There are a lot of extensibility options in the Power Platform. One of those is custom connectors. Of course, the Power Platform already has 600+ connectors, but sometimes you miss a connector, an action, or a trigger. Microsoft offers the option to create custom connectors for that. In this session, Daniel will build a custom connector step by step and show you what you should be aware of when working on custom connectors. Especially for Teams Nation, Daniel will show how you can deploy a custom connector via Azure API Management to use that connector in Dataverse for Teams solutions. This will give you the option to deploy custom connectors to Dataverse for Teams without buying premium Power Apps licenses.

1. #TeamsNation
Sponsored by
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Extend the Power Platform with
Custom Connectors
Daniel Laskewitz | Sogeti | MVP

2. About me
• Daniel Laskewitz
• Power Platform Lead
• Sogeti Netherlands
• Project Coordinator Group member for
Independent Publisher Connector
Program

3. Microsoft Power Platform

4. Connectors
• 650+ connectors
• First Party Connectors
• Certified Connectors
• Independent Publisher Connectors
• Custom Connectors

5. Custom Connectors
• When to use custom connectors?
• When a connector is not available in product
• When a connector is not advanced enough
• How to build a connector?
• Read / know the API you want to build a connector for
• Start in one of the products (Power Apps, Power Automate or Logic Apps)
• Set up the authentication
• Define the operations for your connector
• Save and test your connector

6. • ChuckNorris.io
Demo: Start Building Your Connector

7. Power Platform Connectors CLI
• The CLI helps with the ALM story of Custom Connectors
• You can deploy, download and update your connectors with the CLI through
the following commands:
• Paconn login
• Paconn download
• Paconn create
• Paconn update (*)
* Be aware: updating doesn't work as advertised

9. in Teams
Power BI Power Apps Power Automate Power Virtual Agents

10. API Management Connector
“Citizen developers can use these
API Management backed
connectors in Power Apps hosted
in Teams through the existing
Teams licensing”

11. Demo: Tour through API Management for
Power Platform

12. Resources (1/2)
• Docs
https://aka.ms/connectors
• Get your connector certified
https://aka.ms/ConnectorCertification
• Power Platform Connectors GitHub repository
https://github.com/Microsoft/PowerPlatformConnectors
• Extend an OpenAPI Definition
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/custom-connectors/openapi-
extensions
• Custom code in custom connectors
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/custom-connectors/write-
code

13. Resources (2/2)
• Create a connector from a Postman Collection
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/custom-connectors/define-
postman-collection
• Custom Connectors Coding Standards
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/custom-connectors/coding-
standards
• Policy support in Custom Connectors
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/custom-connectors/policy-
templates

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