What we are learning, as we learn it.
318 posts on AI at work, Copilot, the Power Platform, SharePoint and Teams, plus the honest account of rebuilding a business while the ground moves.
Power Apps
How to Architect an LMS Interface in Power Apps
A practical screen-by-screen guide to learner home, course structure, lesson delivery, completion evidence, and course management in a Power Apps LMS.
Refreshed 27 Aug 2026 · 13 min read
Power Apps
I Want to Build an LMS in Microsoft 365 with AI. Where Do I Start?
Define the learning job, evidence, data, owner and release boundary before asking AI to build an LMS prototype in Microsoft 365.
Refreshed 27 Aug 2026 · 13 min
Power Apps
Inside the Learning Board: Build a Microsoft 365 LMS with AI
See what the eight-part learning Board contains, the Power Apps prototype we built while testing it, what the screenshots prove, and what r…
Refreshed 27 Aug 2026 · 10 min
Power Apps
Power Apps Said ‘Course Not Found’. The Dataverse Record Was There
A real debugging story from our custom LMS prototype: why a misleading ‘Course not found’ message turned out to be a Dataverse access probl…
Refreshed 27 Aug 2026 · 9 min
Power Apps
Your Power App Works for You. Will It Work for a Colleague?
Use this practical Power Apps handoff check to prove the published version, user access, Dataverse result, failure paths and support route …
Refreshed 27 Aug 2026 · 13 min
Power Apps
Your Power Apps LMS Says 100% Complete. What Did They Actually Finish?
Build a reliable course-completion record in Dataverse from the assigned course release, required lessons, learner progress and approval ru…
Refreshed 27 Aug 2026 · 12 min
Power Apps
Should You Build an LMS on Microsoft Power Platform?
Compare a packaged LMS, Viva Learning or a SharePoint portal, a commissioned build and a narrow Power Platform prototype before choosing wh…
Refreshed 27 Aug 2026 · 8 min
AI Tools & API Keys
How to Get a Gemini API Key Safely (2026 Auth-Key Guide)
Create, restrict, store, test, rotate and revoke a Gemini API key in Google AI Studio, including the 2026 move from standard keys to auth k…
Refreshed 24 Aug 2026 · 5 min
AI Tools & API Keys
How to Get a Grok API Key from xAI Safely (and Test It)
Create, fund, store, test, rotate and revoke an xAI API key for Grok without exposing the secret or choosing the wrong team.
Refreshed 24 Aug 2026 · 5 min
AI Tools & API Keys
How to Get an AI API Key Without Exposing It
Choose the right AI provider, create an API key, separate chat and API billing, store the secret safely, test it, diagnose errors and rotat…
Refreshed 24 Aug 2026 · 6 min
AI Tools & API Keys
How to Get an OpenAI API Key Safely (and Test It)
Create, store, test, rotate and revoke an OpenAI API key without confusing ChatGPT billing with API billing or exposing the secret.
Refreshed 24 Aug 2026 · 5 min
Behind the Scenes
WordPress Is Not Dead. We Still Chose to Leave It.
Why Collab365 moved away from WordPress, what made the migration difficult, and why WordPress remains a reasonable choice for many organisa…
Refreshed 24 Aug 2026 · 2 min
Behind the Scenes
Your Email List Is Not Dead. AI May Decide What Gets Seen.
How AI-assisted inbox triage changes the value of clear, trusted email without pretending an email address guarantees human attention.
Refreshed 24 Aug 2026 · 2 min
Behind the Scenes
AI Makes Building Easier. It Also Makes Sleeping Harder.
A small-business founder's honest account of building faster with AI while carrying the less glamorous work: dependency alerts, access cont…
Refreshed 24 Aug 2026 · 4 min
Behind the Scenes
AI Made the Content Look Finished. Our Allotment Test Said Otherwise.
How an allotment experiment exposed the limits of AI scoring rubrics, and the checks Collab365 now uses to distinguish polished output from…
Refreshed 24 Aug 2026 · 2 min
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Pulse tells you what changed and what to do about it.
A short weekday read on the AI and Microsoft 365 changes that actually alter how the work gets done.
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