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Welcome to my Microsoft hub, the starting point for everything I write about the Microsoft ecosystem. Here you'll find tutorials, references, and practical tips across the Microsoft 365 and Power Platform family, grouped into focused areas so you can jump straight to what you need. If you build automations, start with Power Platform, where I cover Power Automate, Power Apps, and Power BI. For everyday productivity, browse Excel for formulas and data tricks, Microsoft Teams for collaboration, and Microsoft Planner and Microsoft To Do for keeping tasks organized. Working with data and files? OneDrive, Microsoft Lists, and Microsoft Forms each have their own space with hands-on guides. Developers and admins can dig into Microsoft Graph and PowerShell for scripting across SharePoint, Azure, and Microsoft 365. I also cover Microsoft 365 Copilot, Microsoft Outlook, OneNote, and Shifts, showing how these products fit together in real workflows.

SharePoint: Trim Function

SharePoint: Trim Function

3 min read · 4 years ago

Removes leading, trailing, and extra internal spaces from text.

Power Automate: Append to string variable Action

Power Automate: Append to string variable Action

8 min read · 4 years ago

Adds text to an existing string variable.

Power Automate: Get dynamic information from SharePoint

Power Automate: Get dynamic information from SharePoint

7 min read · 4 years ago

Power Automate: When true is not true

Power Automate: When true is not true

7 min read · 4 years ago

Power Automate: contains function

Power Automate: contains function

10 min read · 4 years ago

Checks whether a substring, array element, or object key is present. Case-sensitive, no type coercion.

Power Automate: empty function

Power Automate: empty function

7 min read · 4 years ago

Returns true when a string, array, or object has no value. Numbers and booleans throw an error.

Power Automate: Set variable Action

Power Automate: Set variable Action

8 min read · 4 years ago

Assigns a value to an existing variable. Strict type enforcement.

Power Automate: What's a parallel branch?

Power Automate: What's a parallel branch?

7 min read · 4 years ago

How to unzip a file in Power Automate?

How to unzip a file in Power Automate?

9 min read · 4 years ago

Power Automate: Office 365 Excel - For a selected row Trigger

Power Automate: Office 365 Excel - For a selected row Trigger

6 min read · 4 years ago

Fires when a user selects an Excel row via the Power Automate add-in.

Power Automate: bool function

Power Automate: bool function

3 min read · 4 years ago

Converts a string, integer, or float to boolean. Zero is false, non-zero is true.

Power Apps: DateTimeValue function

Power Apps: DateTimeValue function

3 min read · 4 years ago

Converts a string into a date-time value.

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Manuel T Gomes

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