Enable Early Access Wave 1 2023 | Power Platform

February 6, 2023 priyeshwagh777 Power Platform Admin Center early access, enable early access, power apps, Power Platform

Like every 6 months, enabling Early Access is one of the best things to look forward to as Microsoft announces Release Plans! So, here’s how you can enable Early Access for Wave 1 2023 if you are new to managing Power Platform environments!

It is recommended to enable Early Access features only for Sandbox environments as it is not GA [General Availability] yet.

Power Platform Admin Center

Given that you are a Power Platform Administrator / Dynamics 365 Administrator, here’s how you can enable Wave 1 2023 access for your Sandbox environment –

Select the Sandbox environment
Then, see the Updates section where you’ll now see 2021 Wave 1 updates available in Off mode.
On the right hand side, you can select the U
Then, enter the Display Name of the environment correctly in order to ensure you are enabling this on the correct environment.
Once you confirm, you’ll see that the Updates have started applying in the background.
And when you click or refresh, you’ll see what’s being Activated in the background based on how your environment is set up.
It takes a few hours based on the environment for the Wave 1 2023 Updates to be applied.

And you’re set! Here’s Microsoft Learn Documentation for Wave 1 2023 for Power Platform / Dynamics 365: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/release-plans/?WT.mc_id=DX-MVP-5003911

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Adding Editable Grid using the New Power Apps Grid Control in Model-Driven Apps | [Preview]

December 11, 2022 priyeshwagh777 Microsoft PowerApps Dataverse, editable grid, model driven apps, power apps, power apps grid, powerapps

If you are designing your forms in the Model-Driven Apps designer from the Power Apps Maker i.e. https://make.powerapps.com/, here’s how you can add the New Power Apps Grid (which is in Preview at the time of writing this post)

Scenario

For example, you are in Model Driven Apps designer and you are see the existing Grids, they have only 2 areas in Properties –

Select the Grid and you’ll only see 2 areas –
And if you expand them, you won’t find a way to change the control to, for example, Editable Grid.
That’s where the new Power Apps Grid Control comes hand. This is currently in Preview at the time of writing this post.

New Power Apps Grid Control [Preview]

Now, click on the Components section to reveal all the Components that you could add to the Model-Driven Apps form –

You’ll see the More Components section under which you’ll find the new Power Apps Grid Control.
Now, once you drag is on the form where you want it to be, you’ll be asked to select the records it should hold. It’ll ask you to select the Table which you want to display in the sub-grid.
Once you click on Done, make sure the Show Related Records is selected as well and ensure the Table and View selected is correct.
Now, look for Components section and expand the same. Expanding the Components, you’ll be able to select the Editable Grid.
Expand the Components section and you’ll find another button to add more components that are made available.
Now, you’ll be able to select the Editable Grid here.
Now that you have added Editable Grid, click Done.
And once you add, you’ll notice that the Mobile, Web etc will be shown under the new grid. Means this is now set as default and not the other 2 views.
Finally, you can save your changes and publish.
And that’s how you are able to add Editable Grid on the modern Power Apps Model Apps designer using the new Power Apps Grid Component.
And here’s how you’ll be able to add an Editable Grid on the Form using new Power Apps maker.

Here’s the Microsoft Learn link for the same – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-apps/maker/model-driven-apps/the-power-apps-grid-control?WT.mc_id=DX-MVP-5003911

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Setting up Billing Policy for Dataverse Environments in Power Platform for Azure Pay-As-You-Go plan | Microsoft Azure

October 31, 2022October 31, 2022 priyeshwagh777 Microsoft Azure, Microsoft PowerApps, Power Platform Admin Center Dataverse, Microsoft Azure, power apps, power platform billing policy, power platform pay as you go

Pay-as-you-go has been recently announced with Azure and I too wanted to explore this topic myself on my trials Dataverse/D365 Sales environment as well as my Microsoft Azure trial subscription which I started.

Disclaimer: Please note that I’m exploring this topic and sharing as I go on. Hence, I’ll continue to write further topics as I proceed. Please try on your Dataverse trial & Microsoft Azure trial subscription to identify / estimate the costs your actual implementation will incur.

I also recommend going through the below Microsoft Learn Pages for detailed information on pricing and meters of the Pay-as-you-go model –

Detailed Microsoft Docs for Pay-as-you-go: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/admin/pay-as-you-go-overview?WT.mc_id=DX-MVP-5003911

Power Apps Pricing: https ://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/

Pay-as-you-go Meters: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/admin/pay-as-you-go-meters?tabs=image?WT.mc_id=DX-MVP-5003911

Let’s see how we can get started!

