How to manage external data access and side effects, explained for CodeApps devs, not just React experts Introduction Since Code Apps are natively part of the Microsoft ecosystem, they are most frequently paired with Dataverse as a primary data source. However, there are scenarios where you must interface directly with external data sources or APIs. […]
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Power Platform encapsulation: the technique you didn’t know you needed Introduction Have you ever tried to customize the Notes (annotation) table and failed ? Have you ever tried to reverse-engineer or change components on one of Microsoft’s msdyn_ solutions and wondered why they are untouchable ? How is that possible ? Well, this is what
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Introduction CodeApps has been generally available since February 2026. Since then, Microsoft’s CodeApps build team has been iterating quickly, and one of the notable shifts has been pushing the npm based workflow as the replacement for the PAC CLI approach we were all used to. In this article, the goal is simple: follow the official
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P3 : Can we force an automatic Pipeline deployment without an extra “Deploy” click ? Introduction Power Platform Pipelines deploy your solution one stage at a time, and each stage needs its own manual Deploy click. For PREPROD and PROD, fair enough, you want a human to intervene and approve. But from DEV to TEST
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Introduction Since the end of March 2026, if you have tried to create a new CDX tenant, I bet you had a hard time doing it, if you didn’t find it outright impossible Microsoft has officially decommissioned demo tenant creation via the traditional CDX Dashboard. This means the familiar “Create Tenant” button is gone. The
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Introduction In Part 1, Hands-on CodeApps : Beyond the Hype and the Skepticism, we covered the big picture of CodeApps. I encourage you to take a look at it before starting this Part 2. That said, it isn’t a hard prerequisite for understanding what follows. In detail, this second part focuses on: By the end
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Introduction PowerApps CodeApps has been Generally Available since February 2026. Having spent the last few weeks testing integrations and building real-world projections, I’ve seen firsthand where it shines and where the critics get it wrong. Before you get swayed by pessimistic articles or developers claiming “you don’t need it,” I wanted to share my insights
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P2 : Implementing Power Platform Pipelines in your project Introduction In the previous article, I introduced the concept of ALM with Power Platform Pipelines here , providing an overview of the ‘what,’ ‘when,’ and the prerequisites for adoption. If you haven’t had a chance to check it out yet, I highly recommend reading that first
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P1 : How to adopt Power Platform Pipelines in your projects Introduction When I was first introduced to ALM at a Power Platform French Summit (PPFS) event in 2023, I sat through three different presentations and still couldn’t grasp what it really was or how to actually adopt it It was only after I actually
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The funny thing about being a tech lead is that you always have to clear blocking issues for other devs on the team, and the questions always come in the form of: “That is not working,” “It works on the DEV env, but is not working on other environments,” or “There is a bug because
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