The Future of Business Applications: Power Apps and AI

  Microsoft Power Platform Power Automate In your Microsoft 365Tenant, there may be a lot of workflows running numerous times every day some execute automatically, some follow a schedule, and others trigger instantly upon user requests. Additionally, Desktop Flows are used to integrate with legacy systems. As a result, multiple workflows operate simultaneously to meet various requirements.  With many workflows running, several challenges arise: Monitoring each flow is time-consuming.   Validating execution times can be complex.   Flow owners receive summary notifications for failed workflows but must manually check each one to diagnose issues.   To overcome these challenges, Microsoft introduced the Automation Center.  What is a Power Platform Automation Center?  The Automation Center in Power Platform is a central hub for tracking and managing automation in Power Automate. It helps different users, like creators, operators, CoE team mem...

  Automating OneNote to SharePoint Migration Using Power Automate’s OneNote Actions Power Automate SharePoint Services Migrating OneNote pages to SharePoint as documents can be a tedious task when done manually. In this blog, I will explain a step-by-step process to automate the migration using Power Automate. Note:  Images inside OneNote pages cannot be migrated using this method. A different approach and some manual works are required for that. Step-by-Step Automated Migration Flow 1. Trigger: Manual Trigger I have used a manual trigger for this flow, but you can modify it as per your needs. Additionally, I have initialized two variables to store the notebook key and section key. 2. Get OneNote Notebooks I used the  "Get recent notebooks"  action to fetch the available notebooks and added a condition to select only one notebook, storing its key in a variable. If needed, you can loop through all the notebooks instead. Save hours of manual work get expert automation ...

  Power Automate In today's fast-paced business environment, efficiency and agility are paramount. Organizations across industries are constantly seeking ways to optimize their workflows, reduce manual tasks, and improve decision-making processes. One area that often requires significant attention is the approvals process. Whether it's expense reports, time sheets, travel requests, procurement orders, or sales discounts, approvals are integral to business operations. Microsoft Power Automate has introduced  new Business Approvals Templates  designed to revolutionize how organizations handle approvals. These no-code templates are built on the robust Microsoft Power Platform, enabling businesses to quickly create sophisticated approval workflows without the need for extensive technical expertise. In this blog post, we'll delve into an overview of these new templates, explore their key features, and provide use cases to illustrate how they can transform your organization's...

  Power Automate Microsoft Power Platform About the client Daikin, a global air conditioning manufacturing company was looking for an innovative approach to collaborating and conducting interactive discussion topics among employees across the globe.  Challenges An interactive and engaging platform for employees to discuss various topics that include industry-related, People related Hobbies, or other interests. Employees should be able to comment, view others' posts, and post likes. The discussion board should be as simple as using a social networking forum. Our Solution Though SharePoint has a default discussion board, we at SharePoint Designs built a custom webpart including Power Automate flows provides all the below features and gives the best user experience. Discussion post owner and admin privileges Using a custom form, any user who has access to SharePoint can initiate a discussion topic and attach files to the discussion post and notify others through an automated emai...