Evidence-backed pains from real Microsoft 365 work. These are the research roots behind the courses, briefings, and blueprints in this Space.
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Power Apps maker launches working app but team drifts back to shared spreadsheet within weeks. Split usage leaves both systems with incomplete data. Content covers diagnosing small frictions, running a deliberate rollout, retiring the old tool, and relaunching with visible usage…
Blocker Research
Canvas app makers lack a test copy or rollback plan once the app is live. Every publish ships all changes at once, so makers delay fixes, publish after hours, or freeze improvements entirely.
Blocker Research
Duplicated headers and menus on every screen turn one logo change into hours of manual edits. This problem covers why duplicated UI happens, what it costs, and the safe path to components.
Blocker Research
Non-developers using Power Apps often start with a generated app from SharePoint or Microsoft Lists. The next step requires learning Studio, data connections, galleries, forms, navigation, Power Fx, and reusable components to build something their team can rely on.
Blocker Research
Power Apps stores flow inputs, connections, and outputs in app metadata. Flow changes break .Run() calls with invalid arguments or missing outputs. Makers must remove and re-add flows or update formulas manually.
Blocker Research
Power Apps and Power Automate approvals update separate records. Without a shared request ID and dedicated approval history table, the app can show approved while the flow remains pending.
Blocker Research
Power Apps makers test with a mouse but keyboard and screen reader users still get lost. Focus order, labels, and control behavior break the workflow for assistive technology users.
Blocker Research
A builder starts with SharePoint lists for a Power App because they are familiar and included with Microsoft 365. As relationships, approvals, user-specific views, and reporting needs grow, the data source choice begins to affect licensing, performance, and stakeholder…
Blocker Research
Power Apps makers build functional internal apps but receive feedback that the UI looks rough. Inconsistent spacing, dated controls, and unclear hierarchy reduce user trust and slow adoption even when the workflow works better than the old spreadsheet.
Blocker Research
Canvas apps display correctly in Studio but break on phones and tablets. Fixed positions and sizing cause clipped controls, awkward stacking, and incomplete-looking screens for real users.
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