Sharing PowerApps with multiple users

Linh Tran, Senior Program Manager, 2019. február 14., csütörtök

Today, we rolled out a new feature. You can share an app with a set of users in the company by simply copy and paste their names or emails instead of typing the full name for each individual user. Previously, you can only type in a single user at a time. If you paste a list … Continue reading “Sharing PowerApps with multiple users”

Relate records in Many-to-Many relationships

Greg Lindhorst, Principal Program Manager, 2019. február 7., csütörtök

Canvas app authors have new tools for working with Common Data Service for Apps relationships: Relate and Unrelate functions. Many-to-Many relationships Since December, you have been able to read Many-to-Many relationships using the experimental and then preview CDS connector.  But it has been impossible to relate or unrelate two records and the join table is … Continue reading “Relate records in Many-to-Many relationships”

January 2019 updates for Microsoft PowerApps

Evan Chaki, Principal Program Manager, 2019. február 1., péntek

The team has been busy the last month shipping new features and fixes for you.  You can view the weekly release information here https://aka.ms/PAWeeklyReleaseNotes .  Check the release table, by region, to find out when these features and fixes will be available.   Canvas-app delegation of aggregate functions in Common Data Service for Apps In canvas apps, … Continue reading “January 2019 updates for Microsoft PowerApps”

Digital Transformation @ SNCF (French national railway company)

Mehdi Slaoui Andaloussi, Principle Program Manager, 2019. január 31., csütörtök

SNCF operates France’s national rail service and is a global leader in passenger and freight transport services. With 270,000 employees spread across 120 countries, it aims to become the benchmark for mobility and logistics solutions in France and worldwide. SNCF is a great partner for Microsoft and a good example of how a large company … Continue reading “Digital Transformation @ SNCF (French national railway company)”

Introducing canvas components

Yifei Wang, Program Manager, 2019. január 31., csütörtök

I am very excited to announce that canvas components are now available in production as an experimental feature! Canvas components make it easier to build reusable controls, such as navigation menus and dialogs. The ‘master’ / ‘instance’ behavior makes it easy to reuse them as building blocks inside the app or shared between apps. Why components? … Continue reading “Introducing canvas components”

SaveData and LoadData Unleashed

Greg Lindhorst, Principal Program Manager, 2019. január 31., csütörtök

Some big news!   Or at least much bigger news. Canvas app SaveData and LoadData functions are now only limited by the amount of available app memory and local storage on a device.  The previous limit of a few megabytes no longer applies.   This is a huge improvement that will increase the stability of any app that … Continue reading “SaveData and LoadData Unleashed”

PowerShell scripts to discover PowerApps and Flows with specific features

Denise Moran, Program Manager, 2019. január 30., szerda

As the number of users, apps and flows in a tenant grows, it can be hard to manage what connections are being used by which apps and flows. Use the PowerShell scripts below, which are built with the PowerApps and Flow Administration module, to discover which PowerApps and Flows use specific features like custom connectors/APIs, … Continue reading “PowerShell scripts to discover PowerApps and Flows with specific features”

Upgrade your previous version Common Data Service database, apps, and flows

Jim Daly, Senior Program Manager, 2019. január 30., szerda

Learn how to upgrade your previous version Common Data Service (CDS) database along with any canvas apps and flows that depend on it to the new CDS for Apps database. Or, delete your previous version CDS database and create a new empty CDS for Apps database.

Power Platform World Tour in Silicon Valley, CA on February 19-20th

Robert Emma, PowerApps, Community PM, 2019. január 25., péntek

Learn about the latest Power Platform innovations straight from the source and transform the way you use do business by attending the Power Platform World Tour in Silicon Valley, CA on February 19-20. You’ll learn how to bring your company through the digital transformation by gaining new understandings of your data and deepening your knowledge … Continue reading “Power Platform World Tour in Silicon Valley, CA on February 19-20th”