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Power Virtual Agents in Microsoft Teams – An Introduction

This video introduces you to Power Virtual Agents (PVA) within Microsoft Teams. It takes you through the basics of installing the PVA application, Getting Started with Topics, Modifying Topics, and Publishing the Bot to Teams.

Deep Linking to a Chat in Microsoft Teams from an Adaptive Card

This Blog and Video post will explain how to deep link to a chat with a user in Microsoft Teams from an Adaptive Card. We will look at an easy to follow example, add dynamic naming to our button and see the deep link in action.

Power Automate Functions: ConvertFromUTC (No Need For Multiple Actions To Convert Date & Times)

This is a video to show you how to use the convertFromUtc function within Power Automate (and Logic Apps!). This function allows you to convert a UTC date and time, even the time and date right now, to your desired timezone.

Getting Data from Adaptive Cards in Microsoft Teams

This Blog and Video post will explain how to get data from Adaptive Cards in Microsoft Teams. We will look at an easy to follow example, add new input elements and see the data in action.

Power Automate Functions: EncodeURIComponent (Make URLs Safe!)

This is a video to show you how to use the encodeUriComponent function within Power Automate (and Logic Apps!). This function allows you to add URL safe characters to return an encoded URL.

Getting Started with Creating Adaptive Cards for Microsoft Teams

This Blog and Video post will explain how to get started with making Adaptive Cards for Microsoft Teams. We will look at the overview of the designer, create an example card and discuss look at the limitations.

Power Automate Functions: DecodeURIComponent (Get A Human Readable URL)

This is a video to show you how to use the decodeUriComponent function within Power Automate (and Logic Apps!). This function allows you to remove URL safe characters to return a human-readable URL.

Power Automate Functions: Rand (Randomly Generated Number)

This is a video to show you how to use the rand function within Power Automate (and Logic Apps!). This function allows you to randomly select and return a number between two sets of integers. We use an example by randomly generating a number between 0 and 9999.

Power Automate Functions: FormatDateTime (Change the Format of your Date and Time)

This is a video to show you how to use the formatDateTime function within Power Automate (and Logic Apps!). This function allows you to change the format of your date and time. You can even get the full day and month names.

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Power Automate Date & Time – Formatting Options

This blog post is to show you what characters to use to allow you to change your dates and times.