From 'Alert Me' to Notification Architecture in Microsoft 365

Introduction For over a decade, the “Alert Me” feature in SharePoint served a simple purpose: it told you when something changed. It worked well for a long time, until the way we work became more complex. As organizations grew and collaboration moved faster, these simple alerts became a bottleneck. They were personal, invisible to IT teams, often noisy, and impossible to manage at scale. Replacing them isn’t just about picking a new tool. It is an architectural evolution. We are moving away from isolated file alerts and toward a centralized notification system built on Power Automate. ...

April 22, 2026 · 4 min · Sunil Kumar Pashikanti

Where Did the Power Apps Templates Go? The 2026 Guide

If you’ve logged into Power Apps recently looking for the classic “Expense Reimbursement” or “Budget Tracking” templates to study their UI or logic, you might have noticed a glaring change: The Template Gallery as we knew it is gone. As of March 2026, Microsoft has pivoted away from standalone “starter apps” in favor of more robust, enterprise-grade deployment methods. If you are an architect or a developer trying to find these learning resources, here is the new map. ...

March 27, 2026 · 3 min · Sunil Pashikanti