If you’ve ever built a beautiful Power BI report and then had a colleague say, “Can you just send me the data in Excel?” — you know the feeling. You built all those visuals, and now someone wants a flat file. Microsoft provides multiple ways to get your Power BI data into Excel. In this … read more…
One of the most common things people ask about when building Power Apps is this: “Why does my dropdown always show the first item when the app loads? How do I make it start blank?” Power Apps doesn’t give you an obvious “start blank” checkbox. But once you know the right approach, it’s pretty straightforward. In … read more…
If you’ve ever landed on the Power BI pricing page and felt confused about which plan to pick — then this tutorial is for you. I get this question a lot: “What’s the real difference between Power BI Free, Pro, and Premium?” The honest answer is: it depends on what you’re trying to do. Are you … read more…
If you’ve ever opened a freshly created SharePoint site and thought, “this looks too plain, I need to make it feel like ours” — you’re in the right place. In this tutorial, I’ll walk you through everything you need to know about customizing a SharePoint Online site. No code required for most of it. We’re … read more…
If you’ve ever opened a SharePoint calendar and stared at a wall of events — all the same color, all blending together — you know how quickly it becomes a headache. Color coding your SharePoint calendar is one of those small changes that makes a surprisingly big difference in how you and your team actually … read more…
A few years ago, I worked with a company where the HR team managed employee policies through email attachments. Every time something changed, a new version went out — and within days, half the team was working off an outdated copy. Nobody knew which version was the real one. This happens everywhere. Marketing teams, finance … read more…
Have you ever tried to save a SharePoint list as a template and hit this error — “The list is too large to save as a template. The size of a template cannot exceed 52428800 bytes“?. I’ve run into this myself, and I know how frustrating it is when you’re just trying to move a list … read more…
If you’ve ever tried to install SharePoint Server 2019 or 2016 on Windows Server and hit a wall with the prerequisites installer, then you might have received the below error: “Microsoft Sync Framework Runtime v1.0 SP1 (x64): download error” I faced this many times. In this tutorial, I’ll walk you through exactly what causes it, … read more…
If you’ve ever tried installing SharePoint on Windows Server and run into the “Windows Server AppFabric: download error” message, you’re not alone. This is one of the most common roadblocks people hit during SharePoint prerequisite installation, and the good news is — it’s totally fixable. I’ve been through this myself, and in this tutorial, I’ll … read more…
If you’ve ever needed to track team events, project deadlines, or company holidays on a SharePoint site, you’ve probably asked yourself — how do I actually add a calendar here? I’ve been there too. The good news is that SharePoint Online gives you more than one way to do it. In this tutorial, I’ll walk … read more…
If you’ve ever built a Power Apps canvas app and wondered how to control what shows up in a combo box based on a button click, you’re in the right place. This is one of those things that trips a lot of people up because the combo box control behaves a little differently from other … read more…
When I was working on an IT Help Desk solution, I needed to retrieve the most recent record using Power Automate and send it to Power Apps. Initially, everything was working fine. I was sorting the list by ID (Descending) to get the latest item. However, during testing, once the list exceeded 5,000 records, the … read more…
As we know, in Power Apps, we cannot technically combine multiple global variables into a single ‘Set’ statement, which often results in a long, repetitive code list. Let’s say, if you have been writing code like this in Power Apps: Set(varName, “John”);Set(varAge, 30);Set(varCity, “New York”);Set(varIsLoggedIn, true); …there’s a better way. You can absolutely set multiple … read more…
If you’ve ever connected a SharePoint list to Power Apps and tried to read a choice column, you’ve probably run into a wall. You write ThisItem.Status expecting to see “Approved” — and instead you get something like {Value: “Approved”}. That’s confusing the first time you see it. The reason is simple: a choice field in SharePoint is not … read more…
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