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23 of 179 articles tagged powerapps
What Dataverse elastic tables are, how TTL, partitioning, and JSON columns work, and how to decide between elastic and standard tables.
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.
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.
Secure Power Pages data with Dataverse table permissions, access scopes, web roles, column profiles, and testing practices that prevent data leaks.
Choose between canvas apps, model-driven apps, and Power Pages using a practical matrix for UX, data, licensing, governance, and audience fit.
Learn how Power Apps delegation works, why blue warnings matter, and the Dataverse patterns that keep large-table queries accurate and fast.
Build a first Power Apps PCF control with the CLI, manifest, TypeScript lifecycle, local testing, solution packaging, and safe deployment steps.
Design offline-capable Power Apps for field teams using canvas app caching, queue-and-sync patterns, conflict handling, and mobile offline profiles.
Use Power Fx named formulas and With to replace noisy OnStart logic, reduce repeated lookups, and make canvas apps faster and easier to maintain.
Design a Power Platform environment strategy with dev, test, prod, managed solutions, pipelines, DLP, routing, and governance that scales for teams.
Practical guide to Power Platform DLP policies, connector groups, environment scope, custom connectors, endpoint rules, and flow breakage diagnosis.
Understand Managed Environments in Power Platform, including governance features, licensing, security controls, insights, trade-offs, and rollout timing.
Build a first Copilot Studio agent with topics, generative answers, actions, authentication, testing, publishing, and Teams or website channels.
Embed Power BI content in canvas apps, pass app selections into report filters, read Power BI selections back, and handle licensing and performance.
Learn responsive canvas app layout with horizontal and vertical containers, flexible sizing, breakpoints, scaling settings, accessibility, and tab order.
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.
How Dataverse security roles actually work, common mistakes that leave data exposed, and the layered model you should be using in 2026.
How to configure concurrency limits on scheduled and trigger-based flows to prevent data corruption and race conditions.
How to use environment variables, connection references, and solution-aware configuration for clean ALM in Power Platform.
A practical reference for solution component types, their IDs, and how to work with solution XML in Dynamics 365 and Power Platform.
