Microsoft Skills in Action: Intune, AI‑Powered Power Apps, and Career Pathways in Tech
The Ananse Tech Community May 2026 Monthly Meeting brings together learners, technologists, and community members for an engaging evening focused on Microsoft technologies, practical skill-building, and the value of community within the Microsoft ecosystem. This month’s event features beginner‑friendly technical sessions with live demos, including an introduction to Microsoft Intune for modern device management and a hands‑on look at AI‑assisted Power Apps development using Power Platform tools. In addition to technical learning, the event includes a community-focused session highlighting the importance of tech communities in career growth, knowledge sharing, mentorship, and giving back. Together, these sessions reflect Ananse’s mission to make Microsoft knowledge accessible while strengthening the connections that help individuals and communities grow! --------------- Topic Details ---------------- Topic Title: AI-Assisted Canvas App Development: Leveraging Claude AI in Power Apps Description This session demonstrates a practical approach to building Power Apps canvas applications using Claude AI as a development partner. We’ll cover app architecture, data integration, UI design, and formula generation, showing how AI can reduce development time while improving quality. Perfect for Power Platform developers aiming to enhance productivity and innovation. Speaker: Tchesco Ayih About the Speaker Ayih Tchesco is a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), Microsoft MVP, and experienced technology speaker specializing in the Microsoft Power Platform. With a strong background in building business solutions using Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Pages, Dataverse, and Copilot Studio, he empowers individuals and organizations to unlock the full potential of low-code and AI-driven development. ---- Topic Title: Microsoft Intune 101: Managing Devices the Modern Microsoft 365 Way Description As more people work remotely and across multiple devices, organizations need simple ways to manage and protect their laptops and phones. In this beginner‑friendly session, we’ll introduce Microsoft Intune and explain how it fits into the Microsoft 365 ecosystem. You’ll learn what Intune is, the types of devices it manages, and why it’s becoming a must‑know skill for modern IT and Microsoft professionals. Speaker: Wilfred Andrew Delamy About the Speaker n accomplished IT systems engineer, educator, and community builder with over 17 years of experience in enterprise technology and Microsoft ecosystems. His expertise spans Azure Administration, Office 365, Windows Server, Active Directory, Intune, and enterprise servers and storage systems from HP, IBM, Dell, EMC, and Oracle Sun. Beyond his technical career, Wilfred is deeply committed to education and empowerment. He is the founder and content creator of Kou Louise Academy, a nonprofit e-learning initiative created in memory of his grandmother, dedicated to making IT education free and accessible worldwide. Through this platform, he mentors aspiring technologists, helping them gain the skills needed to launch successful careers in technology. Wilfred’s passion for knowledge sharing extends to his work as a former Microsoft Certified Trainer and an active community organizer. He regularly contributes tutorials, workshops, and online content—including his YouTube channel—to inspire learners and professionals alike. Blending technical mastery with a vision for inclusive education, Wilfred continues to shape both the IT industry and the communities he serves, embodying the belief that “education should be free.” ---- Title: Breaking Into Tech: My Career Journey, Lessons Learned & Practical Description: How do you break into tech—and grow once you’re there? In this Ananse Tech Community spotlight, Segu Essandoh shares his personal career journey into the tech industry, including how he got started, the pivots he made along the way, and the lessons he learned navigating real‑world roles and challenges. This session is designed for students, career‑switchers, and early‑career professionals looking for honest insight, practical tips, and encouragement from someone who’s walked the path. Speaker: Segu Essandoh About the Speaker Segu Essandoh is currently Co-CEO of Sesa Technology, Ltd., focused on consulting, training, development, and other tech services and CTO for NTC Tech Consultancy, LLC, another Microsoft Partner company with similar focus. Segu is an accomplished speaker, founder, tech leader, event organizer, and advocate. As far as community, Segu is co-founder of Ananse Tech community, the Ghana-based tech community for Microsoft tech professionals, and The Microsoft Productivity Power Hour, the tech community for business leaders and owners.
power apps free subscription-cancel
Hi All, I am using below id for power apps(email address removed for privacy reasons) using free subscription. with in one month i have cancelled my payment in bank. As of now i am not able to log in admin.cloud.microsoft. Microsoft authentication is not working . I can not delete and re add again. cancel subscription by bank side only enough or we need to do it in microsoft account (email address removed for privacy reasons)
Could you tell me about how to trigger power automate for desktop on windows 11 free version?
Hi, friend! I from Japan. just coming spring season right now. by the way. Could you tell me about when it executes command of power automate, but it couldn't succuss. according to the error message it doesn't know like this flow ID. but actuary on the other hand. in my hose case, like this method was succussed. if you know how to fix better, could you suggest it?
Can we fill *.pdf in File Identifier on Get file metadata
Sir, I'm a rookie of Power Automate, so i'm tried to created flow to automatic fill metadata column in SharePoint Library as below. So, if i have specific file identifier, the flow was running successful, but if i have fill *.pdf then the flow was running fail. In fact, i cannot specify file identifier was uploaded in SharePoint but this flow must run automatically. My question is how to fix on this an issue? Many thanks for advice. Sonchai M. Flow Running fail
Repeating Table
All, i am creating a new Form for a Sharepoint list. I have one table with three fields that I only want to be filled out once. I have a second table with 7 fields. i would like for this table to be repeating, giving the person filling it out the option to add another set of the same 7 fields. Then upon saving/submitting, a new item is created in the SP list for each row in the repeating section. I have seen a couple of links in this forum but none of them includes a usable solution for someone like me who is very new to PowerApps.PowerApp forms get stuck on "Getting your data..."
Some, but not all of my SharePoint Forms that are built using PowerApps are getting stuck saying (Getting your data...". The strange thing is that sometimes the data will load then this will happen, or I can click out of the form and reopen it and then it will work. Anyone experiencing a similar issue?Create PowerApps Application with On-premises SQL Server
PowerApps is a one of the powerful low code applications from Microsoft, which helps to develop millions of applications within a minute. Only platform which allows technical and non-technical to implement application with their requirements. Power platforms can be developed to receive data from different data sources like Excel, SQL server, share point resources and data from different cloud storages like Google, OneDrive, etc. Considering OnPrem data sources we do traditional coding to connect the application with the data source. But here we have a possibility to develop a PowerApps and receive data from On Prem SQL server. In this article I will show you how to connect OnPrem SQL to PowerApps. Pre-Requites 1) OnPrem SQL Server 2) PowerApps Subscription 3) On-Premises Data Gateway 4) Internet Connection On-Premises Data gateway for Power Apps On-Premises gateway is a bridge which provides most secure communication in between local sources to cloud applications. To know and learn more about On-Premises data gate way: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-apps/maker/canvas-apps/gateway-reference SQL Server on Windows 10 Machine I have SQL database installed on my Windows 10 machine, which is a local machine with the active internet connection. If you are new to SQL server installation and configure, I have shared some other posts which will show you how to install and configure SQL server 2022 in your test environment. Download SQL Server 2022: https://info.microsoft.com/ww-landing-sql-server-2022.html?culture=en-us&country=us To Confirm your Installed Version: SELECT @@VERSION I have created a table named Demo Data and inserted some sample data Let’s configure the On-Premises Data Gateway To Download the On-Premises Data Gateway for PowerApps please download the Gateway from below link — https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/. Once it’s downloaded install it to the local machine, it will take some time to install. When installation succeed it will prompt a dialog box to enter the Microsoft account details. Use the same account which you used to create PowerApps. In the next step create a Gateway with the valid security and recovery key. Here I named my gateway as DEMOPOWERAPPS Create Configure button to apply the configurations and close the dialog box, now it’s done. Now it’s time to build the app in PowerApps Go to PowerApps portal to make the app — make.powerapps.com I am going to create the PowerApps with SQL data source Click the SQL and add the New Connection and select the connection source as SQL database (SQL Server). In the authentication type select SQL Server Authentication from the drop-down list. In the source selection pane select Connect using on-premises data gateway as data source for SQL server SQL Server Name — Windows 10 Local PC Name SQL Database Name- POWERAPPSDEMO Username- demouser Password-[Your SQL User Password Here] In the bottom you need to select the installed gateway, here it will show the gateways you installed with the Microsoft account which you used to create the PowerApps. Here my installed DEMOPOWERAPPS gateway is listed and it’s showing, if your gateway is not listed, please refresh the gateway list. Once you select the correct gateway click create to link the data source to PowerApps. It will show the available tables once the gateway connection is succeeded, here my table DemoData is showing. I am going to use the DemoData table to connect with PowerApps. In case in the same database if you want to change or create new table you can either create it from here or choose different one. Click connect to link the On Prem database with PowerApps, It’s done and app is automatically created now. Without doing any additional changes in the app I will see the preview of the app to check to see whether it’s communicating correctly with the SQL database available at my laptop. The data which I entered manually using SQL commands are appearing here, it means it’s perfectly connected with the on prem SQL database. By adding an edit form in the PowerApps you can be able to insert the data from PowerApps to On Prem SQL Server. Just try this by yourself and let me know if you have any issues in connect On Prem SQL server to Power apps. Happy Coding!!
SharePoint site news notifications in Microsoft Teams channel
Dear Microsoft community, we are desperately trying to solve the issue since Microsoft stopped supporting the SharePoint News connector. We were trying to use the https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/office/sharepoint-news-connector-retirement-062bc8d1-b6f9-4716-a154-a6b9073d3461 that MS proposed but it's just not working. Can someone help me to setup a workflow that is posting the recent news in our news channel so that colleagues can start conversations about it? Thanks. Best Phil
Remove/Clear the selected value from a combobox upon changing the value of another combobox
I have 2 combo boxes named; Street & Location. now I want to clear the selected value of the Location combo box when the Street combo box is changed? how I can do so? I do not want to reset the value i want to clear it. so it woks on Edit as well as on New formsFlow with for a selected file trigger does not appear for some users
I have a flow with the trigger "For a selected file" and I can see it by clicking on its three dot menu and then going down to power automate and seeing it as one of the options. My users who have full control of the site and are the ones I am developing the flow for say they do not get this option in the power automate menu. Is there something else I need to do for them to see it?
