Category: Portals / Power Pages

Employee Self-Service Portal in Power Apps

In this post, we will look at Employee Self-Service portals in Power Apps. First, go to https://make.powerapps.com and create a new portal. We will need to go to Create, then Start from Template. Search for Portal, then choose the Employee self-service: Enter a name and URL, then click Create: Once created, browse out to the portal: We see: Clicking Sign-In, we get: And we now see the portal content: Other … Continue reading Employee Self-Service Portal in Power Apps

How to Setup Redeem an Invitation Code for Power Apps Portal

In this post, we will look at Power Apps portals and redeeming invitation codes. These come into play when you have an existing contact in Dynamics 365 that you would like to register as a Power Apps portal user. As each Portal user becomes a contact in Dynamics 365, you may now want this existing contact to simply “sign up” in your portal. Instead, you can send them an invitation … Continue reading How to Setup Redeem an Invitation Code for Power Apps Portal

Display Power BI Visualizations Using Azure AD and Liquid Tags inside Power Apps Portals

Power BI visualizations can be displayed inside Power Apps Portals using Liquid tags. In this post we will show how to set up Power Apps portals to enable the Power BI liquid tag to be used to embed Power BI visualizations inside Power Apps portals. We will do this with a blank custom portal we created earlier. Let’s start on the Power BI side. Power BI We have a Customers … Continue reading Display Power BI Visualizations Using Azure AD and Liquid Tags inside Power Apps Portals

Add a Menu Item to Primary Navigation in Power Apps Portals

Let’s look at how to add a new menu item to a Power Apps portal Primary Navigation menu. This menu is the one across the top of the top: Let’s create a Hello World link which opens a Hello World page. Open the Dynamics 365 Portals app and go to Web Pages, then New: We will create a new page with the parent page of Home, and a page template … Continue reading Add a Menu Item to Primary Navigation in Power Apps Portals

How to Create and Customize a Custom Power Apps Portal For Your Organization

We have already looked at some great features of Power Apps portals in previous posts, such as the out of the box templates such as the community portal template and customer self-service template. Now it’s time to look at creating a blank portal with minimal features, so organizations can build out a portal for their own specific requirements. We will look at how to customize the blank portal to include new … Continue reading How to Create and Customize a Custom Power Apps Portal For Your Organization

Creating a Community Portal with Blogs, Forums, Ideas, and KB using Power Apps Portals

The Community Portals template is a quick and easy way for a Power Apps organizations to get up and running with their own community portal. The template provides a lot of nice out of the box functionality, including blog posts, forums, and ideas. Let’s look at how to use the Community Portal Template in Power Apps Portals as we as how to add new content. First, go to https://make.powerapps.com/ and select … Continue reading Creating a Community Portal with Blogs, Forums, Ideas, and KB using Power Apps Portals

Help Your Customers with a Customer Self-Service Portal Using Power Apps Portals

Power Apps Portals are functionality that can be used by Dynamics 365 / Power Apps environments for quick, customizable out-of-the-box portals. These portals can provide many advantages for businesses, including giving customers round-the-clock self-service support and the ability to create their own cases online in a secure environment. There are a few types of portals that are currently available for organizations to take advantage of. These portals are: Community Portal Customer … Continue reading Help Your Customers with a Customer Self-Service Portal Using Power Apps Portals