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Tip: Find Hidden Personal Microsoft To Do Capability in Power Automate
Way before Microsoft had a fully-fledged Outlook and Microsoft To Do app for iOS and Android, there were two apps that tightly integrated with each other to form an absolute machine in productivity – Sunrise and Wunderlist. Tasks would show as ‘All Day’ items at the top of your calendar, with ticks next to eachContinue reading “Tip: Find Hidden Personal Microsoft To Do Capability in Power Automate”

Delegation in Canvas Apps
A couple of weeks ago I found an empty slot in my diary, and I (dangerously) thought “I know, I’ll brush up on my Canvas app skills!”. In my role I find myself looking across multiple Dynamics 365 apps, Excel spreadsheets, and Power BI reports daily, and I set myself the task of bringing allContinue reading “Delegation in Canvas Apps”

Tip: Quickly Enable Migrated Power Apps Portal Configuration
Microsoft’s documentation goes to great lengths in order to explain how we can migrate Power Apps Portal data from one environment to another by using the Configuration Migration Tool, but it doesn’t quite go as far as explaining how to re-point the already-provisioned portal to your newly migrated data upon first deployment. Follow the belowContinue reading “Tip: Quickly Enable Migrated Power Apps Portal Configuration”

Translating Unknowns into Tangible Requirements
For me, the most exciting part of a project is the challenge of figuring out exactly what a client is asking for based on a very short brief provided in an introductory call. This challenge is increased in my industry when you move from Dynamics 365 based projects to pure Power Platform projects, because youContinue reading “Translating Unknowns into Tangible Requirements”

What is Microsoft Power Platform?
Do you keep hearing about the Power Platform but don’t really know what it is? Well let me tell you everything you need to know in this short video! In my role at QUANTIQ as the Power Platform Team Manager, I had the opportunity to join in with the video-first campaign where a number ofContinue reading “What is Microsoft Power Platform?”

What is Microsoft’s Accessibility Insights for Web?
One of my favourite things about consulting in Power Apps Portals is that I am able to step back in to the world of traditional web development temporarily, and I get to explore a whole host of tools to improve our solution. Visual improvement tools are cool, but helping ourselves reach a wider audience whilstContinue reading “What is Microsoft’s Accessibility Insights for Web?”

Expect Dataverse Deployments To Fail First Time
Whilst the process of deployment hasn’t changed too much since the days of Dynamics CRM, one thing that has changed significantly is the volume of possible components that can be included in a solution file. Not only is this due to an increase of readily-available functionality from Microsoft, but also by the ability for endContinue reading “Expect Dataverse Deployments To Fail First Time”

5 Reasons to Choose Power Apps Portals
As a response to lockdown, QUANTIQ created a new virtual conference named WinTEQ to promote the amazing products and services in the Microsoft cloud available to organisations of all sizes. This event takes place over three days, with presentations being delivered by some of the best consultants in the business. The event focusses on twoContinue reading “5 Reasons to Choose Power Apps Portals”

The Power Of A Great User Story
For anyone that personally knows me, they will know that I am absolutely obsessed with getting User Stories right! On the face of it, it may seem impossible to deliver part of a business process from one single sentence, but user stories are one of the best tools you can use, right from your initialContinue reading “The Power Of A Great User Story”

How To Enable ModelDrivenFormIntegration for Existing Canvas Apps
Earlier this week I found myself trying to embed an existing Canvas app into a Model-Driven app to better present information relating to the record using the flexible UI controls, but as an infrequent user of such a feature, I struggled to understand how I could reference the current Model-Driven app record’s data within theContinue reading “How To Enable ModelDrivenFormIntegration for Existing Canvas Apps”