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Apps - How to create an app from a hand drawn image

One of the most exciting announcements at the Build Conference was Express Editor - the feature that builds apps from PDF or hand drawn documents. How does this feature work and how well are theresults? In this post, we'll find out.

What cost savings can corporate organisations achieve with Power Apps and the Power Platform?

If you're thinking of adopting Power Apps and the Power Platform in your organisation and you want to make a business case as to the potential economic benefits that the platform can add, the following Forrester studies may help you.

Microsoft Build 2022 highlights

Here's a brief summary of the main highlights of the Microsoft Build 2022 conference.

Certifications - Free Microsoft exam vouchers May 2022

If you're looking to learn about the latest news and innovations from Microsoft and receive a free Microsoft certification in the process, you should join the Cloud Skills Challenge at Build 2022. This post describes what's on offer and how to register.

Apps - What happens to canvas apps when the owner/employee leaves an organisation?

When an employee leaves an organisation, what happens to the apps that they've built? Can other employees continue to edit and access the apps?

Dataverse - How to sort the available choice items from a choice column

With Dataverse choice columns, there's often the need to sort dropdowns in alphabetical or custom sequences. This post describes how to carry out this task.

Media - How to enable users to create and save screen shots from a canvas app

This post describes how to add a button that enables users to screenshot the content of a canvas app screen.

What is "Low Code 3.0"?

Have you heard of the terms "Low Code 3.0", "Low Code 2.0", or "Low Code 1.0"? Find out what these terms mean in this post.

Media - How to save the media files from an existing canvas app

This post describes how to extract the embedded media files, such as images and videos, from a canvas app.

Dataverse - How to connect to SQL Server in Model Driven/Portal apps through virtual tables

If you want to build model-driven or portal apps and want to connect to data sources other than Dataverse, it's now much easier to do so with the 'Virtual Connector Provider'. This post walks through how to set up a virtual table based on a SQL Server table, and to use it in a model-driven/portal app.

Controls - How to add a clickable image / image button

A simple and common requirement is to add a clickable image. This post describes how to carry out this task including how to display the hand-icon when the user hovers over the image.

Data - How to get a row by ordinal number

It's now possible to retrieve records from a table, collection, or data source by ordinal number. The function that provides this functionality is called Index, and this post summarises how it works.

Model driven apps - SQL Server timeout errors

If you encounter SQL Server timeout errors in model-driven apps or the model-driven app designer, here's what to do.

Shortcuts to Power Apps Studio (https://create.powerapps.com/studio) no longer work - how to fix

If you access Power Apps through a shortcut, the link you use may no longer work. Here's how to workaround this problem.

Financial analysts - What's their assessment of Power Apps and the Power Platform?

The financial press seems to be taking more notice of the Power Platform and Power Apps. Here's what they think.