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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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Power Platform
Tutorials and tips for Power Automate, PowerApps, and the broader Power Platform ecosystem.
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What's New in Dynamics 365 and Power Platform — 2026 Release Wave 1
The standout features from Microsoft's 2026 Release Wave 1 for Dynamics 365 and Power Platform, and what they mean for your projects.
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Automated Testing for Power Apps with Test Engine — A Practical Walkthrough
Set up automated tests for your canvas apps using Power Apps Test Engine — from first test case to CI/CD pipeline integration.
8 min read
Canvas App Performance: 10 Patterns That Actually Make a Difference
Concrete, measurable patterns to speed up slow Power Apps canvas apps — with before/after examples for each optimization.
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Power Fx Formulas Every Maker Should Know in 2026
Advanced Power Fx patterns that separate beginners from power users — With, Sequence, ParseJSON, error handling, regex, and more.
9 min read
Power Automate + D365 F&O End-to-End: Consuming Business Events and Calling Data Entities
Build a full round-trip integration between Power Automate and D365 Finance & Operations — trigger on business events, transform data, and write back via OData.
9 min read
Dataverse Security Roles: A Practical Guide to Getting Them Right
How Dataverse security roles actually work, common mistakes that leave data exposed, and the layered model you should be using in 2026.
7 min read
Building a Multi-Step Approval Workflow with Adaptive Cards in Power Automate
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.
8 min read
Custom Connectors in Power Automate: Integrating Any API Without Writing Code
Build a custom connector from an OpenAPI spec, configure authentication, handle pagination, and share it across your organization — step by step.
4 min read
Advanced Error Handling in Power Automate Cloud Flows
Build resilient flows with scope-based try-catch-finally patterns, configure run after, and structured error logging in 2026.
3 min read
Concurrency Control in Power Automate: Preventing Duplicate Runs
How to configure concurrency limits on scheduled and trigger-based flows to prevent data corruption and race conditions.
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Handling Null and Blank Date Fields in Power Automate
Reliable techniques for detecting empty date fields in Dataverse and SharePoint connectors within Power Automate flows.
3 min read
Managing Environment Variables Across Dev, Test, and Prod in Power Platform
How to use environment variables, connection references, and solution-aware configuration for clean ALM in Power Platform.
3 min read
Detecting Create vs Update Triggers in Dataverse Power Automate Flows
How to distinguish between create and update operations in Dataverse-triggered flows and implement conditional logic accordingly.
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Remove Duplicates From Arrays in Power Automate — 3 Approaches
Three practical techniques for deduplicating array data in Power Automate, from simple expressions to XPath tricks.
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Dataverse Solution Components: A 2026 Quick Reference
A practical reference for solution component types, their IDs, and how to work with solution XML in Dynamics 365 and Power Platform.
3 min read
Eliminating Null Reference Errors in Power Automate Flows
Practical expressions and defensive patterns to prevent null field errors from crashing your Power Automate flows at runtime.