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The Power Platform Boost Podcast is your timely update of what's new and what is happening in the community of Microsoft business applications. Join hosts Ulrikke Akerbæk and Nick Doelman for a lively discussion of all things Power Platform!Like what you hear? Buy us a beer: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Powerplatboost
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Amazing Apps - learn how to build agile Dynamics 365 and Power Platform business apps using Scrum
Neil Benson
Amazing Apps is for Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform builders who want to use the Scrum framework to build amazing business apps that everyone will love. The podcast is hosted by Microsoft MVP, Neil Benson, and produced by Customery. [Dynamics365, D365, Power Apps, PowerApps, Power Pages, Power Apps Portals, Power Automate, Flow, Power Virtual Agents, PVA, PowerBI]
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SharePoint, Microsoft 365, Power Platform & Microsoft Azure Ideas and Tips
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News Build Your First Autonomous Agent with Copilot Studio by Lisa Crosbie JavaScript Cheatsheet by Dani Kahil From Keith Atherton on LinkedIn Power Apps - Model Driven Apps - JavaScript cheatsheet by Dani Kahill JavaScript Code Snippets for Dynamics 365 - Cheat Sheet by Fredrik Engseth React and Fluent based virtual code components are now general…
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#157. Rethink the role of the scrum master. Two recent events—a thought-provoking article by agile coach Maarten Dalmijn and a leave of absence by Matthew, a beloved scrum master in my team—prompted me to question if scrum masters might be overrated. Comparing scrum teams to sports teams like Ultimate Frisbee, where players self-regulate without re…
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News and updates [2] AI: Hype or Reality? Our framework... by Dona Sarkar and Jeremiah Marble Introducing Git Integration in Power Platform (preview) Missing Dependencies Error for Primary Name Column of Tables Created in Table Visual Designer Experience by Linn Zaw Win (It does work - PEBCAK!) Manage solution dependencies easily... by Nishant Rana…
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Show Notes Custom Lookup Filtering in 2024 by Oleksandr Olashyn Working With Dataverse Tables in Power Automate by David Wyatt Switching Between The Advanced Settings Experience by Megan V. Walker Exciting New Updates for Pipelines in Power Platform by Anthony Sheehi Introducing Git Integration in Power Platform (preview) by By Casey Burke and Shan…
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Model Driven Apps Show/Hide Buttons Based on Entity Permissions Using Power FX by Inogic Hidden Features In Model-driven Apps by Megan V. Walker Create, edit, or configure forms using the model-driven form designer (MS Docs) Agents Unlocking autonomous agent capabilities with Microsoft Copilot Studio by Charles Lamana New autonomous agents scale yo…
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News Mark Smith on Instagram Jukka Niiranen's on LinkedIn New Feature for Enhanced Storage Management – by Vaibhav Karoor Dataverse capacity-based storage details Power FX Gallery by Chris Fernandez How to work with connection References by Benedikt Bergmann Neil Benson on Sprint-Zero Power Pages and Microsoft Entra External ID Microsoft Purview by…
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News Power Automate FormatDateTime Function Examples by Matthew Devaney PPCC24: Power Pages team shares focus on intelligent portal concepts for users by Jason Gumpert Introducing AI Summary for Power Pages List (preview) by Neeraj Nandwana I found a new Environment Settings app by Matthew Devaney Enhancing User Experience with Custom Settings by K…
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We had an amazing time at the Nordic Summit 2024 at the Hub in Oslo. Ulrikke has been part of the planning committee and was a part of the opening keynote. Nick and Ulrikke were some of the hosts for the Nordic Summit podcast during the event but also made sure to attend some of the many amazing sessions. The sessions we talked about How to destroy…
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News Introducing: Copilot Page in Power Platform Admin Center (Preview) by Caitlin Shaw Welcome to Episode 3 of #AIinAction: Building with Copilot Studio" with Elaiza Benitez on LinkedIn How to get the Dataverse Table’s first row from List Rows in Power Automate? By Arun Potti Jonas Rapp announced FetchXML Builder export to Excel on LinkedIn Human …
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Show Notes Power Pages Bing Address Validation (Autosuggest) by Olena Grischenko My flows won't run after an Power Platform environment restore by Jon Russell MDA: Open Lookup in Side Pane by Temmy Wahyu Raharjo Add a custom component (preview) in Power Pages XrmToolbox - What breaks if I disable this User? Flow Ownership Audit Plugin by Felix Mora…
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News Power FX Cheat Sheet by Fredrik Engseth Author a note before saving the form by Nishant Rana Implementing GC Web theme by Alex Shlega LinkedIn Fix to Power Apps Studio bug by Matthew Devaney Power Apps bug fix 😨by Kristine Kolodziejski Chess game by Chris Hansen LOCAL choice column discussion by Sean Astrakhan "Extend Microsoft Copilot for Mic…
