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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 :

Dataverse Dynamics 365 Load testing for Model-driven app

Dataverse Dynamics 365 Load testing for Model-driven app

Fri, 01/19/2024 - 16:00 By julien.biedermann

Dataverse Dynamics 365 Load testing for Model-driven app

Introduction

In today's digital landscape, where user expectations for seamless, high-performing applications are at an all-time high, ensuring the reliability and scalability of software systems is paramount. Performance testing emerges as a critical practice in the software development lifecycle, aimed at evaluating the responsiveness, stability, and scalability of applications under various conditions.

Enhancing Dynamics 365 Client API Interaction with Xrm-Ex

Enhancing Dynamics 365 Client API Interaction with Xrm-Ex

Mon, 10/30/2023 - 17:34 By Ahash

Enhancing Dynamics 365 Client API Interaction with Xrm-Ex

Stepping into software development for Dynamics 365, developers come across various tools and frameworks to make working with its Client API easier. Xrm-Ex stands out as a strong framework designed mainly for JavaScript, even though it has roots in TypeScript. The main goal of Xrm-Ex is to simplify how developers interact with the formContext and the Xrm Object. By doing this, it aims to reduce the amount of code developers have to write, making the codebase easier to manage and less likely to have errors.

Filtering Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations Dataverse Virtual Entities in Customer Portal

Filtering Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations Dataverse Virtual Entities in Customer Portal

Fri, 04/28/2023 - 11:35 By Fabien Leal
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Filtering Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations Dataverse Virtual Entities in Customer Portal

PowerApps portal helps you exposing CRM data to your customer through a web application.  It works pretty well when the data are persisted in CRM, then we can use all the power of the dataverse platform to propose forms, views and processes to the end customer.

The CRM Portal Management application proposes a full set of tools to manage the customer access: Table permission, Web Roles, Content access level, Web Page Access etc... but there are some limitations to it.

Continuous deployment in Microsoft Power Platform

Power Platform Managed Environments and Pipelines

Thu, 02/09/2023 - 13:39 By mario.ortegaaguayo
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Power Platform Managed Environments and Pipelines:

What is Managed Environments?

Managed Environments is a suite of capabilities that allows system administrators to manage Power Platform with more control, less effort, and more insights. Administrators can use Managed Environments with any type of environment except the Developer environments.