Ready to build apps in a new way?

Create stunning, feature-rich apps that look great and work perfectly, even offline. Welcome to the new age of app development.

In this blog, we'll look at the latest advancements that will empower you to build apps like never before, from the Power Platform Environment Settings app to real-time collaboration on canvas apps. Here are some highlights you won’t want to miss:

Building Modern Apps

Get ready to build responsive apps with modern controls and offline capabilities. Here are some highlights:

• Use the Power Platform Environment Settings app: Available for admins, makers, marketers, or analysts automatically. Public preview in August 2024, general availability in October 2024.

• Act on your data efficiently with new grid features: Automatically enabled for users in October 2024.

• Select columns downloaded on mobile devices: Automatically enabled for admins, makers, marketers, or analysts in October 2024.

• Work together in real time to create canvas apps: Available for users by admins, makers, or analysts from June 23, 2024, with general availability in December 2024.

• Hide the legacy app for admins: Automatically enabled for users from August 12, 2024, with general availability in October 2024.

• Use the modern, refreshed look in model-driven apps: Automatically enabled for users from August 12, 2024, with general availability in October 2024.

• Allow users to resize side panes: Automatically enabled for users from August 12, 2024, with general availability in October 2024.

• Show recent and pinned records in the multi-session sitemap: Automatically enabled for users from August 12, 2024, with general availability in October 2024.

• Update existing model-driven apps monthly: Automatically enabled for users from August 12, 2024, with general availability in October 2024.

• Use modern chart dialogs instead of classic dialogs: Automatically enabled for users from August 12, 2024, with general availability in October 2024.

• Select records faster with look-up control: Automatically enabled for users from August 12, 2024, with general availability in October 2024.

Copilot for Power Apps Makers and Users

Use AI to build apps and bring natural language to your own apps, making users more productive. Here are some key features:

• Use Copilot to build and edit apps in Power Apps Studio: Available for users by admins, makers, or analysts from October 15, 2023, with general availability in October 2024.

• Use Copilot to filter and search data in the gallery: Automatically enabled for users from July 29, 2024.

• Use Copilot easily in canvas apps: Automatically enabled for admins, makers, marketers, or analysts from November 2024.

Enable Enterprise Scale

These features enhance Power Apps Studio, allowing you to build large, enterprise-scale, and complex apps. Check out what’s coming:

• Enhance delegation for UpdateIf and RemoveIf: Available for users by admins, makers, or analysts from June 18, 2023, with general availability in October 2024.

• Use Copilot to facilitate Finance and Operations workflows in Visual Studio: Automatically enabled for admins, makers, marketers, or analysts in October 2024.

• Monitor and improve operational health: Automatically enabled for admins, makers, marketers, or analysts from November 2024.

• Manage your source code for canvas apps: Automatically enabled for admins, makers, marketers, or analysts from September 2024, with general availability in January 2025.

You can opt into some features as part of early access starting August 12, 2024, including all mandatory changes that affect users. For more details, check out the Early Access FAQ.

Features availability and configuration for users and admins

• Users, automatically: These features include changes to the user experience and are enabled automatically.

• Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically: These features are meant for administrators, makers, marketers, or business analysts and are enabled automatically.

• Users by admins, makers, or analysts: These features must be enabled or configured by administrators, makers, or business analysts to be available for their users.

As a Microsoft Gold Partner in Saudi Arabia, Ctelecoms are ready to empower Saudi companies to build modern, responsive apps with advanced features and offline capabilities. By using the latest advancements in the Power Platform, including real-time collaboration, enhanced data management, and AI-driven tools like Copilot, businesses can streamline their operations, improve productivity, and scale their app development to meet enterprise needs. Our partnership with Microsoft will enable Saudi companies to stay ahead in the digital age, creating innovative solutions that drive growth and efficiency.

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