Implementing Paging for SharePoint in Power Automate

One of the many benefits of using Microsoft Power Automate is the ability to process large amounts of data in batches. By automating such tasks, you reduce the risk and effort associated with performing them manually and can focus on more impactful tasks. Many connectors in Power Automate are set up to process large amounts, … Continue reading Implementing Paging for SharePoint in Power Automate

Preserving Deleted Files in SharePoint Online Using Power Automate

The SharePoint Recycle Bin lets users recover files they may have inadvertently deleted. SharePoint Online allows users 93 days during which they can go to the recycle bin to recover the files and have them placed back in their original location. However, at times, users may need a longer grace period. While SharePoint on-premises provides … Continue reading Preserving Deleted Files in SharePoint Online Using Power Automate

Managing Approvals in Multiple Systems

Power Automate has a great approval mechanism that can be accessed from within the Power Automate portal, Power Automate Mobile app, Microsoft Teams, and you favourite email client. However, there are times when you may want to provide approvals in another system while keeping the Power Automate approvals up-to-date. Consider the scenario where you have … Continue reading Managing Approvals in Multiple Systems

Customizing your Power Apps SharePoint Forms for Content Types

SharePoint is great at managing an organizations content and its metadata using fields and content types. For those who are new to SharePoint and information architecture, Content Types are a way to describe a specific type of item and contain the description about the item (metadata fields). The out-of-the-box SharePoint form experience can be customized using Power … Continue reading Customizing your Power Apps SharePoint Forms for Content Types

Create Modern SharePoint Sites with Template Homepages using Power Automate

Have you ever wanted to easily automate the creation of Modern SharePoint sites without the needs of development or complex configurations? Well, you can. Power Automate with the help of the SharePoint connector enables users with the proper permissions to create and configure SharePoint sites and even apply SharePoint designs and scripts to them. However, … Continue reading Create Modern SharePoint Sites with Template Homepages using Power Automate

Filtering Lookup Columns in SharePoint using Power Apps

When your information architecture calls for certain fields that a user needs to select a value from, SharePoint provides three options — Choice, Lookup, and Managed Metadata fields. Which one you use in your implementation will depends on the specific business needs: is the use local or global, are values fixed or changing, and who … Continue reading Filtering Lookup Columns in SharePoint using Power Apps

Segregating Organizational Admin Responsibilities in Office 365

Today, Office 365 offers a variety of admin roles that can be used to manage your tenant — 45 to be exact. These roles align with the general recommended practice of providing users and admins alike the least amount of access they require to complete their work. However, with that, there is still a problem … Continue reading Segregating Organizational Admin Responsibilities in Office 365

Accessing the latest Standard Operating Procedures when your Network is Down

A Standard Operating Procedure (SOP’s) is a set of step-by-step instructions compiled by an organization to help workers carry out complex routine operations. Sometimes, these SOP’s describe emergency procedures for dealing with fire, gas leaks, hazardous material spills, or other disasters. Recently, I worked with a client in the oil and gas industry who had … Continue reading Accessing the latest Standard Operating Procedures when your Network is Down

Building Enterprise-wide Multilingual Power Apps

Supporting multiple languages for corporations is a reality. It may be an organization operating in multilingual countries, such as Canada, Belgium, Italy, or others, or having a workforce that that is distributed across the globe. One common challenge in building solutions to support multilingualism is the creation and maintenance of such solutions as they evolve … Continue reading Building Enterprise-wide Multilingual Power Apps

Build you own Raffle Solution using the Power Platform and more

If you're a presenter or organize events, then you may agree that one thing that always attracts an audience are raffle prizes. In the past, I used to ask users random questions in the audience, which works great, but given that most of my presentations in the past couple of years have been in the … Continue reading Build you own Raffle Solution using the Power Platform and more