Showing off the Power of Canvas Apps

Introduction (5 minutes)
Welcome and Overview: Briefly introduce the session and its objectives.
What are Canvas Apps?: Provide a quick explanation of canvas apps and their significance in the Power Platform ecosystem.

Showcase of Applications (30 minutes)
Diverse Use Cases: Highlight various types of applications that can be built using canvas apps, emphasizing their versatility and adaptability.
Key Features: Discuss common features such as data integration, user-friendly interfaces, and automation capabilities.
Impact: Explain how these applications can improve efficiency, streamline processes, and enhance user experiences in different business scenarios.

Interactive Q&A (10 minutes)
Audience Engagement: Open the floor for questions and discussions about the potential of canvas apps.
Live Demos: Offer to demonstrate specific features or answer technical questions.

Conclusion (5 minutes)
Recap: Summarise the key takeaways from the session.
Call to Action: Encourage attendees to explore canvas apps and consider how they can be applied in their own organisations.
Resources: Provide links to tutorials, documentation, and community forums for further learning.

PowerApps UI/UX tricks

As we all know, PowerApps UI is a little bit outdated, and the controls do not offer everything we need to deliver nice and rich application.
Thankfully using what is actually available in PowerApps, we can create nice control and more advanced such as :
- Progress Bar
- Tab Controls
- TimeLine

This will be a series of demos showing what can be done and how we can improve the existent PowerApps UI.

Power Platform Secrets: Build Stunning, Scalable, and Rock-Solid Solutions

Ever wondered how to take Power Platform beyond simple apps and into the world of enterprise-grade solutions? In this session, I’ll reveal the secrets to building beautiful, robust, and large-scale applications that drive real business value. Through live demos of real-world HR, Helpdesk, and Timesheet solutions, you’ll learn how to combine incredible UI design, solid architecture, and smart scaling techniques — turning the Power Platform into your ultimate tool for success.

Power Apps 101 - From curious to expert

Build Real Business Apps in a Day – No Prior Experience Needed

Join us for a full-day, immersive workshop designed to take you from Power Apps beginner to confident app maker, ready to build real-world business solutions. Whether you're just curious about low-code or looking to fast-track your journey into app development, this workshop is your launchpad.

In this hands-on experience, you'll learn:

✅ Power Apps fundamentals – controls, variables, data sources
✅ Best practices in UI design and performance
✅ How to connect to SharePoint, Dataverse, Excel, and more
✅ Working with forms, galleries, and collections
✅ Implementing logic, validation, and business rules
✅ Creating responsive designs that work on mobile and desktop
✅ Publishing and sharing your first business-ready app

By the end of the day, you’ll walk away with a fully functional, professional-grade Power App tailored to solve a real business scenario — and the skills to keep building.

This workshop is perfect for:

New Power Platform users
Citizen developers and business analysts
IT professionals exploring low-code
Anyone ready to transform manual processes into digital apps
No prior coding experience required — just bring your curiosity, and we’ll provide the rest.

Modernising IT Services Copilot, Power Platform & Microsoft Teams Integration

In this insightful session, discover how the IT services function can be completely modernised using the combined power of Microsoft Copilot, Power Platform, and Teams. Learn how to streamline support operations, enhance user satisfaction, and drive productivity with a fully integrated helpdesk solution built within the Microsoft 365 ecosystem.

Watch as AI-driven ticketing, low-code automation, and seamless collaboration tools come together to:

🔧 Automate ticket triage and resolution
🤖 Deliver Copilot-powered assistance for faster issue handling
📊 Enable rapid customisation with Power Platform
💬 Turn Microsoft Teams into a central hub for IT support

Whether you're leading IT operations, building solutions with Power Platform, or exploring ways to enhance service delivery, this video provides actionable insights into building smarter, AI-powered support systems with Microsoft technologies.

Performances Optimisation for PowerApps

Creating Business applications has been made very easy nowadays with PowerApps, however with a lot of Power Users coming from non-IT background, you might end up with poorly performing applications.
In this session, we will look at different actors which might impact your PowerApps Applications’ performances, and how to improve the overall performances of your applications.

