Newsletter #13 Microsoft No Code / Low Code

Worth reading?by ?ukasz Falaciński

[?? Teams ??] It is worth recalling the news in Microsoft Teams from April. Quite a few of them included announcements of new hardware, but there were also a lot of interesting announcements in the application itself. Personally, I recommend attention to the functions of automatic lowering of the virtual hand ???, sound feedback detection and green screen. All in all, quite a few features that will find application in online meetings. Details: What’s New in Microsoft Teams | April 2023 - Microsoft Community Hub?

[?? OneDrive ??] A major update of OneDrive's interface (not only its interface, by the way, but about that in a moment) is coming. It will be more colorful (pastel?), transparent and functional. Among the latter changes are, for example, colorful folders, a new app in Teams, a view of people and meeting files (this will come in handy for sure). It promises to be very interesting. See: Experience the New OneDrive: Fast, Organized, and Personalized - Microsoft Community Hub ?

[?? SharePoint ??] With my beloved SharePoint we will stop a little longer today. We'll look back a bit, but also into the past. Speaking of history, from the closest one, I recommend the summary of the last month prepared by Intrazone: Microsoft SharePoint Roadmap Pitstop April 2023 The Intrazone . Here, first of all, I recommend attention to the new support for filters in lists. In addition, you will also find a great infographic in the article showing the entire history of this platform. For me, it's a sentimental journey ?????

History, history, but there are huge changes ahead (or rather, SharePoint Online). Already at the end of the year , Copilot is coming to SharePoint. Along with it, big changes in page layouts and the interface itself. If it works even half as in the videos accompanying this article, we are in for a bit of a revolution. Be sure to check it out: SharePoint in the AI Era: Introducing Copilot in SharePoint & 10 more innovations for creators - Microsoft Community Hub?

[??Power Platform??]?I also recommend reviewing the new features in Power Platform. They're not dramatically large, but certainly significant. Comments, better JSON support in Power Apps, or record access verification in Model-Driven apps (this looks especially cool). You can find these and other changes here: What’s new: Power Apps April 2023 Feature Update | Microsoft Power Apps?

By the way, I also recommend this YouTube channel. It features interesting material on Dataverse, architecture and other Power Platform and Dynamics topics. To confirm, I throw in a sample - what Dataverse actually is: Microsoft Dataverse - Concepts explained?

[?? Designer ??] I'm not unsubscribing Canva yet, but if it goes on like this, I'm going to start seriously considering it. All because of the new baby in Microsoft's portfolio, the Designer . The gift from the corpo-parent in the form of AI, gives him very interesting possibilities. I highly recommend taking a look at them and, by the way, testing the application itself: Microsoft Designer: Get inspired with new AI features | Microsoft 365 Blog?

The following illustration was generated by the Designer itself and is meant to show its functions???

[?? Power Apps ??] It may not be a fully automatic method of exporting data from Power App to Excel, but it's certainly simple. See how to use the new Copy() function in just such applications: Use Copy() function to copy and paste tabular form... - Power Platform Community (microsoft.com)

[?? Power Apps ??] A very cool alternative to various kinds of animated data loading indicators in an application. I recommend a comprehensive tutorial demonstrating the use of the Shimmer control, which can be found in the package Creator Kit : Power Apps Shimmer Control: Gorgeous Looking Loading Screens (matthewdevaney.com) ??

?ukasz Falaciński was talking about Power Automate Desktop on Friday at the MS Tech Summit conference. There will be no shortage of topics, as PAD receives regular updates. Among the latest ones worth mentioning are the selector tester (finally!) and keyboard shortcuts for running processes. All the details: April 2023 update of Power Automate for desktop | Power Automate Blog (microsoft.com)?