Powerapp keeps disappearing after a while

[Orange14]

Hi all,

First of all, I'm new to this community and a happy developer/user on the Power Platform.

I'm 30, married and live in the Netherlands and build & shared multiple powerapps for 8 companies in the last 6 months in addition to our BI services, because not all clients have data they actually need for insights etc.

After starting to learn the Power Platform 1 year ago, its fantastic to see what you can implement in a business solution with all the applications Microsoft has to offer.

In case of helping organizations:

Really love the combo to start with Azure Data Factory, get the clients source-data and put it in Azure SQL Database and reload it every X.

From their build a list in Sharepoint, all the right columns etc. Think about the end-goal. Then, get your data from SQL to Sharepoint using Power Automate incl reload. Create the Powerapp from that list using Integrate in the top bar. And off you go, 5 tabs on the top for easy navigation through list, gallery below with the items that they can edit after selection. The edit-page has to contain everything your client wants.

Take at least 2 days for design and UX and everybody will appreciate.

Works every time 🙂

Including phone notifications and practical things like producing PDF's/e-mails/folders with whatever they want.

Without need for premium licensed end-users!

The only premium user has to be you.

Yesterday, a man from age 60+ (who saves 15 hours a week of boring work) called it the 'invention of the year'.

That gives a good feeling. The right one. Productive.

That's why ordinary people should learn this Platform and save time.

Situation:

Powerapp for an middle-sized automotive company to control their operational cycle better, it runs 4 months on desktop & mobile. 

The Powerapp is shared from us, company A, with users of customer company B (anoniem@B.com).

These company B users are added to company A: AD, have permissions to the source (Sharepoint list) etc. etc.

Problem:

Sometimes, users from company B don't longer see the Powerapp in their Powerapps application.

Its gone.

After sharing the weblink, it opens with: changing environments.

After that, users can access the Powerapp again and it shows up in their Powerapps application. 

But it is not bulletproof.

What to do?

Is it an idea to export, install & share the Powerapp in & from Company B environment/account?

Until know, I prefer to manage those shared Powerapps in our own environment

[ChrisPiasecki]

Hi @Orange14,

I presume your users are seeing this issue in the Microsoft 365 app launcher? Power Apps and Dynamics 365 apps will show up under the Business Apps tab if they meet the following criteria:

• Apps a user has launched in the last 7 days
• Apps created by a user
• Apps an admin has marked as ‘featured’ in the tenant
• User accessible Microsoft published Dynamics 365 apps

I presume the issue is when a user hasn't accessed the app for 7 days (e.g. Went on vacation then came back). You can have an admin make an app "featured" using the Set-AdminPowerAppAsFeatured PowerShell command.

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