Dataverse Managed Environments Deep Dive
Dataverse Managed Environments Deep Dive:
What is Managed Environments ?
Managed environments is a set of features that allows administrators to manage Power Platform at scale with more control, less effort, and more visibility.
List of features available with Managed Environments for now (18/09/24) :
Cloud Flow Run History in Dataverse
- Please note that, at the time of writing this article, this feature is still in preview.
- Preview features aren’t meant for production use and might have restricted functionality.
Managed Identities from Azure to Dataverse
Introduction
A common challenge for developers is the management of secrets, credentials, certificates, and keys used to secure communication between services
One common practice while designing and architecturing authentication for Apps in the Azure Universe is the use of a App Registration as a controlled way to securely access resources in the the Azure universe and it's been for the last years a common pattern in my designs, perhaps yours also!
Recycle Bin Dataverse
Intro
Have you deleted some Dataverse records accidentally and you're struggling how to managed it ?
The new Recycle Bin feature in preview might be what it solves your problem.
It allows Administrator only (in the preview version) to recover user deleted records up to 30 days!
How it Works
First we need to ensure that the feature is activated doing it this way_
Dataverse Elastic Tables Deep Dive Tutorial
Dataverse Elastic Tables Deep Dive Tutorial
Intro
Said to be the "Super Heros" of the information world, that they're super fast and can store lots of information and that they're a game changer for storing massive loads of data.
I went to undercover what's behind the scenes of this Elastic Tables feature and check if the rumours are fake or not!
Power Apps : permanently delete users
Introduction
When a user is deleted from the Microsoft 365 admin center, the user isn't removed from Dataverse environments in which it is active. Instead, the user's status is set to Disabled in the Power Platform. And you do have the possibility to delete it.
As a consequence many disabled users can pile up in the Power Platform.
With the feature 'Delete Disabled Users' Microsoft has introduced the possibility to permanently delete disabled users from the Power Platform.
Dynamics 365 : Dataverse Preferred solution
Dynamics 365 : Dataverse Preferred solution
Introduction
By default, unless already in the context of an unmanaged solution, all changes performed in your Power Apps environment (creating a table or column, updating a form, ...) are stored in the solution named Common Data Services Default Solution.
With the preferred solution you can specify a solution to which all your changes, that are made outside of the context of the unmanaged solution, should be automatically added.
Power Platform Dataflow Tutorial Deep Dive
Power Platform Dataflow Tutorial Deep Dive
Power Apps : Smart Email Address Validation
Power Apps : Smart Email Address Validation
Introduction
Traditionally, the existing Email column type has only basic email validation: a valid email address consists of an email prefix (left part of @ symbol) and an email domain (right part of @ symbol). So it is a very basic validation.
With smart Email address validation, the Email column comes with better validation that includes reasons for the column being invalid.
Smart Email address validation detects the following issues: