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Join us for Microsoft Business Applications Summit! May 4th, 2021

Heather Newman — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 02:29:28 +0000

Join Stephen Siciliano and the Power Automate Team on May 4th, 2021 at Microsoft Business Applications Summit!

Join the Power Automate team and be inspired by exciting new features, see amazing demos, learn about our roadmap, and connect with your peers from the awesome Power Automate Community! The official event starts at 8:00 AM PDT, however, the Power Automate sessions begin at 11:45 AM PDT.

Power Automate Featured Sessions:

FS103: Empower everyone to automate common processes with Power Automate

CON-ATE103: Ask the Experts – Power Automate

See your favorite Power Automate team presenters and new announcements!

We’re also celebrating the launch of our new user group experience on our Community Platform! We invite all new and existing user group leaders to sign-up and have your user groups created and your events listed in the new user group experience! Visit Power Automate User Groups – Microsoft Power Automate Community to find your community, add your user group, sign-up, and accelerate your participation! Follow us on Twitter – MSPowerAutomate.

There’s so much more for you to experience, and enjoy!

All the best,
Your Power Automate team

#MSBizAppsSummit #CommunityRocks #PowerAutomate #FlowFam

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Join us for the Power Platform Community Conference – October 22nd

Jonathon Levesque — Thu, 15 Oct 2020 14:00:00 +0000

Hello My Friends!

I want to make you all aware about a very special event happening one week from today!

The Power Platform Community Conference #PoPCC is an event unlike most others that we host! This event will feature 16 Sessions given by the community, for the community!

We will have 12 sessions with how-to and upskill style content

2 Sessions will be TED Style talks about life and business change

and 2 Sessions will be Real-world examples, focused on the WHY!

To top that all off we will have an opening session from James Philips, the president of Business Applications, a Keynote from Charles Lamanna, CVP and closing thoughts from Technical Fellow, Amir Netz – Each talking about the importance of community and how it effects all of us.

To get registered for the event and see all of the details visit https://aka.ms/popcc

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See all the Power Automate updates at the Microsoft Business Applications Launch Event

Jonathon Levesque — Mon, 28 Sep 2020 17:00:00 +0000

We’re excited to share all the new innovations we’re rolling out for Power Automate to help make creating professional-grade apps even easier.

Join us on October 1, 2020, from 9–11 AM Pacific Time (UTC -7), for this free digital event. You’ll discover how applied AI unifies and enriches your data. And find out how the updates coming in the next release of Microsoft business applications provide insights from every source of data to give holistic guidance, improve decision making, and enable your organization to automate repeatable outcomes at scale.

You’ll be able to participate in a live Q&A and hear customers share how they use Microsoft business applications to drive success. You’ll also hear from the executives and engineers behind the technology as they discuss new features, capabilities, and how to turn your data into action.

In addition, you’ll get an early look at the new features and capabilities of Power Automate. Here’s a high-level overview:

Announcing Power Automate Desktop Preview which allows you to automate old, on-premises processes and tasks—from simple data transfers between systems or image searches, to more complex business processes and workflows—all from your desktop.
Enhancements in robotic process automation include the acquisition of Softomotive which has resulted in the integration of new, low-code features into Power Automate which allows easy automation of any Windows-based task across the desktop and web.

And that’s just the start. Register today to ensure you don’t miss a single update, insight, or in-depth product demonstration from the experts behind them.

Come join us. Together, we’ll reimagine tomorrow.

Register now >

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Governing Your Digital Transformation with the Power Platform

Debraj Ghosh — Mon, 29 Jun 2020 13:00:00 +0000

As organizations accelerate their digital transformation, the need to rapidly create applications is increasing.. The Microsoft Power Platform has emerged as a leading low-code development platform which enables developers of all backgrounds and skill levels to participate in the organization’s digital journey. Over 97% of the Fortune 500 benefit from the Power Platform’s ease of use, wide set of feature, and expansive governance capabilities which ensure that an organization’s digital transformation adheres to its protocols. As adoption of low-code application development methods evolve and in many enterprises become the de-facto application platform, the need to govern the creation of new applications becomes increasingly important.
The Power Platform is built on a firm foundation of governance. Our colleagues on the Microsoft Mechanics team were keen to learn more about how the Power Platform helps admins govern these low code application environments. To this end, Jeremey Chapman recently interviewed Julie Strauss, Director of the Power Platform Administration and Governance team. Check out the interview where Julie highlights the following governance capabilities available with the Power Platform:

• rich analytics capabilities in the Power Platform admin center
• custom dashboards built with the Power Platform Center of Excellence Starter Kit
• layers of security
o tenant level
o user level
o how to set up an environment
o data access controls with the common data service
o data loss prevention policies.

