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Community User Group Experience

BrandyG_iTalent — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 06:31:15 GMT

This article will give an overview of the user group experience in the following communities:

For user groups whose focus spans more than one of the above communities, visit Power Platform User Groups

Your user group experience in our communities should be very similar across the board. For the purpose of this article, all images will be from Power Platform User Groups.

*Please note that any locations or user groups visible in the images below are for testing purposes only.

How to Access User Groups

From Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate or Power Virtual Agents communities, you will click the 'Community' dropdown in the top-level navigation and select 'User groups':

From the Dynamics 365 community you will choose 'User Groups' from the header at the top of the page:

Discover User Groups and User Group Events

The user group landing page is called the 'Discover' page, and will provide recommended user groups and events.

If you are looking for a user group, you can either enter a new location in the location field, or select 'See all' for a full listing of user groups, and you will be taken to the 'Group search' page, see below.

While still on the 'Discover' page, you can sign up for a user group event. You can enter a new location in the location field, select a date, or a format (online or in-person) that fits what you are looking for.

You can also select 'See all' under the results rendered and you will be taken to the Events search page, see below.

If you know that you are looking for, a 'Networking' or 'Learning' event, you can scroll to the bottom of the 'Discover' page, and select the one you are looking for. You will be taken to the event search page, already filtered by the type of event choosen.

Search groups

When you select the 'See all' button under 'Join a Group' from the 'Discover' page, this will take you to the 'Search groups' page. This page will provide recommended user groups, you can choose a new location by typing in the location box, and sort how the results are displayed:

When you start typing a new location in the location field, suggested locations will automatically render:

Any time you see a user group card, you can select the name of a user group or 'Learn more' on the group card to visit that group, or select 'Join now' to become a member of that user group:

User Group Info Page

Each user group has a 'Group info' page that provides the location of the user group, the details, and who the group leaders are.

Clicking on any of the group leaders or members names will take you to their community profile.

You can join the group from here, invite other community members, or share externally:

Once you join a user group, you will see the groups upcoming events in the bottom of the right-rail, and the 'Contact' button under the 'Group leaders' becomes available. Clicking this button will send a PM to the user group leader. If there is more than one user group leader, they will all receive the private message:

If you decide you no longer want to be a member of the user group, simply select the drop-down for 'You're a member', and choose 'Leave group'.

User Group Discussion Page

The 'Discussion' page is used for conversations regarding the user group. You can reply to the author of a post, or an individual response and it will be displayed as inline replies:

User Group Member Page

The 'Members' page displays all the members of the user group. Just like on the 'Group info' page, clicking on any of the group leaders or members names will take you to their community profile:

User Group Events Page

The 'Events' page will display upcoming events related to this user group. You do not have to be a member of the user group to join an event:

If you are the leader of your user group, you can request an event to be created by selecting 'Request an event' on the 'Events' page. This is only available to user group leaders.

Your Groups Page

You can access all the user groups you have joined by clicking 'Your groups'. This page is where you can see a thread of all activity related to your user groups, and you can select 'Request a group' if you would like to request a new user group to be created:

User Group Events

Any time you see a user group event card, the following information is visible:

Format: Online, In-person, or both
The name of the event
Time and date of the event, displayed in your local timezone
The name of the user group hosting the event
Description of the event
Names of the event speakers
Location. If the event is online, it will say 'Online event' at the bottom of the card. For in-person events, the event location will display.

You can select the name of the user group event or 'Learn more' on the event card to visit that event page, or select 'Sign up' to sign up for the event:

After you sign up for an event, the 'Sign up' will change to 'Registered':

Event Info Page

When you click on an event, all the details will be shown. You can access the user group that the event is linked to by clicking the name of the group in the top-right corner. You can download a .ics file to add to your calendar, you can share the event, and you will be shown other events you might like at the bottom.

You can see the community users that have registered for this event right-side of the 'Event info' page, or select the 'Attendee's tab.

If decide you no longer want to attend an event, you can select the drop-down for 'You're Registered', and then 'Cancel registration':

*Note: The Dynamics 365 user group experience offers event discussions. This will be future feature in Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power Virtual Agents communities.

Search events

When you select the 'See all' button under 'Sign up for an event' from the 'Discover' page, this will take you to the 'Search events' page where recommended user group events are shown. You can choose a new location by typing in the location box, choose a specific date or format and sort results:

When you start searching for an event by typing a new location in the location field, suggested locations will automatically render:

Your Events

You can access all your user group events, current and past, that you have registerd for by clicking 'Your events'.

If you don't have any events, you can choose 'Browse events' to find one.

If you are looking for information about the community user group experience, and it was not covered in this article, please submit your idea using our feedback form: aka.ms/PublicPreviewUGFeedback

FAQ on the new Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform User Groups

Heddanewman — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 23:22:13 GMT

We’re excited to announce the upcoming launch of user groups for Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform. Our goal is to help you achieve more with your community, together with Microsoft.

Below are the most common questions we’ve heard from the community:

What is Microsoft launching?

We are launching new online tools to help you find, join, start, and run local user groups for Dynamics 365 and Power Platform. We are supporting the user groups with an administrative team and connection to local Microsoft employees around the world.

Public preview opens April 2021. It’s free and everyone is welcome. Be one of the first users to join by registering below.

What about user groups that already exist?

User groups can operate on the Microsoft ecosystem and their current platform(s) to organize and host events. We believe the new Microsoft Power Platform and Dynamics 365 community experience will offer you unparalleled features that will enable you to create and grow your user groups like never before. Our Dynamics 365 and Power Platform Community Success team now has user group coordinators and they will be dedicated to assisting leaders and members have a smooth experience in group and event creation as well as other logistics tasks.

Our Microsoft Community Program Managers will also be working more closely with our user group leaders supporting requests for speakers, topics, and content.

How is this related to Microsoft’s other user group offerings on Microsoft Tech Community (MTC) or Azure Tech Groups?

Unlike MTC, this new offering solely focuses on Dynamics365 and Power Platform user group experience. Microsoft Tech Community is a partner just like Microsoft Answers and Microsoft Azure Tech Groups.

Will you support user groups for all regions?

Yes. We’ve seen tremendous product growth globally for Dynamics 365 and Power Platform products. Our vision is to enable a thriving local community of users across the world so community members can network, learn, and support each other.

What support will you provide for user group leaders?

Our vision is a user groups experience that empowers you to create and grow your community together with Microsoft, enabling you to:

Attract new members through exposure within the products that alert customers to local groups and events, on Microsoft community sites, and at Microsoft events.
Manage membership and events with easy-to-use tools and support from Microsoft product teams.
Enjoy leadership rewards and connections with Microsoft.

We will have dedicated user group administrators available via in-community private message, email for your questions and feedback. The administrators will hold regular meetings between leaders and the Power Platform and Dynamics 365 Community Success Teams. We are also looking into creating a user group BOT leveraging Power Virtual Agents.

Additionally, we’re developing a user group playbook and learning series with veteran user group leaders and our Community Success Teams to share best practices, templates, and how-tos.

Can you provide customer lists so leaders can invite them to participate in our local chapter?

Due to data privacy reasons, we can’t share customer lists. However, we plan to enable in-product notifications to help users find local user groups and events. Leaders will be able to contact their members via private message in-community and on the discussion area of the user group page.

Will leaders have access to Microsoft Teams to host virtual user group meetings?

We plan to provide Microsoft Teams as part of the Community Tenant offering from the Microsoft Teams Engineering team, however, the timeline for this functionality isn’t yet determined. Sign up for future user group announcements by registering at Dynamics 365 User Groups and Power Platform User Groups.

Can my user group continue to receive sponsorship from ISVs/SIs partners?

Absolutely. Continue with your partnerships as you’ve always done. We view each user group as an independent organization that can manage sponsorships as they see fit.

I am a partner, can I have a user group?

Yes, however, our code of conduct has language regarding using user groups as a recruiting tool or vendor sales presentations area.

Will you support national or other “collections” of user groups (e.g., a top-level community with chapters)?

Yes. Our focus is on empowering a large number of individual user groups. We hope leaders organize and collaborate with each other to encourage their members to succeed and do more at work. We will support leaders through connection with our Community Success Team to identify the best ways to support them and their members.

Will the User Group Administrator have resources for in-person meetings (i.e. booking conference rooms/meeting sites and hosting virtual meetings)?

Our User Group Administrators will have access to resources, but we’re still working on the details. Our team will also be providing all user group leaders with a best practices playbook, templates, how-tos, and demos on how to best utilize the user group experience in our communities and also on Microsoft Teams.

Is there a Code of Conduct for user group participation?

Yes. Microsoft wants the user group experience to be a respectful, friendly, fun, and inclusive experience for all participants. As part of the user group sign-up process, participants are asked to agree to the following Code of Conduct:

Microsoft will not tolerate harassment or discrimination based on age, ancestry, color, gender identity or expression, national origin, physical or mental disability, religion, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations, and ordinances.

If you have a concern or complaint related to your user group, first talk to your user group Leader. If that is not practical or does not resolve your concern, please contact Microsoft directly at d365ppc@microsoft.com, which goes to our User Group Coordinator. You can also report concerns directly to Microsoft’s Business Conduct Hotline (1-877-320-MSFT or buscond@microsoft.com).

What products can I create a user group for?

User groups can be created for Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and each Power Platform product (Power Apps, Power BI, Power Automate, and Power Virtual Agents).

On-premises products and Dynamic’s services and apps can be created under Dynamics 365 with a focus area listed in the description. For user groups with a “Business Applications” title, we recommend creating your user group under the Power Platform user group area.

