Every week new features and techniques are dropping not only from Microsoft but other vendors. One of the latest movements is getting agents to utilize “skills” to execute and complete tasks. Microsoft has just released to public preview a Claude code plug-in with skills to build, configure, and deploy Power Pages single page applications. Announcement:Build… Continue reading The end of Power Pages? (As we know it?)
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Power Pages: Cache Conquered!
A very common question that comes up while configuring Power Pages is how to get around cache issues. Using Power Pages Server logic, there is now an official way to skip the cache! Power Pages caching 101 Power Pages uses caching to store Dataverse data locally to improve website performance by reducing traffic between the… Continue reading Power Pages: Cache Conquered!
Power Pages: Bring your own code! (Tutorial)
Introduction At the Power Platform Community Conference in Las Vegas, low-code (as we know it) was declared dead. In Power Apps, we’ve seen Generative Pages, Code Apps, and now vibe.powerapps.com as new ways to take the ultimate form of “low code” (that being natural language) to generate pro-code (usually being TypeScript or JavaScript with the… Continue reading Power Pages: Bring your own code! (Tutorial)
Power Pages single-page apps: Create a “Hello World!” website
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
Power Pages: Tired of filling forms? Use an agent!
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!
Power Pages Actions in Visual Studio Code
Two years ago I posted about the features within Visual Studio Code to create assets in Power Pages. Since that time the team at Microsoft has added more features to allow developers to be more productive when extending Power Pages websites using HTML, JavaScript, Liquid, CSS, etc. To be effective using Visual Studio Code, this… Continue reading Power Pages Actions in Visual Studio Code
Power Pages: Site Settings as Environment variables
Currently rolling out to is the ability to configure Power Pages site settings as environment variables. Why is this such a big deal? In Power Pages configuration, much of the Power Pages website configuration is stored in metadata records called site settings. In many cases, these site settings are unique to specific environments, for example,… Continue reading Power Pages: Site Settings as Environment variables
Power Pages: Configure Entra External ID
When building a Power Pages website where you will have external stakeholders signing in, it is highly recommended to use an external authentication provider and not the out-of-the-box forms based login and password. There are different external providers available, provided by Microsoft (Azure AD B2C) and other 3rd party providers (like OKTA). Currently in preview,… Continue reading Power Pages: Configure Entra External ID
Power Pages: Cache test dummies
What is Power Pages caching? Sooner or later, while you are configuring a new Power Pages website, you are going to run into the concept of caching. What is it, why does it matter? And why does Nick Hayduk post memes about it? Caching in web applications refers to storing frequently accessed data (such as… Continue reading Power Pages: Cache test dummies
Power Pages – solution management tips, tricks, and gotchas
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
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