Hiya Pretty much every time I run a project kick-off meeting involving tools like SharePoint or PowerApps, I always ask the group the following question: “If you had <insert goal here>, how would things be different to now”? (Replace <insert …

Some seriously powerful (and free) PDF functionality in PowerApps and Flow Read more »

Background Hi and welcome to the third article that describes how to make a PowerApps-based activity feed based on SharePoint search results. If Google’s search algorithm has landed you here for the first time, then I suggest going back to …

How to make a PowerApps activity feed via SharePoint search–Part 3 Read more »

Background Hi and welcome to the second article that describes how to make a PowerApps-based activity feed based on SharePoint search results. Although I did this as part of a large real-world client project, because of confidentiality considerations I am …

How to make a PowerApps activity feed via SharePoint search–Part 2 Read more »

Hi and welcome to the final post in this series of articles that examined how we can work around an unsupported function in PowerApps and Flow. Along the journey we have learnt about app principals, the SharePoint REST API and …

PowerApps, Flow and Managed Metadata fields–part 4 Read more »

Hiya Some of you might have seen my post where I explained how how my daughter, Ashlee (18), won a competition from Microsoft to develop a fidget spinner app. Well if you think that was impressive, check this out… Inspired …

Incredible! Download a PowerApp that determines your IQ from a selfie… Read more »

Introduction Okay citizen developers, listen up! This post and its forthcoming second part will teach you how to get PowerApps to connect to an online web service to add an extra dimension of awesomeness to your app. It also covers …

How’s the weather? Using a public API with PowerApps (part 1) Read more »

Hiya A client recently asked to make a PowerApps proof of concept audit app for safety inspections. The gist was that a user would enter an audit number into the App, take a bunch of photos and make some notes. …

A Filename Generation Example for PowerApps with Flow Read more »

Hiya This is the third post in some articles aimed helping strategic or business focused users understand the SharePoint 2013 and Office365 “apps model”, and what it means for the future of SharePoint. In part 1 of this series, I …

So what is this newfangled apps model anyway and why do I care? (part 3) Read more »

Hiya This is the second post in some articles aimed at demystifying the SharePoint “apps” model for the strategic or business focused user. In case you are not aware, Microsoft have gotten a serious case of “app fever” in recent …

So what is this newfangled apps model anyway and why do I care? (part 2) Read more »

Hiya I’ve been meaning to write about the topic of the apps model of SharePoint 2013 for a while now, because it is a topic I am both fascinated and slightly repulsed by. While lots of really excellent material is …

So what is this newfangled apps model anyway and why do I care? (part 1) Read more »