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Learn about Power Platform extension for Visual Studio Code and how this toolset is improving both the code first developer experience and strengthening the ALM story.  The following topics are covered:  ( 0:00 ) - Intro  ( 1:16 ) - Installing the Power Platform extensions for Visual Studio Code  ( 2:13 ) - Working with the Power Platform CLI inside of Visual Studio Code  ( 3:42 ) - Authenticating to your environment from Power Platform CLI  ( 7:18 ) - Saving your canvas app to your local machine  ( 8:55 ) - Unpacking your canvas app  ( 10:19 ) - Using Visual Studio Code to make changes to your application  ( 11:50 ) - Packing and uploading your application changes  ( 13:55 ) - Outro To check out my YouTube channel visit: https://youtube.com/user/mgomezb1 LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE!!! Until next post! MG.- Mariano Gomez, MVP

I revisit an old video I did couple years ago showing how to pass collections from Power Automate to Power Apps.  This time around, I show how to leverage arrays to accomplish the same. This time around you will learn about: Power Apps trigger in Power Automate   Get Rows SQL action   Variables action Select action and Arrays Response action Power Apps Collections To check out my YouTube channel visit: https://youtube.com/user/mgomezb1 LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE!!! Until next post! MG.- Mariano Gomez, MVP

AI Builder Form Processing Multi-layout Form Processing has been one of the most requested features and is now available in preview for you to test. This feature allows you to process forms with a variety of different layouts (but similar in content) with a single model, which brings this feature one step closer to a scalable enterprise solution. In this video I cover the following: - Creating a model - Form collections - Training the form processing model - Publishing the form processing model - Testing the model For additional information, please refer to: Create a form processing model - click here AI Builder form processing announcement - click here To check out my YouTube channel visit: https://youtube.com/user/mgomezb1 LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE!!! Until next post! MG.- Mariano Gomez, MVP

Welcome to the final episode of Power Platform Application Lifecycle Management. In parts 1 and 2 you saw how to prepare your environments, set up an Azure DevOps project, and define Service Connections to your Power Platform environments.  In this, the final installment of this 3-part series, you will learn how to create the Build and Release pipelines using the Power Platform Build Tools to take your Power Platform solution from an environment, through source code control, through staging and production deployments. Topics covered: - Power Platform source code control with Azure Repos - Build and Release pipelines - Sharing your solution References: Power Platform Build Tools webinar - https://youtu.be/Qwue8fwetJA   Solutions Overview and Limitations - click here To check out my YouTube channel visit: https://youtube.com/user/mgomezb1 LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE!!! Until next post! MG.- Mariano Gomez, MVP

In the previous installment, you saw how to work through a set of prerequisites to get you going in your Power Platform Application Lifecycle Management journey. In this video, I will work through building an app and adding it to a solution and show you some additional Azure DevOps configuration options to link your repository to your Power Platform development environment. Topics Covered: 1. Building app based on template 2. Adding your app to a solution 3. Linking your DevOps project to your Power Platform environment References: Power Platform Build Tools webinar - https://youtu.be/Qwue8fwetJA   Solutions Overview and Limitations - click here To check out my YouTube channel visit: https://youtube.com/user/mgomezb1 LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE!!! Until next post! MG.- Mariano Gomez, MVP

This series is in response to multiple requests by my viewers to address the topic of Power Apps Application Lifecycle Management (ALM). This series is intended to breakdown the entire process in as much detail as possible, without lengthy explanations on how to get it done or, as often happens, little to no explanations on how you arrived at a particular step or result. My first installment will focus on Prerequisites, this is, what you need to have in place to get started. I will walk you through provisioning your Power Platform Dev, QA, and Production environments, along with installing the Power Platform Build Tools and setting up your Azure DevOps project. I also explain the concept of solutions in Power Platform and why they are important to your ALM strategy. Topics covered: 1. Creating Power Platform Environments 2. Azure DevOps and Installing Power Platform Build Tools 3. Creating an Azure DevOps Project 4. Solutions References: Power Platform Build Tools webinar