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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.

How to update environment variables automatically with Power Automate

How to update environment variables automatically with Power Automate

10 min read · 1 year ago

Power Automate: dayOfYear function

Power Automate: dayOfYear function

5 min read · 1 year ago

Returns 1-366 for any date.

Power Automate: How to Get Your Flow’s Name

Power Automate: How to Get Your Flow’s Name

4 min read · 1 year ago

Power Automate: coalesce function

Power Automate: coalesce function

6 min read · 1 year ago

Returns the first non-null value from a list. Null if all are null.

Power Automate: max function

Power Automate: max function

4 min read · 1 year ago

Returns the highest value from numbers or arrays. Type mismatches break it silently.

Power Automate: Converting Strings to Integers

Power Automate: Converting Strings to Integers

7 min read · 1 year ago

Power Automate: mod function

Power Automate: mod function

6 min read · 1 year ago

Returns the remainder of a division.

When a new email arrives in a shared mailbox trigger

When a new email arrives in a shared mailbox trigger

12 min read · 1 year ago

Fires when a new email arrives in a shared Outlook mailbox.

Power Automate: dateDifference function

Power Automate: dateDifference function

10 min read · 1 year ago

Returns days.hours:minutes:seconds between two dates as a string.

How to generate an URL to an email in a shared mailbox?

How to generate an URL to an email in a shared mailbox?

6 min read · 1 year ago

Power Automate: Convert Time Zone Action

Power Automate: Convert Time Zone Action

10 min read · 1 year ago

Converts a timestamp from one timezone to another.

Power Automate: workflow Function

Power Automate: workflow Function

7 min read · 1 year ago

Returns the running Flow's name, ID, region, and run details at runtime.

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Manuel T Gomes

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