Creating a Dataverse instance in a specific Azure region using Power Apps Admin PowerShell module

One of the prerequisites if you need to setup Azure Synapse Link for Dataverse is that the Dataverse/Dynamics 365 environment must be created in the same Azure region as the Azure Data Lake storage account. 

So, if you know that you will be using Azure Synapse Link for Dataverse functionality and you want to avoid opening a support ticket for moving your environment (see Quick tip: finding the Azure data center for your Dynamics 365/Online environment for more details), you will need to create the Dataverse instance in the correct region. 

Unfortunately, this is not possible using the standard user interface but luckily you can use the Power Apps admin PowerShell module (Microsoft.PowerApps.Administration.PowerShell)

I am not sure in which version the functionality was added to enable creation of a Dataverse environment in a specific Azure region was added so if you already installed this PowerShell previously I would recommend updating to the latest version using the update-module command.

When using the New-AdminPowerAppEnvironment command you can specify the location and region you need (for example -LocationName "europe" -RegionName "westeurope"). For a list of supported environment locations and regions you can run Get-AdminPowerAppEnvironmentLocations

References:

• Get started using the Power Apps admin module
• Provision Dynamics 365 CRM and Dataverse environments on specific region and datacenter

CollabDays Belgium 2022 - a look back

CollabDays Belgium 2022 was simply amazing. It was really great to get together with some old friends and meet new people in the #Microsoft365 community. Unfortunately, there were so many excellent sessions that I could not attend them all, but I learned a lot in different sessions. The slidedeck of my session Dataverse deep dive: watch out for the sharks is now available for download on GitHub. 

If you are a Microsoft365 professional working in Belgium, I highly recommend you register as a BIWUG member - it is amazing to see how this user group and community has managed to still stay vibrant and relevant more 17 years after the first BIWUG meeting in September 2005.

Dynamics 365 and Power Platform monthly reading list September 2022

Power Platform and Dynamics 365 release 2022 wave 2

• Microsoft Power Platform 2022 Release Wave2 Highlights
• Generic updates in 2022 Release Wave 2 by @d365goddess
• Power BI content management in Power Apps solutions (preview)

Technical topics (Configuration, customization and extensibility)

• Create custom notifications - reinvent alerts & notifications with Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM by @inogic
• Solutions in Power Platform | ALM, Power Apps, flows & environments by @rezadorrani
• Enable Log instantly by passing ILogger in DataverseServiceClient by @temmy_raharjo
• Boost maker productivity inside Dataverse using formula columns
• AI Builder Deep Dive: Overview of possibilities and best practices by @PFEDynamics
• PowerFX formula columns in Dataverse
• New version of Power Platform Build Tools and a feature packed update of Power Platform CLI
• Add in-app/toast notifications in Dynamics 365 using JavaScript
• Customize the editable grid control (Preview)
• Dataverse and Dynamics 365 results in Microsoft Search
• ADF template to copy Dataverse data (from Azure Data Lake & Azure Synapse Link for Dataverse) to Azure SQL
• Cloud Flows with Dataverse trigger not working after solution import by @linnzawwin
• New tools for integrating Microsoft Teams calling capabilities into applications
• Debugging pre-operation plug-in without plug-in trace log
• Deep dive on security settings in PowerApps 

Topics for Dynamics 365 Business Applications Platform consultants, project managers and power users

• Enhanced email template editor (2022 - Wave1 - GA July 2022) by @d365goddess
• The future of customer engagement is bright with Microsoft and Nuance
• Perform activities from sequence step in Sales Accelerator and correlate it with timeline activities
• Dynamics 365 enhancements for Sales (June 2022)
• How to use Bulk Email feature in Sales Accelerator
• Advanced scheduling in Dynamics 365 Sales Forecasting
• Get 360 degrees view of your Customer using Dynamics 365 Customer Insights
• Editing capabilities for Customer Service Historical analytics report within Dynamics 365 CE
• Will Microsoft 365 collaboration tools replace or complement the familiar activities in Dataverse/Dynamics 365? by @jukkan
• Turn Dataverse views into Power BI Reports - "visualize this view" feature now supports saving the report to #PowerBI for further editing and publishing (Requires Power BI Pro license)
• Is Dynamics 365 a model driven app? (YouTube) by @LisaCrosbie
• Steve (Mordue) has a chat with Jukka Niiranen
• Exploring sales usage reporting feature in Dynamics 365 CE sales analytics