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I wanted to delete Twitter but Microsoft Copilot blocked me.🚫

Since Twitter as a service doesn't exist anymore, I figured it was time to delete it from our #PowerApps based CRM system's contact record fields. Except I couldn't.

Seems like #Microsoft has rolled out #Copilot related solution components to all #PowerPlatform environments, not just the US. Unfortunately there's a bug that creates dependencies to your searchable custom columns.

Read more on LI: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jukkaniiranen_powerapps-powerplatform-copilot-activity-7102537909034991616-uuRR

"It's simple, just replace Azure AD with Entra ID". Except when it comes to #Microsoft product renaming, nothing ever is truly simple.😅

This morning I tried to figure out how #AzureAD security groups should officially be called in the #EntraID world. Because the product UI updates in #PowerPlatform admin center didn't look right.

More thoughts over on LI: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jukkaniiranen_entraid-microsoft-powerplatform-activity-7101838690515062784-1pBm

If you're serious about #PowerPlatform, you should also be serious about keeping the #lowcode governance tools up to date.

That's the topic of my latest #ForwardForever blog post: https://ff.tips/CoEupdate

"3 key reasons for ensuring your Power Platform governance tools are properly maintained. 3 common challenges that explain why they sometimes aren't."

Can't wait for the #Microsoft #PowerPlatform to be fully funded by ads. After all, there's still plenty of screen estate available in the Admin Center that is NOT used for ad banners...

@mderooij It's worst in #PowerPlatform admin center where the event ads are displayed in 2 places simultaneously when opening PPAC. Didn't imagine we'd need an adblocker for #Microsoft admin portals...

Cool stuff on the #PowerPlatform governance roadmap: grouping environments and managing them with rule sets. (Well, technically it's not ON the roadmaps - just in a #Microsoft promo video for now.)

More thoughts on #lowcode governance needs and how this may help: https://ff.tips/EnvGrp

New month, new #PowerPlatform licensing guide.🤩

It seems that the new "Power Automate Process" license is just a more expensive option for anyone who wants to do API based automation with cloud flows and not RPA.

More thoughts on #PowerAutomate licensing in LI: https://ff.tips/PerFlow

Ah, #PowerPlatform licensing is being simplified once again.😅

The Department of Renaming Things at #Microsoft has been hard at work. As a result, established SKU names for #PowerApps and #PowerAutomate will see a few updates. I've analyzed these over on LI: https://ff.tips/PPSKU

Year 11 for the #MicrosoftMVP award.

Both the technology (#PowerPlatform) and the trophy just keep on finding new interesting shapes and forms. #MVPbuzz

When building #lowcode apps, especially the #citizendevelopers might want to adopt collaboration practices that are familiar from the world of documents.

The new Comments feature in #PowerApps and #PowerAutomate looks simple enough to adopt. Yet I'm not entirely comfortable with the security implications as well as comment data management.

I wrote a blog post on the feature from the perspective of #PowerPlatform governance and administration: https://ff.tips/GovComm

Our latest #ForwardForever team member, Ferran Chopo, originally met @timopertila in a SharePoint conference, before #PowerPlatform as a term even existed.

I met Timo and Antti thanks to us all being bloggers and receiving the #MicrosoftMVP award that allowed us to network with peers.

One thing lead to another, then we launched our company in 2020. Now Ferran, working in Barcelona, is a part of the same team. All thanks to community.

Read more about his journey: https://ff.tips/Ferran

Community has a funny way of connecting people with similar interests and then amplifying their ouputs to create something brand new.

Our company, Forward Forever, is largely based on the following pattern:

1. Experts work with something they are passionate about.
2. They want to share their knowledge with the world.
3. Connections are formed.
4. New business opportunity emerges.

That's how these 4 #MicrosoftMVP's now work as colleagues in a company 100% focused on #PowerPlatform & #lowcode.

I've started adopting a new mindset for #blogging. Instead of thinking of it as a way to get noticed or whatever, I'm using it as a way for me to tell future me how to do things. It's like code comments, but for life 😁.

If you're into #PowerPlatform , #Azure , or #javascript , feel free to check it out: https://blog.richardcarrigan.dev

Does anyone have any advice for documenting a #PowerApps or #PowerPlatform project? I’ve recently built one for my org, and I can manage everything by memory…. For now. I’d like to get it documented for my own sake, and for the org’s if I get hit by a bus… but don’t know where to start

Any advice would be greatly appreciated 🙏

#PowerApps user settings management - it's a baffling experience for both users and admins. Here's a blog post to introduce people without a Dynamics 365 background into this topic: https://ff.tips/USettings

I'm working on a tool that could allow users themselves to easily fix their settings across multiple #PowerPlatform environments. Stay tuned!

Such a fine example of #Microsoft shooting themselves in the foot while chasing for additional licensing revenue.🙄

Basically every customer that I talk to says licensing is their biggest concern around #PowerPlatform usage. The requirements imposed 1y ago on licensing service accounts that run #PowerAutomate cloud flows will do far more harm than good to MS business.

Here are my earlier thoughts on it: https://ff.tips/FlowSA

Ars Technica: Microsoft aims to reduce “tedious” business tasks with new AI tools https://arstechnica.com/?p=1922073 #Tech #arstechnica #IT #Technology #largelanguagemodels #machinelearning #Microsoftoffice #PowerPlatform #dynamics365 #microsoft #ChatGPT #Biz&IT #clippy #openai #AI

I'd never call myself a #Microsoft365 Developer. Yet the Dev program offers great benefits for #PowerPlatform #lowcode makers and admins, too.

In this blog post I demonstrate how to get your persistent dev tenant and deploy the #CoEStarterKit tools for learning #PowerApps / #PowerAutomate governance scenarios: https://ff.tips/M365dev

Because nothing beats being the Global Admin of your own lil' #Microsoft universe.🤩

Team #ForwardForever is 3 years old today!🥳

From 5 to 20 professionals, working on an ever evolving technology like #PowerPlatform, it has been a ride like no other.

Reflecting on the journey and why FF had to be created: https://ff.tips/FF3yo