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Set up other core components

This article helps you set up the remaining components in the core solution, not related to inventory and environment request management. These components are related to capacity alerting, making apps discoverable in an app catalog and welcoming new makers.

Prerequisites

  1. Complete the Before setting up the CoE Starter Kit and Set up inventory components steps.
  2. Set up your environment.
  3. Sign in with the correct identity.

Set up other core components using the Setup Wizard (preview)

  1. Open the Center of Excellence - Core Components solution.
  2. Open the CoE Setup and Upgrade Wizard app.
  3. Open the More features page and select Capacity alerts and Welcome email.

This app provides a guided step by step experience through the configuration steps.

Screenshot that shows the CoE Starter Kit Setup Wizard for other core components.

Note

The Setup Wizard is currently in preview. If you experience issues with the Setup Wizard, raise them on GitHub and set up the Inventory components manually.

Set up other core components manually

Update environment variables

Update environment variables used by these components:

The Community URL lets you link to your internal Microsoft Power Platform community, for example Yammer or Teams. You need the URL for the flow: Admin: Welcome Email v3. For more information, see How to communicate with your admins, makers, and end users.

Turn on flows

There are several flows which need to be turned on for these components:

Important

The Admin | Welcome Email v3 flow automatically adds new makers to the Power Platform Maker Microsoft 365 Group environment variable. For more information, see: How to communicate with your admins, makers, and end users.

Share apps with admins and makers

You can share these apps with makers or end users, then assign them the Power Platform Maker SR security role.

  • The CoE Maker Command Center for makers.
  • The App Catalog for end users.

For more information, see Share a canvas app in Power Apps.

All environment variables

This environment variable affects other components:

Community URL: Allows you to link to your internal Microsoft Power Platform community, for example Yammer or Teams. There's no default option for this variable.

You might need to update environment variables after import.

I found a bug with the CoE Starter Kit. Where should I go?

To file a bug against the solution, go to aka.ms/coe-starter-kit-issues.