Category: Power Platform

Power Platform is a set of tools that enables everyone to become a developer. It comprises 4 parts: Power Automate, Power BI, Power Apps, and Power Virtual Agents. See where the “Power Platform” comes from? Also, it provides tools that enable you to connect to other parts of Microsoft’s ecosystem like Microsoft 365 (former Office 365), Dynamics 365, Azure, and much more.
If you read my articles, you’ll notice that this is a big focus area. It’s quite amazing what you can do when everything is taken care of for you. Not dealing with infrastructure, servers, code, developers, and much more is a blessing. You only need to bring your business expertise, and you can deploy applications in your organization. Also, you can make your own dashboards or save everyone time by building Flows.

Power Automate: mod function

by Manuel T GomesMay 28, 2025May 12, 20250

Power Automate’s “mod” function helps you find the remainder after dividing one number by another. While it might not be the first function that comes …

by Manuel T GomesMay 22, 2025May 20, 20250

Having shared mailboxes can help a lot of a team’s productivity. You can have multiple people looking at the same inbox and dealing with emails …

by Manuel T GomesMay 21, 2025May 12, 20250

The “dateDifference” function is a powerful tool for when you need to calculate the difference between two dates. It gives you a reliable way to …

by Manuel T GomesMay 20, 2025May 21, 20250

This is a long-overdue article from me. I wrote an article a while ago about generating a link to an email, but I’ve received a …

by Manuel T GomesMay 15, 2025May 12, 20250

If you have ever had to deal with time zones, you know how hard it is to convert them. It’s a complex problem, so we …

by Manuel T GomesMay 14, 2025May 12, 20250

The “workflow function” is one of Power Automate’s most useful functions, especially when you need to reference information about your current Flow. While not immediately …

by Manuel T GomesMay 13, 2025May 13, 20250

One of the most common questions when building flows in Power Automate is, “Are conditions case-sensitive?” The super short answer is “Yes,” but that would …

by Manuel T GomesJanuary 7, 2025April 23, 20250

So you have a list of strings or integers and find duplicate items. It’s a common problem. You need to remove the duplicates to be …

by Manuel T GomesMay 11, 2023August 6, 20241

Last week we explored SharePoint’s “Get File content” action and explained that we could get the file’s contents, like an Excel file. It’s quite a …

by Manuel T GomesMay 10, 2023August 6, 20241

Randomization plays a massive role in our lives, even if we rarely see it. Power Automate has excellent support for randomization with the “rand” function …