Custom Connectors - Deep Dive & Demo

Rahul Ranjit Kannathusseril from Power CAT shows Power Platform connectors work and demos how to create simple and advanced custom connectors. It is intended to provide you with the required insight to leverage Power Platform connectors as a part of your implementations.
#powerplatform #powerautomate #powerapps
00:00 - Overview
00:56 - Pre-requisites
01:20 - Power Platform Overview
02:29 - Connectors - What are they?
05:11 - High Level Architecture of Power Platform Connector Infrastructure
06:17 - Custom Connectors
09:58 - Triggers - Polling and Webhooks - Internals of how triggers work
14:49 - Demo 1: Building a connector from scratch
23:09 -- Integration with Azure - Productivity enhancements between Azure and Power Platform
23:40 - Demo 2: Building a connector from Azure APIM - with a few clicks
38:49 - Pro Developer Support for connectors - Versioning, Build, Deployment
References:
APIM Sample: learn.microsoft.com/azure/api...
Connector Fundamentals: learn.microsoft.com/connector...
Connections, Sharing: learn.microsoft.com/power-app...
oAuth - Custom Connector: learn.microsoft.com/connector...
Polling Trigger: learn.microsoft.com/connector...
Webhooks: learn.microsoft.com/connector...
Custom Connectors in Solutions: learn.microsoft.com/connector...
Custom Connector GitHub: github.com/microsoft/PowerPla...
Connection Reference: learn.microsoft.com/power-app...
Connector Versioning: learn.microsoft.com/connector...
DLP: learn.microsoft.com/power-pla...
Multiple Policies: learn.microsoft.com/power-pla...
Custom Connector DLP: learn.microsoft.com/power-pla...
Policy Templates: learn.microsoft.com/connector...
Extend Open API definition: learn.microsoft.com/connector...
Power Platform Connectors CLI: learn.microsoft.com/connector...
Custom Connector - Learning Path: learn.microsoft.com/learn/pat...

[@bastosj]

Really good video covering some of the fundamentals of connectors. I particularly liked the tech architecture bits behind the scenes.
Thanks for sharing!

[@kannank7313]

Thanks Rahul.

[@natrajyegnaraman3802]

Great in-depth video Rahul. I didn't know about the versioning x-ms attributes until now. One doubt: Can't we use pac connector for the operations mentioned in 42:31?

[@VANDIK01]

Awesome video, can you share the Body that you use into the Definition step, please? thanks

[@djstone5518]

That would be hepful. I get JSON from our CRM for HTTP Requests in Power Automate and it sorts out the schema based on the sample. Would be nice to know if this is coming from Postman or a bit more behind the scenes details.

[@2007pradipta]

Why custom connector? We have http connector In Automate...then why I would go for it. Is there any significant difference

[@powerplatformforprodevs9468]

Yes, you can use http connectors to accomplish the same thing but…Custom connectors can easily wrap the complexity like authentication, data schema transformation etc and allow makers to focus on invoking the API.