CoE Starter Kit January 2024

First Time Setup Instructions

• Get started with the CoE Starter Kit Setup: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/guidance/coe/setup
• Get started with the ALM Accelerator for Power Platform Setup: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/guidance/coe/setup-almacceleratorpowerplatform-cli

Upgrade Instructions

• Upgrading from the latest version of the CoE Starter Kit: https://docs.microsoft.com/power-platform/guidance/coe/after-setup
• Upgrading from the latest version of the ALM Accelerator for Power Platform: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/guidance/coe/setup-almacceleratorpowerplatform-upgrade-config

Customizing the CoE Starter Kit

• Best practices on customizing and extending the CoE Starter Kit: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/guidance/coe/modify-components

Change Log

🐛 CoE Starter Kit - BUGS (37)

• #2851-Error in Flow Admin | Sync Template v3 (PVA) Action Get_Conversation_Transcripts
• #6562-[CoE Starter Kit - BUG] PBI report 'Flow Deep Dive' page doesn't filter environment
• #6695-[CoE Starter Kit - BUG] CoE PowerBI Dashboard Inaccurate Data
• #6736-[CoE BYODL Starter Kit - BUG] CoE BYODL Flows Dataflow issue
• #6847-[CoE Starter Kit - BUG] Dataflow CoE BYODL Makers Error - Request failed: The remote server returned an error: (400) Bad Request.
• #6900-[CoE Starter Kit - BUG] Adele Vance is breaking the Flow Details report
• #6930-[CoE Starter Kit - BUG] Inactive Views in Power Platform Admin View - do not mean anything since we dont use that field. Hide from the MDA
• #6949-[CoE Starter Kit - QUESTION] [CoE BYODL - When Maker dataflow refresh is complete] Failing
• #6996-[CoE Starter Kit - BUG] BYODL Flows not getting data on all environments
• #7011-[CoE Starter Kit - BUG] Admin | Sync Template v4 (Desktop flows) - fails when object in inventory no longer exists
• #7034-[CoE Starter Kit - BUG] CLEANUP - Admin | Sync Template v3 (Delete Bad Data) - fix up of missing modifiedon fields no-ops
• #7056-[CoE Starter Kit - BUG] Attachment missing in Mitigation Plan
• #7060-[CoE Starter Kit - BUG] error in the HELPER - CanvasAppOperations flow. The error details does say "Expression expected at position 97 in '_admin_app_value eq'
• #7126-[CoE Starter Kit - QUESTION] CoE Setup Wizard under more features, will you be fixing the Audit Log configure this feature link?
• #7132-[CoE Starter Kit - QUESTION] CLEANUP HELPER - Check Deleted (Cloud Flows) - Fix for Teams environments that are disabled
• #7136-[CoE Starter Kit - BUG] Change CoE BYODL - When Maker dataflow refresh is complete to reference Maker table instead of User table
• #7163-[PBI BUG] Business Process Flow Tile on Introduction Page Power BI Report is broken linked.
• #7175-[CoE Starter Kit - BUG] App and Flow Inactivity Notifications Clean Up View App Marked Excused doesnt actually Excuse the app from deletion
• #7190-[CoE Starter Kit - BUG] Power BI Production 'Flow Deep Dive' not show flow's list
• #7199-[CoE Starter Kit - BUG] TeamsID and Teams URL missing in Envt Table
• #7200-[CoE Starter Kit - BUG] DCC support details fields too small
• #7214-[CoE Starter Kit - BUG] prd dashboard - Connectors deep dive - missing connectors used in flows
• #7220-[CoE Starter Kit - BUG] Admin | Sync Template v4 (Desktop flows) fails with maximum buffer size error
• #7241-[CoE Starter Kit - BUG] Large set of the flows / apps being set to deleted
• #7251-[CoE Starter Kit - BUG] "Sync Template v3 (custom connectors) flow failing with The API 'powerappsforappmakers' returned an invalid response for workflow operation 'Get_Connectors' of type 'OpenApiConnection'. Error details: 'The API operation 'Get-Connectors' requires the property 'body/value/792/properties/connectionParameters/username/uiDefinition/constraints/required' to be of type 'String' but is of type 'Boolean'.'
• #7306-[CoE Starter Kit - BUG] Pulse Survey is being sent out daily
• #7313-[CoE Starter Kit - BUG] No blogs are displayed in CoE Admin Command Center
• #7321-[CoE Starter Kit - BUG] Newsletter with Product Updates Failing at PVA Feed
• #7327-[early release bug] PVA V4 work - some PVAs have null name!
• #7329-[CoE Starter Kit - BUG] DCC not honouring local date format
• #7330-[early release bug] SetupWizard>UpdateInventoryTypeAppSetting is hitting action limit
• #7332-[early release bug] Admin | Sync Template v4 (Solutions) failing parse with null object
• #7339-[CoE Starter Kit - BUG] Inactive Assessment Questions Still Appear in Solution Assessment (Maker - Nurture App)
• #7343-[CoE Starter Kit - BUG] Cleanup Parent flows - Expect an response from Child flows (when they are terminated).
• #7344-[early release bug] IAdmin | Sync Template v4 (Business Process Flows) - failing for small set of BPFs with null GUID
• #7347-[early release bug] Admin | Sync Template v3 CoE Solution Metadata fails to find guid in Temp v3/v4 section
• #7356-How to update this environment variable with the URL for the Admin - Environment Request canvas app.

