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Continue reading →: [Step by Step] Data Export Service – Replicate CDS data to Azure SQL Server Database
For unversed, The Data Export Service (DES) is an add-on service available on AppSource that adds the ability to replicate data to target destinations such as Azure SQL Database and SQL Server on Azure virtual machines. In this article, lets see how to replicate CDS data to Azure SQL Server…
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Continue reading →: Canvas App -Working with Bing Maps connector
In this article lets understand the basics of ‘Bing Maps‘ connector to locate the addresses in Canvas App. Prerequisites: Subscribe to Dynamics 30 days trial and get Office 365 account. Connect to Power Apps maker portal using Office 365 account to build the Canvas App. Bing Map API Key How to get Bing…
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Continue reading →: PL-900: Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals – Prep Notes
There was an ask form a Power Platform beginner in my blog about the preparation for the PL-900 exam. As I attained the certification recently, I am going to share the topics I covered for my preparation in this article. ***This article is strictly for guidance purpose and by no…
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Continue reading →: ADX Portal – Forgot Password – ‘Invalid Party Object Type’ Error
Few of our ADX portal users encountered an unhandled exception while resetting the Password using native ‘Forgot Password’ feature. Reason: Its a sporadic issue only with few portal users. When checked the ‘Event viewer’ logs on Portal’s web server, there was this following warning with ‘Invalid Party Object Type 9’…
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Continue reading →: Power Apps – Minimum privileges to run app
To configure a security role with minimum privileges to run an app, a pre-packaged unmanaged solution is available in Microsoft download center and can be downloaded from here The solution contains a security role by name ‘min prv apps use‘. Use ‘min prv apps use‘ security role as a reference…
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Continue reading →: Power Apps – ‘Environment Variables’ and their usage in Canvas Apps
Lets take a scenario, where you would want to pass a 3rd party API URL to your plug-in which changes every quarter. Couple of options to pass the URL to plug-in are either pass the URL as ‘Secured/Unsecured parameters’ or Create an entity and store the API URL and fetch…
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Continue reading →: ADX Portal – Display ‘Message’ during maintenance window
There might be times when your Portal is under scheduled maintenance or is down due to temporary outage. When a user accesses the portal during maintenance, unpredictable behavior and intermittent unavailability might be experienced. In ADX portal we can display a message to users during a maintenance activity by following below…
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Continue reading →: PowerApps Portal – Enable Maintenance mode
During a scheduled maintenance or due to a temporary outage, If you want to bring down your portal and display a proper message to users, PowerApps portal has “Enable Maintenance mode” option. In this article lets see how to use ‘Enable Maintenance mode’ option. Prerequisites: Subscribe to 30 days trial and…
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Continue reading →: Power Platform – Pass external API collection from Power Automate to Canvas App
In this article, lets see how to pass an external API’s json collection from Power Automate(Formerly ‘Microsoft Flow’) to a Canvas application. For this example, I am going to use ESRI mapping service API, in my Power Automate Flow. Refer here to know more about ESRI. You may also use…
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Continue reading →: Power Platform – Pass json collection from Canvas App to Power Automate
Refer my previous article for steps to pass json collection from Power Automate to Canvas App. Now lets see how to pass json collection from a Canvas app to Power Automate flow. Before we start lets make sure to meet all the prerequisites. Prerequisites: Subscribe to 30 days trial and…


