{"id":246,"date":"2022-01-07T13:23:36","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T13:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/crmc\/?p=246"},"modified":"2022-01-07T13:23:36","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T13:23:36","slug":"using-power-automate-to-create-a-new-channel-for-a-record-in-dynamics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.citrus-lime.com\/crmc\/using-power-automate-to-create-a-new-channel-for-a-record-in-dynamics\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Power Automate to Create a New Channel for a Record in Dynamics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Power Automate is a fantastic tool for implementing Cloud Workflows by linking lots of different systems or platforms together using JSON Messages and REST Endpoints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This can be particularly effective in the Microsoft Cloud to help integrate Apps together into a single solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this example, we can build a Flow in Power Automate that creates a new Channel in Microsoft Teams for each Project Record added to Dynamics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is actually a pretty simple use of Power Automate:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(1) <\/strong>Trigger a Flow whenever a New Project Record is created.<\/p>

(2) <\/strong>Find a particular existing Team with the Name \u2018Contonso\u2019<\/p>

(3) <\/strong>Create a new Channel in this Team titled after the Project Record.<\/p>

(4) <\/strong>update the Project Record to insert the ID of the Team and the ID of the newly created Channel back into the Record in Dynamics.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

In action, this then looks like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n