If you need additional guidance on your naming structure, always feel free to reach out to your user group administrator.

If you have additional questions or feedback, we’d love to hear from you please email d365ppc@microsoft.com Launching the new user group experience is part of a long-term investment we’re making into our communities, and it is with your collaboration that we will create and grow together.

User Group Code of Conduct

Heddanewman — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 08:00:32 GMT

Microsoft is dedicated to empowering every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. User groups are supported by Microsoft, led by the community.

Acceptance of Terms
These terms and conditions (“T&Cs”) are a legal agreement between you, as the group leader (“you” or “your”) of the specific group (the “Group”) that you are applying to participate in the Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform user group program, and Microsoft (“Microsoft”, “we”, “our” or “us”).

By participating in the Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform user group program (the “Program”), you agree to be bound by these T&Cs, represent that you are 18 years or older, and have authority to bind the Group. If you do not accept these T&Cs, then you will not be allowed to participate in the Program.

Microsoft reserves the right to update these T&Cs at any time without notice to you. The most current version of the T&Cs can be reviewed by clicking on the T&Cs link.

Description of Program
The Program connects technical user groups from across the globe and all backgrounds with resources and tools to expand their knowledge of Microsoft technologies like Dynamics 365 and Power Platform.

Program Benefits
Your participation in the Program may provide you with access to certain benefits, such as early access to technical content, a channel to communicate directly with Microsoft team members, and monthly Program updates (collectively, the “Benefits”).

Some of the Benefits will require you to use your Microsoft or community account. The Benefits are for use by the Group as a whole, and you may only share the Benefits with members of the Group. You may not otherwise transfer, sell, share, sublicense, assign, or lend the Benefits, unless expressly indicated by Microsoft. Your access to and use of the Benefits are subject to the terms of these T&Cs and any separate license terms that accompany them, or that you are required to accept prior to accessing a Benefit. You must be a current, active member of the Dynamics 365, Power Platform Community, and Program to access the Benefits.

Privacy; Communications Policy
Your participation in the Program is subject to Microsoft’s privacy statement, which is located at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=521839.

Throughout the duration of your participation in the Program, you may receive periodic communications from Microsoft. By participating in the Program, (i) you consent to communications from Microsoft regarding your participation in the Program; (ii) you agree to make best efforts to respond promptly to communications from Microsoft that require your response; and (iii) you consent to Microsoft providing you with additional information about the Program and other Microsoft products or services. To request a copy or removal of the personal data that Microsoft has collected as part of your participation in the Program, email D365PPC@microsoft.com (requests submitted only apply to data related to the Program). Removal of personal data could result in your groups’ removal from the Program.

Participation in the Program, at times, requires two-way communications. If Microsoft, at its sole discretion, believes that you are not making best efforts to respond to communications from Microsoft that require your response, then Microsoft may remove you and the Group from the Program.

If you would like to stop receiving communications from Microsoft, you may do so by electing to leave the Program at any time.

Program Participation Requirements
Throughout the duration of the Group’s participation in the Program, the Group will:
Have a group leader who has accepted these T&Cs. We highly suggest a co-leader as a best practice, but it is not required.
Not charge other members a fee to attend group meetings, except in cases in which the venue and/or hosting costs (e.g., food and beverages) are passed through to members.

Maintain a regular meeting cadence for example, having meetings at least six times or equivalent per year that relate to or cover the user groups designated products or services. We will also support focus areas or study groups that have a specific timeframe as requested.

Anyone can apply to be a user group leader; all user groups will be reviewed for approval by our user group coordinators. User group leaders that submit a group that shares the same user group name or city/region upon submission will be alerted that there is a group already in existence in that same city. These submissions will be reviewed by our user group advisory board as well to uphold consistency and historical precedence in user group leadership. By signing up as a user group leader on the community you also agree to the user group leader code of conduct:

Comply with Program’s Code of Conduct.

Adhere to Microsoft’s Trademark and Brand guidelines, when using any Microsoft trademarks or referring to Microsoft’s software, products, or services (see https://www.microsoft.com/trademarks)

No Solicitation Guidelines
To create an environment that is free from unwanted solicitation, we ask all participants to agree to the following guidelines:

• Refrain from soliciting or marketing their services or products or affiliated third-party vendors to members of the user group(s). This includes, but is not limited to, email, phone calls, direct mail, social media, online forums, special interest groups, local user group meetings, and other user group events.

• We ask all participants to share their deep knowledge of the product and their thought leadership. Contributions should be free of promotional messages (including, but not limited to, promotion of Partner products, services, training, and events), and sales activities are strictly prohibited. This includes messages posted to the discussion boards and messages sent directly to an individual.

• Participants' contributions should be unbiased and free of any conflict of interest. As such, please refrain from making comments about affiliates or competitors’ products, services, or other offerings.

Prohibited Uses

You or the Group will not use the Program:
1. To try to gain unauthorized access to or disrupt any Microsoft or third-party service, device, data, account, or network.
2. To financially enrich yourself, any member of the Group, or any third party.
3. In a way prohibited by law, regulation, governmental order, or decree.

Group Removal from the Program
Failure to meet any of the Program requirements throughout the duration of the Group’s participation may result in the Group’s removal from the Program. We may also remove the Group or suspend the Group’s participation in the Program at any time if we suspect that the Group has violated any of these T&Cs. Unless Microsoft believes an immediate suspension is required, Microsoft will provide you reasonable notice before removing the Group from the Program.

Leaving the Program
You may choose to remove the Group from the Program at any time by referencing the information on this page. If the Group leaves the Program, it will no longer receive related communications from Microsoft and no longer have access to Benefits.

Leadership Change
You may stop being the group leader or may make leadership changes at any time by providing Microsoft with at least 14 days’ written notice, by submitting a change/edit support form. For Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Virtual Agents, and Power Platform related user groups, use https://aka.ms/EditUserGroupPP. For user groups related to Dynamics 365, use https://aka.ms/EditUserGroupDyn . In order for the Group to continue as part of the Program without suspension, the notification to Microsoft must identify the new group leader or co-leader.

Program Termination or Suspension
We may suspend or terminate the Program at any time at our sole discretion. We will give you notice before we suspend or terminate the Program, except in cases in which we reasonably believe we need to suspend or terminate the Program immediately.

Providing Feedback
If you or the Group gives feedback about any Microsoft software, products, services or documentation, you give to Microsoft, without charge, the right to use, share and commercialize your or the Group’s feedback in any way and for any purpose. You or the Group will not give feedback that is subject to a license that requires Microsoft to license its software, products, services, or documentation to third parties because Microsoft includes your or the Group’s feedback in them. These rights survive the T&Cs.

Waiver and Severability
The failure of Microsoft to exercise or enforce any rights or provisions in these T&Cs will not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any part or provision of these T&Cs is found to be unenforceable, such part or provision may be modified to make the T&Cs as modified legal and enforceable. The balance of the T&Cs will not be affected.

Relationship with Microsoft
You acknowledge that your participation in the Program does not create a partnership, agency or employer-employee relationship with Microsoft or any of its suppliers. Neither you nor the Group will make any statements on behalf of Microsoft or its suppliers about Microsoft or its suppliers, or any of Microsoft’s or its suppliers’ products or services.

Website Terms of Use
The Website Terms of Use apply to your use of the Program website including any help topics, white papers, data sheets and FAQs that are made available as part of the Program. For more details refer to https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=206977.

User Group Leader Code of Conduct

Heddanewman — Tue, 06 Apr 2021 15:25:56 GMT

Microsoft is dedicated to empowering every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.

Code of Conduct for group leaders
As event and experience organizers, we seek to provide a respectful, friendly, professional experience for everyone, regardless of their gender, sexual orientation, physical appearance, disability, age, race, or religion. We do not tolerate any behavior that is degrading to any gender, race, sexual orientation, or disability, nor do we tolerate any behavior that would be deemed harassment or discrimination. Individuals are responsible for knowing and abiding by our standards and we encourage everyone to assist in creating a safe and welcoming environment.

Please report any concerns, suspicious activity, or disruptive behavior to the Dynamics 365 and Power Platform user group project team so we can address issues immediately. D365PPC@microsoft.com

All group members should follow throughout each interaction:

Be friendly and welcoming
• Listen with purpose and create space for others’ communication preferences.
• Ask yourself how you can make someone's life easier.

Be patient
• Remember that people have varying communication styles and preferences.
• Recognize that not everyone is using their native language. Meaning and tone can be lost in translation.

Be thoughtful
• Think about how others will interpret your words. Aim for clear and productive communication.
• Remember that sometimes it is best to refrain from commenting.

Be respectful and inclusive
• Respect differences of opinion.
• Seek to understand and build bridges, not condemn or criticize.
• Make a conscious effort to include people who differ from you.

Be open and curious
• Assume good intent and interpret others’ statements or questions in good faith.
• Ask questions to understand, not denounce.
• Focus on continuous learning. Improve upon the things you already know, tackle new things, and ask others about their expertise to deepen your own knowledge.

User Group Code of Conduct

In addition to this user group leader code of conduct, you also agree to the user group code of conduct:

Summary
• Treat everyone with respect, kindness, and empathy.
• Use welcoming and inclusive language.
• Be thoughtful in how you communicate in person and online.
• Do not be destructive or inflammatory.
• Gracefully accept constructive criticism.
• Listen with purpose and create space for others’ communication preferences.
• Reach out to the organizers if you need anything.

Reporting
Please report any concerns, suspicious activity, or disruptive behavior to the Dynamics 365 and Power Platform User Group team at D365PPC@microsoft.com.

