Welcome to Episode 2 of the Power Platform Clinic with Duncan and Ian!

In this episode:

✅ Validating Email Domains with Power Automate

Ian shares a powerful, free way to validate email domains using Power Automate, showing:

• Why validating the entire email address is tricky without sending a link
• How to split out the domain using the split function
• Using the CheckDomain connector to confirm whether a domain exists and can receive emails
• How this approach avoids the costs of third-party services and can be used with data from anywhere: Dataverse, Excel, or SharePoint

Ian walks through building the flow step by step, demonstrating how it splits the email, checks the domain, and writes the result back to a field in Dataverse to clean up data input.

✅ Collating Reports into a Power BI App

Duncan then dives into Power BI to show:

• How to create an app to group reports together for easy access
• Using the app to share reports with the whole organisation or specific groups
• Tips for embedding reports in Teams for easy mobile access by managers and leadership
• Key licensing considerations when deploying Power BI apps across your organisation

💡 Key Takeaways

• Email validation using Power Automate and the CheckDomain connector can significantly improve your data quality without paid tools.
• Power BI apps make accessing reports easier for end users and simplify sharing across Teams and devices.

We hope you find these insights useful for your next project!

Stay tuned for the next episode, where we continue to tackle real-world Power Platform questions from the community.

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