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Microsoft Ignite the Tour – London

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Microsoft Ignite the Tour – London

Friday, January 17 I will speak at Microsoft Ignite the Tour in London. If you haven’t registered yet for my sessions and you are going to the Microsoft Ignite the … read the microsoft-ignite-the-tour-london post

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Configuring UI Flows

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Configuring UI Flows

Today I configured my UI Flow environment as I tried to test my Power Apps using UI Flow. In this post I’m describing the issue that I hit on my … read the configuring-ui-flows post

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UI Flows in Power Automate

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UI Flows in Power Automate

As this week is Microsoft Ignite there will be many new announcements on the way. This morning I already mentioned the new PowerAutomate name for Microsoft Flow. UI Flows One … read the ui-flows-in-power-automate post

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How to make your flows run on a flow rather than user based licence

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How to make your flows run on a flow rather than user based licence

How do you make your flows run on a flow based licence? Today I found an additional edit option in Microsoft Flow. This option can help you change the licence … read the how-to-make-your-flows-run-on-a-flow-rather-than-user-based-licence post

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Connectors and the location of your environment in Flow

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Connectors and the location of your environment in Flow

Location of your environment Microsoft Flow environments can be created in different locations. Locations available are: Japan Europe United Status United Kingdom South America Asia Canada Did you know that … read the connectors-and-the-location-of-your-environment-in-microsoft-flow post

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Store your files in the Common Data Service with Flow

In general I will store my files in SharePoint. As SharePoint’s document management capabilities of SharePoint match what I need. Document Libraries offer the option to store files and manage … read the store-your-files-in-the-common-data-service-with-microsoft-flow post

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Join us at the PowerApps and Flow User Group UK (London)

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Join us at the PowerApps and Flow User Group UK (London)

Register Today! The next PowerApps and Flow user group meeting in London will be held on 21 November 2019 from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM (GMT) with the following amazing … read the join-us-at-the-powerapps-and-flow-user-group-uk-london post

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Debugging flows, exclude steps temporarily

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Debugging flows, exclude steps temporarily

Have you ever tried debugging flows? Did you want to exclude some steps in your flow temporarily? Just so that you can test the steps that are failing. Especially on … read the debugging-flows-exclude-some-steps-temporarily post

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Update cells in Excel using Power Automate Flows

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Update cells in Excel using Power Automate Flows

When you try to update cells in Excel using Power Automate you could use the Update a row action.  Update a cell in Excel In the past I’ve used MS … read the update-cells-in-excel-power-automate post

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Long running flows in Power Apps.

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Long running flows in Power Apps.

How often do you need to do something complicated in Power Apps and you use Flow to do this for you? Long running flows can cause problems. When this something … read the calling-long-running-flows-in-powerapps post

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Handling apostrophes in a Flow

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Handling apostrophes in a Flow

In this post i will look at handling apostrophes in Power Automate. Json in Power Automate Almost all data in Power Automate is handled using json. Just like with Xml … read the handling-apostrophes-in-microsoft-flow post

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Power Platform for Admins connector in PowerApps

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Power Platform for Admins connector in PowerApps

After yesterday’s post about the Power Platform for Admins connector, today it is time for the same connector in Power Apps. Within your Canvas app, create a Gallery and then … read the manage-your-power-platform-with-the-powerplatform-for-admins-connector-in-powerapps post

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PowerPlatform for Admins connector in Flow

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PowerPlatform for Admins connector in Flow

Have you come across the PowerPlatform for Admins connector yet? This connector can be used to manage your PowerPlatform. Be very careful, when you try this connector as the delete … read the manage-your-power-platform-with-the-powerplatform-for-admins-connector post

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Automate business processes with the Power Platform

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Automate business processes with the Power Platform

The Power Platform, with Flow, PowerApps and Power BI, is Microsoft’s low-code development platform almost all your business processes. I’ve seen hardly any process that I couldn’t implement with the … read the automate-your-business-processes-with-the-power-platform post

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Retry after failures in Power Automate

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Retry after failures in Power Automate

What should you do when your flows hit some failures? In this post I will go through the retry pattern. Retry vs hopeless failures Yesterday’s post about file locks was … read the retry-after-failures-power-automate post

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