Power Platform Pipelines: Automated ALM Without Azure DevOps
Power Platform Pipelines let teams promote solutions from dev to test to prod with built-in approvals and validations — no Azure DevOps required.
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Tutorials and tips for Power Automate, PowerApps, and the broader Power Platform ecosystem.
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Power Platform Pipelines let teams promote solutions from dev to test to prod with built-in approvals and validations — no Azure DevOps required.
The standout features from Microsoft's 2026 Release Wave 1 for Dynamics 365 and Power Platform, and what they mean for your projects.
Set up automated tests for your canvas apps using Power Apps Test Engine — from first test case to CI/CD pipeline integration.
Concrete, measurable patterns to speed up slow Power Apps canvas apps — with before/after examples for each optimization.
Advanced Power Fx patterns that separate beginners from power users — With, Sequence, ParseJSON, error handling, regex, and more.
Build a full round-trip integration between Power Automate and D365 Finance & Operations — trigger on business events, transform data, and write back via OData.
How Dataverse security roles actually work, common mistakes that leave data exposed, and the layered model you should be using in 2026.
Go beyond basic approvals — build a multi-level approval chain with rich Adaptive Cards, timeout handling, escalation logic, and full audit trails in Power Automate.
Build a custom connector from an OpenAPI spec, configure authentication, handle pagination, and share it across your organization — step by step.
Build resilient flows with scope-based try-catch-finally patterns, configure run after, and structured error logging in 2026.
How to configure concurrency limits on scheduled and trigger-based flows to prevent data corruption and race conditions.
Reliable techniques for detecting empty date fields in Dataverse and SharePoint connectors within Power Automate flows.
How to use environment variables, connection references, and solution-aware configuration for clean ALM in Power Platform.
How to distinguish between create and update operations in Dataverse-triggered flows and implement conditional logic accordingly.
Three practical techniques for deduplicating array data in Power Automate, from simple expressions to XPath tricks.
A practical reference for solution component types, their IDs, and how to work with solution XML in Dynamics 365 and Power Platform.
Practical expressions and defensive patterns to prevent null field errors from crashing your Power Automate flows at runtime.