Introducing Custom API preview
Custom API is a new code-first approach that extends the concept of Custom Actions to provide capabilities that will make life easier for developers.
» Read more Introducing the Relevance Search API
Introducing the Relevance Search API for Common Data Service (CDS) environments. This provides access to exciting new search capabilities in environments with Relevance Search enabled.
» Read moreDeprecation of time zone entities in Common Data Service
The internal time zone service in Common Data Service is being deprecated in favor of using the Windows API for all time zone calculations. This means that we are restructuring the time zone entities in Common Data Service and changing the way things work.
» Read moreNow in preview: customize Teams with built-in Power Platform capabilities
The public preview of fully embedded Power Platform capabilities in Microsoft Teams is now open. Starting today, millions of Teams users can make and use custom tabs, personal apps, chat bots, and more using a powerful onboard database and approachable low-code tools from the Power Platform. As the world continues to adapt to the reality of Remote Work, tailoring the digital workplace to meet the needs of rapidly transforming businesses has never been more important. That’s why we are including these new capabilities at no additional cost for millions of Teams customers.
» Read moreImprovements to Cascading Merge Transactions
We are continuing to improve how we handle cascading operations in the Common Data Service for model driven apps and Dynamics 365 to allow you to be more productive. Last year, we made core changes to cascade assign and delete. Now we are making similar improvements to merge operations.
» Read moreA Closer Look at Data Platform Capabilities in Dataverse
Dataverse delivers a built-in, low-code data platform for Teams and enables everyone to easily build and deploy apps and intelligent chatbots in Teams with Microsoft Power Apps and Microsoft Power Virtual Agents. This follow up post provides additional detail on some of the key capabilities in Dataverse as well as some of the differences between Dataverse and the Common Data Service.
» Read morePower Apps checker now analyzes modern web syntax (up to ES9)
To ensure Power Apps checker continues to broaden analysis coverage as languages evolve, we recently migrated our web language rules to an ESLint plugin and now offer support for ECMAScript 2018 (ES9) syntax plus ES6 globals.
» Read moreIntroducing Dataverse, a new low-code data platform for Microsoft Teams
The COVID-19 crisis has rapidly changed the way we live and work, and many organizations have shifted to remote work or are implementing a hybrid remote work approach as they reopen physical locations. To support this shift to hybrid remote work, we continue to improve the Microsoft Power Platform integration with Microsoft Teams to enable our customers to tailor Microsoft 365 to their needs and empower everyone to be a developer using low-code tools.
» Read moreAnnouncing Column Comparison through FetchXML, SDK, and OData
We are happy to announce the availability of column comparisons. This has been a common ask from our MVPs and ISVs for a while now and it’s exciting to provide this functionality.
» Read moreT-Mobile manages company wide initiatives and more with Microsoft Power Platform
T-Mobile has seen widespread organic adoption of Microsoft Power Platform with hundreds of makers building apps and flows across several departments. This post describes the “Orbit” solution used to manage approvals for company-wide initiatives, and the community of internal champions building low code solutions.
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