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Learn how to use generative AI to build model-driven app pages in Power Apps — describe a page in plain language, link Dataverse tables, and get working React code and a live preview. Includes a full hands-on lab using an Equipment Loan Tracker scenario.
September 9, 2026 5 min read
A practical guide to Microsoft Dataverse prompt columns — how the required text input variable identifies a row, what a prompt's data source actually means, and a step-by-step example you can rebuild yourself.
August 15, 2026 6 min read
A single Currency column in Dataverse quietly creates three more columns behind the scenes. Here's a simple, hands-on walkthrough you can try yourself in your own environment.
July 29, 2026 10 min read
How record Sharing and Access Teams give a cross-department reviewer exactly one record without touching roles or Business Units, and how a Microsoft Entra ID group team automates Finance's Dataverse membership from a security group IT already maintains. Part 4 of the Contoso security series.
July 10, 2026 26 min read
How the Business Unit field on a Security Role differs from the access level on individual privileges, why the two are easy to conflate, and how hierarchical security and the Parent:Child BU access level extend a manager's visibility across organisational boundaries. Part 3 of the Contoso security series.
July 4, 2026 17 min read