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PACX resources How to (quickly) set Dataverse table icons - DEV Community by Riccardo Gregori PACX ⁓ an open source, extendable, add-on for Power Platform CLI Home · neronotte/Greg.Xrm.Command Wiki · GitHub Other News Meeting cost calculator 💰 on LinkedIn by Kristine Kolodziejski Darkmode with a toggle button for Dataverse by Andrew Butenko Thought…
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#156. Drawing on the book "Mastering Professional Scrum" by Stephanie Ockerman and Simon Reindl, I outline critical areas for team success, such as creating valuable products and understanding organizational influences. I emphasize five core capabilities needed for continuous improvement: teaching, facilitation, coaching, technical excellence, and …
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Power Apps YAML Code Generator (matthewdevaney.com) by Matthew Devaney Why your Power Platform Setup Needs a Repo - DEV Community by David Wyatt Delight your end users with the new file upload experience - Microsoft Power Platform Blog by Ankita Vishwakarma Enable Azure storage for Power Pages | Microsoft Learn Copilot Studio Newsletter #06 | Linke…
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See the release plan here: Microsoft Power Platform: 2024 release wave 2 plan (EA= Early Access, PP = Public Preview, GA = General Availability) Power Apps Select records faster with look-up control EA Jul 24, GA Oct 24 View and act on your data more efficiently with new grid features EA Jul 24, GA Oct 24 Use the Power Platform Environment Settings…
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Call a Power Automate flow from a button in Model-driven apps by Amey Holden How To Make Dialogs For Model-Driven Apps Using Custom Pages by Diana Birkelbach Javascript library for real-time marketing form by Pauline Kolde Ribbon Editor Updates by Thomas Sandsør Scotty D(anger) Goode - Guest: Scott Durow - Sprint-Zero YAML Essentials for the Power …
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News Enable cross-geo solution deployments in Power Platform - Power Platform Let's Talk About Dataverse Low-Code Plugins by David Wyatt Use Power Fx in Power Pages for authoring dynamic content - Microsoft Power Platform Blog by Sandeep Dhanrajani Power FX in Power Pages by Nick Doelman Center of Excellence (CoE) Starter Kit Diagram on Power Wiki …
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News William Dorrington 🤘 on LinkedIn: #canvasapp Mastering Timeless AI Strategy: A Deep Dive into Data Readiness and Industry Transformation with Chris, William, Andrew and Ana - Microsoft Business Applications Podcast by Mark Smith "What Microsoft employees say about Copilot behind closed doors" on LinkedIn by Jukka Niiranen Introducing Code View…
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BUILD BUILD Book of news BOOSTquest EP31 - BUILD Book of News Microsoft Build opening keynote Copilot Learning Hub Microsoft Learn Challenge: Build Edition Evolving Microsoft Credentials for Dynamics 365 Power Platform Well-Architected documentation Using Power Platform to accelerate full-stack software development with Scott Durow and Marcell Ferr…
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News How can you keep up with Power Platform? by Jukka Niiranen Francesco Musso's Journey with Power Pages and Freelancing with Mark Smith Extending the Power Platform Pipeline by Stig Ark Celebrating 10 Years of Engineered Code by Nicholas Hayduk Power Pages Pro - Newsletter by Tino Rabe Next-Level Connectivity Security: Dataverse Plug-ins Embrace…
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News FAQ using Power Pages Design Studio Copilot Business approvals templates David Wyatt on LinkedIn I've Installed The CoE Starter Kit... Now What? Understand customers diagram by Dani Kahill Pre-Populate 'To Recipient' Field by Arill André Aam Amey Holden on LinkedIn Hello fusion development by Marc Schweigert Connect environment to source contr…
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We had an amazing time at the Color Cloud Conference last week. What an event! We are practically jumping up and down with excitement; this event is all the things a community event is all about! :D Well done to the organizers! As we try to recap a fantastic week, we talk about the Color Challenge on Wednesday, where we colored our hair for charity…
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Nick and his family have been visiting Norway and Ulrikke and her family took them troll hunting. We talk about Power Platform environments that you can now group, personal pipelines, and news for ALM. We also highlight community content from Diana Birkelback, Matt Collins Jones, and Andrew Buteenko. News Environment groups (preview) PCF Learning R…
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#155. Explore the importance of rethinking our approach to building business applications. Discover the benefits of questioning our assumptions and adapting to new information in the dynamic landscape of app development. Unpacking the concept of "thinking like a scientist" and its impact on creating agile business apps. Understanding cognitive entr…