Take a view minutes and check out the full video.

Video 1. Microsoft Mechanics video on Power Platform Governance

Go Deeper on Power Platform Governance

You can go deeper on the Power Platform governance capabilities by checking out our recent sessions at the Microsoft Business Applications Virtual Summit:

Also, for a great technical deep dive into Power Platform governance, check out our recently updated whitepaper. To get more details on the concepts that Julie discussed in her Mechanics interview, check out our documentation on Power Platform governance considerations.

Join Our Community and Get Started Today

Join the growing Power Platform Community so you can get the latest updates, join discussions and get ideas on how the Power Platform can help your organization. Also, be sure to check out the Power Platform Center of Excellence Starter Kit to learn how you can expand and customize your Power Platform governance capabilities.

Also, check out these other great Microsoft Mechanics videos featuring the Power Platform:

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The Power Platform Online Conference 2020 Recap

Jonathon Levesque — Mon, 23 Mar 2020 18:35:31 +0000

What’s up Friends!?

WOW! The Power Platform Online Conference was a crazy success!

9 Hours | 18 Sessions | 25,000 Live Attendees | 48k Views in 48 hours

So many new skills acquired, so many new people inspired, this event was truly amazing because it was for the community, by the community and supported by Microsoft.

Some cool stats to share:
#PPOC2020 had 642 Tweets about it during the conference, which reached over 2 million people.

#PPOC2020 had representation from Every continent!

Thank you very much to @TygraphTweets and John White for creating this amazing Twitter dashboard for us! Contact them up if you need social statistics for your event!

More stats:

34,538 People registered for The Power Platform Online Conference
over 25,000 Unique People visited the conference during the day
Our peak viewership was 8,896 viewers for any one moment
Our final session of the day closed with 2,287 people still watching
The Video has ALREADY gotten over 48,000 views total

And my favorite stat of all…

2,310,000 Minutes of the #PPOC2020 Conference was viewed Friday!

In other words….

You all watched 4 Years of Power Platform Conference Content in one single day, collectively!

Special Thanks also due to a couple of platforms that helped make this event possible to be run for community by community!

1. Sessionize – Speaker/Schedule Management
2. Eventbrite – Quick and easy registration / communication

NOW!
For those of you who didn’t get to join us yesterday, Fear Not!
All of the content is available on-demand!!

To watch the conference in full as it was presented click here:
The Power Platform Online Conference 2020

To watch each session individually, Here is a list of every session and its link:

Introductory Material
Build your first app with Power Apps and Automate – Shane Young
Case Study: How I used SharePoint, Flow, PowerApps, and Forms to build a Speaker Database – Sarah Patrick
Building your first Robotic Process Automation using UI Flow – Kent Weare
Basic Permissions in the Common Data Service – Marc Gerner

Intermediate Material
Build even faster with PowerApps Templates – Sancho Harker
Troubleshooting & Best Practices with Power Automate – Mar Llabmbi
3 Power Apps Techniques for better apps – Odd Modlin
Speaking SharePoint’s Language: HTTP to SharePoint in Power Automate – Ashley Rogers
Less Code More Power, How it’s done! – Yash Agarwal
Intro to Power Apps Portals – Nick Doelman

Advanced Material
End to End Automation with the Power Platform – Hamish Sheild
Rapid Time to Market with Power Apps Bryant Boyer
What the French Toast is Power BI Doing to my Database – Adam Saxton and Patrick LeBlanc
Keeping Track of all those Approvals! – Laura Rogers
Deliver an Enhanced User Experience by Combining Azure, Teams and the Microsoft Power Platform – Frederik Bisback and Clifton Lenne

Administration Material
Power BI Governance & Best Practices – Sara Barbosa and Raphael Santos
CoE: Next level governance of the Power Platform – Paul Culmsee
ALM for Low Code Solutions (PowerApps/Power Automate) – Sultan Al Sharfi

Closing Remarks & Homework
#PPOC2020 and #ShowAndTell – show us what you made!

