Teams Nation - Extend The Power Platform With Custom Connectors
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The document discusses the use and creation of custom connectors in the Microsoft Power Platform, emphasizing their importance when standard connectors are insufficient. It outlines the process for building a connector, including authentication and operations definition, and provides resources for further learning. Additionally, it highlights the role of citizen developers and offers CLI commands for managing custom connectors.
Teams Nation - Extend The Power Platform With Custom Connectors
- 1. #TeamsNation Sponsored by Microsoft Teams Microsoft Tech Community Extend the Power Platform with Custom Connectors Daniel Laskewitz | Sogeti | MVP
- 2. About me • Daniel Laskewitz • Power Platform Lead • Sogeti Netherlands • Project Coordinator Group member for Independent Publisher Connector Program
- 4. Connectors • 650+ connectors • First Party Connectors • Certified Connectors • Independent Publisher Connectors • Custom Connectors
- 5. Custom Connectors • When to use custom connectors? • When a connector is not available in product • When a connector is not advanced enough • How to build a connector? • Read / know the API you want to build a connector for • Start in one of the products (Power Apps, Power Automate or Logic Apps) • Set up the authentication • Define the operations for your connector • Save and test your connector
- 6. • ChuckNorris.io Demo: Start Building Your Connector
- 7. Power Platform Connectors CLI • The CLI helps with the ALM story of Custom Connectors • You can deploy, download and update your connectors with the CLI through the following commands: • Paconn login • Paconn download • Paconn create • Paconn update (*) * Be aware: updating doesn't work as advertised
- 9. in Teams Power BI Power Apps Power Automate Power Virtual Agents
- 10. API Management Connector “Citizen developers can use these API Management backed connectors in Power Apps hosted in Teams through the existing Teams licensing”
- 11. Demo: Tour through API Management for Power Platform
- 12. Resources (1/2) • Docs https://aka.ms/connectors • Get your connector certified https://aka.ms/ConnectorCertification • Power Platform Connectors GitHub repository https://github.com/Microsoft/PowerPlatformConnectors • Extend an OpenAPI Definition https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/custom-connectors/openapi- extensions • Custom code in custom connectors https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/custom-connectors/write- code
- 13. Resources (2/2) • Create a connector from a Postman Collection https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/custom-connectors/define- postman-collection • Custom Connectors Coding Standards https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/custom-connectors/coding- standards • Policy support in Custom Connectors https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/custom-connectors/policy- templates
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