Category: low-code

Power Pages single-page apps: Create a “Hello World!” website

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Power Pages has a lot of great features to build powerful websites that are directly connected to business data in Microsoft Dataverse. Makers can build web pages with static content as well as data connected components such as lists and forms that are based on model-driven Power Apps forms and views. To further extend your… Continue reading Power Pages single-page apps: Create a “Hello World!” website

Five forgotten features of Dataverse

Posted in Azure, Cloud, Common Data Service, Dataflex Pro, Dataverse, Dynamics 365, low-code, Microsoft Outlook, Model Driven PowerApps, Power App, Power Automate, Power Pages, Power Platform, Power Platform Admin Center, PowerApps, PowerBI, SSRS, Visual Studio CodeLeave a comment

If Microsoft Dataverse were a human, they would now be legally old enough to vote, drive, and drink alcohol. The feature is more than just a database, it truly a Common Data Service (it’s previous name) that evolved from the data layer that was part of Dynamics CRM since 2002. Over the years, Dataverse has… Continue reading Five forgotten features of Dataverse

Power Pages: Tired of filling forms? Use an agent!

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Have you heard of AI agents? 🤣 Agents are now popping up everywhere and Power Pages is no exception. The ability to create a site agent that can answer questions based on your site content has been available for a while. A new feature (in preview) has been announced where you can start with a… Continue reading Power Pages: Tired of filling forms? Use an agent!

I recreated Dynamics CRM with the Power Platform Plan designer

Posted in Artificial Intelligence, Canvas PowerApps, Common Data Service, Copilot, Dataverse, Dynamics 365, low-code, Model Driven PowerApps, Portals, Power App, Power Automate, Power Pages, Power Platform, PowerApp Portals, PowerApps, PowerApps PortalsLeave a comment

In January 2003 after many months of engineering and development, Microsoft released one of the first business solutions built-in house; Microsoft Business Solutions Customer Relationship Management (CRM). This of course evolved into Dynamics CRM, of which much of the technical foundation became Dataverse, the bedrock of the Power Platform. I just rebuilt Dynamics CRM in… Continue reading I recreated Dynamics CRM with the Power Platform Plan designer

AI Builder: Update Dataverse currency exchange rates

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One of the Microsoft Dataverse features that doesn’t get a lot of attention is currency fields. Too lazy to read? Check out the video version: I have blogged about currency codes in Dataverse (then known as CDS) in the past (in 2020) and for the most part, the underlying technology hasn’t changed. To quickly recap;… Continue reading AI Builder: Update Dataverse currency exchange rates

Low-code is Dead. Long live Vibe Coding!

Posted in Artificial Intelligence, Canvas PowerApps, Cloud, Dataverse, low-code, Model Driven PowerApps, Power App, PowerApps2 Comments

Thank you (and sorry) for indulging my click bait title. 🙂 Also, the following is my own personal opinion, and in no way looking to offend or scare professional developers or low-code makers. Here is the video version of this blog post: There is a new buzzword term making the rounds that you may have… Continue reading Low-code is Dead. Long live Vibe Coding!

Power Pages: Inserting Content Snippets in Design Studio

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I have written before Content snippets in Power Pages and how it is one of those features that I feel doesn’t get enough attention. Here is the video version of this blog post. Check out the post below on what Connect Snippets are and how they used in Power Pages websites: Currently, the only way… Continue reading Power Pages: Inserting Content Snippets in Design Studio

Power Pages – solution management tips, tricks, and gotchas

Posted in ALM, Authentication, Azure AD B2C, Cloud, Copilot, Dataverse, DevOps, Dynamics 365, low-code, OKTA, Portals, Portals, Power Apps Portals, Power Pages, Power Platform, PowerApp Portals, PowerApps, PowerApps PortalsLeave a comment

One of the main driving features of using the enhanced data model for Power Pages is the ability to add a website to a Power Platform solution and transport to other environments. This makes building and configuring Power Pages and ALM management much more aligned to the rest of the Power Platform. Solutions: For those… Continue reading Power Pages – solution management tips, tricks, and gotchas

Power Platform Plan Designer (Preview)

Posted in Artificial Intelligence, Canvas PowerApps, Cloud, Common Data Service, Configuration, Copilot, Dataverse, Development, Dynamics 365, Flow, Learning, low-code, Model Driven PowerApps, Power App, Power Automate, Power Platform, Power Platform Admin Center, PowerApps1 Comment

Currently rolling out to preview environments is the new Power Platform Plan Designer, a tool that will allow you to use generative AI to describe, plan, and build your business solution using Power Platform technologies. Read the announcement from Microsoft: Build user-focused intelligent solutions in Power Apps, start with a plan. Here is the video… Continue reading Power Platform Plan Designer (Preview)

Power FX in Power Pages

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The Microsoft team keeps adding new features and functionality to Power Pages. Just announced, the ability to use Power FX in Power Pages! See official announcement here: Use Power Fx in Power Pages for authoring dynamic content See documentation here: Use Power Fx in Power Pages (preview) Check out a short video of where I… Continue reading Power FX in Power Pages