Announcing the public preview for connection references support in Power Platform Build Tools
Announcing the public preview for connection references support in Power Platforms Tools
» Read more Canvas components can now access app scope directly
Access an app’s global variables, collections, controls, and tabular data sources directly from within a canvas component, without needing to pass everything through component properties. Great for formula and UI reuse within an app.
» Read moreAsking new questions: How a Project Manager became a Power Apps champion
As a project manager with Providence specializing in healthcare finance, Wyendie knows that sometimes all it takes to get started is a good idea—and a few colleagues willing to support it. While some companies are naturally poised to enact change quickly, others must take a bit more time. The detailed nature of finance and the complexity of healthcare means that change happens more slowly. But that also comes with the risk of being left behind. And Wyendie was determined to ensure that did happen at her company. But before she could transform her field, Wyendie first had to find a solution to a very old problem.
» Read moreAdminister Application Users, Security roles, Teams, and Users in the Power Platform admin center
Power Platform user and team management
» Read morePower Fx: Int, Trunc, WeekNum, and ISOWeekNum functions
Excel’s Int, Trunc, WeekNum, and ISOWeekNum functions are now available for use in Power Fx formulas.
» Read moreNew task based and overview videos published for Dataverse and Dataverse for Teams
A new batch of task based and overview videos have been published for Dataverse and Dataverse for Teams. These videos offer a helpful starting point for new users, and also provide some tips and tricks that could benefit existing users.
» Read moreEnabling efficiency: How a disciplined Operation Lead became a Power Apps champion
A successful career in manufacturing hasn’t offered Loretta a lot of experience with technology. It has, however, given her a unique perspective on how to maximize efficiency. She knew, for example, that if her co-workers at the paper mill had easy access to important information, they could solve many issues on their own and get back up and running more quickly. And an efficient way to provide that information would be through an app. Despite her lack of tech expertise, Loretta figured that, with Power Apps, she could just jump in and figure it out. And she was right.
» Read moreAugust Power Apps Community Call: Performance Insights, event calendar apps and game development
The August Power Apps community call we will be looking at: How the Feed your dragon game was created by Gerard Simpson, building Event Calendar Apps by Juli Reid. Varda Shrivastava will walk through how to analyze Model-driven applications performance data using Performance Insights. Power Platform Patterns and Practices updates by April Dunham with host and creator of the Power Apps community call, Power Platform MVP, Todd Baginski covering what’s new in Power Platform.
» Read moreEmpowering everyone: How an educator became a Power Apps champion
An elementary school principal, Lauren, has no formal IT background or training. But she knew enough about technology to know that it could help her preserve valuable data about her students—data that was being lost due to outmoded collection techniques. While exploring what was possible with Microsoft Power Platform, she discovered Power Apps and used it to make an essential solution that’s now in use at her school.
» Read moreImportant Bug Fix Information: ActivityPointer Tables Cannot Add Custom Columns
A bug fix to prevent users from adding columns to ActivityPointer is being deployed. If users added any custom columns to ActivityPointer they may need to take action.
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