Connectors for the Power Platform

If you are a C# developer who wants to create custom connectors for the Power Platform, you will love this new feature in Visual Studio 2022 preview! You can now deploy and debug a Web API project as a custom connector directly from Visual Studio, without leaving your familiar development environment.

In this video, I will show you how to:

• Create a simple C# Web API
• Deploy the Web API as a custom connector into the Power Platform right from inside Visual Studio.
• Use Visual Studio Dev Tunnels to test your connector from a Power App or Flow and debug locally right inside Visual Studio!

Create a Custom Connector for your Web API from within Visual Studio | Microsoft Power Apps

The Power Platform Customer Connector

The Power Platform Customer Connector is a feature within the Microsoft Power Platform that allows organizations to connect and integrate with third-party customer relationship management (CRM) systems such as Salesforce, Oracle, and Dynamics 365.

With the Customer Connector, you can synchronize data between different systems, so you can have a centralized view of all customer data, regardless of where it resides. This feature enables organizations to streamline their business processes, improve data quality, and gain deeper insights into customer behavior.

The Customer Connector is designed to be flexible and customizable, allowing organizations to create custom workflows and data mappings that meet their specific needs. This feature is available in Power Automate, Power Apps, and Power BI, which are all part of the Power Platform.