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Power Pages: Versus Power Apps

Posted on October 28, 2024 by Nicholas Hayduk

A question I recently saw on the Power Platform Community forums asked why would someone use Power Apps (I’m assuming they are referring to canvas apps) instead of Power Pages. They mentioned that using Dataverse with Power Apps requires a premium license, so I think the implication is that Power Pages might be a cheaper option. In this blog post, I’m going to look at some of considerations when making the choice between Power Pages and Power Apps (both model-driven and canvas).

Power Pages: Management App vs PPAC vs Design Studio

Posted on September 16, 2024 by Nicholas Hayduk

When building a website with Power Pages, there are a few different interfaces that are available. If you’re new to the product, it can be a bit confusing to know what they all are, and what they are used for, especially because there can overlap between them. In this blog post, I’ll do my best to help reduce some of that confusion.

Power Pages: Multiselect Load Event

Posted on June 18, 2024 by Nicholas Hayduk

A few months back, I wrote an article about how to handle the change event for multiselect (choices) columns on Power Pages forms. Another common requirement is handling an event when the page first loads – this can be useful in situations where you want to modify the available options based on other values on the page. In this post, I’ll look at how you might be able to do that.

Celebrating 10 Years of Engineered Code

Posted on May 7, 2024 by Nicholas Hayduk

Most months this blog covers technical topics related to Power Pages. However, this month marks a special milestone for us here at Engineered Code – on May 27th, we’ll be celebrating 10 years in business. So I though I’d take a break from the technical stuff and instead take the opportunity to reminisce a little bit.

Power Pages: Unprecedented Times for Long-Time Customers

Posted on April 3, 2024 by Nicholas Hayduk

With the release of documentation describing the migration from the Standard Data Model to the Enhanced Data Model, we’ve entered some unprecedented times for organizations that have been using Power Pages for a long time. For the first time since Microsoft acquired the product, a significant upgrade of the website will be necessary at some point in the future to transition to both Bootstrap v5 and the Enhanced Data Model.

Power Pages: FetchXML with the Web API

Posted on February 9, 2024 by Nicholas Hayduk

Recently I was asked about executing a FetchXML query using the Web API in Power Pages, and while you won’t find any specific documentation on that in the Power Pages documentation, you’ll be happy to know that it is supported. In this blog post, I’ll look at how its done.

The Journey to the Launch of ecLearn, an LMS for Dataverse

Posted on October 18, 2023 by Nicholas Hayduk

If you follow us on social media, hopefully you’ve seen that we at Engineered Code shared some exciting news this week. We announced ecLearn, a learning management system (LMS) built on top of Microsoft Dataverse. In this blog post I’m going to give you a bit of a glimpse into the ecLearn journey.

Power Pages: A Platform for ISVs?

Posted on September 20, 2023 by Nicholas Hayduk

Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) have been an important part of the Microsoft Business Applications space for a long time. ISVs create solutions that build on top of the platforms and products that Microsoft provides off-the-shelf. As the Power Platform has continued to grow and evolve, more opportunities have presented themselves for ISVs. In this post, I’ll look at what ISVs might want to consider when looking at incorporating Power Pages as part of their offering.

Power Pages: Dataverse at its Core

Posted on July 4, 2023 by Nicholas Hayduk

Microsoft’s Power Platform is constantly growing and evolving. As much as everyone (especially Microsoft) wishes that all parts of the Power Platform worked seamlessly together, the reality is that many parts of the Power Platform existed long before Microsoft started using the word Power to group these technologies together. However, I believe that advancements in virtual tables, specifically for Power Pages, emphasizes the fact that Dataverse should be at the core of any Power Platform implementation.

Power Pages: Are They Really Worth $2 per User per Month?

Posted on June 8, 2023 by Nicholas Hayduk

The price point for Power Pages has long been a tricky discussion point. The pricing model has changed a few times of the years, and organizations can feel frustrated if they are on the wrong end of who ends up paying less and more when the model changes. In this blog post, I’ll review the history of the pricing for the product, and provide my opinion on whether I think the cost is justified by the value.