Sorry folks, there have been some technical difficulties
If you’ve been wondering what’s happened here – it seems I’ve managed to lose about a year of blog posts… will see if I can get at least some of them back
Author Archives: Alex Shlega
So I got the web site running, there are requests there… how do I get them on my phone?
Apparently, I need an app on my phone, and, of course, having a Canvas App looks like a logical choice. The application does not have to be overly complicated, but it has to provide such functionality as: – Ability to see active requests – Ability to see new comments and to reply to them –… Read More »
To be or not to be – every time I work on a canvas app, this question inevitably comes up
Low code development is very promising, and, yet, it can be very tricky. I’ve done my share of Canvas Apps development, and if there is anything I learned about them is that there are dozens of little things that may not work, or they may not work exactly as you thought they would, and, so,… Read More »
Managed Environments are aiming to take over CoE Starter Kit?
I was doing some reading about CoE in general and CoE Starter Kit in particular, and look what I have found: (… How to use the CoE Starter Kit alongside Power Platform Admin Center… ) Our recommendation is to start with the out of the box capabilities in Power Platform admin center and Managed Environments.… Read More »
I always wanted to have a portal on “my terms”, so here goes ITA Web Starter
Why would I want to have a web site my own way if there are, already, Power Pages in Power Platform? 🤔 That’s for a bunch of reasons, but all of them come down to the fact that I want a solution for which I don’t need to break the bank. For a big organization, licensing… Read More »
Getting an “object reference not set to an instance of an object” error when deploying a custom connector?
If you created a very minimal custom connector and looked at the swagger definition right after, you’d notice a bunch of attributes added by default: However, not all of those are literally “required” when creating a new connector. For example, I could have removed “schemes” node, and it would still be acceptable: The problem would occur later,… Read More »
Low code, in all its glory, is not a substitute for proper planning and solution design
I recently made a post on LinkedIn where I simply provided a link to an article posted by someone else, and that produced some interesting responses and a bit of a discussion. Now that post does seem to require a closure, so this is what I’m going to write about today. The original LinkedIn post is stating… Read More »
Multiplexing is fine, as long as you are properly licensed. But can you say if you are?
It seems I still can’t quite get over those Power Automate licensing updates – new questions keep coming up, we keep digging, and that brings some new revelations. Well, today’s topic is multiplexing. First off all, “multiplexing” is not a bad word 😉 Here is how Microsoft defines it in the Client Access License (CAL) Requirements: “Multiplexing” is when individuals… Read More »
Flows in app context – is there a clear definition of what it means?
I’ve been trying to figure out the exact definition of what being “in app context” means for Power Automate flows, since that’s where it matters for license enforcement, but every time I seem to come close to having it all figured out, there is always something that does not quite add up. Here is a… Read More »
How to play a broken telephone game professionally – just create a user story and let it be!
I don’t think a lot of things have changed since I learned about the tree swing analogy. Which has been a while ago, and, even by then, that analogy had been around for a lot longer😄 So it’s probably been like this forever, I’d think it would also be applicable to the pre-software-development days: Normally, we’d… Read More »