About Inline Replies and Threading

GabrielStJohn — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 11:34:55 GMT

Threaded Replies

Inline replies and the threaded display style help to organize replies in order to make each reply's context more visually clear.

When you reply to the main post, it is displayed aligned with the main post.
When you directly respond to another reply within the discussion, your post is shown indented underneath that reply.

You can keep the conversation context relevant, and other users can see where your contribution fits into the conversation. Even when the threaded display style turned off, when users reply to individual replies, the community keeps track of the discussion's hierarchical structure. Turning on the threaded layout may cause discussions that are many years old to present a new, more readable layout.

It is safe to switch between the threaded display and the linear display, and users can choose their preferred layout using the board options menu:

Threaded Topic Display

Once you've switched to threaded view, you may notice that the way post pages are arranged has changed. If a thread is solved, you will see the accepted solution(s) surfaced at the top of the list of replies. This helps bring the relevant information to you first instead of having to search through the thread for the solution(s).

Replying to a Threaded Topic

When you click Reply to the topic, the reply box opens directly below the post instead of in a new window. Additionally, you can drag and drop or browse to attach files to your reply.

After you post your reply, the reply is displayed inline with the topic.

Reply to a reply

You can now Reply to the replies made to the original post. Replies to the main topic are always displayed inline with it. Replies made to other replies will display indented below the reply.

If you select Threaded Format from the board options menu settings (mentioned above), replies to any reply display in a threaded format. This way, you always tell which reply you a replying to.

When you click Reply to an existing reply, the reply box opens directly below that reply instead of in a new window. Additionally, you can drag and drop or browse to attach files to your reply after expanding the text toolbar options.

After you post your reply, you can see every threaded reply to which you replied.

When you select Linear Format from the board options menu settings (mentioned above), all replies are displayed inline instead of being threaded.

Note: A post or a reply has three levels of threaded (indented) replies. Any reply after the third reply is at the same level of indentation as the third reply.

Load more replies

To set the number of posts you want to see per page:
1. Go to My Settings > Preferences > Threaded Layout.
2. Enter the number for replies you wish to see per page in the option Threaded format: Posts per page when viewing a topic.

3. Click Save.

When Sort is set to Newest to Oldest, you see the replies sorted from the newest reply.

Click "Load more replies" at the bottom of the page to view more replies.

You get the option to Load previous replies and Load next replies when there are more replies to the thread than the limit you set in the previous steps.

What it means to be a Power Platform Community Super User

GabrielStJohn — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 18:21:10 GMT

Hey there, Power Platform Fans!

Being nominated as a Microsoft Power Platform Community Super User comes once you have met the contribution requirements and you have shown that you are a dedicated Community Member! There is a formula used every six months to find the top community contributors and calculate who has met the Power Platform Community Super User requirements!

If you are interested in elevating your Power Platform Community participation and utilizing your expertise to give back to the Power Platform Community at a Super User level, then you could have what it takes to become a Super User! This is truly a remarkable professional accomplishment as it takes expertise and dedication of time and energy to give back to this community.

Online communities are typically driven and supported mostly by the public, and our Super Users are truly an emulation of exactly that. Even though conversations inside online technical support communities can be rather data-centered, Super Users contribute to the efforts of making the forums an overall more friendly and useable source of information.

Super Users are simply our most dedicated Power Platform Community members, that have opted to commit to continuing their rock-star community efforts with the title and badge of "Super User" by their community username.

This makes them easily noticeable as the top-ranked members of the Community, and other community members can identify them as an expert in the community to get help from. Super Users are usually experts of a certain subject matter related to one of the Power Platform products, and they spend time helping Power Platform users solve issues by answering their questions that pertain to their area of expertise within the Power Platform community. Super Users also help point community members in the right direction whenever they see someone in need of help with matters outside of their expertise!

Being a Power Platform Community Super User is no simple achievement! Please feel free to reach out to a Super User if you see one and give them congratulations on being an all-star top Power Platform Community participant!

This amazing accomplishment comes with many great benefits and opportunities! (See Super User Requirements Article)

Please feel free to reach out to me with any questions regarding the Power Platform Community Super User Programs!

Thanks for reading!

Power Platform Community Super User Requirements

GabrielStJohn — Mon, 05 Apr 2021 15:04:34 GMT

Hey Power Platform Fans!

How the Power Platform Super User Program works

Every six months, (January 1st & July 1st) an assessment is made and an offer is extended to the top-contributing members of the Power Platform Community to join the Super User crew! The Power Platform Community Super Users are our community Super Users that are here all the time to help you out! Here we are explaining the details and specifying how YOU could become nominated to become a Microsoft Power Platform Community Super User!

It's no secret that our awesome Power Platform Online Communities are growing. And over the past 2 years, as a whole, we have all really formed what it means to be a contributing member of the Power Platform Online Community. Along with that, our top-contributing community members have really shown what it means to give back to this growing community in a hugely meaningful way. When creating the Super User program itself and then the nomination requirements, we feel it's also necessary to mention what it really means to be a Power Platform Community Super User.

Achieving this is truly not an easy accomplishment. This title is reserved for only those who are constantly displaying their commitment and dedication to this online community by being here during any time that they can spare to help answer new questions being posted and to help find solutions. Community members who are titled Super Users are the few and the proud that have enough room in their big hearts and their busy schedules to come to the Power Platform community as often as they can to be there for the place that has been there for them so many times before. Offering your time and attention to help others learn out of the goodness of your heart is an amazing feeling, and this is what makes a Super User. Read more on the Power Automate community about what it takes to be a Super User.

All regular Microsoft Power Platform Community Members that are NOT a Microsoft Employee in any way are eligible to become a Power Platform Community Super User. Community contributions that count towards your Super User nomination are described but not limited to the following community contributions.

Authoring Accepted Solutions
Receiving Kudos
Posting Community Blog Articles
Posting ANY Gallery Submissions (Cookbook, Apps, Videos, Data, Bots, etc.)

So, now you have an idea of what it takes to become a Super User, you know the amount of passion and allegiance that it takes. Once you've achieved the required amount of contributions, community management will send a message to your Power Platform community profile and you will be asked to join the Super User crew! Now, I'd like to explain how when you are able give back to the Power Platform Community at a rate that qualifies you as a Super User, the Power Platform Community will begin to give back to you in meaningful ways as well! Here are just some of the awesome special privileges that Power Platform Community Super Users are granted along with their "Super User" title:

Super Users get an awesome rank icon right next to their Community Username!
Super Users have extra permissions within the Community to Accept Solutions on any posts!
There's a Monthly Super User Meeting hosted by Me(Gabriel) where you get the first glance at Power Platform Community Updates
When Super Users give "Kudos", they are worth 2 Kudos each!!
Super Users participate in special secret Missions that are chances to compete with other Super Users for great prizes!
Super Users get their own private discussion board within their specific Power Platform Community!

Super User Seasons

Just as the points assessments are done every 6 months to decide the new Super User ranks, existing Super Users are each given a new Super User Seasonal profile badge at this time to signify that they maintained their place in the program and will be a part of the next 6 month "Super User Season". We signify each Super User season with a new profile badge as it is a representation of each time you met the minimum score requirements and made it into the program or kept your spot on the program. We believe that each of these moments is a grand achievement on its own!

Super User Tiers

The Super User tiered ranking system has been implemented to allow for more growth and fairness throughout the Super User program. This will allow us to remove and add new Super Users as well as move them up or down in ranking every six months based on the community contribution points system developed by the Power Platform Community Management team. Contribution point values are kept hidden until you've made it into the program. This basically means that there are now three tiers of the program and the lowest tier offers a chance at participating in the Super User program to many more members as now any community member can simply reach the minimum points threshold (100) over each 6-month season to be part of the program!

The three tiers will exist as follows for regular and dual Super Users:

Super User (Lower Tier)
Super User II (Middle Tier)
Super User III (Upper Tier)
Super User IV (Power BI Only)
Dual Super User (Lower Tier)
Dual Super User II (Middle Tier)
Dual Super User III (Upper Tier)

Point Brackets Breakdown

Rank	Points Bracket
Super User IV (Power BI Only)	3,000 + Points
Super User III (Upper)	1,000+ Points
Super User II (Middle)	300 - 1,000 Points
Super User (Lower)	100 - 300 Points

**Repeated content, duplicated content, and spam content is not counted towards your Super User contribution points. In addition, any users found to be misusing, manipulating, or otherwise tampering with the Super User algorithm will be automatically disqualified and possibly banned from forum participation. Those who make it to the minimum points requirement are tracked and assessed on an individual basis before being offered a spot in the Power Platform Community Super User programs. All members of the Power Platform Super User crews are subject to approval by the Microsoft Power Platform Community Team. Super Users have 90 days to accept a regular Super User season invitation. After 90 days, the invitation is no longer valid.**

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Accessing Your Community Profile & Picture (Avatar)

BrandyG_iTalent — Tue, 09 Mar 2021 11:32:42 GMT

In this support article, we cover the following topics:

Accessing Your Community Profile
Retrieving Your Profile URL
Changing Your Community Profile Picture (Avatar)

Accessing Your Community Profile

Your Community Profile page is the place in which you can view your About Me, your badges, change your profile information, view and edit your photos, view and edit your drafts, and more.

Make sure that you are signed into your community account.
You can access your profile by clicking on your avatar image on the top right. This will bring up a drop-down menu.

Clicking on 'My profile' will take you to your profile page, from where you can access and edit a variety of profile elements, such as your avatar (see instructions further below).

Retrieving Your Profile URL

For certain support cases, we request that you send us your profile URL.

In order to get your profile URL, navigate to your profile page (see instructions above).
Copy and share the resulting URL from the address bar of your browser (usually found on top, by default). Make sure your URL looks similar to below. The ending numbers will be different.

