This blog is an attempt to share an approach for PowerApps makers to use Azure Cognitive Services using a custom connector in PowerApps apps. We shall use Azure API Apps to wrap around the Computer Vision API & Face API in this app. We also have a function to upload files to a Blob storage location.
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Many times, you may want to make certain features or screens of your apps available only to the authorized people in your organization. For example, make Admin capabilities available only to the users who belong to an Active Directory Group “Product Admins” or make some management views available to users belonging to the Active Directory Group “Managers”. In this blog post, I’ll show you how you can find out the Active Directory group membership of any user and accordingly make decision to show/ hide certain features.
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It is a wonderful thing when PowerApps works as intended, and we’re all able to make and use awesome apps quickly and easily! Although this occurs most of the time, we know how frustrating it can be when you’re bottlenecked due to lack of information, product issues, and/or unclear error messages. With that said, I’d like to outline the many options available for getting support when you need it.
» Read more How to use the PowerApps Image Control and Static Maps API from Bing Maps and Google Maps to render a Map in your app.
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Editing the look and feel of apps can seem like a time-consuming task. However, with some easy tips on linking controls redesigning apps can be incredibily easy. Linking controls empowers app development and makes it easy to rebrand for multiple customers.
» Read more Recently I volunteered to create a calendar app that we could use to share events across our organization, especially in the areas of Diversity and Inclusion. The target goal was to enable us to broadly share relevant events, but to allow consumers of the app to select ‘which’ events they would like added to their calendars. This was a really fun project that I was able to finish on a plane flight from DC to Seattle. Learn how I expedited this app with a little bit of planning…
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Steps at a high level: Add a second connector to your Data Source Add a timer which updates your secondary copy on a fixed cadence Add to that logic, comparison logic to see if your data source changed Add UI which is shown only when that comparison logic indicates that new data exists
» Read more We were so excited to release a way for you to connect to Document Libraries and other list items like Task Lists and Calendars! This opens a wealth of new opportunities to app makers for enhanced business applications.
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In this blog post we will walkthrough the steps to create an interactive bot using PowerApps and the Microsoft QnA Service.
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Join myself and Greg Lindhorst on a Deep dive into PowerApps formulas by the author of the PowerApps reference Guide: https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/tutorials/formula-reference/
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