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SharePoint Lists vs Dataverse for Canvas Apps: Pick the Storage, Not the Habit
Delegation limits, relationships, security, and ALM — the practical tradeoffs when a canvas app outgrows a list and when it should not migrate at all.
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Power Apps
Canvas and model-driven patterns: delegation, performance, Power Fx, and ALM that survives environments.
24 articles
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Elastic Tables in Dataverse: When Cosmos-Backed Storage Beats Standard Tables
What Dataverse elastic tables are, how TTL, partitioning, and JSON columns work, and how to decide between elastic and standard tables.
6 min read
Power Apps Collections vs. Dataverse: Where Your App's Data Should Actually Live
Collections feel fast and convenient, so makers overuse them — and ship apps that lose data and break on refresh. Here is when to hold data in memory and when it belongs in Dataverse.
6 min read
Dataverse Many-to-Many Relationships: Native, Manual, and When to Use Each
Native N:N relationships are quick to set up and impossible to extend. A manual junction table is more work and far more flexible. Choosing wrong means a painful migration later.
6 min read
Securing Power Pages with Dataverse Table Permissions and Web Roles
Secure Power Pages data with Dataverse table permissions, access scopes, web roles, column profiles, and testing practices that prevent data leaks.
7 min read
Canvas vs Model-Driven vs Power Pages: Choosing the Right Power Apps Type
Choose between canvas apps, model-driven apps, and Power Pages using a practical matrix for UX, data, licensing, governance, and audience fit.
6 min read
Solving Power Apps Delegation Warnings for Large Dataverse Tables
Learn how Power Apps delegation works, why blue warnings matter, and the Dataverse patterns that keep large-table queries accurate and fast.
5 min read
Building Your First PCF Control for Power Apps
Build a first Power Apps PCF control with the CLI, manifest, TypeScript lifecycle, local testing, solution packaging, and safe deployment steps.
5 min read
Building Offline-Capable Power Apps for the Field
Design offline-capable Power Apps for field teams using canvas app caching, queue-and-sync patterns, conflict handling, and mobile offline profiles.
5 min read
Named Formulas and the With() Function: Power Fx Patterns for Faster Apps
Use Power Fx named formulas and With to replace noisy OnStart logic, reduce repeated lookups, and make canvas apps faster and easier to maintain.
6 min read
Power Platform Environment Strategy: Dev, Test, Prod, and Everything Between
Design a Power Platform environment strategy with dev, test, prod, managed solutions, pipelines, DLP, routing, and governance that scales for teams.
6 min read
Data Loss Prevention Policies in Power Platform: A Practical Setup Guide
Practical guide to Power Platform DLP policies, connector groups, environment scope, custom connectors, endpoint rules, and flow breakage diagnosis.
6 min read
Managed Environments in Power Platform: What They Are and When to Turn Them On
Understand Managed Environments in Power Platform, including governance features, licensing, security controls, insights, trade-offs, and rollout timing.
6 min read
Building Your First Agent in Copilot Studio
Build a first Copilot Studio agent with topics, generative answers, actions, authentication, testing, publishing, and Teams or website channels.
6 min read
Embedding Power BI in Power Apps and Driving Cross-Filtering
Embed Power BI content in canvas apps, pass app selections into report filters, read Power BI selections back, and handle licensing and performance.
6 min read
Responsive Canvas Apps with Containers: Stop Using Absolute Positioning
Learn responsive canvas app layout with horizontal and vertical containers, flexible sizing, breakpoints, scaling settings, accessibility, and tab order.
4 min read
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.
8 min read
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.
7 min read
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
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.
4 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 — including split-on, Apply to each, and queued-run limits.
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.
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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.