Changing Your Community Profile Picture (Avatar)

Changing your community profile avatar is an easy way to personalize your community identity. You can change your avatar as often as you like. Your current avatar appears at the top of any Community page, to the left of the Notifications and Private Messages icons.

To change your avatar:

Sign in to your community account
Click on your avatar
In the drop-down menu, go to My Settings > Avatars
Choose a new avatar in one of these ways:

From the Community: Select one from the presented images to the right of 'Choose an avatar'
Upload an image from your computer, from 'My Albums', or from another site.

Gallery Terms of Service

JCM_iTalent — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 11:02:48 GMT

MICROSOFT BUSINESS APPLICATION PLATFORM SHOWCASE GALLERY TERMS OF SERVICE

DATED: March 1, 2020

These Terms of Service are a contract between you and Microsoft Corporation (“Microsoft”). These terms modify the Microsoft Terms of Use for your access and use of Showcases linking to this document, including any software, services, catalogues, data, sites, information, materials, content and updates made available to you through the same Showcase gallery (the “Gallery”) (collectively, “Services”). By using the Gallery or any Service, you agree to these Terms of Service. If you do not agree, you may not use the Gallery or any Service.

Showcase Gallery

The Gallery enables you to obtain algorithms, formulas, sample files, and datasets (“Showcases”) for use with the Microsoft product or service for which the Showcase is designed. Each Showcase is distributed and licensed to you by the publisher whose name is indicated in the listing for the Showcase, not by Microsoft (unless Microsoft is listed as the publisher). Information about the Showcase, including information that appears in the listing, also originates from the publisher, and Microsoft is not responsible for its accuracy.

Your use of a Showcase is subject to the terms set forth in Exhibit A, unless the Showcase is presented with different terms. No right or license to any intellectual property of Microsoft or any of its affiliates is granted with respect to any Showcases. You are responsible for identifying, understanding and complying with the relevant legal terms for any Showcase you use.

Microsoft does not guarantee, endorse or assume any liability for the Showcases or information about the Showcases, and it does not provide any support for the Showcases.

If you view and use a Showcase, your contact information and details about the transaction may be visible to others.

Submitting Showcases
a. The Gallery enables you to submit a Showcase for others to use and to submit information to accompany the Showcase (which may include, for example, information about you, information about the contents of the Showcase, a link to your legal terms, and a graphic image file). If you submit anything to the Gallery (collectively, your “submission”), it is subject to these Terms of Service. You grant Microsoft the right to host, copy, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute the information in association with the Showcase you submit (for example, on the Gallery itself) and to modify the information to correct any errors and to conform to format requirements or other policies.
b. You, not Microsoft, are licensing to the user the right to use the Showcase. You agree to license the Showcase to users under the terms set forth in Exhibit A unless you expressly state otherwise and present the user with different terms.
c. Only these Terms of Service, and not any legal terms you provide, apply to Microsoft’s inclusion of your submission in the Gallery.
d. Microsoft is not obligated to accept, post or maintain what you submit, and may remove a submission and any part of it at any time in its sole discretion. You may choose later to unpublish your submission after its publication to the Gallery. If you do so, you understand and accept that availability on Microsoft caches might not cease immediately, copies may persist in locations not in the control of Microsoft (such as Power BI user dashboards and reports and other web sites that consume a data feed from the Gallery), and Microsoft may retain copies of your submission.
e. You represent and warrant that your submission (a) does not violate the rights of any third party, including intellectual property rights, (b) complies with any license or other legal terms applicable to any component or code included in it, (c) does not contain any profane, defamatory, obscene, or unlawful content, (d) complies with all applicable laws and regulations and fulfills all applicable regulatory and licensing requirements including, but not limited to laws, regulations and regulatory requirements with respect to the collection, use or disclosure of any user data, including providing notice and obtaining consent for collection, use or disclosure of user data and (e) does not contain any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, or software code that is intended, designed or likely to interfere with the operation of another’s computer or property, to significantly harm the user, or to operate in a manner prohibited by law.
f. No compensation will be paid for your submission, and you may not seek (whether through the legal terms you submit or otherwise) to impose any charge on users for use of your submission they obtain through the Gallery. This does not preclude you from seeking to impose a charge for what users obtain from you outside the Gallery.
g. You are responsible for providing privacy statements that describe your privacy practices with respect to any customer data collected by your Showcase.
Acceptable use

You may not interfere or attempt to interfere in any manner with the functionality or proper performance of the Gallery or the Services. You may not access or use the Gallery or the Services for any unlawful, harmful or deceptive purpose or in any way that is illegal or promotes illegal activities. Without limitation, you may not access or use them in any manner that (a) is discriminatory based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age, (b) is defamatory, offensive, malicious or harmful to any person or entity, (c) would violate local, state, federal or other applicable privacy regulations, (d) is intended, designed or likely to damage, disable, overburden, or impair or to gain unauthorized access to the Services or any server or network of Microsoft or to other accounts, computer systems or networks connected to them, or (e) would use any information obtained through them for spamming, unsolicited sales or any advertising, or marketing. You may not frame, mirror, or incorporate the Gallery user interface in part or in whole within your own online environment.

Privacy practices

See Privacy & Cookies for information relating to the collection and use of information and how this web site uses cookies. Showcases published by Microsoft are subject to Microsoft’s privacy, data location and data retention policies as stated in its Privacy Policy.

Notice and procedure for making claims of copyright infringement

Notifications of claimed copyright or trademark infringement must be sent to Microsoft’s designated agent according to the process provided at http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyrtInfrg.htm.

Links to other sites

The links made available on the Gallery may let you leave this web site. The linked sites are not under the control of Microsoft, and Microsoft is not responsible for the contents of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site. The inclusion of any link does not imply that Microsoft endorses the site.

Software used by or provided on this web site

This web site may employ javascript or other code that our server sends to execute on your computer’s web browser. You may use such code only for the purpose of interacting with this web site. These Terms of Service apply to your use of such code, not any license terms embedded in it.

This web site may include software that enables you to obtain software applications from other sources. Those applications are offered and distributed by third parties under their own license terms. Microsoft is not developing, distributing or licensing those applications to you, but instead, as a convenience, enables you to use this web site or software provided herein to obtain those applications directly from the application providers. By using the web site and such software, you acknowledge and agree that you are obtaining the applications directly from the third party providers and under separate license terms, and that it is your responsibility to locate, understand and comply with those license terms. Microsoft grants you no license rights for third-party software or applications that are obtained using this web site or any software provided to you.

NO WARRANTY

The Gallery and all the Services are provided "as-is," "with all faults" and "as available." On behalf of itself and its suppliers, licensors, service providers, vendors, resellers and affiliates (collectively, the "Microsoft Parties"), Microsoft disclaims any and all warranties, guarantees and conditions of purchase for the Gallery and the Services, including any implied warranties including those of merchantability, title, fitness for a particular purpose, workmanlike effort and non-infringement.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT PARTIES BE LIABLE UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DAMAGES FOR LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF DATA OR OTHER INFORMATION, USE, GOODWILL) ARISING OUT OF, BASED ON, OR RESULTING FROM YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE GALLERY OR THE SERVICES. WITHOUT LIMITING THE ABOVE, MICROSOFT PARTIES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES RESULTING FROM (A) COST OF PROCURING SUBSTITUTE GOODS, DATA, SOFTWARE PROGRAMS, CONTENT OR SERVICES; (B) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE OF YOUR ACCOUNTS; (C) ANY ALTERATION, CORRUPTION, DELETION, DAMAGE OR LOSS OF ANYTHING USED IN CONNECTION WITH THE GALLERY OR THE SERVICES; (D) FAILURE TO PROVIDE ACCURATE OR COMPLETE INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO THE GALLERY OR THE SERVICES; (E) ANY VIRUSES OR OTHER DISABLING FEATURES THAT AFFECT YOUR ONLINE ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE GALLERY OR THE SERVICES; (F) INCOMPATIBILITIES BETWEEN THE GALLERY OR THE SERVICES AND OTHER SERVICES, SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE; (G) ANY THIRD-PARTY CONDUCT OR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA. THESE LIMITATIONS ON LIABILITY APPLY EVEN TO LOSSES OF WHICH MICROSOFT PARTIES HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY. SUCH LOSSES WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A FAILURE OF THIS AGREEMENT’S ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.

Duty to defend

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Microsoft and Microsoft’s affiliates, as applicable, from and against (including by paying any associated costs, losses, damages, or expenses and attorneys’ fees) any and all third-party claims alleging that your Showcase infringes any proprietary or personal right of a third party or arising from any dispute between you and a third party relating to your Showcase.

Microsoft will (a) notify you promptly in writing of the claim, provided that Microsoft’s failure to notify you will not relieve you of any liability except to the extent that such failure materially prejudices your legal rights; and (b) at your reasonable request, provide you with reasonable assistance in defending the claim. You agree to reimburse Microsoft or Microsoft’s affiliates, as applicable, for any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in providing such assistance. You may not make any settlement or compromise of a claim or admit or stipulate any fault or liability on the part of Microsoft or Microsoft’s affiliates with respect to any claim covered by this section without Microsoft’s express, prior written consent.

Reservation of rights

Microsoft reserves all rights not expressly granted in these Terms of Service. No additional rights (including implied licenses, rights or covenants) are granted by implication, estoppel or otherwise.

Choice of law and location for resolving disputes

The law of Washington State, U.S.A., governs the interpretation of these Terms of Service and applies to claims relating to them, regardless of conflict of laws principles. You and we irrevocably consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state or federal courts in King County, Washington, U.S.A., for all disputes arising out of or relating to the Gallery or these Terms of Service.

