Power Platform Archives

Azure Synapse Link for Dataverse

8th June 2021
Leah Monterroso
Azure Modern Data Warehouse, Business Intelligence, Data, Feature Announcements, News, Power Platform

Azure Synapse Link for Dataverse removes the obstacle between analytics and business applications. This new link allows the data flowing from your business applications to flow to Azure Synapse simultaneous to the Dataverse.

Welcome to New Client, Weleda

24th May 2021
Leah Monterroso
Ballard Chalmers, Consultancy, News, Power Platform, Retail & Wholesale, SharePoint Server

We are very happy to be newly working with the personal care company, Weleda. We have been brought in for a hands-on training and mentoring session for SharePoint online - for creating Workflows and general “Dos and Don’ts”.

AI Builder Autumn Announcements

5th December 2020
Leah Monterroso
Feature Announcements, News, Power Platform

AI Builder has had a host of new features added which we will highlight here with relevant documentation links so you can explore further.

Custom Cloud Development in Azure

29th October 2020
Geoff Ballard
Application Integration, Associations, Institutes & Societies, Azure, Azure Integration Services, Ballard Chalmers, Blog, Charitable & Non-profit, Energy & Utilities, Mobile App Development, Power Platform, Retail & Wholesale, Software Development, Startups

In this blog, we take a look at four recent custom cloud development projects that we have undertaken using Azure Integration Services, The Power Platform and more.

Enterprise-Scale Bespoke Cloud Developments at Ballard Chalmers

29th September 2020
Geoff Ballard
.NET, Azure, Ballard Chalmers, Blog, Business Intelligence, Financial Services, Power Platform, Software Development, SQL Server, Startups

In this blog, we take a technical look at two examples of enterprise-scale bespoke cloud developments that we have undertaken.

2019 Power Platform Release Wave Two

14th July 2019
Leah Monterroso
Feature Announcements, News, Power Platform

Microsoft announced the release plans of wave 2 for the Power Platform in June. Early access will be available 2nd August with general availability hitting 1st October. Microsoft stated: “The Microsoft Power Platform enables users and organizations to analyze, act, and automate on the data to digitally transform their businesses. The Power Platform today is comprised of three products – Power BI, PowerApps, and Flow.”

The Power Platform – Microsoft’s Next Big Thing

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has driven a five-year stock rally since taking over the helm. Microsoft’s cloud computing, led by Azure and Office 365, is the leading cause of this growth. Building on this achievement, another avenue of business has opened: customization of cloud products, most easily achieved with the Power Platform.

Backing up Microsoft Flow to Visual Studio or Github

At Ballard Chalmers, we have become huge fans of Microsoft Flow from Office 365, using it among other things to create our internal client sites, send out our monthly support updates and other digital workplace process automation steps. This automation has…

PowerApps – Could They Replace Some of Your Legacy Apps?

2nd August 2017
BC Technical Team
Application Modernisation, Blog, How-To, Power Platform

There is a lot of buzz around PowerApps at the moment with Microsoft confirming at the recent SharePoint Virtual Summit that it is the strategic tool to replace the functionality that InfoPath used to offer. Unfortunately for those of you…

Welcome To The New Power BI

23rd September 2015
Geoff Ballard
Blog, Business Intelligence, How-To, Power Platform

Power BI is changing! It still has the same underlying components, such as Power Query and Power View, but has been enhanced and repackaged, and many additional data sources added. Excel is still present, but there is more emphasis on…