Mastering Power Apps Canvas Apps

Join me for a practical, hands-on workshop designed to take your Power Apps Canvas App skills from basic to advanced. Learn how to build secure, responsive, and maintainable apps that follow real-world best practices.

What You’ll Learn
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Build and reuse components for faster, consistent apps
Apply security best practices to protect data
Connect and manage multiple data sources
Use in-memory data for better performance
Design advanced galleries and flexible layouts
Create responsive, modern designs for any device
Manage releases with Deployment Pipelines
Build a real, working app as a team

What We’ll Cover
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Canvas Apps essentials and design tips
Using components and libraries effectively
Data connections, collections, and variables
Security and role-based access
Advanced galleries and UI techniques
Responsive design best practices
Using Deployment Pipelines
Real-world examples and Q&A

Build a Real App — Your Choice!
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We’ll build a complete app together – voted for by you. Options include:

Risk & Incident Reporting
Help Desk
Quiz App
HR Onboarding
Or your own idea!

Why Attend
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Go beyond the basics with proven practices you can use right away. You’ll gain hands-on experience, build confidence, and take away a real example you can adapt for your own work.

Modernise Your HR Operations with Copilot and Power Platform

Welcome & Introduction (5 mins)
Introduction to the session and the presenters.
Overview of common challenges in traditional HR processes and the need for modernization in 2025.
The Case for Modern HR (5 mins)

Address issues like paper-based processes, scattered data, and lack of self-service.
Present Power Platform and Copilot as the solution to these challenges.

Demo Part 1 – HR Operations Overview (10 mins)
Walkthrough of Power Platform tools for HR operations.
Highlight key HR processes such as leave management, onboarding, and employee profiles, and integrations with SharePoint, Teams, and Outlook.

Demo Part 2 – Exposing HR Policies using Copilot (15 mins)
Demonstrate how Copilot can make HR policies accessible through natural language queries.
Show Copilot in action for tasks like answering policy questions or escalating requests, with personalized security context for employees.

Demo Part 3 – Integrated Experience (10 mins)
Show how Copilot is embedded within Power Apps for a seamless HR experience.
Demonstrate how employees can easily access HR policies and documents based on their role.
Benefits Recap (3 mins)

Recap the benefits: Reduced HR admin tasks, 24/7 self-service, standardized policy access, and seamless Power Platform integration.

Mastering Error Handling in Power Apps & Power Automate: Best Practices for Resilient Apps and Flows

In this session, we’ll dive deep into real-world best practices for handling errors in both Power Apps and Power Automate. You’ll learn how to design solutions that don’t just work when everything goes right — but stay robust, predictable, and user-friendly when things go wrong.

We’ll cover:
✅ Common pitfalls and mistakes to avoid
✅ Effective use of Try-Catch patterns, Error functions, and OnError properties in Power Apps
✅ Using Configure Run After, Scope actions, and custom error logging in Power Automate
✅ How to surface meaningful error messages to end users
✅ Tips for monitoring and troubleshooting failures

This is an essential session for makers, developers, and admins who want to build solutions with confidence, reduce support tickets, and keep their apps and flows running smoothly in production.

Whether you’re new to Power Platform or ready to level up, join us to sharpen your skills and walk away with practical patterns you can apply immediately!

Integrate Bing Maps with Power Apps.

Live demo, in this session, I will show the attendees how they can leverage the Bing Maps static images and render them as interactive Maps control in PowerApps.

Create your first Power Pages Portal using CoPilot

In this session, I will showcase how we can easily leverage the power of CoPilot to draft an event power Pages Portal, where users can register and view the event schedule.
We will cover the basics of Power Pages such as:
- Colours
- Objects & Sections
- Menu & Navigation

PowerPlatform Custom Connector for Chat GPT

I will take the attendees through the steps to create a custom PowerPlatform connector to communicate with Chat GPT.
At the end, a quick PowerApp will be created to consume the connector.

