Yearly Archives: 2026

Read more about the article Force Sync Users to a Dataverse Environment
Dataverse / Power Automate / PowerShell

Force Sync Users to a Dataverse Environment

Unlike a default environment in your tenant, which includes all valid users in Entra, other Dataverse environments that use security groups to control access do not automatically sync those users. In order for a user to obtain access to an environment, they need the following: A valid Power Apps license Access to the environment’s security group A security role within the environment If any of those three conditions aren’t met, then nope—no access. Even then, however, the user still won’t automatically show up! The reason is because Dataverse uses just-in-time (JIT) user provisioning, meaning qualified users are only…

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March 31, 2026
Read more about the article Creating a Process Bar Component in Canvas Apps
PowerApps Canvas

Creating a Process Bar Component in Canvas Apps

As a busy user, I appreciate being able to see a visual indicator of the stage/status of an item at a glance. Model-Driven Applications, have Business Process Flows which include a nice visual control, which displays a process bar of the current stage. The process bar in a Model Driven App This led me to wonder: could I create something similar on the Canvas App side? In this post, I’ll demo my custom reusable component that visually represents stages in a Canvas App. The custom canvas app component built Example: Ordering Process Consider an example where you are…

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March 13, 2026
Read more about the article Collect External Responses in Dataverse Using Microsoft Forms
Dataverse / Microsoft Forms / Power Automate / PowerApps Canvas

Collect External Responses in Dataverse Using Microsoft Forms

A common requirement is the need to collect responses from users outside of your organization. Anyone who's spent a good deal of time within Power Platform knows this can quickly turn into a very complex task! I don't want to license external users and I don't want to build a Power Page to collect some simple form responses! Surely there's got a be a simpler way? Well, with the help of the pre-filled URL feature in Microsoft Forms, and a little Power Automate, there is! Scenario: Event Response Submissions In this example, I'm gathering Power Platform Conference Event…

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January 6, 2026