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Dataverse Managed Environments Deep Dive

Dataverse Managed Environments Deep Dive

Tue, 10/08/2024 - 14:45 By julien.biedermann

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) :

Recycle Bin Dataverse

Recycle Bin Dataverse

Thu, 07/04/2024 - 14:40 By joao.neto

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_

Power Apps : Smart Email Address Validation

Mon, 06/17/2024 - 13:47 By Stephane Pelhatre

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:

Power Docu

Power Docu : Easy to document Dataverse Solution

Thu, 03/14/2024 - 14:45 By joao.neto

Intro

Want to document a Power Apps Solution?

Power Docu provides a easy way of doing it by documenting Flows, Canvas Apps and other Power Apps solution components in the form of a Word Document or in a markdown format (GitHub or Azure Devops style) by using an self contained Windows Gui application.

All info over this link here: https://github.com/modery/PowerDocu

How it Works

Power Docu support the generation of documentation for Power Apps based on a local solution .zip or on a .msapp file.

Model-Driven App Copy

How to duplicate a Model Driven App

Thu, 02/29/2024 - 15:08 By joao.neto

Intro

Who never ambled around Power Apps trying to get the way to make a copy of its Sales, Field Service, or any other App to kick-start a new App?

Well I did !

And that's why I'm giving here a tip on how to leverage it quick and easy.

 

How To (using the modern editor)

  • In your Power App environment (make.powerapps.com) go to Solutions and select "New solution"

  • Enter your new App Display Name, Name and publisher

Power Apps Release Channel

Thu, 02/15/2024 - 14:32 By joao.neto

Intro

Have you have asked yourself how frequent Microsoft is delivering new features into you Power Apps environment? I do !

So the initial concept comes from M365 channels that was later adapted to Power Apps and it allow admins to chose how often your Power Apps  env gets new features from Microsoft.

How it works

The by default is the called Semi-annual channel (twice per year) giving the cadence of 2 release waves per year (April and October).

A new monthly channel option that enables GA-ready features to be release every month.

AI Prompts Quick Overview

Power Platform AI Prompts Quick Overview

Thu, 02/01/2024 - 14:43 By julien.biedermann

What is a Prompt?

A prompt is a natural language instruction that tells a large language model (LLM) to perform a task. The model follows the prompt to determine the structure and content of the text it needs to generate.

Here is the link to Microsoft documentation.

Power Platform Prebuilt Prompt

Some prebuilt prompts are available on the Power Apps Maker portal :