{"id":126105,"date":"2024-09-11T07:31:38","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T14:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/?post_type=it-pro&#038;p=126105"},"modified":"2026-01-06T15:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T23:10:09","slug":"enable-reusability-and-maintain-best-practices-with-the-catalog-in-microsoft-power-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/2024\/09\/11\/enable-reusability-and-maintain-best-practices-with-the-catalog-in-microsoft-power-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"Enable reusability and maintain best practices with the catalog in Microsoft Power Platform"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When building solutions in Microsoft Power Apps and Microsoft Power Automate, your organization may have company-specific needs and complex scenarios, such as custom mappings to various data sources, multi-faceted flows and triggers, and embedding various components with custom logic into apps. There is also repetitive work, such as implementing delicate design patterns, branding, and reusing links. Creating all this from scratch every time is a waste of time and is an error prone process. Organizations also want to drive toward maintainable patterns and consistency for their makers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignwide is-style-vertical wp-block-bloginabox-theme-promotional\">\n\t\n<div class=\"promotional promotional--has-media promotional--media-right\">\n\t<div class=\"promotional__wrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"promotional__content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"promotional__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"catalog-in-power-platform\">Catalog in Power Platform<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Share and install reusable assets, such as apps, flows, connectors, and prompts, customized for your organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button  is-full-width-on-mobile\"><a data-bi-an=\"Global CTA\" data-bi-ct=\"cta link\" data-bi-id=\"cta-block\" class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-apps\/maker\/data-platform\/catalog-overview\">Learn more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"promotional__media-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"promotional__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/CLO23_WorkAnywhere_034_600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"A person sitting in a booth at a table working on a laptop.\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/CLO23_WorkAnywhere_034_600.jpg 602w, https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/CLO23_WorkAnywhere_034_600-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/CLO23_WorkAnywhere_034_600-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flearn.microsoft.com%2Fen-us%2Fpower-apps%2Fmaker%2Fdata-platform%2Fcatalog-overview&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cv-agiamalis%40microsoft.com%7C9e2dfa5136a24c365d4708dcce0639c2%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C638611773361033391%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Y9gK6uY1XDm1O7Yj1NEElOa2Nkpu3UsjiZZs0NX9%2F1E%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">catalog in Power Apps and Power Automate<\/a> is now generally available to the public.&nbsp;The catalog enables makers to share and install reusable assets, such as apps, flows, connectors, prompts, and more, that are customized for your organization, by your organization. This provides much more useful starting points than simple and generic templates. In addition, because the catalog is built on top of our solutions framework, you can also easily install catalog items from any environment in a tenant, and have catalog assets accessible from authoring experiences, like Canvas Studio and flow designer.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Picture1_900.webp\" alt=\"A screenshot of the catalog gallery showing reusable assets in Power Automate.\" class=\"wp-image-123216 webp-format\" srcset=\"\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Picture1_900.webp\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can publish assets as a <em>template<\/em> or as a <em>managed item<\/em>. Templates are pure copies that any makers can utilize as they wish. Managed items are more tightly controlled and can be republished with updates over time so that your organization uses the most recent, authoritative version across environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/power-play-9.6-GIF-1.gif\" alt=\"A screen recording showing submitting a solution to the catalog as a template\" class=\"wp-image-123328\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please note that you will need a <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/admin\/managed-environment-overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">managed environment<\/a> to publish assets in the catalog as part of general availability. However, all assets can be installed from any environment, even ones that are not managed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"using-the-catalog-in-power-apps-and-power-automate\">Using the catalog in Power Apps and Power Automate<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Customers are using the catalog for a variety of scenarios, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Saving templates for reuse across environments.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Bundling components into a collection for specific departments to utilize.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Spinning up multiple catalogs and seed with sample data and apps for demo purposes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Using the assets of a managed item as is and making no changes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Building custom functionality on top of the assets in the managed item without changing the original components.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Using the assets to assist with building their own solutions. For example, Power Apps component framework components, custom connectors, and so on.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Partners are also using the catalog to streamline the process of building solutions and curating components for multiple customers at the same time across environments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The catalog is highly flexible to handle a broad range of use cases, while backed by enterprise level governance and security, which is critical when managing a centralized and shared repository across many makers in a tenant. The catalog comes with comprehensive cross-environment roles and permissions, additional publishing groups to control who can make updates, administration and approval capabilities, installation tracking, and application lifestyle management (ALM). Organizations where makers can share and reuse artifacts in a controlled and secure environment will get the most out of Microsoft Power Platform.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Picture2_V2_900.webp\" alt=\"Screenshot reflecting that the catalog manager administers your catalog and handles approval requests.\" class=\"wp-image-123463 webp-format\" srcset=\"\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Picture2_V2_900.webp\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What our customers are saying about the catalog:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow has-quote-default-font-size\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThrough Accenture\u2019s participation in the private preview of Microsoft power catalog, we\u2019ve provided feedback to Microsoft to help them shape a ready-to-use, centrally governed repository that can supercharge application and workflow development. In support of Accenture\u2019s strategy to reuse and scale solution components, we will explore power catalog [during public preview] to help streamline and speed application development cycles, and to drive brand consistency across Accenture applications.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014 Uday Adhikari, [Microsoft] Power Platform lead for North America at Accenture<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow has-quote-default-font-size\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c5\/5. The catalog closes the gap in distributing updates between (product) development, Sales, and Operations departments. For demos, we often require certain versions or special releases. With catalogs we enable everyone to set up the tailored demo by themselves while the product group can maintain pre-release builds at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014 Sebastain Sieber, Most Valuable Professional, proMX.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The catalog feature will be generally available with the following features:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Enterprise level roles and permissions to restrict who can publish and install catalog items across environments<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Approval of catalog items by admins before they\u2019re officially published for your organization to use<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">A suite of Microsoft-provided components out-of-the-box, such as Enterprise templates<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Low-code and easy-to-use wizards to publish and install items<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">A My Activity page to track status and see any error codes for published and installed items<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">An administrative workspace to manage catalogs, users, and settings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">And several other features, such as environment variable support, connection checks, a gallery page with comprehensive filters to browse catalog items, and more<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"learn-more-about-the-catalog-in-microsoft-power-platform\">Learn more about the catalog in Microsoft Power Platform<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To learn more about the catalog, you can read <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-apps\/maker\/data-platform\/catalog-overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">an overview<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-apps\/maker\/data-platform\/submit-acquire-from-catalog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">usage guide<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/admin\/administer-catalog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">administration and setup instructions<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some features planned on the horizon include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Integration with Microsoft Copilot Studio.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Providing the option to choose the solution you\u2019d like to install catalog items into.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Allowing makers to choose which solutions should be updated with new versions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">More post-installation options for different components (such as opening up a specific editor).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Submitting apps and flows directly into catalog with solution creation\/selection as part of the wizard.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Improved error detection and handling.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can find the catalog feature in your left navigation in both Power Apps and Power Automate. 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