Create and Publish your first HR CoPilot in less than 30 mins

Build an AI-Powered HR Assistant with Copilot Studio and Microsoft Teams

In this hands-on session, learn how to create and publish your very first HR Copilot in under 30 minutes — no coding required. You'll discover how to expose key HR policies, procedures, and FAQs using Copilot Studio, and make your custom Copilot easily accessible to employees directly within Microsoft Teams.

Perfect for HR professionals, Power Platform makers, and digital workplace champions, this session will guide you through:

✅ Connecting your HR documents and knowledge base
✅ Building natural, conversational AI flows with Copilot Studio
✅ Adding business rules, escalation paths, and personalization
✅ Publishing and embedding the Copilot in Microsoft Teams

By the end of the session, you'll have a fully functional HR Copilot that improves employee experience, reduces HR ticket volume, and supports self-service — all within the M365 ecosystem.

No AI background needed — just curiosity and a desire to modernise HR support!

Creating Advanced UI Controls in Power Apps: Tabs, Accordions, Progress Bars, and More

Elevate your Power Apps to the next level by crafting advanced and interactive user interfaces! In this session, we’ll delve into building custom UI controls such as tabs, accordions, progress bars, pop-ups, and side navigation menus—tools that transform app usability and engagement.

Through step-by-step demonstrations, attendees will learn how to create these components using Power Apps formulas, galleries, containers, and reusable controls. We’ll also cover design tips to ensure these elements are both functional and visually appealing while maintaining optimal app performance.

Discover how advanced UI controls:

Enhance user experiences by organizing content intuitively.
Improve app navigation and accessibility.
Save development time with reusable patterns.
This session will highlight practical use cases and share best practices for implementing these features in both Canvas and Model-Driven apps.

Target Audience:
Power Apps makers, developers, and UI/UX enthusiasts eager to create professional-grade user experiences.

Key Takeaways:

Step-by-step guidance on creating advanced UI controls (tabs, accordions, pop-ups, etc.).
Design techniques for improving usability and user engagement.
Strategies to balance app aesthetics with performance.
Real-world examples of applying advanced UI components in Power Apps.
Join us to unlock the potential of Power Apps by building interactive, dynamic, and visually compelling user interfaces that will impress stakeholders and end users alike.

Building for Scale: Mastering Power Apps Component Library and Reusable Components

Power Apps Component Libraries revolutionize the way apps are built, enabling makers to create scalable, maintainable, and reusable components that streamline development. In this session, we’ll explore how to leverage the Power Apps Component Library to design efficient, user-friendly applications that meet business needs while reducing development time.

Learn how to create reusable components such as headers, footers, buttons, and forms, and understand how to manage updates across multiple apps using shared libraries. We’ll also cover best practices for designing accessible, consistent, and visually appealing components that align with organizational branding guidelines.

This session will include real-world examples and demos, highlighting:

The creation and publishing of custom components in the Component Library.
Effective version management to handle updates and changes.
Strategies for improving collaboration between makers and ensuring component consistency across projects.

Target Audience:
Power Platform developers, makers, and architects looking to optimize their app-building processes and establish design consistency across multiple apps.

Key Takeaways:

How to build and manage reusable components using the Power Apps Component Library.
Techniques for maintaining version control and deploying updates seamlessly.
Tips for aligning components with organizational branding and accessibility standards.
Real-world use cases demonstrating the power of reusable components in action.
Join this session to learn how to scale app development efforts, improve efficiency, and deliver consistent, high-quality Power Apps solutions.

Building Autonomous Agents with Copilot Studios

Dive into the world of intelligent automation in this interactive session on creating autonomous agents using Copilot Studios. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced developer, this workshop will guide you step-by-step through the process of designing, building, and deploying autonomous agents tailored to solve real-world challenges. Learn how to harness the power of AI tools, integrate decision-making capabilities, and streamline workflows with ease. By the end of the session, you'll have the practical knowledge to implement autonomous agents.

Your Power Apps deserve Nicer user interfaces

In this session, I will show the attendees some tips and tricks which allow them to build nice and lovely user interfaces, and uplift their Apps by using:
- SVG
- Animations
- Gradient backgrounds
- Responsive designs
- Multi-level navigation menus…etc.

