Episode

Ask the Expert: Introducing Microsoft Power Fx

We recently introduced the newest member of the Microsoft Power Platform family: Microsoft Power Fx, an open source formula language for low code that's based on Microsoft Excel. It's a general-purpose, strong-typed, declarative, and functional programming language expressed in human-friendly text. Join Clay Wesener, Dona Sarkar, and Greg Lindhorst live to learn more and get your questions answered. Find out more about Power Fx here

Chapters

00:00 - Introduction
01:33 - What can you do with Microsoft Power Fx?
03:10 - Why did you go with open source?
04:50 - When is the open source going to be available?
06:00 - What will the logistics of the language look like?
07:45 - Where can you get ALM components?
08:46 - Does this affect Power BI? If so, how?
12:00 - When does it come to Power Automate? And how?
13:09 - Where can you read more about it?
17:19 - Is Power Fx the most used programming language in the world?
22:40 - Would you suggest to learn Power Fx right away or are there some prerequisites?
25:37 - Are you seeing an uptick in development as a team sport with customers?
28:01 - Is this going to replace VBA when writing macros in Excel?
29:06 - Closing Notes

Chapters

00:00 - Introduction
01:33 - What can you do with Microsoft Power Fx?
03:10 - Why did you go with open source?
04:50 - When is the open source going to be available?
06:00 - What will the logistics of the language look like?
07:45 - Where can you get ALM components?
08:46 - Does this affect Power BI? If so, how?
12:00 - When does it come to Power Automate? And how?
13:09 - Where can you read more about it?
17:19 - Is Power Fx the most used programming language in the world?
22:40 - Would you suggest to learn Power Fx right away or are there some prerequisites?
25:37 - Are you seeing an uptick in development as a team sport with customers?
28:01 - Is this going to replace VBA when writing macros in Excel?
29:06 - Closing Notes

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