
Exploring the Asset Management Pattern of Value in Power Apps
If you’re new to Power Apps, embracing Patterns of Value is an excellent way to get started with building efficient and scalable applications.

Leveraging ChatGPT Custom Instructions
I guess this is reason #128 to pay for that chatGPT Plus subscription.

Maker Copilot for Power Pages: A Game-Changer for Web Development
Imagine creating intuitive, dynamic web pages with minimal coding! This is the future of web development and creating forms, and you don’t want to miss out.

Microsoft has the most complete vision for RPA out of all the other vendors. That’s no surprise.
From the outset, RPA on Power Platform has always been only a minor (yet crucial) part of a much bigger story.

August 2023 Power Platform Jobs – Australia
It’s clear that the Power Platform ecosystem is gaining solid momentum in Australia, offering opportunities to both job seekers and businesses alike.

Yes, Toyota Uses Power Automate.
Toyota, the global automotive leader, is leveraging Microsoft’s Power Automate and Microsoft Forms to streamline and digitize its travel approval process.

What’s a Great Way to Get Started With Power Apps?
Understanding the Patterns of Value in Power Apps is fundamental to realising the full potential of your business workflows. These patterns are tried and tested practices that provide a streamlined

Effects of Micromanagement on Low-Code Adoption
“We need a new value discussion when talking about driving business transformation with low-code tools. Management never asked me what I want to use Excel or Word for. Instead, I was given a license and trusted I am doing something with these tools that drives my personal and team productivity.”

Microsoft Release Power Automate Process Mining Into General Availability
At Inspire last week, Microsoft release Power Automate Process Mining into General Availability; now with added co-pilot.

July 2023 Power Platform Jobs – Australia
The Power Platform, which includes tools like Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, and Power Virtual Agents, has gained significant popularity in recent years due to its ability to empower users to create business solutions without extensive coding knowledge.

Microsoft’s Vision Is Paying Off
Power Platform is the most widely adopted product in the low-code market and has become increasingly well integrated across the firm’s entire technology stack.

A Shout-Out to the Often Overlooked AI Models
“Oh, now everyone’s fascinated by AI just because it can generate coherent sentences?” they would say, if only these models could generate coherent sentences themselves.

Overwhelmed With Power Platform? Let Me Give You a Quick Rundown
Need to streamline your workflows and reduce manual tasks? Power Automate enables you to create automated processes and seamlessly connect your favorite apps and services, increasing productivity, and freeing up valuable time.

Transparency Notes for Co-pilot and Power Platform
Transparency notes for co-pilot and Power Platform – good to know. “With the introduction of generative AI across Microsoft business applications including Dynamics 365, Viva Sales, and Microsoft Power Platform, interactions with

June 2023 Power Platform Jobs – Australia
The growing interest and upskilling in Australia’s Power Platform show how it empowers people and organizations with custom apps, process automation, and data insights.

Microsoft Syntex Is About to Change Document Generation
Microsoft Syntex Is About to Change Document Generation. But what is Syntex?

The World Economic Forum Report 2023
What’s in store over the next five years when thinking about the Future of Jobs?

May 2023 Power Platform Jobs – Australia
Before the 6th month mark of 2023, here’s a quick look at Power Platform jobs in Australia and how it’s been growing steadily.

Invoice Processing Model in AI Builder
Did you know you can now customise the inbuilt Invoice Processing model in AI Builder?

ChatGPT: Many Personas in One
As an AI language model, ChatGPT has the ability to answer a wide range of questions and provide insightful responses. However, the quality of the questions that are asked of ChatGPT has a significant impact on the quality of the answers that it can provide.

Breaking News: AI Builder license fees down 80%
Microsoft announced on Friday that they’re slashing AI Builder license fees, in some cases by more than 80%.

API: The Ultimate Hub
For non-IT people, think of it as a USB port. So with our USB ports, we plug up USB drives, printers, phone chargers, cameras, etc. and they all, despite being

Unstructured Document Processing? Yes, please.
Microsoft is expanding Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) capabilities for Power Automate by adding support for unstructured document processing. AI Builder and Power Automate already have the capacity to build end-to-end

Is Tech Responsibility a requirement now?
“Tech Responsibility” is an individual’s technical curiosity along with their desire to adapt. Being “non-technical” is no longer a get-out clause; rephrase that to “I’m learning”. Tech Responsibility is knowing

Citizen Developer Stories, Vol.1: Neeha
Neeha Hussein works at a renewable packaging solutions company with over 80 sites, across Australia and New Zealand. “I’ve learned quite a lot of things in the RPA In a

4 day work week
Companies in the UK are trying out a 4 day week for 6 months. 100% pay, maintain 100% output for 80% time commitment. Technology enables a 4-day week. Learning how

Power Virtual Agents challenge
I played a lot with Microsoft Power Virtual Agents over the break, preparing for our next “In a Day” workshop. It was easy to create chatbots with complex workflows, automations,

Power Automate – Just 1 of many services
As you know, We post a lot about Power Automate. What you might not know is that Power Automate is just one of four services that make up Microsoft Power

Lockdown Stress
Like most people in NSW, I tune in to the daily 11am press conference, hoping that things are getting better; alas, for now, they are not. Yesterday, Dr Murray Wright,

Intelligent Automation – Under the Hood
“People should only have to focus on the tasks where they can bring unique human value.” Great vision, yeah? But what does it MEAN? …and… …umm.. HOW?? “Intelligent Automation –

What can automation actually do?
The problem is that the people don’t know what automation can actually do. Vendors are terrible at communicating the capabilities in a way that makes sense – it’s all RPA

Boring is automatable
What makes a good automation candidate? The first word that comes to mind is “boring”. Those processes repeated over and over again to the same exact steps that need minimal

Power Automate Hackathon
Our friends over at NetDocuments are hosting a Power Automate Hackathon this year – with bragging rights and cash prizes for the winners. “Bring your thinking cap and Power Automate skills to

Intelligent Automation – Under The Hood
I enjoyed hosting this weeks’ “Intelligent Automation – Under The Hood” so much that I’m hosting it again next week 😃 The presentation is a high level overview of automation

Are humans the robots?
I talked to a company a few weeks ago, where they have a business process that people complete over 200 times a day. The high level process is:🔹 Select next record

Automation extracts
Remember that process from Monday’s post, where a CRM Agent had to follow a 9-step process, including steps from the 1990s such as “Print everything out” and “Carry documents to

FSI & Power Automate
We held our special event yesterday tailored for the Financial Services Industry. There were over 160 registrations and more than 50 people joined the call, which is amazing – thank

Chess, parcels and offices
The best human chess player will never again beat the best machine chess player. Just as a factory of human only parcel sorters will never again be as efficient as

Bots-as-a-Service – Mailbox and Document Processing
Document processing; not the most glamorous of business workflows but one that must be done effectively or everything falls over. 💷 Sales Orders💰 Invoices👮🏻 Identification Documents🚨 Claims Forms🏆 Employee Certifications🔐

AUTOMATION GUTTING AUSSIE JOBS
🚨 AUTOMATION SET TO GUT 1.5 MILLION JOBS FROM AUSTRALIAN ECONOMY 🚨 A Forrester report released yesterday says “Australia’s job market will shrink by 11%, or 1.5 million workers, by