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News New FetchXML Features and Documentation by Mark Carrington new Microsoft Power Platform security features Serving up a seamless deployment by Anna Black Environment vs. Source code centric ALM approach by Benedikt Bergmann Block Unmanaged Customisations by Parvez Ghumra Pipelines for All Public Preview Creating Service Principals Really Easily…
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Not a lot of news and updates this time, because this week, we have been busy at MVP Summit in Seattle, and then this weekend we traveled to Vancouver for the Canadian Power Platform Summit. That's two summits in a row! Join us from the AV studio at Microsoft's offices in Vancouver as we chat about the #MVPbuzz of the week that we have had and why …
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🎉 ONE YEAR OF BOOST!! 🎉 Time flies when you are having fun, right? We still can't believe it has been a whole year since we started this podcast already, we are having so much fun! We want to give a huge 😍 THANK YOU 😍 to each and every one of you who have listened, watched, shared, liked, and commented this past year. It means the world to us. As a…
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Join us as we cover whether we would trust Michael Roth and Chris Huntingford to govern our environments, how Nick kicked Thomas Sandsør out of his comfort zone at ACDC2024, how Zoe Wilson and Kevin McDonnell are breaking copilot myths, how the detective Vivian Voss discovered how Customer Insights break if you enable blocking unmanaged customizati…
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#154. Neil Benson takes us on a journey of learning through experimentation. Starting with the historical origins of smallpox inoculation, Neil discusses the importance of conducting experiments to drive innovation and problem-solving. Sharing personal experiences from his biochemistry studies to his current work in building applications with Power…
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In this episode, Ulrikke is recording from 25 degrees in Spain and Nick from -10 in Canada. We talk about the new feature where you can block unmanaged customizations, the new Power Pages concepts diagram from Dani Kahil, how you can deploy a copilot to SharePoint with single sign-on, a collection of copilot learnings from Katerina Chernevskaya and…
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Join us as we recap ACDC 2024 - a three-day hackathon competition where we went head over the weekend. We also talk about a new decision tree for Power Pages, Solution layers, FetchXML, concurrency control in Power Automate, Microsoft Copilot, AI Builder, and Microsoft AI Tour. We are so excited about the Canadian Power Platform Summit, our joint s…
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Join us as we talk through the parts of the 2024 Release Wave 1 for Power Platform highlights for each of the products and aspects of Power Platform. And, isn't there something missing? Find out by listening to this freshly squeezed episode - or, pre-recorded, so maybe not so fresh 🤪 And a disclaimer; this episode was prerecorded based on the pre-r…
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GAME ON! We talk about game development on the Power Platform and if you are a participant at Arctic Cloud Developer Challenge, you don't want to miss this episode. Wink Wink ;) We also talk about Data Activator for Microsoft Fabric, Marc Smith's 30 day mentoring challenge, and Dynamics Hotdish's episode about Rethinking Azure DevOps Practices and …
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#153. Keith Atherton is a proper pro developer. Keith shares his journey from developing custom apps using .NET, C# and SQL Server to embracing and mastering the development of enterprise business applications using the Power Platform. What do developers lose and gain using Power Platform compared to developing an app from scratch with .NET and SQL…
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In this episode, Nick and Ulrikke reflect on the year and discuss their favorite updates and features from the Microsoft Power Platform. They highlight the impact of copilot and AI, the benefits of solution pipelines and managed environments, and the potential of Project Sophia. They also discuss the value of applied skills assessments and the impo…
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This time we are all over the recent blog posts, where we highlight content from Cloud Advocates like Scott Durow and community champs like Matt Devaney and Luise Freese. And, we cover the ongoing war on "Unmanaged vs. Managed solutions" and provide a bit of context and our humble opinions. News Accelerate developer productivity with Microsoft Powe…
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Ulrikke and Nick are back recording in the same room with another #superexciting episode of the Power Platform BOOST Podcast. Microsoft Ignite was last week and community members everywhere may have got caught up in a game of "take a drink" every time the word "copilot" was mentioned. (Seriously - please do drink responsibly). The dynamic duo talks…
