The CoE Starter Kit and ALM Accelerator September release is now live. This includes various bug fixes and new features for users to explore. Some of the highlights of this release include:
https://github.com/microsoft/coe-starter-kit/releases/tag/CoEStarterKit-September2023
A Center of Excellence (CoE) in an organization drives innovation and improvement, bringing together similar-minded people with similar business goals. This then leads to sharing knowledge and success while providing standards, consistency, and governance to the organization.
The Microsoft Power Platform CoE Starter Kit is designed to aid in the development of a strategy for adopting and supporting Microsoft Power Platform, with a focus on Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power Virtual Agents.
The ALM Accelerator for Power Platform includes a canvas app that sits on top of Azure DevOps Pipelines and Git source control. This app provides a simplified interface for makers to export the components in their Power Platform Solutions to source control, and also facilitates deployment requests review before deploying to target environments. This tool is a compliment to the ALM guidance available under the Overview of application lifecycle management with Microsoft Power Platform.
The ALM Accelerator was initially developed to facilitate ALM for the CoE Starter Kit team, and now it is being shared for open sourcing to aid users in understanding how they can apply ALM patterns and practices with the Power Platform. You can use the ALM Accelerator as-is, customize it to meet your requirements, or as a reference example to see how ALM scenarios have been addressed.
The CoE Starter Kit and ALM Accelerator September release has gone live, with various bugs fixed and new features added. The release notes can be found at their official Github page. Special highlights of this version include ALM Accelerator's Pipelines for Power Platform Export Hook and the ability to share Flows and Connectors with several groups. The CoE kit has a Setup Wizard for Audit log, storing SharePoint and Dataverse references used in flows, and Microsoft Curated List for Video Hub among others.
The Center of Excellence (CoE) encourages innovation and improvement in an organization, providing governance and consistency. The Microsoft Power Platform CoE Starter Kit is a set of components and tools aimed at supporting the development of a strategy for adopting Microsoft's Power Platform, which includes Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power Virtual Agents.
The ALM Accelerator offers a canvas app that interfaces with Azure DevOps Pipelines and Git source control. It also provides a simple interface for makers to frequently export components in their Power Platform Solutions for source control and create deployment requests. You can customize the ALM Accelerator to fit your needs or use it as a reference to understand how ALM patterns and practices can be applied with the Power Platform.
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