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    Canvas App | Exiting the App or Exiting and Signing Out of the Account

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    August 14, 2023

    From your Canvas app, if you want to exit the app and go to home screen or exit and sign out the account, we can use the Exit function. Exit the App without Sign out: Formula : Exit() Exit the App and Sign out: Formula : Exit(true) 🙂

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    [Step by Step] Power Platform | Configuring and Debugging a Core Web API as a Custom Connector using Dev Tunnels

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    August 1, 2023

    In this article, I will explain a step-by-step process to build an ASP.NET Core Web API, deploy it as a Custom Connector in Power Platform, and demonstrate how to debug the code using Visual Studio’s Dev tunnel option. Following are the high-level steps we will be covering in this post:…

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  • CRM

    [Code Snippet] | C# | Connecting to Dataverse using both Service Principal and User IDs

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    July 29, 2023

    If you need to quickly connect to the Dataverse WebAPI from a C# console and perform testing, this article will provide a code snippet for establishing a connection to the Dataverse WebAPI. We’ll explore the following connectivity options: Connect Dataverse Web API using using Client Id and Secret: As a…

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    C# | Running web api project locally | ‘Your connection isn’t private’ warning

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    July 28, 2023

    I’ve created a simple Web API project with one controller. While running the project from Visual Studio, I encountered the following error in the browser. You can bypass this warning and load the page by clicking on the ‘Continue to localhost (unsafe)’ link. However, in some organizations, you may not…

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  • Dataverse

    [Step by Step] Access team templates can be added in a Dataverse solution

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    July 27, 2023

    We can now include the access team templates in a solution so they can be imported and installed in another environment.  This eliminates the manual process to re-create the access team templates in the other environment. In this article, I will explain the basics of Access Teams along with the…

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  • Dataverse

    Dataverse | C# | Fetch Environment Variable’s ‘Current’ or ‘Default’ value

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    July 26, 2023

    In Dataverse, Environment Variables store parameter keys and values, which serve as inputs to various other application objects. Since environment variables are considered solution components, you can transport the references (keys) and update the values when migrating solutions to different environments. In this article, I will provide a C# code…

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  • PowerApps

    Canvas App | Unable to share to ‘Microsoft 365’ Group

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    July 21, 2023

     With Azure AD groups, you can grant access and permissions to a group of users instead of for each individual user, to manage access to resources, applications, and tasks. Group Types: Azure Active Directory(AD) contain two group types Security: Used to manage user and computer access to shared resources. Microsoft 365: Provides…

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  • Dataverse

    Dataverse | Audit security role’s association and disassociation with User/Team

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    July 21, 2023

    I received a question about how to audit when a Security Role is assigned or removed from a User or Team in Dataverse. In this article, I will demonstrate how to track the audit changes related to Security Roles. Steps to track security role audit changes: 🙂

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  • Canvas Apps

    Canvas App: Camera Control | Auto capture pictures

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    July 14, 2023

    In this article, I will explain how to use the Camera control to automatically capture images at specified intervals. Manually capture an Image: To capture an image on a button click, Auto capture the Image: Use the Stream, StreamRate, and OnStream properties to automatically capture images on a timer, for example snapping a picture…

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  • Canvas Apps

    Canvas App/Custom Page | Get the environment’s ‘Environment URL’

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    July 12, 2023

    In my previous article, I explained the steps to fetch the ‘Environment ID’ without the need of cloud flow. In this article, lets see how to fetch the Environment URL using PowerFx formula. This works for both Canvas App and Custom Pages. Steps to fetch the Environment URL: 🙂

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