Rethinking SharePoint at Scale: Designing for Millions Beyond the 5,000 Item Threshold

The 5,000 threshold is often misunderstood as a storage cap. Learn how to architect SharePoint as a high-volume operational store using indexing, point lookups, and folder-based partitioning in the Power Platform.

June 13, 2026 · 6 min · Sunil Kumar Pashikanti

Stop Hard-Coding Strings in Power Apps: Why Typed Enums are the Future

If you’re still typing string values like "Primary", "Center", or "Bold" into your Power Apps formulas, you’re working with “technical debt” by design. With the latest ** 2026 Modern Control updates**, Power Apps has officially shifted toward Typed Enums. This isn’t just a UI change, it’s a fundamental shift toward robust app architecture. The Problem with “Loose Strings” In classic Power Apps, we used patterns like: Button1.Appearance = "Primary" As an architect, here is why this is brittle: ...

March 28, 2026 · 3 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