Power Platform Dev Weekly #209

Anwesha Sharma

and

Danish N.

Apr 10, 2024

Welcome to the Power Platform Dev Weekly!

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Linn Zaw Win

. We are so glad to have him join us and you’d see him drafting some of the future posts.

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Check out a host of new features and some great blogs in this week’s edition of #PPDevWeekly. Hope you’ll like it.

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🥇 Cover Story

PCF Learning Roadmap
by Diana Birkelbach
The PCF lady Diana shares a comprehensive list of learning resources that can be your starting point to learn PCF. A definite read!

💎 Model Driven Apps & Dataverse

New Attachment features for Email – Dataverse / Dynamics 365
by Nishant Rana
Nishant talks about few new features that were added to attachments for email activity as part of 2024 Release Wave 1.

Implement Pre-lock in a plug-in transaction
by Temmy Raharjo
Discover the implementation of pre-lock in a plug-in transaction with Dataverse in a guide authored by Temmy Raharjo. Gain insights into this process and enhance your understanding of Dataverse functionalities.

🏋️‍♂️ Canvas Apps

Using ‘ready-to-use’ AI functions in the Canvas App
by Inogic
Check out this post to know how you could use built-in AI functions to get a few tasks done like summarizing the content or getting a draft of the reply email.

How To Show File Type Icons In A Power Apps Gallery
by Matthew Devaney
Here’s how you can use Power Apps to display a list of SharePoint document library files along with their file type icon and file name. A file type icon is different for each file extension. There’s a PDF document icon, a Word document icon, an Excel spreadsheet icon etc.

🚀 PCF & Custom Pages

Canvas Apps: Watch PCF Component
by Andrew Butenko
Explore how Andrew creates his own “watch” for Canvas Apps in this detailed blog. Learn about the potential of combining these technologies and how it can enhance your app development experience.

How to Get PCF Controls Ready for Dark Mode in Model-Driven Apps
by David Rivard
Learn how to prepare PCF controls for dark mode in model-driven apps with insightful guidance from ItMustBeCode. Enhance the user experience by adapting your PCF controls to seamlessly integrate with dark mode settings.

🤖 Copilot & AI

Store AI Created Case Summary Data
by Neil Parkhurst
Super interesting post from Neil where he explains an approach to store a “snapshot” of an AI generated summary as cases are resolved.

👍 Everything else in Power Platform

Personal Power Platform Pipelines - Are they worth it?
by Matt Collins-Jones
Delve into the question of whether Personal Power Platform Pipelines are worth it in a thought-provoking article by MCJ. Gain insights into the efficacy and benefits of utilizing these pipelines for your projects.

Using SQL Stored Procedures within PowerApps via PowerFX
by Andrew Ly
Unlock the potential of using SQL stored procedures within PowerApps via PowerFX with guidance from Andrew. Discover efficient methods to integrate stored procedures into your PowerApps projects and optimize your workflow.