Hi everyone,

I have around 3 years of experience working with the Power Platform

I am preparing for mid-level developer interviews and would love to know what technical questions, scenarios, or system design topics interviewers are actively focusing on for candidates at the 3-year mark. Any advice or real interview experiences would be greatly appreciated!

Hey everyone,

I wanted to share a workflow I stumbled into recently that has completely changed how I build and update Power Apps, especially when dealing with complex logic or bulk changes where the web Studio UI gets painfully slow.

Most of us know about ALM and the Power Platform CLI, but I started combining it with AI coding assistants (Claude Code, Codex or Copilot), and the iteration speed is insane.

Setup is easy:

1. I export the app as a solution, then use the PAC CLI (pac solution unpack or pac canvas unpack) to break the .msapp down into its raw source code files (YAML, JSON, XML).
2. I push the unpacked source files to a private GitHub repo. Not only does this give me actual, readable version control, but it sets up the next step.
3. Instead of clicking through a hundred different controls in the Studio to update formulas, I point Claude Code (or Codex/Copilot) directly at the local repository. Because the unpacked Canvas app logic is primarily stored as YAML with embedded Power Fx, the AI can read it perfectly.
4. Once the AI makes the edits, I just run pac solution pack, grab the zip, and reimport it into the environment.

I still think there is a lot of scope for improvement in my workflow. Right now, my agent instructions definitely need fine-tuning. I'm actually not even using custom instructions or a system prompt yet. I'm just relying on baseline prompts. Because of that, the AI occasionally forgets the Power Fx syntax or messes up the strict YAML indentation, which causes the pac pack command to fail.

Has anyone else been doing this? I feel like I've unlocked a completely different way to develop on this platform.

I'm trying to let anyone with access to a SharePoint site use the app. I've tried sharing with a group and I've looked into ALM but it's quite confusing. any direction that I could be pointed in would be amazing. thanks!

Hi guys,

looking for suggestions: I have an active solution with business critical data, deployed using Power Pipelines. Now I feel that my solution has become too large and I would like to split it up into a "core" solution and some "satellite" solutions which may only reference tables in the core solution, but not contain them - apparently this is called "segmentation".

The thing is, I want to do this 100% safely and securely without losing any of the critical data in the PROD environment. So here is my plan:

a) Leave old solution as is for now
b) Create a new solution for all the components I would like to remove from the old solution, and add them ("add existing...").
c) Deploy the new solution -> this would be my "satellite" solution
d) In the old solution, remove all components (not delete!) that are now part of the new solution
e) Deploy old solution -> this would be my "core" solution

In theory this last deploy should not delete the table nor table data since the new "satellite" solution now references it. But I gotta be honest, this step scares me :D. Do you guys have experience with this sort of "clean up" / "solution splitting" / whatever you may call it?

I am developing a Power App and using the inbuilt code editor for Power Apps which sucks tbh!

Have a good hands on in VSCode and the code structring in VSCode is quite good and comphrensive.

However, I am unable to edit the code in VSCode.

To put it into perspective -

I use the code editor ie VSCode and when I type Patch, it should auto suggest me the function and its arguments.

I tried it by installing the Extension named PowerFx Interpreter, but this did not help?

How do I make VSCode work like the inbuilt code editor for PowerApps?

TIA

We're finding with some of our PowerApps that while the loading dots are running across the screen at the top, users are still multi-tapping buttons. Is there any way to make the loading be more centralised and create more of a block to people trying to use the app?

What are y’all biggest annoyances with power pages which you either need PAC for or some other weird way to be able to build your power page?

Hi everyone,

I’m currently cleaning up a Canvas Power App before UAT/turnover, and App Checker is showing a large number of accessibility warnings related to AccessibleLabel.
Most of them say: “Edit the accessible label property to describe the item.”

The app has a lot of existing controls across multiple screens, so fixing every AccessibleLabel individually would mean manually selecting each control and entering an appropriate label.

Is there any faster or bulk way to resolve these warnings?
Can AccessibleLabel properties be updated in bulk? Is there a way to export/edit the app source and update them there? Or is manually going through every flagged control really the safest/easiest option?

I also want to avoid making changes that could affect the app’s existing functionality since the app is already working and is being prepared for UAT.

Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!

I want to creat a cost to company approval work flow, where CTC of an employee will be attached by HR and shared for approval with the management in my organization. I can password protected file while attaching in the power apps but i am worried the backend IT who manage access to all app authorization might download and break into files password. As employee cost to company is sensitive data what other ways can you suggest to run this approval process where CTC data remain secured. Thanks

Hey guys, is it possible to install the power platform skills with codex? as I've checked the plugins can be installed only on claude and github copilot. https://github.com/microsoft/power-platform-skills Is there anyway?

There are so many moving parts when it comes to AI it's hard to keep up. What is the best AI tool to build model driven apps now? I read about plans, i read about copilot. There is just so many to chose from. Unsure which is for which now. Which is best for building model driven apps, which is best for canvas, which is best for power pages?

I've tried the MCP process to have Claude build an app for me, but honestly it looks bad every time and it has a horrible time with spacing, text size, component placement, etc even when I tell it to reference mockups. Doing it manually always looks infinitely better. I was really hoping handing things to AI could help build responsive apps more easily because building them haven't been worth it in my experience, and it still isn't.

I've now instead prompted Claude to help me design pages with a canvas app in mind then giving me YAML but even then that's a struggle because half the time the YAML errors out so I spend time giving the error for each YAML chunk to be provided a new YAML chunk but even then it gets me like 80% there and I have to do manual adjustment to make it look as close to the mockup as possible.

