Practical, tested Power Apps solutions — canvas apps, model-driven apps, Power Fx, controls, forms and performance. Newest first.

Power Apps is Microsoft’s low-code platform for building business apps: canvas apps for a pixel-perfect, task-specific UI over almost any data source, and model-driven apps built directly on Dataverse for process-heavy, data-rich scenarios. The tips below focus on what actually matters once an app leaves the demo stage: writing efficient Power Fx formulas, choosing the right variable type, working around delegation limits, and controls/patterns that hold up at real data volumes.

📱 New here? Compare Power Apps app types and Model-driven vs Canvas apps, or dive into the Power Fx variables deep dive.

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• #PowerPlatformTip 159: 'Force a Direct File Download in Power Apps with Launch' May 28, 2026
• #PowerPlatformTip 158: 'Return Flow Data to Power Apps with ParseJSON (No Premium)' May 14, 2026
• #PowerPlatformTip 152: 'Build a Time Picker with One Line using Sequence()' Feb 19, 2026
• #PowerPlatformTip 151: 'Manage All Your SharePoint Lists in One Model-Driven App with Virtual Tables' Feb 05, 2026
• #PowerPlatformTip 147: Dummy Patch After Complex Flows Dec 18, 2025
• #PowerPlatformTip 146: Encode & Decode Functions Dec 04, 2025
• #PowerPlatformTip 145: 'Power Platform Tools' Nov 01, 2025
• #PowerPlatformTip 144: Infinite Approvals beyond 30 days Oct 15, 2025
• #PowerPlatformTip 136: 'Patch Coalesce Upsert' Apr 15, 2025
• #PowerPlatformTip 135: 'One Flow, Many Users' Apr 01, 2025
• #PowerPlatformTip 134: 'Optimize Canvas Apps with YAML' Mar 13, 2025
• #PowerPlatformTip 132: 'Office Files Viewer in PowerApps' Jan 16, 2025
• #PowerPlatformTip 131: 'ForAll & Patch Optimization in PowerApps' Jan 08, 2025
• #PowerPlatformTip 130: 'Build Apps Faster with YAML' Nov 26, 2024
• #PowerPlatformTip 127: 'Special User-Informations in PowerApps Studio' Oct 17, 2024
• #PowerPlatformTip 126: 'User Context for Automated Tasks' Oct 08, 2024
• #PowerPlatformTip 119: 'Web-Based Editing with VS Code' Aug 02, 2024
• #PowerPlatformTip 116: 'AI Automated Solution Design' Jul 09, 2024
• #PowerPlatformTip 107: 'Last Item from SharePointList' Jun 06, 2024
• #PowerPlatformTip 105: 'PowerApps, EnvironmentVariables Without Premium' Jun 04, 2024
• #PowerPlatformTip 113: 'Combine Multiple Data Sources' May 10, 2024
• #PowerPlatformTip 112: 'Consistent Data Formats' May 01, 2024
• #PowerPlatformTip 110: 'Protect SharePoint Data' Apr 17, 2024
• #PowerPlatformTip 108: 'Double-Click Magic in PowerApps' Apr 05, 2024
• #PowerPlatformTip 103: 'Quick Setup Guide' Feb 14, 2024
• #PowerPlatformTip 101: 'Centralized Data Handling' Jan 22, 2024
• #PowerPlatformTip 93: 'Add RowNumbers' Dec 11, 2023
• #PowerPlatformTip 91: 'IF Function in Formulas' Dec 06, 2023
• #PowerPlatformTip 90: 'Power Platform Community Developer Plan' Dec 04, 2023
• #PowerPlatformTip 88: 'Where to Get Expert Power Platform Help' Nov 27, 2023
• #PowerPlatformTip 87: 'Licensing, Sharing Canvas Apps with Guests' Nov 21, 2023
• #PowerPlatformTip 86: 'Free Power Apps Icons' Nov 16, 2023
• #PowerPlatformTip 85: 'Delay Output' Nov 08, 2023
• #PowerPlatformTip 84: 'Tabbing in Dynamic Forms' Oct 31, 2023
• #PowerPlatformTip 82: 'Automated Code Commenting' Oct 17, 2023
• #PowerPlatformTip 81: 'Fast DataSource Updates' Oct 10, 2023
• #PowerPlatformTip 80: 'Rapid Dynamic Forms with AI' Oct 03, 2023
• #PowerPlatformTip 79: 'Retrieve Record Details Post-Update' Sep 26, 2023
• #PowerPlatformTip 78: 'Efficient Control Reset' Sep 19, 2023
• #PowerPlatformTip 76: 'PowerApps Sharing with Guests' Sep 05, 2023