Setting up Billing Policy

Here’s how you create Billing Policy in Power Platform –

In Power Platform Admin Center (https://admin.powerplatform.microsoft.com/), you can see Policies section. If you expand the same, you can see Billing Policies.
Here, you can start by creating a new Billing Policy
You can give it an appropriate name. And it doesn’t allow you to have spaces.
Next, you’ll be asked to select the Subscription you wan to assign the Billing Policy under.
Notice the error below. My Free Trial Azure Subscription doesn’t have a Resource Group created yet. Hence, this need to be present.
Since at this point, I don’t have a Resource Group under the Azure Subscription I selected, I need to go to Azure Portal (https://portal.azure.com/), search for Resource Groups
Since you might not have any Resource Group right away, you can create one.
I’ll just give it a name which I can identify with.
I’ll validate and Create the same in Azure.
Resource Group will be created here.
Now, when I come back to Power Platform, if I reselect the Azure Subscription, I’ll now see that the Resource Group I created is showing up.
I’ll select the same and select United States as the Region.
And click on Next.
In the next steps, I can select which all Environments should be included in the Policy. Then, I can click on + Add to policy.
You can see the Added to policy tab now showing your environment. Once you are satisfied with the selection, you can click on Next.
Final step is to now Review and confirm the policy you are creating.
It’ll take a moment to start provisioning. Then, you’ll see the status as Provisioning.
Once completed, the status will show as Enabled.
Now, when you go back to Azure Portal and open the Resource Group, you’ll find a Deployment show up
Open it up and you’ll see a Deployment created.
And if you open the Deployment, you can see the DataverseBilling which we had set up in Power Platform.
And this point, you are now setup with using Pay-As-you-go plan for your Dataverse environment(s).

Note: Further, I’ll write follow up posts as I explore Pay-as-you-go scenarios and experience myself.

Hope this helps!

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Adding Image field on the form in Dynamics 365 CRM | Power Platform Modern Form Designer [Quick Tip]

August 24, 2022 priyeshwagh777 Microsoft PowerApps image field in dynamics 365 crm, model driven apps, modern form designer, power apps

If you are predominantly working in Dynamics 365 CRM i.e. the classic Form Designer and have one of the below fields –

You won’t be able to find it to add it on the Form in the Classic Editor.

And you are wondering how you can get this field on the form, then this quick tip is for you!

Modern Form Designer

Given that you are aware of how to get to the modern form designer –

Once you open the Form from Power Apps (https://make.powerapps.com/), you can go to the Solution your Form/Fields are put in.
Then, open your Form from the Solution
And in your Form, if you look for the fields / Columns section to put on the form, you can see the Thumbnail field we created is present.
You can then double click it and add on the Form. And then, this field will also work when using Dynamics 365 CRM Apps like Field Service, Sales etc.

Hope this was useful!

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Users cannot create Flows in Power Automate | Environment Maker permissions

August 1, 2022 priyeshwagh777 Power Automate environment maker, power apps, Power Automate, Power Platform Admin Center, security roles

If you are someone who has been asked to create Flows in Power Automate, and you go to Power Automate portal (https://make.powerautomate.com/) to make your first Flow in your environment, you may come across this if you are not an Administrator yet –

The error message would say -“You are not permitted to make flows in this ‘<EnvironmentName>’. Please switch to the default environment, or to one of your own environment(s), where you have maker permissions.“

Now, let’s see what the issue is about.

Environment Maker Permissions

As a Power Platform Administrator yourself, you’ll need to provide Environment Maker privileges (Security Role) to the affected User in your environment –

Navigate to the the Settings for the Environment in PPAC (https://admin.powerplatform.microsoft.com/)
And look for Security Roles in Access area –
Look for the Environment Maker role.
When in Environment Maker role, look for the Add People button on the top.
Now, search for the user who should have the Environment Maker permissions and click Add (which will be at the bottom of the pane).
Now, you’ll see that this user is added.
Now, when the User will refresh the Flow Editor, they’ll no longer see the error message and will be able to create/save Flows.

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Enable Power Automate Pane in Canvas Apps Studio | Preview

March 27, 2022 priyeshwagh777 Microsoft PowerApps, Power Automate canvas apps, flow in canvas apps, power apps, power automate in canvas apps

Now, you can start creating Flows from within the Power Apps itself and add Power Automate as a Pane on the left hand navigation.