Interpreting these Terms of Service

If a court holds that we cannot enforce a part of these Terms of Service as written, then you and we agree that the court will replace that part with terms that most closely reflect our intention, and the rest of these Terms of Service will not change. These Terms of Service form the entire agreement regarding your use of the Gallery and the Services and supersede any prior agreements or statements (whether oral or written) regarding such use.

Updates to Terms of Service

We may change these Terms of Service at any time, with or without prior notice to you. Changes will apply to your use of the Gallery and the Services starting from when the changes are made. If you do not agree with any changes, you may not continue to use the Gallery.

Exhibit A – Standard Showcase License Terms

BUSINESS APPLICATION PLATFORM SHOWCASE GALLERY – STANDARD SHOWCASE LICENSE TERMS

These license terms are an agreement between you and the Showcase publisher. Please read them. They apply to the Showcase you download from the Showcase Gallery, including any updates or supplements for the Showcase (the “Showcase”), unless the Showcase comes with separate terms, in which case those terms apply.

BY DOWNLOADING OR USING THE SHOWCASE, OR ATTEMPTING TO DO ANY OF THESE, YOU ACCEPT THESE TERMS. IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THEM, YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO AND MUST NOT DOWNLOAD OR USE THE SHOWCASE.

The Showcase publisher means the entity licensing the Showcase to you, as identified in the Showcase Gallery.

If you comply with these license terms, you have the rights below.

INSTALLATION AND USE RIGHTS. You may install and use any number of copies of the Showcase for use with a product or service that supports the Microsoft product or service for which the Showcase was designed.
THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE. This software may enable you to obtain software applications from other sources. Those applications are offered and distributed by third parties under their own license terms. The Showcase publisher is not developing, distributing or licensing those applications to you, but instead, as a convenience, enables you to use this software to obtain those applications directly from the application providers. By using the software, you acknowledge and agree that you are obtaining the applications directly from the third party providers and under separate license terms, and that it is your responsibility to locate, understand and comply with those license terms. The Showcase publisher grants you no license rights for third-party software or applications that is obtained using this software.
DISTRIBUTABLE CODE
a. Distributable Code. The software contains code that you are permitted to copy, modify, and distribute in source and object code form within programs you develop if you comply with the terms below (“Distributable Code”).
b. Distribution Requirements. For any Distributable Code you distribute, you must

add significant primary functionality to it in your programs;
require distributors and external end users to agree to terms that protect it at least as much as this agreement; and
indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Showcase publisher from any claims, including attorneys’ fees, related to the distribution or use of your programs.
c. Distribution Restrictions. You may not
use Showcase publisher’s trademarks in your programs’ names or branding in a way that suggests your programs come from or are endorsed by Showcase publisher;
include Distributable Code in malicious, deceptive or unlawful programs; or
modify or distribute the source code of any Distributable Code so that any part of it becomes subject to an Excluded License. An Excluded License is one that requires, as a condition of use, modification or distribution, that
- the code be disclosed or distributed in source code form; or
- others have the right to modify it.

INTERNET-BASED SERVICES.
a. Consent for Internet-Based or Wireless Services. The Showcase connects to computer systems over the Internet, which may include via a wireless network. Using the Showcase operates as your consent to the transmission of standard device information (including but not limited to technical information about your device, system and Showcase software, and peripherals) for internet-based or wireless services.
b. Misuse of Internet-based Services. You may not use any Internet-based service in any way that could harm it or impair anyone else’s use of it or the wireless network. You may not use the service to try to gain unauthorized access to any service, data, account or network by any means.
SCOPE OF LICENSE. The Showcase is licensed, not sold. This agreement only gives you some rights to use the Showcase. Showcase publisher reserves all other rights. Unless applicable law gives you more rights despite this limitation, you may use the Showcase only as expressly permitted in this agreement. You may not

work around any technical limitations in the Showcase;
reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble the Showcase, except and only to the extent that applicable law expressly permits, despite this limitation;
make more copies of the Showcase than specified in this agreement or allowed by applicable law, despite this limitation; or
publish or otherwise make the Showcase available for others to copy.

DOCUMENTATION. If documentation is provided with the Showcase, you may copy and use the documentation for personal reference purposes.
TECHNOLOGY AND EXPORT RESTRICTIONS. The Showcase may be subject to United States or international technology control or export laws and regulations. You must comply with all domestic and international export laws and regulations that apply to the technology used or supported by the Showcase. These laws include restrictions on destinations, end users and end use. For information on Microsoft branded products, see www.microsoft.com/exporting.
SUPPORT SERVICES. If Microsoft is the Showcase publisher, it is not responsible for providing support services for the Showcase. Contact the Showcase publisher to determine what support services are available.
ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This agreement, any applicable Showcase publisher privacy policy, and the terms for supplements and updates are the entire agreement between you and Showcase publisher for the Showcase. If Microsoft is the Showcase publisher, this agreement does not change the terms of your relationship with Microsoft with regard to your preexisting Microsoft customer agreements, including the Showcase Gallery.
APPLICABLE LAW.
a. United States. If you acquired the Showcase in the United States, Washington State law governs the interpretation of this agreement and applies to claims for breach of it, regardless of conflict of laws principles. The laws of the state where you live govern all other claims, including claims under state consumer protection laws, unfair competition laws, and in tort.
b. Outside the United States. If you acquired the Showcase in any other country, the laws of that country apply.
LEGAL EFFECT. This agreement describes certain legal rights. You may have other rights under the laws of your state or country. This agreement does not change your rights under the laws of your state or country if the laws of your state or country do not permit it to do so.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, (A) THE SHOWCASE IS LICENSED "AS-IS," "WITH ALL FAULTS," AND "AS AVAILABLE" AND YOU BEAR ALL RISK OF USING IT; (B) THE SHOWCASE PUBLISHER, ON BEHALF OF ITSELF, MICROSOFT (IF MICROSOFT IS NOT THE SHOWCASE PUBLISHER), AND EACH OF OUR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES, VENDORS, AGENTS AND SUPPLIERS, GIVES NO EXPRESS WARRANTIES, GUARANTEES, OR CONDITIONS IN RELATION TO THE SHOWCASE; (C) YOU MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL CONSUMER RIGHTS UNDER YOUR LOCAL LAWS THAT THIS AGREEMENT CANNOT CHANGE; AND (D) SHOWCASE PUBLISHER AND MICROSOFT EXCLUDE ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS, INCLUDING THOSE OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
LIMITATION ON AND EXCLUSION OF REMEDIES AND DAMAGES. TO THE EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY LAW, YOU CAN RECOVER FROM THE SHOWCASE PUBLISHER ONLY DIRECT DAMAGES UP TO THE AMOUNT YOU PAID FOR THE SHOWCASE OR $1.00, WHICHEVER IS GREATER. YOU WILL NOT, AND WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO, SEEK TO RECOVER ANY OTHER DAMAGES, INCLUDING CONSEQUENTIAL, LOST PROFITS, SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES FROM THE SHOWCASE PUBLISHER.

This limitation applies to

anything related to the Showcase or services made available through the Showcase; and
claims for breach of contract, breach of warranty, guarantee or condition, strict liability, negligence, or other tort to the extent permitted by applicable law.

It also applies even if

repair, replacement or a refund for the Showcase does not fully compensate you for any losses; or
Showcase publisher knew or should have known about the possibility of the damages.

How to Use the Toolbar

JCM_iTalent — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 21:54:24 GMT

In this support article, we cover the following topics:

Expanding the toolbar
Preview
Text formatting
Table of contents
Emoticons
Inserting and editing media
- Images
- Videos
Tables
Code samples

The Article Body toolbar allows you to format your posts in a variety of ways to make it easier to convey information. It makes it possible for you to change the alignment of your text, add bulleted or numbered lists, insert tables or code samples, express yourself with emoticons, add images, etc. We’ll walk you through how the process of using some of the toolbar features.

Expanding the toolbar

In order to see all the formatting options that you have, you need to make sure that the toolbar has been expanded. If you are only seeing one row, the second row is hidden, and you need to click on the button with the three dots to expand the toolbar.

Preview

Use this feature, which can be found on the right side of the bar, to see what your post will look like, once it has been posted.

Text formatting

Text and font: You can make common changes to your text, making it bold, changing it to italics, underlining it, crossing text out, changing the font size, and choosing a different font.
Paragraph: You can choose whether you want to use regular Paragraph formatting for your text or select one of the Heading sizes for your text.
Alignment: You can align your text in a variety of ways, having it left-aligned, centered, right-aligned, or justified.
Lists: Create bulleted or numbered lists.
Indents: You can use left or right indents.
HMTL: Use the HTML button to edit the HTML tags for your post.

Table of contents

For longer pieces of contents, such as tutorials or this article, you also have the option to create a table of contents, in order to provide readers with clickable links to each section that they would like to read. First, you need to click on the Table of Contents icon, then you can choose your setup options. You will need to format each section heading as a Heading, in order for the table of contents to show at the top of your post.

Emoticons

You can select from over 2500 emoticons in 8 categories. In order to insert an emoticon, simply click on the respective icon and choose from the menu.

Inserting and editing media

Images

Upload images or use images from your account album and change their alignment and size in-line.

There are multiple options for inserting an image with the toolbar. Once you click on the camera icon, you will see a pop-up that allows you to choose from the following tabs:

Upload
- Choose files to upload from your machine
- Drag and drop files from your machine
- Copy & paste: Copy a file, click on the background of Upload tab window, and select Ctrl+V to paste it into the uploader
URL
- Insert images by URL
Saved Photos
- Choose a photo that you have uploaded to the Community previously.

