2021 Power Apps demo extravaganza open for submissions May 10

Charles Sterling, Senior Program Manager, zaterdag 8 mei 2021

“Demo Extravaganza” is an incredibly fun community event where the contributors submits samples, community votes on which samples they want to see more of and have the top three authors show how their sample were built, best practices employed and challenges they overcame! If you want to participate here are the key dates! Entries start – May 10th Finalist voting starts – June 1st Finalist voting ends – June 30th Application Finals / Winner Announced – July 21st Component Finals demonstrate -August 18th

Better together: introducing Custom Pages and the Modern App Designer

Ryan Cunningham, Director PM, Power Apps, dinsdag 4 mei 2021

Today at the Microsoft Business Applications Summit, we’re showing off a big step forward for the unification of the platform. Bring the full flexibility of the Power Apps canvas – from unlimited UX control to hundreds of data sources – directly into model-driven applications as a custom page using the new App Designer.

Updates to the Azure File Storage and Excel Online (Business) connectors

Lance Delano, Principal Program Manager, maandag 19 april 2021

Azure File Storage and Excel Online (Business) Connector upgrade

April 2021 Power Apps Community Call: persistent apps in Teams tabs, custom functions libraries and gestalt design principles

Charles Sterling, Senior Program Manager, zondag 18 april 2021

The April Power Apps community call will be covering: ‘Make your Power Apps sessions persistent when switching Teams tabs!’. Power Apps custom Functions Library and Rory Neary will deliver the final technical session on Make your Power Apps user experience awesome with Gestalt design principles. When: March 17, 2021 8AM Pacific Time Where: https://aka.ms/powerappscall-join

Announcing data source environment variables

Casey Burke, Senior Program Manager, woensdag 14 april 2021

Today we’re excited to announce a vast new set of capabilities that provide enterprise grade application lifecycle management for the data sources used within canvas apps and cloud flows. Environment variables are now natively built into authoring experiences across canvas apps and flows as well as solution and solution import experiences. We’ve also added several new API’s to simplify working with environment variables in code and within automated ALM pipelines. 

Power Apps Mixed Reality Components General Availability

Anthony Uitz, Senior Program Manager, maandag 5 april 2021

Power Apps Mixed Reality components are now generally available! Communicate better with 3D models / images, take measurements, and validate fit before work begins leveraging the native capabilities of your mobile device within the context of your Power Apps apps

Formula Bar Changes

Greg Lindhorst, Principal Program Manager, vrijdag 26 maart 2021

The standard Canvas formula bar is better than ever, including more natural Enter and Tab key behavior and a scrollbar. The previously experimental formula bar is being retired.

Key ALM updates

Casey Burke, Senior Program Manager, donderdag 25 maart 2021

This blog will cover several recent improvements for application and environment lifecycle management as well as a glimpse into our ALM roadmap. If you haven’t already, now is the time to adopt solutions and an ALM strategy!

See all the Power Apps updates at the Microsoft Business Applications Launch Event | April 6, 2021

Charles Sterling, Senior Program Manager, maandag 22 maart 2021

Join us on April 6, 2021, from 9–10:30 AM Pacific Time (UTC -7) to discover how new innovations coming to the 2021 wave 1 release will give you the tools you need to transform your business

Microsoft Dataverse Custom API General Availability

Jim Daly, Senior Program Manager, zondag 21 maart 2021

Dataverse Custom API has reached general availability status. Dataverse Custom API is a new code-first approach that provides developers a better way to create APIs in Dataverse to perform operations on the server.