Unmanaged Layers in Managed Solutions With Power Platform managed solutions, it’s easy to assume that all customisations remain neatly packaged and tightly controlled. This is not always the case! Most components in managed solutions can be edited. This is true […]

The Problem: Permissions in Canvas App-Initiated Flows When working with the Microsoft Power Platform, one common challenge is managing user permissions, especially in scenarios where users need to interact with resources like Entra security groups but shouldn’t be given elevated

Solution Management Pipelines and Git are valuable tools, but for small applications, they might not always be necessary. If you’re developing using an unmanaged solution in a Dev environment and deploying a managed solution to Prod, it’s essential to have

Upgrades and Updates When importing a managed solution, a decision is required to either upgrade or update the existing solution. Upgrades are intended for deploying significant changes, like new features, structural changes, or adding new tables. The ‘Stage for Upgrade’

Power Platform solutions are version numbered using the format: <Major>.<Minor>.<Build>.<Revision> For example, when a solution is created in a development environment, it will initially have the version 1.0.0.0. Revision Number The first time the solution is exported, the Revision is

While reviewing the flows in an environment using the Power Automate Admin Center (PPAC) analytics, it was clear that a small number of flow runs were generating a vast number of API calls! It’s likely that a single errant flow

Sharing Power Apps When using a group to share a Power App, both security groups and Microsoft 365 (M365) groups are options. Each type of group has its own benefits and limitations, depending on your needs. In this post, we’ll

What Is Administration Mode? Administration mode is an environment config setting that allows admins to restrict access to a particular environment preventing users from creating, changing or deleting any data. This is enforced because administration mode blocks access to Dataverse for

This post is a drill down into Connection References, what they are and how to use them most effectively with Power Automate What are Connection References? Connection references act as a link between actions in Power Automate and the actual

Recently I was investigating removing a component in a production environment, that stubbornly remained. It had me thinking for longer than it should, but after first diving down a couple of rabbit holes, I realised what the issue was. The

One of the powerful features available when creating a new Power Platform environment, is the ability to create custom environments tailored to specific business needs. An often overlooked but valuable customisation is assigning an environment custom URL. Why Assign an

Flow Ownership In my recent articles, Notes on Flow Ownership and Flow Execution Ownership I discussed in whose name the different types of flow are run. Instant flows run in the name of the user who triggers them as “Run-only”
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