Sometimes you come across something that you think “Ah that is kind of cool”. I had such a moment this week where I came across something around collaboration on a record within a model-driven app. It is already there for a couple of months based on what I can see, but I missed it completely. It is now possible to see who is on the same form and record as you are which is super helpful when collaborating on something together. When you are working on the same record, next to the Share button the list of users will appear.
The cool thing about this sublime way of collaborating is that it allows you to:
- See the online status of the user(s)
- Send them an email
- Start a Teams Chat
The one thing I am not sure of is whether this functionality is still in preview or not, since I have seen some conflicting messages on this when you check the documentation from Microsoft.
Microsoft documentation: Collaborate with others in model-driven apps – Power Apps | Microsoft Learn
Enable sublime way of collaborating
To enable this feature in your environment, please follow the next steps:
- Open the Power Platform Admin Center (https://admin.powerplatform.microsoft.com)
- Select the environment where you want to enable this feature in
- Navigate to Settings > Collaboration
- Turn on the End User Experiences > Model-Driven apps
