Author: Olena Grischenko (she/her)

  • Power Automate w Word Online: generate document updates

    Scenario: My client generates a summary document for applications lodged online. The generated summary could be manually edited by an officer. At the final stage of the application processing, it’s required to include additional information to the generated summary document regarding the outcome of the application. This information must be dynamically generated. This is a…

  • 5 reasons why (you believe) you can’t be Microsoft MVP and why you should rethink it

    Today is “that day of the year”, the MVP renewal day. You could see lots of posts on Twitter and LinkedIn about the event. MVPs are posting about being renewed for another year. It means more community work, opportunities, more tech knowledge shared, and more questions answered. It means more fun! I’ve been a part…

  • Top 5 features of Power Pages from  Power Apps Portal UI/UX pro

    I am very excited to share my initial thoughts about Power Pages and a new portal designer. It was a big announcement at MS Build today, if you missed it you can read the article here and then set up a trial to start playing with Power Pages. I’ve been working as a Dynamics 365…

  • Where’s my old app designer?!

    Changes to UI are always fun. From the user experience perspective, they are challenging and somehow scary. I love a new app designer! It’s easy to use, it’s smart, and very user-friendly. However, today I need a new designer to make sure I’ve got all forms required added to my app. In the old designer…

  • Power Apps Portal: “Table permission changes for forms and lists on new portals” So what?

    In case you missed it… We’ve got a portal page with the form which is available for anonymous users. It’s a valid scenario. And the way we set it up previously was like this: Advanced form – no authentication is required. “Enable Table Permission” option wasn’t set. Also we didn’t define any permission for the…