🎉 CoE Starter Kit - FEATURES (31)

• #3506-[CoE Starter Kit - Feature]: Make what's a cross tenant connection configurable
• #5959-[CoE Starter Kit - BUG] Test pass on Setup Wizard for non-commercial
• #6701-[CoE Starter Kit - Feature]: New properties available in Data Export - need to be mapped to Dataflows
• #6743-[CoE Starter Kit - Feature]: Surface connector details in PBI for qty per name, flows they're in, apps they're in, envs they're in
• #6811-[CoE Starter Kit - Feature]: PBI CoE Dashboard - Flows Details - Number of Unique Actions
• #6951-[CoE Starter Kit - BUG] Set Inventory Me flag for objects that are no longer orphan
• #6969-[CoE Starter Kit - Feature]: CoE BYODL Dataflow re-factor to only process recent files
• #6986-[CoE Starter Kit - Feature]: PBI: Add filter by FlowName to report
• #7015-[CoE Starter Kit - Feature]: Add check deleted to individual v4 inventory flows
• #7017-[CoE Starter Kit - Feature]: Convert Ai Models inventory flow to use Modern Connector
• #7018-[CoE Starter Kit - Feature]: Convert Business Process Flows inventory flow to use Modern Connector
• #7021-[CoE Starter Kit - Feature]: Convert Desktop Flow - Runs inventory flow to use Modern Connector
• #7024-[CoE Starter Kit - Feature]: Convert Model Driven Apps inventory flow to use Modern Connector
• #7025-[CoE Starter Kit - Feature]: Convert Portals inventory flow to use Modern Connector
• #7026-[CoE Starter Kit - Feature]: Convert PVA Usage inventory flow to use Modern Connector
• #7027-[CoE Starter Kit - Feature]: Convert PVA inventory flow to use Modern Connector
• #7028-[CoE Starter Kit - Feature]: Convert Solutions inventory flow to use Modern Connector
• #7029-[CoE Starter Kit - Feature]: Fix up Check Deleted system
• #7085-[CoE Starter Kit - Feature]: Report on if Maker CoPilot is enabled
• #7146-[CoE Starter Kit - Feature]: Setup Wizard: Allow users to opt in to using Modern Dataverse Connector for the new v4 flows
• #7167-[CoE Starter Kit - Feature]: Audit Logs - User ID
• #7177-[CoE Starter Kit - Feature]: Add Delay to Admin | Sync Template v3 (Call Updates) to spread out calls
• #7193-[CoE Starter Kit - Feature]: CLEANUP - Admin | Sync Template v3 (Check Deleted) performance
• #7203-[CoE Starter Kit - Feature]: Add powerfx fields to App/Flow tables to capture if the envt is excused from archival / compliance
• #7209-[CoE Starter Kit - BUG] Add new data flows to Command Center Coe Dataflows page
• #7222-[CoE Starter Kit - QUESTION] Inventory about PVA's created in Dataverse for Teams environment
• #7229-Clean up Environment Capacity Table when Environments are deleted
• #7240-[CoE Starter Kit - Feature]: Improve Performance of Audit Log import and record update
• #7322-EARLY RELEASE FOR TESTING - modern dataverse connector and data export throttling issues (&MORE!)
• #7345-EARLY RELEASE - New Dataflow for BYODL PBIT file
• #7360-[CoE Starter Kit - Feature]: Make length of time you store sync flow errors configurable