Before inserting the image, you can select a folder to save the image to, select how big you want it to be displayed, and choose its alignment before clicking on the Done button.

Videos

Copy and paste a link to a video and adjust its size and alignment.

Tables

You can also insert and edit tables. Simply select the amount of rows and columns in the Table menu to create a new table.

Code samples

You can also include code samples, such as the HTML code sample shown below. You can insert samples of code in HTML/XML, JavaScript, Java, CSS, PHP, Ruby, Python, C, C#, and C++.

<li><strong>Lists:</strong> Create bulleted or numbered lists.</li>
<li><strong>Indents:</strong> You can use left or right indents.</li>

Contributing to the Community

BrandyG_iTalent — Sat, 20 Jun 2020 11:06:10 GMT

In this support article, we cover the following topics:

Microsoft Code of Conduct
Making a Post
Galleries
- Things to Keep in Mind When Posting to the Galleries
Replying to a Post
Editing a Post
Deleting a Post
Accepted Solutions
Protect Your Privacy
Posts Marked as Spam

Microsoft Code of Conduct

Before posting in the Power BI Community, please take a moment to read about the Microsoft Code of Conduct. As a participant of these forums, you agree that you will uphold the Microsoft Code of Conduct and are responsible for all activities and content you post/upload. In addition to upholding this Code of Conduct, you are responsible for adhering to all applicable local and national laws. This is your community. Help us to keep it safe, friendly, fun and helpful.

Making a Post

To ask a question in the community, navigate to the discussion board that most closely aligns with your topic. A full list of the general forums can be found on the home page of the community, and are identified by the 'chat bubble' icon. Click the New Message link. In the Subject field, enter your message title. Tip: Make your subject clear and concise, as it's the only part of the message that shows up on the message-listing page. In the Body field, type your message. Be sure to include all necessary details, especially for technical topics.

You will need to choose a label before posting. Labels are 'categories' that will make it easier to search through and filter for various labels of interest. Labels vary by community and can include the following examples:

Need Help	Have a question? We're happy to help! But keep in mind - someone else might have already received help - so be sure to do a quick search on your question before posting a new thread.
Tips & Tricks	Educate and show how to use the product and create cool stuff.
Tutorial Requests	Having a problem with finding a tutorial? Need a tutorial, but one does not seem to exist? Likely someone in the community has one or is anxious to create one.
Interesting Links	Seen a great blog post, tutorial or article? Let everyone know. Post links and comments here.

Format and spell-check your message, as needed. Click Submit Post.

Galleries

Galleries are a great way to showcase how you can use the Power Platform Products. There are several different types of galleries in the Power Platform Communities.
Each community has its own Webinars and Video Gallery. These galleries are your home for short, "snackable" video tips, tricks, and guides on the Power Platform products and everything related to how they can be used. Our videos come from users like you!
In addition to MBAS session videos from 2019 and 2020 in each community, you'll also find more product-specific galleries to check out!

The Power BI Community has the Data Stories Gallery. A place where you can show off your reports and find inspiration in the work of others.
In the Power Apps Community, you can visit the Community App Samples gallery to look at what others have created and find inspiration to create your own apps.
The Power Virtual Agents Community hosts The Bot Sharing Gallery. This gallery allows you to download bots that others have created and share your own bots.

Things to keep in mind when posting:

Keep these things in mind when posting to the galleries:

Remember your Showcase is visible to anyone visiting the Galleries.
1. Review your Showcase carefully before publishing to make sure you have not inadvertently included any sensitive or confidential information.
2. Make sure you have the rights to share any images, graphics or other visual elements incorporated in your Showcase.
If you have your own license terms, insert those in the body of the post; otherwise you are welcome to have your Showcase subject to the Standard Showcase License Terms in Exhibit A of the Terms of Service. You can find the Terms of Service here:
- Power BI: https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Using-the-Community/Gallery-Terms-of-Service/ta-p/1096896
- Power Apps: https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Using-the-Community/Gallery-Terms-of-Service/ta-p/565106
- Power Automate: https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Using-the-Community/Gallery-Terms-of-Service/ta-p/565105
- Power Virtual Agents: https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Using-the-Community/Gallery-Terms-of-Service/ta-p/565107
Remember to include your privacy statement if your Showcase is collecting any customer data.
By publishing your Showcase, you agree to the Terms of Service. If you do not agree, do not publish.

Replying to a Post

Click Reply to respond to a post. The Reply Message screen is similar to the Post Message screen, with these differences: When you reply to a post, the subject line is filled in automatically. You can change it if you want. You can paste the message to which you are replying into the body of your reply by clicking Quote Message. Your reply is added to the existing thread. It won't create a new thread.

Editing a Post

You have the ability to edit your own post, after it has been created. Please use this option sparingly to avoid confusion and allow readers of the thread to follow the conversation.

To edit your original post in a new thread that you created, click on the three dots on the top right under Topic Options, and you should see an option menu.
Select Edit Message.
To edit a reply in an existing thread (either yours or someone else's), click on the three dots on the top right of your message, and you should see an option menu.
Select Edit Reply.
A window with your post will open that looks the same as when you created your original post. Click Post on the bottom right to save changes and Cancel to cancel changes.

Deleting a Post

You have the option of deleting your own posts, for example, if you have accidentally created two identical threads. Just like the edit option, this option should be avoided, if possible, in order to avoid confusion. Please note that you can only delete a post if it has no replies. This applies to both new threads and replies to a conversation. You won't see a deletion option for any post with a reply.

To delete a message, a new thread that you have created, click on Topic Options on the top right of your post.
Select Delete Topic from the drop-down menu.
You will be taken to a page that will ask you to confirm or cancel the deletion. Please make sure that you really want to delete the post, as the action cannot be undone, once completed.
To delete a reply, click on the three dots on the top right of your reply.
Select Delete from the drop-down menu.

You will be taken to a page that will ask you to confirm or cancel the deletion. Please make sure that you really want to delete the post, as the action cannot be undone, once completed.

Accepted Solutions

An Accepted Solutions is a way for you to choose the reply that best answers a question that you've posted. To mark a message as a solution, click Accept as Solution on the reply. When you accept a solution, both the question and the solution get special icons and links that take you directly from the question to the answer. You can mark a solution as accepted only for questions that you started. Community moderators can also mark accepted solutions. Accepting a reply as a solution makes a few visual changes to that message and the thread itself. An “Accepted Solution” icon will appear below the thread name in boards and search results, making it more obvious (and easier for you to spot).

Protect Your Privacy

Always double-check to make sure that your post does not include personal or otherwise sensitive information. This can include (but is not limited to):

Real names
Your date of birth
Physical addresses
E-mail addresses
Phone numbers
Credit card information
Log in information, especially passwords
URLs
Product codes

Sensitive information can also include sales figures and other information considered confidential by your company. Use your best judgement when sharing any data related to the company that you work for.

To protect your privacy, you should either fully exclude sensitive information or black it out in screenshots.

If you do expose PII information, that content may be removed from your post by community administrators.

Posts Marked as Spam

The platform scans for spam automatically and we monitor all flagged posts to determine whether or not the content should be unmarked. There are multiple variables the platform scans for and I have no way of knowing exactly what triggered your post to be flagged. Some common trigger items are copy and pasting content in and multiple edits.
Don't worry if your post was ever marked as spam. We monitor post reports during regular business and make sure to unflag anything that is not spam. In addition, you can also contact us directly from the option at the top of the reported post by choosing to submit an abuse report.

If you yourself come across spam or other questionable content in posts, you can report it by selecting "Report Inappropriate Content" from the Options dropdown menu represented by the three dots on the top right of a post.

Subscriptions and Notifications

JCM_iTalent — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 11:29:10 GMT

In this support article, we cover the following topics:

Subscribing to a Category
Subscribing to a Topic
Subscribing to a Label
Bookmarks
Managing & Viewing your Subscriptions & Bookmarks
A Note on Following Friends on Mobile

Subscriptions ensure that you receive automated messages about the most recent posts and replies. There are multiple ways in which you can subscribe to content and boards in the community.

Please note that if you have created an AAD (Azure Active Directory) account you won't be able to receive e-mail notifications.

Subscribing to a Category

When a user is looking at the entire category, they can now select from the Options dropdown and select Subscribe.

A user can select to Subscribe to all of the boards or partial and select only the boards that they want to receive notifications on then click save.

Subscribing to a Topic

You can also subscribe to a single topic by clicking the Subscribe from the Options dropdown menu, while you are viewing the topic or in the general board overview respectively.

Subscribing to a Label

You can find the labels at the bottom left of a post.
From a particular post with a label, click on the label to filter by that label.

3. This will bring up a list of posts with the label that you have selected. Click Subscribe.

Note: You can only subscribe to a label at the board level. If you subscribe to a label named 'Business' at board #1, it will not automatically subscribe you to an identically named label at board #2. You will have to subscribe twice, once at each board.

Bookmarks

Just like you can subscribe to topics and categories, you can also bookmark topics and boards from the same menus. Simply go to the Topic Options dropdown menu to bookmark a topic or the Options dropdown to boomark a board.

The difference between subscribing and bookmarking is that subscriptions provide you with notifications, whereas bookmarks provide you a static way of easily accessing your favorite boards from the My subscriptions area.

Managing & Viewing Your Subscriptions & Bookmarks

To manage your subscriptions, click on your avatar and select My subscriptions from the drop-down menu.

