A common requirement is to set the default value of a form field to today's date, only when a user enters a new record. In edit mode, the field value should remain the same. This post walks through how to carry out this task.

When building Power Automate flows for use with Power Apps, a frustrating issue is that it isn't obvious how to delete unwanted 'Ask in PowerApps' parameters. This post describes how to carry out this task.

This post walks through the technique that we can use to copy screens between canvas apps.

If you need to convert an input value in minutes into hours and minutes, this post describes the formula to carry out this task.

For planning purposes, it's very useful to know the dates and details of upcoming Power Apps updates. The new Release Planner portal makes this task easy.

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.

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.

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

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.

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?

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.

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

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.

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

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.