Power-Platform-Blog-Updates

A Power Platform solution that will consolidate all Power Platform blogs weekly and send you a summarized email every Monday

Summary

Having multiple RSS flows per Power Platform product can get messy. More over, it's not always user-friendly to access these updates through the Power Automate notifications. This weekly flow will retrieve all Power Platform product blog updates and summarize them into product categories through a neat HTML template. Then, once a week, users can receive a summary of all blog updates via email with links to each individual blog post.

Applies to

• Microsoft Power Automate

Compatibility

Contributors

• Nati Turtledove

Version history

Version	Date	Comments
1.0.0.0	April 02, 2024	Initial release

Features

• Scheduled Flow: For weekly blog email updates.
• RSS Feed: Consolidated all Power Platform RSS Feed blog updates.
• HTML Template: Blog updates are wrapped in an elegant, customizable HTML template that is delivered via email.

Prerequisites

Connection References

The solution includes two connection references.

• Outlook Connection
• RSS Connection I recommend you use either a licensed service account with an exchange license for these references, or feel free to use your own.

Environment Variable

When importing the solution, there are a variety of environment vavariableshat need to be complete.

Variable	Type	Details
Email Subject	String	Text to be displayed in the email subject
Footer Text	String	Any text you wish to display at the footer of the email.
Header Logo	String	Place a URL to any image you would like to display in the email header. It works best with a png.
Website Link	String	Add any URL here if you want to display a website link at the bottom of the email.
Send To Address	String	An email of an individual user or group that the email will be sent to.
Social Icon 1	String	Url link to social icon png file
Social Icon 2	String	Url link to social icon png file
Social Icon 3	String	Url link to social icon png file
Social Icon 4	String	Url link to social icon png file
Social Link 1	String	Url link to social site/desitnation
Social Link 2	String	Url link to social site/desitnation
Social Link 3	String	Url link to social site/desitnation
Social Link 4	String	Url link to social site/desitnation

Static Images

Note that the static images in the mail template, such as the Power Platform icons and the background, are coded into the flow. The images have been reconstructed into base64.

Minimal Path to Awesome

• Download the .zip from the solution folder
• Import the .zip file using Solutions > Import Solution.

Using the source code

You can also use the Power Apps CLI to pack the source code by following these steps:

• Clone the repository to a local drive

• Pack the source files back into a solution .zip file:

  pac solution pack --zipfile pathtodestinationfile --folder pathtosourcefolder --processCanvasApps
  

  Making sure to replace pathtosourcefolder to point to the path to this sample's sourcecode folder, and pathtodestinationfile to point to the path of this solution's .zip file (located under the solution folder)

• Within Power Apps Studio, import the solution .zip file using Solutions > Import Solution and select the .zip file you just packed.

Help

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Disclaimer

THIS CODE IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, MERCHANTABILITY, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.