Power Platform Connections Ep 1 - Azure McFarlane | February 16th, 2023

On the debut episode of Power Platform Connections, David Warner and Hugo Bernier talk to Business Applications MVP Azure McFarlane, alongside the latest news, videos, product updates, and community blogs.

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Love for the community, the power of online connection and how to do more with less. 
• Azure’s journey to the Power Platform, her 'love at first flow', and The Legend of Zelda lives on! 
• Future speaking engagements, including the Microsoft Power Platform Conference in Las Vegas, and how Azure uses ‘Robotic Process Automation’. 
• This week’s hottest blogs and articles   

Check out the blogs and articles featured in this week’s episode:

• https://never-stop-learning.de/dynamodb-as-virtual-table/ by Michael Megan
• https://powerautomate.microsoft.com/blog/9-new-independent-publisher-connectors-in-january-2023/  by @Amjed-Ayoub  
• https://powerapps.microsoft.com/blog/whats-new-power-apps-january-2023-feature-update/ by @CWesener  
• https://powerapps.microsoft.com/blog/the-new-look-for-model-driven-power-apps-is-available-now-in-pr... by @benapple 
• https://powerpages.microsoft.com/blog/set-up-your-sites-brand-title-logo-brand-colors-and-more/ by Claudio Romano 
• https://powerpages.microsoft.com/blog/power-pages-data-workspace-is-now-solution-aware/ by Pranita Padalwar 
• https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Power-Apps-Community-Blog/Embed-Canvas-App-into-Model-Driven-app... by @AhmedSalih 
• https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Power-Automate-Community-Blog/Integrating-Dynamic-365-CRM-with-T... by @ShanmugaRaja 

Agenda items:

0:00 Show Open 

00:48 Azure McFarlane Interview 

26:05 Call for content 

26:35 Blogs, articles, and videos 

34:32 Show Closing/bloopers 

Action requested: 
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This episode premiered live on our YouTube at 12pm PST on Thursday 16th Feb. 2023. 

Video series available at Power Platform Community YouTube channel. 

Upcoming events: 

• Global Power Platform Bootcamp 2023 – Feb. 24-25th - Virtual 
• M365 Conference - May 1-5th - Las Vegas 
• Power Apps Developers Summit – May 19-20th - London 
• European Power Platform Conference – Jun. 20-22nd - Dublin 
• Microsoft Power Platform Conference – Oct. 3-5th - Las Vegas

Join our Communities:

• Power Apps Community 
• Power Automate Community 
• Power Virtual Agents Community 
• Power Pages Community 

If you’d like to hear from a specific community member in an upcoming recording and/or have specific questions for the Power Platform Connections team, please let us know. We will do our best to address all your requests or questions. 

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