From the Subscriptions & Notifications tab, you can manage your subscriptions, including your e-mail subscription options, your bookmarks, your notification settings, and your Email notification format.

You can see a list of all your subscriptions and bookmarks and choose which ones to delete, either individually or in bulk, by checking multiple boxes.

A Note on Following Friends on Mobile

Adding someone as a friend or selecting Follow in the mobile view does not allow you to subscribe to their activity feed. You will merely be able to see your friends’ biography, other personal information, or online status, and send messages more quickly by choosing who to send the message to from a list, as opposed to having to search by username.

How to Use Macros

JCM_iTalent — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 06:12:24 GMT

In this support article, we cover the following topics:

What are macros?
How do I create a macro?
How to use macros when posting
How to use macros in private messages

What are macros?

Macros can be used to easily insert prewritten text that is frequently used (“boilerplate text”) into your messages. Having macros set up can save you a lot of time.

How do I create a macro?

Sign into the community.
Click My settings
Click on the Macros tab.
Type a name for the first macro in the Macro 1 Title box. Make the name short, but memorable. (You'll choose it by name from a menu later).
Type the text you want to be able to paste in the Macro 1 box. You can use HTML tags in your macro.
Enter names and text for your other macros.
Click Save.

How to use macros when posting

Go to a Post page.
The Macros menu is on the right side of the Post page toolbar. You can use a macro in any sort of post: a message, a reply, a comment, an idea, you name it.
Click in the Subject or Body area where you want to paste the macro text.
Open the Macros menus and choose the macro you want.
The text of your macro appears wherever your cursor was.

How to use macros in private messages

You can use macros in private messages just as you can when composing a post elsewhere in the community. Once you have defined a macro in your profile, you can select it from the drop-down list that appears at the top, right-hand side of the editor:

Community Thread Icons - What do they mean?

JCM_iTalent — Mon, 24 Feb 2020 06:57:43 GMT

When looking at the individual community boards, you may have noticed certain icons, mostly on the right side...

...sometimes on the left side of a thread.

Community icons have a variety of meanings:

Icon Image	Function
	This thread has been “floated”/pinned to the top of the board to get more visibility. Content can be floated by admins long-term (such as important informational articles) or temporarily, such as event announcements. If a thread is floated, you can tell that it’s important.
	This thread contains a post that has been marked as a solution to the original question or issue. If you are experiencing the same problem, it is likely that you will find your solution here. You can learn more about asking, answering, and accepting solutions here.
	This thread was locked by an Admin. You can't post in it. For example, some of our threads for new community members have been locked, as they are purely informational, not for conversation.
	Threads with this icon are relevant to multiple Power Users communities and have therefore been cross-shared. This means that community members in different communities can discuss the same article without having to leave their own community. You can learn more about the technology used for this, ICS, here.
	This thread has publicly been marked as moved to another location, such as the archive. Click on the thread title to view more information.

Community Account Support

heather_italent — Fri, 09 Oct 2020 17:17:01 GMT

Check out these links to help with community related support questions.

Changing Your Community Email

If you change jobs/organizations and have a new AAD account (a new email address), you will need help with getting your new organization account linked to your existing community account. If you feel that you have a justified reason to change your registered email address, (changing jobs, changing from work to personal email address, etc.) please submit this form to community support: https://aka.ms/PPCommSupport explaining your situation and your request will be assessed and mitigated as necessary.

If you will be without an organizational account, follow the directions for 'How to Register for a Microsoft Power Apps Community Account' found here: https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Community-Accounts-Registration/How-to-Register-for-a-Power-Apps-Community-Account/ta-p/434900.

Changing Your Community Username

When choosing a username in the community, it is important that you ensure you are happy with your choice. once your username is created, you are not able to change your community username. This is a standard practice as your username is tied to your community activity and reputation. If you feel as though you have a valid reason for wanting to change your community user name, please: submit this form: https://aka.ms/PPCommSupport to community support. Please provide your current username, your desired username, and a link to your community user profile. You can access your profile by selecting your avatar in the upper-right corner and selected "My Profile".

All About Community Badges

heather_italent — Fri, 24 Jan 2020 17:14:24 GMT

Badges are a great way of keeping track of your accomplishments in the community. In order to view your badges, select My profile from the drop-down under your avatar on the top right.

Once you get to your profile, you can see all your current badges. You can hover over each badge to get some more information.For example, the hover text for thefirst badge shows that I have replied 10 times.

Clicking the arrow on the right allows you to see all your badges. Once you have opened the view that shows all your badges, you can click on a badge for a short description.

You unlock a badge for the initial action and more badges, as you reach certain milestones for the amount of times an action was performed. Some badges are more challenging to receive than others.

Need a rundown of some of the badges available?

Here’s a list:

Grayed out or faded-looking badges mean that you can earn a certain badge, but you haven't unlocked it, yet.

While we do have a Top Kudoed Authors leaderboard, this does not necessarily reflect user badges. We have several roles in the community that are excluded from the Kudo leaderboard. Users with these roles can earn the badges for community participation, such as 'Kudos received', but we exclude them from the leaderboards. Examples of the users that are not included on the leaderboards would be admins, such as myself, and members of our Community Support Team.

Using Search to Find Answers and Unanswered Topics

heather_italent — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 22:15:50 GMT

Before you start a discussion, use Search! Someone may have already answered your question!

Basic Search

Step One: Enter your search term in the "Search all content" textbox.

Auto-suggest helps accelerate your search by displaying results as you type search terms. Browse the search results in the same manner you would a message board. When you see the post or user you are looking for, just click it!

You can refine your search by "All community", "Knowledge base", or "Users".

If you can't find what you are looking for in Search, you can refine and narrow your results by using Advanced Search.

Advanced Search

Step One: Place your cursor in the "Search all content" textbox and hit Enter.

Step Two: Enter your Search term.

Step Three: Choose your filters: Posts; Users; Places. Then choose filters from these dropdowns: Location; Author; Date; Metadata; Type of Post; Contains.

Step Four: Click "Advanced".

Step Five: Choose your "Topics" and "Results per page" selections.

Step Six: Click "Search" and view results.

Surfacing Unanswered Topics

You can surface unanswered topics from by using Advanced Search.

Step One: Place your cursor in the "Search all content" textbox and hit Enter.

Step Two: Enter your Search Term

Step Three: Choose your filters: Posts; Users; Places. Then choose filters from these dropdowns: Location; Author; Date; Metadata; Type of Post; Contains.

Step Four: Click "Advanced".

Step Five: Choose your "Topics" and "Results per page" selections and check the "Topics with no replies" checkbox.

Step Six: Click "Search" and view results.

Using @mentions

heather_italent — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 18:55:29 GMT

@mentions enable users to call out other community members and community content within a post. This is helpful for responding to a forum topic when you want to link to another post that includes some helpful information.

Community supports two kinds of @mentions:

User mentions
Content mentions

User Mentions

With User Mentions, users can call out specific users in their posts and invite them to join the conversation. You might @mention a user when you know they can answer a question or provide valuable insight into a thread. Or, you might just want to make sure they see it when you want to say thank you or give public praise.

Let’s say you want to thank a user (Admirkind) for his great answer to a question you asked. Using the Rich Text editor, enter his user name, preceded by an "at" symbol (@). In this example, you enter “@admirkind”. As you type, a pop-up menu appears with matching names. You can either continue typing the name or select a name from the list.

Note: You must be on the Rich Text tab to add a user mention. You cannot be on the HTML tab.

When you select or finish entering the name, the mentioned user name is highlighted, as shown here:

When users are mentioned in posts, they are sent emails to let them know.

Content Mentions

Content Mentions enable users to call out specific posts within the body of a message. It's a way to quickly embed a link to other content in the community. Content mentions are supported in all conversation styles in both topics and replies/comments.

Let’s say you're responding to a forum topic and you want to link to another post that includes some helpful information. Using the Rich Text editor, type the @ symbol. Before any letters are added after the @symbol, A default list of content authored by the current users appears in a pop-up.

Type keywords in the subject or body of the message you want to link to.

As you type, search results with messages matching that keyword organized by conversation style appear in the pop-up. You may enter multiple words in the mentions pop-up. When multiple words are entered, all words must be present in the subject and/or body.

When you select an item in the list, Community adds the subject of the post with a hyperlink in the body of your message.

When content is mentioned in posts, authors are sent emails to let them know.

Supported Browsers - Desktop and Mobile

heather_italent — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 17:29:16 GMT

Our Community is designed to operate on most web browsers that support modern web standards. For the best possible experience, we recommend using of one of the following browsers:

Desktop Browsers

Windows (Version 7+)

Chrome
Firefox
Internet Explorer 11
Microsoft Edge

Mac (Version 10.11+)

Safari
Chrome
Firefox

Mobile Browsers

Android (Version 4.4+)

Chrome

iOS (Version 10+)

Safari

Kudos and the Top Kudoed Authors widget

heather_italent — Fri, 29 May 2020 20:46:45 GMT

What are Kudos?

A. Kudos are similar to "Liking" a post on Facebook. Kudos are a quick thumbs-up you can give to your fellow community members to show appreciation for a discussion comment, such as a helpful solution. By giving kudos to a message you promote good content and its creator.

What's the difference between kudos and accepted solutions?

A. Knowing when to use Kudos and when to use Accepted Solutions is extremely important. Kudos are a good way of recognizing a useful post whereas Accepted Solutions should be used for posts that solved your problem. Threads that contain a message that has been accepted as a solution are prioritized on search results and always appear on top. This makes it easier for you to find a solution to your problem.