Let’s check out how –

Enable Power Automate Pane

In the App Studio, here’s how you can turn on the Power Automate pane –

In the App Studio, you can see the Settings button, clicking on which will open up the Settings area.
Go to Upcoming Features tab and look at the Preview section since this feature is still in Preview.

You’ll find the Enable Power Automate pane option turned off by default.
Before you turn it on, you’ll see the left hand menu doesn’t have a Power Automate icon/section added already.
And when you Turn it On, you’ll see the Power Automate section added.
Now, when you expand it, it appears like you can create a Flow from here.
When you click on Create new Flow, you’ll get the option to start creating from a Template or create a new one like you usually do in Power Automate app itself.
I clicked on Create from blank in the above step, you’ll then get the Flow editor right there and PowerApps as the trigger since this will be triggered from your Canvas Power Apps.
Now, you can continue to build you Flow and once done, it’ll be available in the list to be used.
And you can then use this Flow as per requirement.

Existing vs New Method

Let’s see the subtle difference between the existing and the new method -1

Once you enable this, you’ll find 2 Power Automate buttons (Perhaps this will change in the near future)
Once will open the new pane and the other existing one will open in the old way in context of the Screen being used.
Additionally, the existing method will open the Power Automate portal itself in the new tab as opposed to opening the Flow in the Canvas Apps Studio itself.

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Create a Flyout menu for ribbons in Ribbon Workbench | XrmToolBox

December 27, 2021December 27, 2021 priyeshwagh777 Ribbon Workbench D365 Ribbon Customization, power apps, power fx, Ribbon Workbench

Here’s how you can create Flyout menu in Ribbon Workbench.
Also, for most ribbon customization, you can edit using the Command Editor in Power Apps but this is in Preview at the time of writing this post –

How to add low-code Power Fx buttons to model-driven apps (Commanding v2) – https://www.develop1.net/public/post/2021/07/25/commandingv2
Comparison between Ribbon Workbench and Power Fx Command Buttons –
https://www.develop1.net/public/post/2021/07/25/RibbonWorkbench-vs-PowerFx

Meanwhile, here’s how you can create a Flyout menu in Dynamics 365 CRM Ribbon using Ribbon Workbench in the XrmToolBox

Ribbon Workbench in XrmToolBox

In classic XrmToolBox style, here’s how you create a Flyout button. Given that you are aware of how to load the Entity’s ribbon in a solution and then onto the Ribbon Workbench, we’ll see at how we can create a button on Account Form –

Insert the Flyout menu in the Ribbon where you want to insert this. In this case, in the Form ribbon of the Account entity.
Once dragged, pick a Menu Section control and insert into the flyout canvas shown in screenshot below. Because all the Buttons will fall under that Buttons can’t be added directly into the Flyout menu.
Now, you can name the Menu Section itself as show below –
Note: In case if you named the Section correctly and it didn’t appear the first time, clicking on some other component and then clicking it back will show it correctly.
Now, you can insert buttons underneath the section. In this case, I’ll add 2 buttons for Pause and Cancel.
Make sure you populate the Command and the ModernImage icon for it’s icon so that the buttons are visible when you publish. Without a Command being attached to the Button, the button will not be visible.
The final button layout will look like this.
Note: In case if you named the Section correctly and it didn’t appear the first time, clicking on some other component and then clicking it back will show it correctly.
Once ready, publish the changes and see. Your Flyout menu will be ready and will look like this!

Hope this was useful!

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Install On-Premise Gateway from Power Automate or Power Apps | Power Platform

October 31, 2021 priyeshwagh777 Microsoft PowerApps, Power Automate on premise gateway, on-prem gateway, power apps, Power Automate, Power Platform

Here’s your summary to understand what are On-Prem Gateways in Power Automate and how you can set them up.
The same can be done from Power Apps as well (https://make.powerapps.com/)

So let’s see how you can set it up and get started. This post is for beginners who are looking to install an on-premise gateway. So this should be fairly simple process! 😊

Create an On-Prem Gateway in Power Automate

Here’s how you can create an On-Prem Gateway in Power Automate

Expand the Data section and look for Gateways. Then, when you go in Gateways, you will see + New gateway button.
Then, you’ll be taken to a new webpage (https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-gb/downloads/). Here’s you’ll be able to Download an on-prem Gateway
Once you click on Download, it’ll start downloading the Installer on your machine.

It’ll complete, then you can simply open it to start installing.
Once you begin the installation, choose where the Gateway folder path should be.
Then, click Install.

