Power Pages: Uploading BIG attachments!

One of the weaker features in Power Pages has been the ability to upload large files through a website.

Now in preview, the Power Pages team has added a new file upload feature that will users to upload files as large as 10 gigabytes!

See the official announcement!

Delight your end users with the new file upload experience

The Microsoft documentation covers the configuration and setup really well and can be found here:

Enable attachments on a form

The team has also extended the Power Pages Web API so you can build your own file upload experiences, check out the documentation:

Use Web API to upload files to Azure Blob Storage

I created a video that walks through the process of setting up your storage account in Azure, setting permissions and configuring a form on a Power Pages site to enable the new file upload experience:

Summary

Uploading large files has been a big ask for a long time. It’s great to see this feature appear in Power Pages. You also may have noticed that the recent release plan (2024 Power Platform Release Wave 2) has indicated that malware scanning will also eventually be available as well!

Nick Doelman is a Microsoft MVP, podcaster, trainer, public speaker, competitive Powerlifter and is on summer vacation! Follow Nick on X at @readyxrm or LinkedIN. Listen or watch the the Power Platform Boost podcast with Nick and co-host Ulrikke Akerbæk every second week for news and updates from the Power Platform community.

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