The Top Kudoed Authors widget

This displays in the right rail of the Power Apps Community home page. The users displayed in the widget is for the Last Month (30 Days). To see the same segment, but for a different time range, click the See all >> link below the list. You will be able to change the time range to Last Day (24 Hours), Last Week (7 Days), Last 6 Months, Last Year, and All Time.

If you have clicked into a Forum (for instance, “Creating Apps”), you will see the Top Kudoed Authors for the Last Month (30 Days) for that particular Forum. The instructions for the See all >> link are the same as above.

How to Register for a Community Account

heather_italent — Fri, 16 Apr 2021 21:37:51 GMT

This article will give you an overview of registering for a community account in the following communities.

You may use an Azure Active Directory (AAD) account or a Microsoft Account (MSA). An AAD account can be an organizational account that you use for work or school.

Note: For the purpose of this article we have used images from the Power Apps Community to show examples.

If you are using an Organizational Account:

Step One: Navigate to the Power Platform Communities: Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Virtual Agents and click 'Sign In'.

Step Two: Enter your organizational email account, then click 'Next'. On the next screen enter the password to your organizational account that you are using to register for the community.

Step Three: You will then be directed to the following screen, where you will choose your username for the community. Your username is tied to your community activity and reputation.

Step Four: Log in with your community account, using the username you chose in step three, and your organizational account password. This step associates your organizational account with your community credentials.

Done! You are signed into the community!

Privacy Notice

Please note that when you register your Power Platform Communities (Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Virtual Agents) credentials under an organizational account, you will be offered a streamlined personal data management experience through your organization. Actions initiated to export personal data, delete personal data or account closure now need to be initiated directly with the administrator of your organization. After the transition is complete, your ability to access or delete your personal data will be administered by the organization that owns your domain. Although Microsoft continues to be ultimately in control of your personal data, you need to contact your organizational administrator to manage it. Organizational administrators can put in an export or access request to their Admin portal and a link will be available to them to download your personal data in less than 30 days.

If you are using an MSA Account:

Step One: Navigate to the Power Platform Communities: Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Virtual Agents and click on the “Register” button.

Step Two: Enter your MSA email account and click next. Then enter the password for the MSA account that you are using for to register for the community.

Step Three: After clicking on the Sign in button, you will then be directed to the following screen, where you will choose your username for the community. Your username is tied to your community activity and reputation. After entering your username click on the "Submit" button.

Step Four: Log in with your community account, using the username you chose in step three, and your account password.

If you have questions about registering for a community account please see the community account support article:

What are Community Ranks?

heather_italent — Tue, 21 Apr 2020 16:12:21 GMT

What are community ranks?

Ranks are a great way for you to see a community member's role and activity and to celebrate your own accomplishments. They show if someone has been very active and helpful in the community, such as a Super User. Some ranks, especially the ones related to managing the community, come with special permissions. Ranks also recognize the contributions and impact of a community member. As you increase your contribution activity, for example creating new topics or providing solutions, your rank can increase. Every time you earn a new rank, you will receive an email notification. Once you have gained a new rank, an icon and rank name will be displayed right next to your username. Fun fact: Microsoft uses community ranks to keep an eye out for some of its most active and passionate community members. — So, make sure to shine with valuable content, and you may be recognized for your contributions!

Where can I see someone's rank?

You can see someone's rank to the left of their name when you are looking at one of their posts or under their name when you are looking at their profile. To navigate to the user profile, click on a username. This takes you to the profile page.

Profile view: The rank shows under the username.

When you look at the original author and the most recent author in a thread, you can also see the rank icon right next to the user name.

List of Activity Ranks

When you're new to the community, you start out as a New Member, then you become a Regular Visitor, and then a Frequent Visitor. Afterwards, you are moving on to a categorized system.

Ranks are categorized into groups: Kudo Ranks, Post Ranks, Solution Ranks and Combo ranks. This provides the greatest opportunity for you to traverse the ranks according to your activity! The top Kudo, Post, and Solution ranks have more unique names, as do all Combo ranks.

Ranks are categorized based on Kudos (teal icons), Posts (purple icons) and Solutions (green icons). There are also Combo ranks that focus on a combination of kudos, solutions, and posts. These icons are orange. You'll always earn the highest rank for any of the focus areas, regardless of in which category you have already earned a rank, and you can move between categories. For example, you could start out with a Kudo "Advocate" rank, then move to a Solutions "Resolver" or Posts "Helper" rank, then back to a Kudo rank. This means that the colored bar amount can decrease, if you earned a rank in a different category, even though you are still progressing upwards. The bars indicate progression within a rank category, not the rank structure as a whole, hence the potential decrease in bars when climbing within the larger rank structure. This is what the bar progression looks like in order (follow the arrow, starting at the star):

As you can see, the bars change colors, going with the category changes, and the bars can go down when moving upwards, if you move up to another category. Again: You are still progressing upwards!
As the name suggests, requirements for Combo ranks are even more complex than the other ranks and involve activity in all categories. The exact formulas and criteria remain our little secret to keep things exciting.

Thanks for being part of our community!

Community Admins and What They Do

heather_italent — Mon, 30 Dec 2019 15:53:38 GMT

Community Admins are folks who take care of the communities. They are site administrators and their responsibility is maintaining the Community site.

Community Admins are not product experts and do not answer product questions. If you have a product question, please ask it in the proper forum:

https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Forums/ct-p/PA_Comm_Forums

Please do not message Community Admins with product questions.

Join the Community!

heather_italent — Mon, 05 Apr 2021 23:26:32 GMT

Why We Want You to Join our Community

Being part of our community enables you to post messages and questions, reply to questions, exchange private messages with other members, personalize your community experience, and vote on ideas. If you don't register, you can only browse, search for information, and read posts. You won't be able to give kudos, interact with other community members, or set customization preferences.

Registering

Registering only takes a moment. All you need is an AAD or MSA account, a password, and an email address. Instructions for registering with a community: How to Register for a Power Apps Community Account

Creating Your Profile

When you join the Community, a profile will be created. The personal profile information that you choose to share will appear to all users on your Profile page. This information consists of: your username; your picture or avatar; your title, if you have one; your kudos and badges; your recent posts.

What can I do from My Profile? From the Edit Profile view, you can: change your profile picture (avatar); write or edit your bio.

Microsoft Code of Conduct

Please take a moment to read about the Microsoft Code of Conduct. As a participant of these forums, you agree that you will uphold the Microsoft Code of Conduct and are responsible for all activities and content you post/upload. In addition to upholding this Code of Conduct, you are responsible for adhering to all applicable local and national laws. This is your community. Help us to keep it safe, friendly, fun and helpful.

Microsoft reserves the right, at its sole discretion, and without any obligation to do so, to review and remove user-created services and content at will and without notice and delete content and accounts. Microsoft reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to permanently ban participants or terminate access to the community.

User Group Guidelines and Code of Conduct:

Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform user groups are pages for leaders and members to create a positive, solicitation-free environment where the community can come to learn and share with one another freely. We ask all local user group participants to follow the guidelines below.

Register as part of the Dynamics 365 and Power Platform Community
Register your user group on the community
List your user group events on the user group pages
Promote Local User Group meetings to your members as appropriate.

In addition to our community code of conduct, if you are involved with or join our user groups as a leader or member, you agree to our guidelines and code of conduct.

All About GDPR

heather_italent — Tue, 19 May 2020 16:07:07 GMT

What is GDPR?

GDPR, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), took effect May 25th 2018. A European privacy law, GDPR imposes new rules on companies, government agencies, non-profits, and other organizations that offer goods and services to people in the European Union (EU), or that collect and analyze data tied to EU residents. GDPR applies no matter where you are located.

Deleting your MSA account

In the Power Apps Community, the user can delete their MSA account permanently. The user will be signed out as soon as the account is deleted. Upon deletion of an MSA account, done from your Privacy Dashboard, your account with Power Apps Community is also deleted and all PII data is deleted permanently.

Closing your AAD account

In the Power Apps Community, the user can close his/her AAD account permanently. The user will be signed out as soon as the account is closed. Closure clears all Personally identifiable information (PII) fields in the Community. Upon closure of an AAD account, done by your organizational administrator, your account with Power Apps Community is also closed and all personal data is deleted permanently.

Download Your Content Prior to Account Deletion

When GDPR is enabled, Community members can opt to download his/her community content and personal information associated with his/her account for offline storage/reference. Community members who decide to leave the Community can download this content before they close his/her accounts. To download your Community content and personal information:

Sign in to the Power Apps Community
Open the user menu (under user name and icon) and click "My Settings"
Click “Privacy”
Follow instructions under “View and Export personal data”

Deleting PII Data

Users are able to partially delete PII data. In other words, users will be able to delete one or more of the identified PII fields selectively.

Community Contributions After Account Deletion

A user's contribution (posts, comments) and engagement (kudos, accepted solutions) will be retained in the community after account deletion. They will be disassociated to an anonymous user. The "Anonymous User" will have a standard user name and a default avatar to distinguish it from other users.

PII Data in Posts, Replies, etc.

Users are advised not to share any personal data in posts or attachments, and the Community moderation policy is expected to enforce this. The "users delete option" will not systematically auto-clear any personal data inadvertently included in posts, attachments, messages, etc. This will fall under the purview of Community moderation.

SLA for Account close

The SLA for Account close is 30 days.

Recovering a Deleted Account

A deleted account can not be recovered if a user changes their decision at a later time. The user will need to wait 10 days before they can sign up again with the same email address, but this process does NOT recover the users community account. It treats the user as a fresh new user and none of his/her previous contributions can be restored.

Reusing a User Name

After the required wait time, and if available, the user might be able to use the same user name in the Community. However, it will be treated as a new account with no association to the previous user.