And now to follow all of the Speakers on Twitter!
Shane Young
Sarah Patrick
Kent Weare
Marc Gerner
Sancho Harker
Mar LLambi
Odd Modlin
Ashley Rogers
Yash Agarwal
Nick Doelman
Hamish Sheild
Bryant Boyer
GuyInACube
Laura Rogers
Frederick Bisback
Clifton Lenne
Sara Barbosa
Raphael Santos
Paul Culmsee
Sultan Al Sharfi

Please be sure to Follow all of our speakers and thank them for their hard work and awesome presentations! They are worth it as they do these kinds of things all the time!

A Huge thanks from the Power Platform Team!

Its an honor to get to be your host for this landmark event!

See you at the next one!

– Jon

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We’re revealing what’s next for Power Automate

Stephanie Whitaker — Wed, 18 Mar 2020 17:00:30 +0000

Today we’re sharing all the new innovations we’re rolling out for Microsoft Power Automate to better help you get things done by automating your repetitive, time-consuming tasks.

Join us on April 2, 2020, at 8:00 AM Pacific Time for this free virtual event where you’ll hear from James Phillips, President of the Business Applications Group, as he guides you through all the new updates, answers common customer questions, and discusses what they mean for you and your business.

You’ll get an early look at these new Power Automate features and how they’ll help you grow your business productivity by:

Making it easier to build powerful automation with richer capabilities and integrated experiences across more than 300 connectors.
Introducing robotic process automation to help automate your applications whether they’re old or new, on-premises, or in the cloud.
Freeing your team from tedious tasks by putting automation into the hands of all of your workers.
Automating your Windows applications and bringing process flows to your Microsoft Office 365 apps.
Simplifying how you connect business process flows with automated flows.

And that’s just the start. Register today to ensure you don’t miss a single update, insight, or in-depth product demonstration from the experts behind them. Plus, get a sneak peek at all the new updates we’re announcing by reading the release plan.

Get ready to unlock what’s next for your business.

Now available on demand—see every announcement, demo, and business application innovation that was revealed.

Watch now

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The Power Platform Online Conference 2020 Schedule

Jonathon Levesque — Thu, 05 Mar 2020 13:23:07 +0000

Hello Flow Friends!!

Its time again to get Registered for the Power Platform Online Conference!

We have 18 Sessions / 9 Hours of content from some of the worlds best speakers coming to you LIVE and On-Demand, Absolutely FREE!!

Ready to jump in?! Go ahead and get Registered by clicking the link and then check out the Schedule of sessions for the day below!

Cant wait to see you all there!

>>>>>>>> REGISTER HERE<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

>>>>>>>>> VIEW THE CONFERENCE HERE<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

SESSION SCHEDULE

All Session times are listed in EST

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Power Automate + Adaptive Cards introduces business form scenarios on Microsoft Teams

Audrie Gordon — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 20:25:00 +0000

The Power Automate Team is pleased to introduce the second iteration of Adaptive Cards actions which enable you to post adaptive cards as forms, and also to wait for a response which you can use dynamically in subsequent actions. This is definitely one of my favorite features, as it enables flow-makers not only to update Microsoft Teams members and channels with relevant information, but also to request data from participants at any point in the process. This is part of our initiative to optimize Adaptive Cards across all Microsoft cloud subscriptions.

Adaptive Cards now simplify both display and input scenarios, enabling you to focus on the data and/or process point-in-time, and removing the need to design a custom user interface. Start with any connector, and easily share and collect data across services with minimum effort:

Post adaptive cards to Teams member activity feeds and chats:

Post your own adaptive card as a flow bot to the user
Post your own adaptive card as a flow bot to the user, and wait for a response

Post adaptive cards to Teams channels:

Post our own adaptive card as a flow bot to a channel
Post our own adaptive card as a flow bot to a channel, and wait for a response

To help you to get started with these new ‘wait for a response’ actions, we have outlined everything you need to know @ https://aka.ms/AdaptiveCardsforPowerAutomate
What’s coming next?

We are definitely not done adding value in this area. Behind the scenes we’ve been working on an embedded Adaptive Card designer experience within Power Automate to expedite card design and customization. A sneak peak of the embedded experience is available within our experimental features so that you can try it out, and give us feedback. We are looking forward to your feedback as we prioritize the work for our next iteration.

