Analogy: Getting Access to a Building If you’ve been building flows in Power Automate for a while, you’ll have used actions and connection references to access services like Dataverse or SharePoint. You’ve possibly also used the HTTP action to call […]
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Intro Low-code platforms like the Power Platform have democratized software development. They make it much easier to build applications and automate workflows. However, a new technique is emerging in the pro-code space that is quick and powerful: Vibe Coding. Vibe
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Posting On Bluesky If you’ve been following the buzz in the social media world, you’ve probably heard about Bluesky. Bluesky is the decentralized platform that looks and feels very much like Twitter (erm… I mean X). Posting on Bluesky is
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The Power Platform provides immense flexibility in connecting apps and automating workflows with APIs. A common scenario is using a Canvas App to trigger a Power Automate flow, which in turn, uses the HTTP connector to interact with external APIs.
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Following on from the post on Canvas Apps Sizing & Performance, a question was raised about Flows and whether there are capacity limitations and recommendations relating to Power Automate flow limits Maximum Flow Size Because Power Automate Flows run in
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Business Logic What are the options to implement server-side business logic in Dataverse? In this post I’ll discuss when to use a cloud flow vs a plugin. Dataverse has some basic built in business logic capability. For example, mathematical calculations
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Have you ever wanted to extract data that isn’t available using Connectors? In this post, I’ll explain web scraping with Power Automate and give you some great pointers on the best approach Web Scraping with Power Automate Connectors Vs Desktop
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What is a Connector? A Connector (including a Custom Connector) is a wrapper around an API that allows a service to communicate with Power Apps or Power Automate. Connectors allow the Power Platform to access data hosted on other Microsoft products
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Web Service APIs In the previous post: Build a Basic Custom Connector, I showed how to create a Custom Connector to access a simple web service API that didn’t require any authorisation or other information to be passed to it, to
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Custom Connectors Power Apps is a fantastic platform not only to build great Apps quickly, but also to connect to remote services. There are a huge amount of zero-cost web services out there and even many of the premium sites
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Push Notifications Push notifications are messages that pop up on a mobile device. Power Apps publishers can send them at any time either manually via the app or automated using a trigger or timer and recipients don’t have to be
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With Power Apps, not only can you build apps quickly, you can also drive the transfer of data between platforms though the huge number of connectors. Twitter is the social media platform that really makes it easy to exchange data
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