• #PowerPlatformTip 73: 'Quick Switch to Maker Mode' Aug 15, 2023
• #PowerPlatformTip 72: 'PowerApps with Google Maps API' Aug 10, 2023
• #PowerPlatformTip 70: 'Managing Teams with PowerApps!' Jul 27, 2023
• #PowerPlatformTip 69: 'Optimize Loading with Fullscreen Reference' Jul 25, 2023
• #PowerPlatformTip 68: 'Utilize the best of both worlds: Power Apps and Power Apps 4 Teams' Jul 13, 2023
• #PowerPlatformTip 67: 'App-to-App Redirection' Jul 11, 2023
• #PowerPlatformTip 66: 'Load Data Source Structure' Jul 07, 2023
• #PowerPlatformTip 64: 'Comparing Lookup vs. First(Filter)' Jun 27, 2023
• #PowerPlatformTip 63: 'Mastering the Lookup Function' Jun 22, 2023
• #PowerPlatformTip 62: 'UpdateIf' Jun 20, 2023
• #PowerPlatformTip 61: 'Power of Environment Variables' Jun 15, 2023
• #PowerPlatformTip 57: 'Mastering PATCH' Jun 01, 2023
• #PowerPlatformTip 55: 'Picking colors' May 25, 2023
• #PowerPlatformTip 54: 'Use Galleries' May 23, 2023
• #PowerPlatformTip 53: 'Launch function' May 16, 2023
• #PowerPlatformTip 52: 'DV4T: Budget-Friendly Choice' May 11, 2023
• #PowerPlatformTip 50: 'Use TemplateApp' May 04, 2023
• #PowerPlatformTip 48: 'Sharing of Flows & Power Apps' Apr 27, 2023
• Power Apps Dynamic Form Schema: Add Controls on the Fly Apr 26, 2023
• #PowerPlatformTip 44: 'Calculate the Distance' Apr 13, 2023
• #PowerPlatformTip 43: 'With function' Apr 11, 2023
• #PowerPlatformTip 42: 'Dataverse Views' Apr 06, 2023
• #PowerPlatformTip 41: 'Standard tables in Dataverse' Apr 04, 2023
• #PowerPlatformTip 40: 'Delete Apps / Flows' Mar 30, 2023
• #PowerPlatformTip 38: 'Data Refresh' Mar 23, 2023
• #PowerPlatformTip 34: 'PowerApps V2' Mar 09, 2023
• #PowerPlatformTip 33: 'Coalesce in Power Apps' Mar 07, 2023
• #PowerPlatformTip 32: 'Optimize with GroupBy' Mar 02, 2023
• #PowerPlatformTip 30: 'PowerApps: Code Review' Feb 21, 2023
• #PowerPlatformTip 28: 'Fast tips' Feb 14, 2023
• Merge Images in PowerApps Without Flow or Code Components Jan 29, 2023
• #PowerPlatformTip 23: 'Filter Blank' Jan 26, 2023
• #PowerPlatformTip 22: 'Change Fill & Color' Jan 24, 2023
• #PowerPlatformTip 16: 'PowerApps: Collections Cookbook' Jan 03, 2023
• #PowerPlatformTip 14: 'Template Screens' Dec 23, 2022
• #PowerPlatformTip 13: 'PowerApps4Teams in make.powerapps.com' Dec 22, 2022
• #PowerPlatformTip 10: 'Use all variables in PowerApps' Dec 19, 2022
• #PowerPlatformTip 8: 'Automate Backups & Restores for Flows, Apps & Solutions' Dec 17, 2022
• #PowerPlatformTip 2: 'Transfer PowerApp Ownership' Dec 11, 2022
• How to Load Multiple Data Sources into ONE Collection Jul 20, 2022
• Return an Array from PowerAutomate to PowerApps (Split Method without Premium) May 23, 2022
• Run Power Apps Actions with Elevated Permissions via Power Automate, from Reza Dorrani May 18, 2022
• How to Track the Current Progress of a Flow in PowerApps May 18, 2022
• Fill and Sign a Word Document with Power Apps and Power Automate, without Premium Actions, from Paulie M Apr 27, 2022
• How to Implement OnKeyDown/OnKeyPress Behavior in PowerApps Text Input: Creative Control Workarounds by Paulie M Apr 20, 2022
• Power Apps: Refresh() Is Killing Your App Performance - an Alternative Method, from Paul O'Flaherty Aug 23, 2021
• Power Apps PDF Viewer for a SharePoint Document Library, without a Flow, from Reza Dorrani Jun 11, 2021
• Build a Simple Multilingual Canvas App in 3 Steps Jun 01, 2021
• Power Apps ComboBox DefaultSelectedItems: Set One or Multiple Default Values Apr 26, 2021
• The Big 5: Variables and Parameters in PowerApps Mar 07, 2021
• Power Apps: Print Directly to a Printer with an API, from Shane Young Dec 10, 2020