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Nov 06, 2025

Introducing App Builder - How to Build Apps with Just Words

App Builder is an exciting addition to the Power Apps family that enables users to build apps using natural language alone. Read this post to find out more.

App Builder
Oct 28, 2025

Key Takeaways from the 2025 Power Platform Keynote

The keynote at the Power Platform Community Conference 2025 outlined major updates across Power Apps, Power Automate, and Dataverse. Here are the key highlights from the keynote.

Sep 22, 2025

Dynamics 365 and Power Platform User Group Q3 2025 meetup

Find out what happened at the Q3 2025 Reading UK Dynamics 365 and Power Platform User Group meetup in Reading, England.

Jul 22, 2025

2025 Release Wave 2 - What are the key enhancements for Power Apps?

The 2025 Release Wave 2 plan describes Power Platform features that are scheduled for release in the latter part of 2025. What features have been planned for Power Apps? In this post, I summarise the notable enhancements that are planned for Power Apps.

May 30, 2025

Designer Warning - New cloud service dependency Power Platform API - What does this mean?

You may have seen the warning message "Power Platform will start relying on a new cloud service dependency called Power Platform API, evaluate adding the service to your Conditional Access policies, and updated URLs to your firewall rules" in the Maker Portal or Power Apps Studio. What exactly does this mean?

Admin
May 15, 2025

Dynamics 365 and Power Platform User Group Q2 2025 meetup

Find out what happened at the Q2 2025 Reading UK Dynamics 365 and Power Platform User Group meetup in Reading, England.

Mar 12, 2025

PowerUp - Send an Email Using the Outlook.com Connector in Power Automate

A frequent problem that PowerUp students encounter is how to create a flow in Power Automate that sends emails using the Outlook.com connector. This post walks through the process.

Powerup
Mar 05, 2025

Power Up - How to fix Student and Book Copy dropdowns not working in Libraray Check In/Check Out screen

If you're carrying out the exercises in the power up program and discover that the drop-down boxes that appear, the suggestions in this post will hopefully help.

Powerup
Mar 01, 2025

Email - What to do when sending an email with the Mail connector returns a 401 error

Are you receiving a 401 error when attempting to send an email with the 'Send an email notification (V3)' action? Discover why this happens and the workarounds you can use instead.

Email
Feb 28, 2025

Power Up Course - How to Display Dataverse Multi-Choice Select Column Description Values in Power BI

Displaying the descriptive values for Dataverse multi-choice select columns in Power BI can be difficult. This post walks through how to carry out this task.

Powerup
Feb 26, 2025

Dynamics 365 and Power Platform User Group Q1 2025 meetup

Find out what happened at the Q1 2025 Reading UK Dynamics 365 and Power Platform User Group meetup in Reading, England.

Feb 20, 2025

Data - How to remove trailing comma all rows in a table

If you're struggling with trailing commas in your Power Apps data, this post describes how to easily remove trailing commas from all rows in a table.

Data
Feb 18, 2025

Power Up Course - How to fix problem with loans not showing in the "Library check-in check-out screen"

Are you studying the Power Up course and unable to see the list of checked-out books? If so, this post should help you resolve the problem.

Powerup
Feb 15, 2025

Model Driven App - How to fix can't sign in error whilst logged in

If you're logged into Power Apps and receive repeated "Can't sign in" errors within specific parts of the designer or app, here's how to resolve the problem.

Powerup
Feb 12, 2025

PowerUp - The Missing Jobs Data Spreadsheet Explained

Are you doing the PowerUp traning and can't find the Jobs Data spreadsheet? Read this post to find out how to get back on track.

Powerup