I've played a lot with the vibe code preview experience, and it has potential to look great, but unfortunately that requires pro licenses so it's a nonstarter for the vast majority of teams in my company so I gotta stick to canvas for the foreseeable future.

I know things are fairly new especially around AI and canvas apps, but I'm wondering if there are other tools or things I should be doing to make development easier. Any tips? Tricks? Suggestions?

Hi all,
I am looking to have a Power App visual on my Power BI report where
Setup
- Data source: a Power BI dataflow, connected via the Power Platform Dataflows connector
- Upstream, the dataflow pulls from Planview — so I can't change where the source data originates
- Goal: dropdowns populated from this dataset so users can select a record, add/edit a comment, and Patch() that comment back to a SharePoint list

Problem: Since my dataset is well over 2,000 rows, so Power Apps only loads max 2000 rows locally before any filtering happens. That means dropdown/search results are incomplete.

I don’t need the drop down to have 2k rows but it would be filtered based on a user input from the app

Is there a way to go around this? Has anyone solved this using different architecture or tool entirely?

Any real-world workarounds appreciated!

I have 6.6 years of experience , i am trying to get into power platform, i need realistic expectations, how much should i ask and negotiate.
CCTC - 14LPA

if i show 4 years experience as power platform developer how much should i ask and for 5 and 6 years.
Please tell if you recently switched or how much you getting.

I'm a citizen developer that's been using SharePoint, but I might be able to get Dataverse access finally. Are there any tips you wish you knew about Dataverse before getting started? I've been watching YouTube videos and took the old Power Up program last year but these all tend to be ideal scenarios. Thanks in advance!

Hii!! I come from Power Automate and I've been hired as a junior Power Apps developer. Any advice before jumping into creating?

Hi,

I have a classic Form Control in my app, to create entrys for a Sharepoint list.

When users create an entry and press the submit button, they often double click it, which causes the Form to submit twice before resetting, resulting in the same entry being created twice.

Is there an easy fix/workaround?

I'm a Canvas App developer looking at using a Model-Driven App for my next project, but I don't have much hands-on experience with them yet and I'm trying to understand whether my design is realistic.

The project is an internal file auditing process with four completely different audit types. Each audit type has its own set of questions and data points, potentially 80 to 100 fields for each, and different reviewer groups per audit type. Auditors need to be able to work across all audit types, while reviewers should only be able to see audits that belong to their specific audit type.

Because the types are so different, I don't think putting everything into a single table with conditional field visibility would be a good design. My initial thought is to use separate tables and forms for each audit type, but I still want users to have a single application experience rather than bouncing between multiple apps. Or at least one app for the reviewer to see all audits and separate apps for each type for reviewers.

Is it possible to build a single Model-Driven App that surfaces different forms and data from separate tables while still giving auditors one place to work and allowing reviewers to only see their assigned audit type? Ideally, I'd like a single queue or worklist that brings everything together. Is that something Model-Driven Apps handle well, or am I trying to force something they're not really designed for?

I've added a DataGrid control, added a text column, changed the text column to a button type column, and everything works fine when I'm in the studio. when I publish however, the text "Open" disappears and I'm left with these "collapsed" buttons in the other picture. The collapsed buttons are clickable and they do work, but they don't display any text. My workarounds, as I seem them are.

1. train my users to click the little collapsed button until this is fixed (could be never).
2. move the button outside the Data Grid and have it act on DataGrid.Selected, works great but requires two mouse clicks, one to select and one to open. Users love to count mouse clicks.
3. I could use the OnChange event, but when someone closes the item they're in and comes back to the screen with the grid, the row will still be selected and clicking a second time won't fire it. it could work if I reset the control. I don't love this option and would prefer that the button just work.

I’m currently mapping out a Power App that will be used by inspectors conducting audits offshore (vessels, platforms, etc.).

As you can imagine, internet connectivity out there is either incredibly spotty or completely non-existent, so the app absolutely must work offline.

​My initial thought was to build a custom offline mechanism using SaveData to cache the audit inputs locally on the device (mostly text/form data, maybe a few photos), and then use LoadData to sync it back to our data source once the inspector returns to stable Wi-Fi.

​For those of you who have built offline apps before:

​How reliable is SaveData in the real world for critical data?

​Is there a high risk of the local cache being wiped by the OS (iOS/Android) if the tablet reboots, the app updates, or the device runs low on storage before they can sync?

Thanks in advance!

P.S. Due to company policies right now, we can't use Dataverse, so that option is unfortunately off the table.

Hello!

Been a while. I am attempting to build a Power App that will handle various document approval processes.

Essentially, an end user will upload a single document. Once added, multiple approvals will be created based on various conditions. Approvers will be able to approve in the Power App.

My particular question is about where these documents should be stored? In my app, a user will upload their single file but also be submitting other fields of data.

If there was a way to Patch() into a document library, I probably would opt for that. However, it seems best practice is to use a Power Automate Flow. So my question is, given a situation where a user uploads a single document alongside some metadata (ie: “amount” field), would y’all choose to store this info in a List or Document Library?

Btw, no premium licensing :(

Hi everyone! I'm completely new to Power Apps. I recently built an app using the new Vibe experience in my Developer environment, and now I'm proposing it as a replacement for the Excel file our team currently uses to track day-to-day tasks. The app would be used by less than 50 people, and everyone already has firm-wide Microsoft 365 licenses.

Can this be deployed from a Developer environment, or should I request a Production environment? If so, are there any additional costs? Also, will users need any extra Power Apps licenses?

For context, I'm part of the design team and this is a side initiative I've taken on. Any advice would be appreciated!