Aric Levin Digital Transformation Blog

Single Page Applications (SPAs) for Power Pages now Generally Available

On February 8th, Microsoft announced the General Availability of Single Page Applications (SPAs) for Power Pages. Starting with version 9.8.1.x and later user will be able to build modern, client-side rendering web sites using React, Angular or Vue and deploy them directly to a Power Pages web site using the Power Platform Command Line Interface (CLI).

New PCF Metadata virtual controls

Recently, while working on a project that needed to get metadata information for different entities, I decided to build a set of PCF controls that would provide me the functionality that I was looking for. There was already a set of controls available, but these were created a while back before Fluent UI virtual controls were really a thing, and with the capabilities of Github Copilot in VS Code, building these controls made the process much simpler.

The new developer experience for Microsoft Power Apps

This week at Ignite, Microsoft introduced the next generation of Microsoft Power Apps. This means the introduction of a new experience that makes building apps as intuitive as explaining an idea, and a seamless integration between apps and agents. It also allows the ability to host and manage all of the apps in a single place.

Error Messages in Generative Pages

Generative pages are an AI-driven feature in app development, particularly within model-driven apps. They allow users to create pages by simply describing their needs in natural language, which the system then translates into structured layouts and code

Using Power Apps Desktop App for Government Tenants

If you have worked throughout your career in multiple industries including government and are trying to build a Power App for your governments clients that should run on the mobile or desktop client, you might have encountered some connection issues and errors that will not allow you to connect.

PCF Control in Side Pane in Model Driven Apps

Side Panes in Model Driven Apps have been around for some time now, and we have used them for showing Entity Lists, Entity Records and web resources. In addition to the standard types that we can display in the side panes we can also display custom pages and PCF controls