Features Introduction Video

We’re looking forward to hearing what you think of the newest actions, and the experimental embedded designer. Please post your thoughts in the Ideas Forum with the tags/labels of “Adaptive Cards” so I won’t miss them!

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25 Days of flows – The Power Automate Advent Calendar

Audrie Gordon — Fri, 03 Jan 2020 23:00:00 +0000

Many of you were following along during our YouTube holiday event 25 Days of flows – the Power Automate Advent Calendar. In this special 25 day suite of both content and flow downloads, you were invited to take a journey with me around the possibilities. With 60% beginner level flows, 30% intermediate level flows, and 10% advanced flow scenarios, there is someone fun for everyone!

The 25 Days outline is as follows:

Day	Topic
1	Receive notifications when new videos are posted (automated)
2	Push updates from Dynamics to a Microsoft Teams message (automated)
3	Send Forms responses to Microsoft Teams and add built-in PBI analytics (automated)
4	Send a welcome email for new Microsoft Teams members (automated)
5	Query accounts from the press of a button (instant)
6	Translate text to French (instant)
7	Send weekly CSV reports from a SharePoint Online list view (scheduled)
8	Value-Statement: Who needs Approvals? (templates)
9	Walkthroughs: Approvals Part 1 and 2 (instant)
10	Using the outcome from Approvals (automated)
11	Create your own Magic Ball Wizard (automated)
12	Send a weekly list of premium connectors (scheduled)
13	Upload receipts to SharePoint (instant)
14	Compare two Excel spreadsheets and return the variance in an HTML table (instant)
15	Find out if you’ll be late to the conference (instant)
16	Replace someone else’s connections within a flow with your own (instant)
17	Remind me to do ‘this’ in x days (unstant)
18	Send new member bio to Teams (instant)
19	Create a weekly backup of Power Apps applications to OneDrive (automated)
20	Receive the daily NASA image to your email inbox (scheduled)
21	Challenge: When I enter the grocery store send me my groceries list (automated)
22	Learn how to edit a flow definition from another flow (instant)
23	Send an visual Account map to Microsoft Teams (instant)
24	Create your first custom connector (basics)
25	Create your own custom connector (with multiple actions)
Bonus P.S. Vlog	Finishing touches on my Cocktails Custom Connector

If you missed the series, no worries! The recorded playlist will be available all year from here in numerical order, and the actual Power Apps application is downloadable from here. Feel free to reuse these in your demos and user groups as well!

Enjoy, and Happy New Year to you and yours!

Audrie
(aka @ArtsyPowerApper on Twitter)

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Announcing the Microsoft Business Applications October Virtual Launch Event

Jonathon Levesque — Mon, 30 Sep 2019 15:41:59 +0000

Hello Flow Friends!

We are so excited about all the new innovations we’re rolling out in the October 2019 Microsoft business applications release and want to share the highlights with you. Please join us for the Microsoft Business Applications Virtual Launch Event on October 10, 2019 from 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM Pacific Time. This free event offers an in-depth look at the new capabilities and features announced in the 2019 release wave 2 across Dynamics 365 and the Microsoft Power Platform. Sign up for the live stream today for reminders, agenda updates, and instructions to tune in live.

You’ll hear directly from James Phillips, Corporate Vice President of the Business Applications Group, who will guide you through the new updates and discuss the opportunities these new releases offer your business. Other Microsoft experts will join James with insights, demos, and answers to your most common questions. Learn the skills needed to adapt to rapidly changing business requirements, better understand your customers, and confidently implement the new technologies to enable the growth and evolution of your business.

See the new innovations first-hand and discover how these Dynamics 365 and the Microsoft Power Platform updates will help you:

Engage customers in new and proactive ways across every channel.
Optimize operations with customizable apps that seamlessly work together.
Unify relationships, processes, and data for greater impact across apps and ecosystems.
Deliver actionable insights using built-in intelligence, including AI and analytics.
Create a scalable platform that extends existing apps, supports new solutions, and integrates your choice of technologies.

There’s never been a better time to embrace technologies that advance the way you manage operations, connect with customers, and drive digital transformation. Prepare for the upcoming release wave with confidence – register today for the Microsoft Business Applications Virtual Launch Event on October 10. We hope you can join us!

REGISTER TODAY

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