Trying to type in long expressions in your Power Automate cloud flows can be frustrating. To make writing expressions and selecting dynamic content easier for yourself, you can turn on Experimental features.
Getting Microsoft Certified: FAQ
Here's some FAQ to help you get started with getting your first Microsoft certification.
Turn OFF multi-factor authentication (MFA) for your organisation – Microsoft 365
As an admin, you can turn off multi-factor authentication. I've put this together specifically for people who might have signed up for a Microsoft 365 trial, or perhaps you've set up a tenant to run training with a group. With MFA off, users wont be prompted to provide a phone number or another authentication method when trying to sign in to their Microsoft Tools.
Create a new trial environment to use Power Platform tools
If you've signed up to use Power Apps, you may need to create a new environment. Keep in mind that most people will not be able to do this in their normal work accounts, it is something that has likely been restricted to admins only. I've put this together for people who may be participating in Power Platform training using a trial tenant and are required to create an environment.
Sign up for a free trial to try out Microsoft 365 + Power Platform tools
With a free trial of Microsoft 365 you can use the Power Platform and Microsoft 365 tools without interfering with your normal work account. Useful for creating demos or for training.
New Power Platform features: picks from the Wave 2 2022 release wave
Microsoft has published the Wave 2 2022 release wave, which gives us a list of new features across Power Platform and Dynamics 365 we can look forward to. I'm highlighting my 5 top picks for Power Platform here.
How can I export an app, bot or flow I’ve created in Microsoft Teams?
As with solutions built in a full Dataverse environment (i.e. outside of Teams) you can save and export a .zip file of your Teams-based creations. This can be done either via the Power Apps Teams app or the Power Automate website.
Instantly extract information from an invoice
If you're looking for a way to extract data from invoices in an instant, Microsoft's AI Builder is your answer. With the Invoice Processing model, all you need to do is upload your invoice (or have it arrive via email or another method), then AI Builder does the work of pulling out all the information you need.
Where to find AI Builder: Microsoft’s no-code AI tool
If you're looking to bring AI capabilities in your processes or apps, the no-code tool AI Builder is your answer. With AI Builder, within seconds you can do things like extract information from invoices and documents, categorize incoming emails, and read text from images. Here are the 3 ways you can find AI Builder to get started using these capabilities.
Document generation with Power Virtual Agents: talk to the bot > fill a Word doc template > save the file in SharePoint
The Word Online (Business) connector for Power Automate allows you to generate documents. Beginning with a Microsoft Word template, you can use the connector in a flow to take inputs, populate them in a template, and save the document. Here, we'll take a look at how you can use a conversation with a bot to collect these inputs, create the document, then return a link to the file back to the user.