Paul Papanek Stork
Don't Pa..Panic Consulting, Owner
Minnetonka, Minnesota, United States
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Paul is the Owner/Principal Architect at Don't Pa..Panic Consulting. He has been working in the information technology industry for over 30 years, and has played key roles in several enterprise SharePoint architectural design review, Intranet deployment, application development, and migration projects. he has been awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for the last 15 consecutive years and earned his Microsoft Certified SharePoint Masters (MCSM) certification in 2013.
His core skills include architecting and customizing SharePoint environments both on-premises and in the cloud. He has significant experience leading SharePoint migration teams, troubleshooting infrastructure issues, and evaluating SharePoint environments for adherence to “Best Practices” and industry standards. He's authored several books and is a frequent contributor to the Microsoft forums.
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Advanced Power Apps and Power Automate: Workarounds for Common Problems
Spend any amount of time in the Power Platform forums and you will begin to see a lot of similar questions asked over and over again.
In this workshop we will look at some of the most common issues Citizen Developers encounter when trying to develop applications and workflows in the Power Platform. We'll examine each type of problem, analyze why they occur, and provide workarounds that you can use when you encounter them.
The workshop will be divided into two parts. In the first we'll concentrate on Power Apps and in the second we'll look at Power Automate.
Here is a general list of the overall topics we will cover:
• Morning: Power Apps
○ Delegation
○ Working with Dates and Times
○ Conditional Formatting of data
○ Passing Data to and Retrieving Results from a Flow
• Afternoon: Power Automate
○ Using Conditions and Switches effectively
○ Handling Loops and Parallel Branches
○ Working with Large Data Sources
○ Implementing Error Checking/Correction
○ Improving Performance
Deploying Power Platform Components: Using Solutions
If you work with more than one application from the Power Platform or have more than one environment then you've probably heard about Solutions. But Solutions can be a confusing concept for citizen developers. In this workshop we'll discuss the following concepts:
- Implementing a Dev > Test > Production system
- Exporting and Importing Apps, Flows, and Bots between environments
- When to use Managed vs. Unmanged Solutions
- Creating, Updating, Upgrading, and Patching Solutions
- Using Connection References
- Leveraging Environment Variables
- What is a Solution Publisher
- Understanding Solution layers and dependencies
Copilot for Power Platform : Accelerating your Development with AI
Microsoft is adding AI support to the Power Platform low code development platforms called Copilot. You can use Copilot to help build your next App or Flow. Using Copilot you can use natural language to describe what you are trying to build. Copilot will return a suggested design for the app, flow, or Dataverse tables which you can then use. Copilot will also help you along the way by suggesting modifications to improve your formulas. Copilot won't replace you as a Citizen Developer, but it will help you produce amazing apps and powerful flows in a fraction of the time.
Using PowerApps and Flow Together: Made for each other
PowerApps and Flow are both powerful tools for the citizen and professional developer. But using them together can take your application to a whole new level. In this talk we'll get you started with how to invoke a Flow from a PowerApp, how to pass information to the Flow, and how to return values back to Powerapps when the Flow completes. Along the way we'll discuss Best Practices that can make your PowerApps and Flow work more efficiently togethter. Even if you know both PowerApps and Flow this session will help you get the most out of using them together.
Power Apps: Building Offline Apps Tips and Tricks
Power Apps is a powerful tool for "Citizen" developers to use when building applications for a variety of data sources. But how do you use a cloud based application when you have little or no Internet connectivity? In this talk we'll look at how to take a mobile Power App that was built using SharePoint as a data source and convert it to allow use of the app when offline. Along the way we'll talk about the critical design characteristics for an offline app and the limitations inherent in this approach.
Microsoft Power Apps: Building Responsive Design Apps for Every Device
Power Apps is a great no-code tool lets "citizen developers" create applications that are designed to run on Desktop PCs, Web Browsers, Tablets, and Mobile devices. But if you want to avoid building 3 or 4 different versions of your App you need to know how to design your Power App to adjust for different sizes, resolutions, rotation, and types of layouts. In this session we'll review all the Tips and Tricks you need to know to easily build one Power App that will adjust to work on any device that supports Power Apps and look good in the process.
Building Modern Approvals using Microsoft Flow: Advanced Concepts
The introduction of the Approvals Actions in Microsoft Flow has simplified the process of creating Approval Workflows.
In this talk we’ll go beyond the process of building basic parallel or serial approval flows and look at advanced techniques that can be used to take them to the next level.
We’ll demonstrate solutions for the following:
• Applying custom formatting to the approval email
• Recording approval results and comments
• Forwarding an approval if the approver is out of the office
• Escalating an approval that hasn’t been responded to
• Sending periodic reminders about pending approvals
• Creating an Approval that will run for more than 30 days
• Building an approval workflow for an adjustable list of approvers
Power Automate Desktop: How to Automate Almost Anything
Power Automate flows can do a lot to automate repetitive tasks. But up until now they only worked if there was a pre-built connector with actions that can accomplish the task or at least an existing Application Programming Interface API that you could use to build a custom connector.
In this talk we'll look at Power Automate's entry into the world of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) called Power Automate Desktop. Using Power Automate Desktop you can automate repetitive tasks on your desktop in Windows or a Web application. Desktop flows record and play back user interface actions, like keyboard entries, mouse clicks, etc.
Desktop flows open up possibilities to automate applications that don't have a pre-built connector or an API.
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Microsoft 365 EduCon Chicago 2023 Sessionize Event
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The North American Collaboration Summit 2022 Sessionize Event
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SharePoint Fest Chicago 2019 Sessionize Event
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