And it’ll install and will take a few moments.
Once completed, it’ll ask for the email address (or rather username needed to install the Gateway)
Further, authentication will take place as below (in case you have MFA enabled, that will be occur too)
And, it’ll Sign you in.
Once in, it’ll ask if this is a migration or the first time setup.
Since I’m installing it for the first time, I’ll choose the first option as this is a fresh install.
Upon clicking Next, I’ll be asked to set Properties for the gateway.
So, to identify the machine, I’ll select a name with which I can identify and then enter a Recovery Key which I will store safely with me.
Then, click Configure.
It’ll take a few moments to configure.
And now, you’re done in a few moments. Finally, the Gateway is now installed.

Configuration & Info

Given that your Gateway is now installed, you can always go in the File Explorer where you set it up and open the below app

If you wish to check the configurations in detail, you’ll need to Sign In again

And in Power Automate, you’ll see the Gateway is listed.

And if you open it up, you’ll see the high-level details and status of it.

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Column dependency for Event Handlers for Model-Driven Apps – Modern vs Classic form designer | Power Apps Tip

October 31, 2021 priyeshwagh777 Microsoft PowerApps event handlers in power apps, model driven apps, power apps

You must be already familiar with Locking fields on the form in Dynamics 356 CRM so that they are not removed from the form unless you remove the Lock.

Also, it’s a “best practice” to add Dependencies explicitly to your events so that if multiple customers are working on the same form, no one should delete a field which is required by Events added to fields/forms.

In the modern form designer, it looks like below

And when you try to remove the field from the form, you’ll see this error.

Now, there’s also another way you can lock this field and not remove it explicitly due to a dependency – Let’s see what we have in the modern app designer!!

Events dependency in modern app designer

Let’s say you are using the modern app designer to work on your forms, here’s what you notice

For example, you are using the modern App Designer and you are working on Website field on the Account entity.
Let’s add an Event Handler for the Website field in the modern designer.
Once you added an event, you’ll see a Column Dependency field which can choose to select fields. (Denoted by arrow in below screenshot)
Here, I’ll select the Website field from the dropdown so that the Lock is established on the field.
So now, when I look at the field Properties, the Lock will be disabled and I can’t choose to remove it explicitly from the Properties itself.

In Classic Form Editor

Here’s where you can add dependencies to Event Handlers in the Classic Form Editors (I’ll be honest, this usually goes unnoticed and I never cared to add dependency)

Wherever you add Events on the field/form, look for the Dependencies tab on the window where you add the JS function.
And you’ll see the fields which are selected for Dependencies so that they are not accidentally removed.

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Create a Power Apps Per User Plan Trial | Dataverse environment

October 29, 2021 priyeshwagh777 Microsoft PowerApps microsoft power apps, power apps

Here’s how you can create a Power Apps trial under the Per App Plan which is of $20!
Link: https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/

Under Per App Pricing, look for Try New button where you can start the trial setup process.

Setting up a new tenant

Once you use the above link to, you’ll be taken to the Setup page like any other Dynamics trials you must’ve signed-up for –

Fill in an email on which you would want to receive subscription communication email.
Then, click Next.
In the next step, if the email address doesn’t exist ()-
Next, under Tell us about yourself section, enter the basic details.
Once you fill in these details, click Next. You’ll be asked to enter phone on which you’ll receive the OTP to authenticate
Enter code and proceed.
In case you want to change the domain, you can do so before finalizing. Else, you can directly click on Next.

And once this is finalized, you can click on Save and it’ll be locked.
So in case you changed, then click on Next post that.
In the final step, you’ll see the below. Once the info is correct, click on Get Started and you’ll be taken to M365 Admin Portal.

License

If you check the license which is assigned in this, you’ll see the –

Creating a Dataverse Environment

Now, you can create a Power Apps Dataverse environment –

Go to https://admin.powerplatform.microsoft.com/ and you can click on New.
Now, you can set the name of the environment.
Note that the default type is set to Sandbox [I’ll tell you why this will cause an issue]
In case you proceed to create a Sandbox type
You’ll end up having this error which needs at least 1GB space.
That’s why you can go back and change the Type to Trial (Subscription-based).
Also, notice that the Database will be created.
Then, you can proceed. Also, notice that I’m also deploying sample data. Hence, Power Apps based Apps will be setup with demo data and not the Dynamics 365 Apps.
Then, provisioning will start.
In a few moments, the environment will be created and you can navigate to it.
Select the environment and click on Open Environment.
And the environment with sample apps and data will open up!