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Nick #SuperExcited Doelman and Ulrikke #WoopWoop Akerbæk start this episode talking about Microsoft Cloud for Non-profit and the new Power Platform Enterprise Templates; Power for HR. Nick shares his hands-on experience with Low Code Plugins, and then we shout out to some great community contributors for their excellent work, like Thomas Sandsør, E…
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#152. Host Neil Benson is joined by the talented Dani Kahil for an insightful discussion on managing backlogs and enhancing user stories in Azure DevOps and Jira. Neil shares his experiences with Jira, highlighting some configuration challenges, while Dani expresses a strong preference for Azure DevOps. They dive into the hierarchy of backlog items…
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This time we bring you news and updates for Power Automate mostly, but also the notification about the missing Environment Variable and how it's tied to the Dataverse Low Code Plugins now being public preview. Nick did the Microsoft Applied Skills challenge and Ulrikke shouts out to community friends for helping her through tough times. News Micros…
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We recorded this episode at Ulrikke's house! We are all over the place because we are so excited to be in the same place. Ulrikke shares news about Power Pages, we talk about creating games with Canvas Apps and Flows, we rant about copilots (just a little), and Nick talks about the new tool Ivan Ficko created for Flow Execution History. Microsoft N…
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Microsoft Power Platform Conference 2023 is wrapping up and Nick and Ulrikke discuss the Adam Grant keynote, sessions on Power FX, and Business Process flows. Ulrikke discusses how to plan and prepare to deliver a session at conferences, and Nick provides some tips and strategies on getting the most out of attending a conference. Microsoft Power Pl…
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Today at #MPPC23, Nick learned about Managed Environments and governance from Michael Roth. Ulrikke presented a session on Styling Power Pages where Microsoft announced that Google Fonts will available soon. We got some great insights from Women & Allies Low Code panel discussion, where Azure McFarlane, Mo Osborne, Sangya Singh and Scott Durow. Eve…
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The first full conference day of the Microsoft Power Platform Conference is wrapped up with a lot of community spirit and amazing announcements. Event site: Microsoft Power Platform Conference Sessions: Creating Your First Power Automate Approval Flow in Under 25 Minutes! Extend Your Dynamics 365 to External Users with Power Pages Low Code Power Pa…
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#151. Amazing Apps host, Neil Benson, dives into a case study from one of his team's own projects: "Member Super", a financial services organisation in Australia. With over a million members, they needed a CRM application that could handle their complex stakeholder relationships and provide exceptional service to their customers. Member Super's exi…
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Nordic Summit is one of our favorite community events, and this year we're in Copenhagen, Denmark. Nick has fun teaching a workshop on Power Pages on Friday. Today, Saturday, we have enjoyed being with this inclusive bunch of #PowerAddict friends, learning lots of new things, and connecting with the community. Between us, we went to these great ses…
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Nick revealed some personal news and we talked about news we picked up from the XrmToolCast, the Low Code Approach, Thomas Sandsør, Steve Modrue, Michael Roth, and April Dunnam. We also pay a special tribute to Marcus Erlandsson in celebration of the 10-year anniversary of his podcast CRM Rocks. News Nick Doelman on LinkedIn: There and back again..…
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#150. What does it take to have a successful go live event for your Dynamics 365 or Power Platform application. Neil Benson sat down with Andrew Bibby, a seasoned expert in Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform business applications. In this episode, Andrew shares his insights on the crucial process of preparing for and executing a successful g…
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#149. Andrew Welch is the Chief Technology Officer at HSO. Andrew is an expert in IT strategy and has a wealth of experience advising customers on their big strategic technology decisions. He is also an author, Microsoft MVP, and a regular presenter at conferences. Joining us today, Andrew shares valuable insights on the importance of IT leadership…
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This week we have listened to the results of last week's #BOOSTquest poll - and Nick, our new official Time Cop, try to keep us in line - and under 30 minutes. We talk about some of the news and updates around copilots across the platform, and we each get a bit excited :D We also took the time to talk about certifications, ways to prepare for exams…
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