I’m running a little late…

These are infamous words spoken by many of us as we run from meeting to meeting or between locations. While we can’t use Power Automate to stop the clock, there are some great components that, when put together, can help us notify others of our arrival. In this article, I’m discussing a flow I built … Continue reading I’m running a little late…

Reduce Virtual Meeting Fatigue using Power Automate

In a recent research Microsoft study on the impacts that back-to-back virtual meetings have on our brains, the message was very clear. According to Michael Bohan, Sr. director of Human Factors Engineering at Microsoft, Our research shows breaks are important, not just to make us less exhausted by the end of the day, but to actually … Continue reading Reduce Virtual Meeting Fatigue using Power Automate

Keeping your Apps Theme In Sync with Teams

A few months ago, I published an article Love your battery. Use Dark Mode that talked about extending smart phone battery life by using dark mode or switching between modes when building Power Apps. This works well, but may cause an inconsistent experience when loading the app in Teams. For example, if the app was set to … Continue reading Keeping your Apps Theme In Sync with Teams

Creating Teams-Aware Power Apps

Recently, Microsoft released an important enhancement to Power Apps that enables Teams to pass important content information directly into the app when calling it. This means that when an app is added to a team or channel, it can leverage this information to simplify the user experience for the user. Suppose you want to have … Continue reading Creating Teams-Aware Power Apps

Linking to files in Microsoft Teams

I love the fact that Microsoft Teams lets me manage all my content in one place — files, conversations, and more. One way to even further simplify my collaboration with my peers is by including links to files directly within my conversations. When you select the Get link option for a file, a dialog presents you with … Continue reading Linking to files in Microsoft Teams

Extend a warm welcome to your new Team member

Microsoft just released a new Power Automate template that can help welcome new Team members and notify existing members when someone leaves a Team. At first it may seem redundant as Teams already provides built-in functionality to notify users of such changes. But there are two main differences: The built-in notifications only appear in the General channel … Continue reading Extend a warm welcome to your new Team member

No Remote? No Problem! Microsoft Teams Mobile App is here to help

You have ten minutes before your big presentation begins. The slides are ready, you’re dialed in to the conference line and start sharing the deck from your laptop, and then horror strikes — you can’t find your presenter remote. Has this ever happened to you? If so, then you’re not alone. If you frequently give … Continue reading No Remote? No Problem! Microsoft Teams Mobile App is here to help