Important Upcoming Change: Publishers can modify table properties on non-customizable tables through solutions

Nathan Helgren, vrijdag 4 juni 2021

A feature update is being released in October that will allow a publisher to modify table properties within their solutions even though Allow Customizations is set to off. You will need to validate your existing solutions to make sure you have no table property changes that you do not wish to occur.

Power Platform Extension for VS Code

Kartik Kanakasabesan (HE/HIM), Principal Program Manager, donderdag 3 juni 2021

On May 25th, we announced the public preview of the Power Platform Extension to VS Code. This helps organizations that continue to strive bridging the “collaboration” gap between with code-first developers and citizen developers.  This public preview is available for developers on MacOS (Intel, and M1) and on Windows10.  

Table Permissions in portals Studio

Cindy Kwan, woensdag 2 juni 2021

Introducing table permissions to portals Studio.

Power Apps portals: Edit portal with Power Platform VS Code Extension (public preview)

Neeraj Nandwana, Senior Product Manager, vrijdag 28 mei 2021

The VS Code extension for portals adds the capability to configure portals using VS Code, and utilize the built-in Liquid language IntelliSense enabling help with code completion, assistance and hinting while customizing portals interface using VS Code

Power Apps portals: Introducing Power Virtual Agents integration using “Chatbot” component (public preview)

Neeraj Nandwana, Senior Product Manager, dinsdag 25 mei 2021

Power Apps portals allows you to add a Power Virtual Agents chatbot to answer questions posted by a visitor on your portal page. A chatbot (bot) configured with different topics, and trigger phrases, can automatically respond to questions posted by a visitor in a chat conversation.

Introducing Power Apps Ideas: AI-powered assistance now helps anyone create apps using natural language

Ryan Cunningham, VP, Power Apps, dinsdag 25 mei 2021

The ultimate low-code app building experience is one where you describe in plain language what you want an app to do, and in an instant that app is created for you.

Power Fx coming to Model-driven Power Apps, Dataverse, and more

Greg Lindhorst, Principal PM Architect, dinsdag 25 mei 2021

Announcing Power Fx integration with Model-driven Power Apps commanding and Dataverse calculated columns and rollups. We have also partnered with Acumatica to evaluate how Power Fx can be leveraged with the low code/no code experience they offer to their customers. And finally we have an update on our planned open source architecture.

Three new Power Apps Solutions to enhance information discovery and create more inclusive organizations

Navjot Marwaha, Principal Program Manager, maandag 24 mei 2021

We are excited to announce the preview release of three new Power Apps Solutions on Dataverse for Teams: Profile+, Boards, and Perspectives. These apps are an addition to the series of extendable sample apps such as Employee Ideas, Inspections, Issue Reporting, Bulletins, and Milestones. These template solutions are helping organizations accelerate their journey to integrate Line of Business applications directly into the collaboration fabric of Teams and unlocking the next stage of digital transformation. Learn more about how you can leverage these recently released template solutions to enhance information discovery and creating a more inclusive culture in your organization.

Spanish Business Apps Summit June 4th and 5th

Charles Sterling, Senior Program Manager, zondag 23 mei 2021

The Spanish Business Apps Summit is the collaboration of Power Platform and Dynamics community members, Microsoft Staff, 65 Community Speakers and local user groups to offer two days of bilingual Spanish content. https://bizzsummit.es/

Vancouver User Group May 27: Custom Connectors to Azure Functions and Power Platform Certifications by Shannon Lindsay

Charles Sterling, Senior Program Manager, zaterdag 22 mei 2021

The May Vancouver User Group has a very special guest speaker, Shannon Lindsay from the Microsoft certification team! After the meeting kick off by noted Power Platform expert and Microsoft Business Applications MVP Scott Durow and Microsoft Technical specialist Ali Sharifi covering the highlights of the month, Shannon Lindsay will walk the Vancouver User Group members through the Microsoft certification process and best practices for taking the exams with Charles Sterling concluding the meeting walking through using custom connectors to call Azure functions from Power Apps