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 »

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 »

Introduction Hi again This is the second half to a post that will use the OpenWeatherMap API in PowerApps. The business scenario is around performing inspections. In the first post I gave the example of a park ranger or plant …

How’s the weather? Using a public API with PowerApps (part 2) 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 »

At the time of writing, a common request for PowerApps is to be able to able to upload photos to SharePoint. It makes perfect sense, especially now that its really easy to make a PowerApp that is bound to a …

A Clever-workaround for Saving Photos to SharePoint from PowerApps 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 »

Hi all and welcome to my 6th post on the weird and wonderful world of cloud computing. The recurring theme in this series has been to point out that the technological aspects of cloud computing have never really been the …

The cloud isn’t the problem–Part 6: The pros and cons of patriotism Read more »