Show Notes
What’s New in Power Platform:
* Great advice on streamlining Patch functions in Power Fx – https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Power-Apps-Community-Blog/Supercharge-your-Patch-Function/ba-p/1279620
* Downloadable template for a PVA BOT to help answer internal questions and escalate to specialists – https://powervirtualagents.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/pva-employee-faq-bot-template/
* Dev Tools Update – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/august-update-power-platform-developer-tools/
* Preview Solution Management Enhancements – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/managing-solutions-has-a-new-look-public-preview/
* Best Practices with Connection References – https://community.dynamics.com/crm/b/crminthefield/posts/considerations-when-using-connection-references-with-power-automate-flows
* New Power Fx functions allow Dataverse permissions checks – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/permissions-support-in-datasourceinfo-and-new-recordinfo-functions-for-dataverse/ with some additional great tips – https://www.itaintboring.com/powerapps/datasourceinfo-checking-table-permissions/
* Oct release of COE Starter Kit is out – https://github.com/microsoft/coe-starter-kit/releases/tag/CoEStarterKit-October2021
* New connectors – https://powerautomate.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/new-21-service-owner-connectors-in-august-and-september/
* Power Automate Desktop now included in Windows 11 – https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/powerplatform/2021/10/04/automation-in-windows-11-enables-users-to-reduce-repetitive-tasks-and-boost-productivity/
* Nice update to search configuration for Dataverse – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/goodbye-relevance-search-hello-dataverse-search/
What’s New in Solution Updates:
* Power Apps Checker to 1.2.0.122
* Customer Insights Customer Card to 0.9.0
* Sales Insights to 9.0.21091.10007
* Cosmos DB Virtual Entity Provider to 9.0.0.371
* Dynamics Service Scheduling to 9.0.21091.1003
* Field Service to 8.8.50.13
* Enterprise Sales to 9.0.21091.10001
Featured Content:
* Reminder to register for Ignite coming up Nov 2-4 – https://register.ignite.microsoft.com/auth/login
