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    Power Apps component framework (PCF) – Beginner guide

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    March 21, 2020

    Note: If you are looking for building a React (Virtual) PCF control, please refer this post Off late, I have been receiving lot of requests to explain the nitty-gritty of Power Apps component framework aka PCF. While there are tons of great articles and videos on PCF are already available,…

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    D365 Data Export Service – Unable to connect to Azure SQL Server from Profile

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    March 14, 2020

    Other day while configuring Data Export Service to replicate the CDS data to Azure SQL Server’s Database, I encountered following error from the ‘Profile’ creation step: Unable to connect to the Destination mentioned in the KeyVault URL Troubleshooting steps and Fix: From the error message its clear that, Data Export…

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    [Step by Step] Data Export Service – Replicate CDS data to Azure SQL Server Database

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    March 14, 2020

    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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    Canvas App -Working with Bing Maps connector

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    March 8, 2020

    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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    PL-900: Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals – Prep Notes

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    February 25, 2020

    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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    ADX Portal – Forgot Password – ‘Invalid Party Object Type’ Error

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    February 21, 2020

    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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    Power Apps – Minimum privileges to run app

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    February 20, 2020

    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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    Power Apps – ‘Environment Variables’ and their usage in Canvas Apps

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    February 18, 2020

    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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    ADX Portal – Display ‘Message’ during maintenance window

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    February 14, 2020

    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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    PowerApps Portal – Enable Maintenance mode

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    February 13, 2020

    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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