Author: Olena Grischenko (she/her)

  • Power Platform DLP Policy: blocking HTTP connectors won’t impact child Flows

    Previously known issue https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-automate/create-child-flows#known-issues “If you block the HTTP Request connector via data loss prevention (DLP), child flows are also blocked because child flows are implemented using the HTTP connector. Work is underway to separate DLP enforcement for child flows so that they are treated like other cloud flows.” Objective As Power Platform admin, I…

  • Power Platform environment. Definition of inactivity.

    Our Power Platform Admin team recently discussed the possibility of the automatic cleanup of inactive environments. For the Sandbox and Production environments, we tried to come up with a definition of what we believe is an “inactive environment”. The definition we could think of would combine two main components: a user activity in the environment,…

  • “Do DLP policies apply to Developer environments?”

    The simplest way to get access to a Power Platform environment is to sign up for the Power Apps Developer plan. You can explore Power Platform at full potential for learning at no cost. To fully use it as a developer, you’ll need an Azure account and a work account. This article will guide you through the…

  • Set up ALM accelerator for Microsoft Power Platform. Power Platform Admin requirements considerations.

    The issue My client’s ops team got a request from developers to support the ALM accelerator setup and configuration.They follow the steps from the article below:https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/guidance/coe/setup-almacceleratorpowerplatform-preview#give-power-app-management-permission-to-your-app App registration is a part of the setup. The Power App Management Permission is required and according to the warning below it creates potential issues. Currently, this cmdlet gives…

  • Generating simple and complex documents with just Power Platform, no add-ons.

    In the consulting world, we get the document generation requirements for most medium to large-size projects. Traditionally, for Dynamics 365 projects we used document generation add-ons, like Document Core Pack or Xpertdoc to generate documents. However, it’s unnecessary in the world of Power Platform where all requirements could be addressed with just Power Platform. I’ve…