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A walk through of a Power Apps receipt scanner built to use AI to make capturing receipts and sharing them with HR easy.

Learn how to get the last day of the month or the same date each month in Power Apps. Great for billing and subscriptions scenarios. Uses EDate and EOMonth Power Apps functions.

The App and Host objects in Power Apps give you the insights you need to the users device and app state.

Make using APIs in Power Apps easy with this complete beginner's guide.

A step-by-step guide to install VS Code, GitHub Copilot, and the Power Apps Canvas Apps MCP.

A look at the Power App MCP Server for creating, editing, and reviewing Canvas Apps using GitHub Copilot or Claude Code.

How to restore a Power Apps canvas app using PowerShell.

A guide to different ways to handle Power Apps error messages. IfError, OnError, and more.

Straight from Ignite, check out the new way to build Power Apps with Vibe Coding.

One of my favorite things we do at PowerApps911 is our annual internal competition, Buddy’s Bark Tank, where teams build creative solutions to real company challenges. AI has shown up in past projects, but this year we made it a requirement. Why? These projects move the company forward, strengthen our team, and fuel learning. We are ALWAYS learning over here, and the best way to do that is by building something real. You push yourself to figure out the solution, and we’d rath

A look at how to get started using Barcode with your Power Apps for scanning. Both Mobile and Desktop options are covered.

Discover 5 powerful ways SharePoint and Power Apps integrate—from custom forms to virtual tables. Take your apps to the next level today.

Power FX: Built for Makers Power FX is the engine behind how your apps and automations behave. If you’ve ever written a formula in Excel, you’re already halfway there. Microsoft designed Power FX to feel familiar and intuitive, so your spreadsheet skills translate directly into building smarter, faster solutions. Pro Tip: Microsoft’s Power FX Reference is a must-have bookmark. It’s searchable, well-structured, and kept up to date with every new function. Read the Helper Text

In this blog post, we're going to do a high-level overview of Shane’s Vacation Request app. By understanding why he built the app the way he did, it will help to piece everything together. If you would like a step-by-step breakdown, make sure to check out the video below: Understand The Functionality Used First off, and this is important, many of the things you will learn in the video can be applied to all different kinds of apps, which I think gets lost sometimes. So try t

A look at how to configure Power Apps Deep Linking using StartScreen, Formulas, and Param function.

Ready to have your mind blown? That may be a little much, but we are pretty excited for this and think you will be as well. Let’s start with a quick look at how we used to add the Attachment control. Previously, adding the Attachment control involved multiple steps, such as adding a data source, inserting an Edit form, adding the Attachment field, and then manually copying the control outside the form to configure it. That worked for years, still does, and there’s nothing wro

If you're building custom forms in Power Apps and want a cleaner, more flexible input experience, you can take advantage of the Modern Text Input control. It's designed to be simpler, more accessible, and more in line with current design standards. While there are some great features to try, there are some buggy tradeoffs that make us not quite ready to completely give up the Classic Text Input. This post breaks down what matters most—especially for developers skipping the

A look at the Modern Power Apps Combo Box

Recently, a change in Microsoft Power Apps affected a common method for enabling file uploads. The attachment control, which users typically copied from a form into a standalone app, no longer functions correctly when used outside the form context. This disruption has affected many makers who relied on that approach since its emergence in 2019. If you've encountered this issue, you're not alone. Fortunately, there's a workaround that helps make it easier to keep file upload f

Ever felt the frustration of trying to convert various image types into a PDF without shelling out for a "Premium" action in Power Automate? You're not alone! But guess what? We've cracked the code. Dive into our innovative technique that leverages an HtmlText control to generate HTML, enabling Power Automate to seamlessly create PDF documents. And the best part? This method effortlessly incorporates images from a SharePoint list image column. Ready to revolutionize your work