Distributed Printing Architecture with Power Platform 

Going back to posting after a long period. Now I have started a new blog where I'll be posting content related to my work with Microsoft technology, and how you can combine Dynamics 365 + Power Platform + Azure to solve virtually any problem in a reliable and robust architecture.

In this first post I'll share how to build an architecture for unattended distributed printing from Power Apps.



Although there are other options (look at PCF controls) I found this architecture simple and reliable.

This solution will serve to customers looking to:

  • Use network shared printers across their organization.
  • Serve multiple users allowing them to distribute their printing task according to specific business rules (ex. some group will only print on 'Printer 01')
  • Rely on the SO to print as you can use the print command
  • Access your local resources (printers) in a secure way
To connect from the canvas app to the Azure Queue, I used the connector (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/azurequeues/)

I have also shared the code for the Windows Printer Service and a canvas app for testing purposes. You can find the github project here

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