Power Apps - Azure Dev Ops Integration - Source Code Control

In this session we will look at how we can use Azure DevOps with PowerApps for source control & CI/CD.
We will look at version controls and the ability to track Power Apps changes using the Azure DevOps Repositories and branches.

Improving PowerApps performances.

Users nowadays expect Apps that not only run Bug Free ! but which are also performant. Performance and Acceptance go hand in hand, in this session I will cover:
- Different data sources and their impact on Performance
- Understanding how data flows from the source to your apps
- Good Design Practices
- Performance monitoring tools (App Checker, Developer Tools, Power Apps Monitor, Azure Application Insights)

Mastering Power Platform ALM: Streamlined Deployments Across Environments

Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) is a critical component of successful Power Platform adoption and governance. In this session, we’ll take a deep dive into the tools, best practices, and strategies for setting up and managing ALM in Power Platform.

Discover how to build a seamless deployment pipeline for migrating apps, flows, and other assets between environments using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions. Learn about environment strategies, managing solutions effectively, and incorporating custom connectors and environment variables. We’ll also explore practical tips to automate governance, improve collaboration between makers and developers, and ensure security compliance.

By the end of the session, attendees will walk away with actionable insights to:

Design an efficient ALM process tailored to their organization.
Configure robust deployment pipelines.
Enhance agility while maintaining control and governance over their Power Platform environments.

Power Platform architects, developers, IT admins, and governance professionals who want to elevate their deployment game and master the art of managing solutions across development, testing, and production environments.

Error Handling in Power Apps and Power Automate: Building Resilient Solutions

In the world of low-code development, creating robust and reliable solutions requires proactive error handling. In this session, we’ll explore advanced techniques for managing errors effectively in both Power Apps and Power Automate, ensuring your applications and workflows are resilient, user-friendly, and maintainable.

Learn how to:

Implement error-handling patterns in Power Apps using controls like notifications, error messages, and user prompts.
Utilize Power Automate’s built-in error-handling features, including configuration of retry policies, parallel branches, and the Scope action.
Log and monitor errors using tools like Dataverse, SharePoint, or Application Insights.
Enhance user experience by providing meaningful error feedback and actionable resolutions.
Through live demos and real-world examples, this session will equip attendees with the knowledge to anticipate, detect, and address issues proactively, minimizing disruptions and improving solution reliability.

Target Audience:
Power Platform developers, makers, and administrators who want to design resilient applications and workflows with advanced error management strategies.

Key Takeaways:

Techniques for implementing effective error-handling mechanisms in Power Apps.
Best practices for configuring and troubleshooting error handling in Power Automate.
Approaches to logging, monitoring, and analyzing errors for continuous improvement.
Practical examples of creating user-friendly error messages and fallback mechanisms.
Attend this session to master the art of error handling and deliver dependable, high-performing Power Platform solutions that users can trust.

Copilot Unleashed: Beyond the Chat – Empowering Actions with AI

Copilot is often perceived as just another chatbot, but its true potential goes far beyond answering questions. In this session, we’ll dive into how Copilot in Microsoft 365 can act as your proactive assistant, performing tasks, automating workflows, and driving productivity by executing actions on your behalf. From drafting documents and generating insights to managing tasks and even initiating approvals, Copilot transforms the way we work. Join us to explore real-world scenarios, learn how to harness this powerful tool, and discover how Copilot delivers value by being more than just a conversational AI—it’s your collaborative partner for action.

Discover how Copilot goes beyond being a chatbot to perform actions, automate workflows, and drive productivity. Learn how this AI-powered assistant transforms work by executing tasks, managing processes, and delivering real value as your collaborative partner.

Copilot Readiness : Laying the Foundation for Secure and Effective AI Use

Before deploying Copilot, it’s essential to ensure your organization is ready. This session will cover key steps, including structuring your data for optimal AI use, securing confidential information, and setting boundaries to prevent oversharing or accidental disclosure of sensitive data. Learn practical strategies to build a solid foundation that maximizes Copilot’s capabilities while safeguarding your organization’s integrity and compliance.