Power Platform Weekly - Issue #171
Welcome to Power Platform Weekly!
Last week the General Availability of Power Platform Advisor was announced.
The on-premises data gateway April 2024 release was announced.
A new consent dialog in Power Apps was announced.
The preview (US region) of summarizing documents into FAQ Web Pages using Power Pages + Copilot was announced.
Registration is open for Microsoft Build, May 21-23, and the session catalog is live.
One demo from last year’s Build was highlighted last week, and you can now learn to build something similar with Azure Open AI + Power Platform in a workshop with labs for pro devs. Announced last week.
Have a great week and thanks for reading!
📰 Articles
Build a Dataverse Plugin and use AIClassify to simplify business process
👩💻 For those who don’t know, now we can call AI functions within Dataverse which helps to simplify lots of business processes. Temmy Wahyu Raharjo shows a use case for Case/Feedback/Incident creation.
Removing Issues With Mobile Phone Numbers Realtime Forms
🦸🏻♀️ There can be challenges when capturing a mobile phone number from a Realtime Marketing form in Customer Insights – Journeys (D365 Marketing). In this post Megan V. Walker looks at what happens when you keep the mobile phone field validation on.
My idea to give something to the community: the CCA License!
🛠️ How an Open Source software is licensed plays an important role and made Guido Preite think, “What can I add to the MIT License to recognize the community around what I am releasing?” This is the idea behind the CCA License.
Other articles
🦸🏻♀️ Enhancing Sales Efficiency by Improving Relevance of Copilot Summary and Recent Changes by Inogic
🦸🏻♀️ Part 7: Copilot and Campaign in Customer Insights by Pauline Kolde
🦸🏻♀️ Part 8: The Art of Prompt Engineering in MarTech by Pauline Kolde
🦸🏻♀️ Moving Marketing data through environments by Kelly Simpson
🦸🏻♀️👩💻 Customer Insight Journeys Real Time Dynamic Forms Loader by Gustaf Westerlund
🦸🏻♀️ Power Automate, The Direct Methodology Part 2 by David Wyatt
🦸🏻♀️ Copilot Assistance for form fill in Model-Driven Apps by Dian Taylor
🦸🏻♀️ Using Focused view in Dynamics 365 by Nishant Rana
🦸🏻♀️ Error installing expense management App by Mónica Andrea Pérez
👩💻 Form OnLoad vs OnDataLoad by Alex Shlega
🦸🏻♀️👩💻 Get ready for Microsoft Build (online) – BizApps Edition by Carina M. Claesson
📺 Videos
🎙️ Podcasts
Microsoft Mechanics Podcast
🚀 Roll out Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 at scale in three quick steps. See the methods for each to efficiently enable Copilot services:
Optimize Search with data controls in place to limit exposure of information in search.
Update Your Apps—both on desktop and mobile—so they are ready for integrated Copilot experiences.
Grant Access to Copilot services quickly to large groups in your organization via Microsoft Entra controls.
We're also introducing a new capability with Restricted SharePoint Search, which enables SharePoint administrators to define the sites where every user in the organization is allowed to files and data using search, without impacting access to sites and files for people working in sites, which are not allowed for everyone to search.
The Copilot Studio Podcast
🧭 In this episode of the Copilot Studio Podcast we dive into the latest advancements in AI-powered collaboration and process automation with Jeff Teper of Microsoft. Discover how companies are transforming their workflows and the pressures of innovating in a tech-driven market.
- Jeff Teper shares insights on how Copilot, including Microsoft Teams bots built with Copilot Studio, can and are revolutionizing team workflows and chat channels.
- Learn about the powerful features of SharePoint premium and the importance of tailored SharePoint architecture for different organizational needs.
- Explore the significant productivity boosts reported from GitHub Copilot in code writing and Copilot for M365 in various business processes.
- Hear about the rapid adoption of Microsoft Teams during the pandemic and the enthusiastic reception of the new AI feature, Copilot.
- Gain perspective on the importance of security in AI innovation and the role customer and partner feedback play in shaping Microsoft's success.
Run-As Radio Podcast
👩💻 How can GitHub Copilot help you? Richard chats with Damian Brady at NDC Sydney about the power of GitHub Copilot to help you understand and write the bits of code you need - whether you're using PowerShell, understanding a RegEx expression, or trying to get a Bash prompt right. GitHub Copilot and help to explain the code you've got, even across workspaces - so you can find all the scripts that changes might impact. And if you think it's time to rewrite some old scripts into more modern languages, GitHub Copilot can help with that, too!
📅 Events & Webinars
Microsoft 365 Conference 2024
(📅 April 30 - May 2, 2024)
The Microsoft 365 Conference has become one of the most important in-person gatherings of the Microsoft 365 community anywhere on Earth.
European Collaboration Summit
(📅 May 14-16, 2024)
With 2,500+ attendees, the European Collaboration Summit is the largest conference in the world focused on Microsoft 365 and Power Platform.
DynamicsMinds
(📅 May 27-29, 2024)
An awesome Dynamics 365 and Power Platform Community Conference. Where brilliant minds meet, mingle & share.
European Power Platform Conference 2024
(📅 June 11-13, 2024)
The 3rd European Power Platform Conference (EPPC) will take place in Brussels, Belgium, June 11-13, 2024 at Square. The European Power Platform Conference brings together the Microsoft Power Platform Community for 3 invaluable days of in-person learning, connections and inspiration.
Baltic Summit 2024
(📅 September 13-14, 2024)
Baltic Summit is a remarkable event organized by the vibrant community of Microsoft enthusiasts, with a special focus on Microsoft Power Platform and Microsoft Business Applications.
Microsoft Power Platform Conference 2024
(📅 September 18-20, 2024)
Be inspired by Microsoft senior thought leaders, the product experts, and engineers behind the Power Platform. You’ll also learn from Microsoft MVPs who are dedicated to bridging the gap between humanity and technology. MPPC is the perfect place to connect with folks from around the world who are eager to share their insights and knowledge on how the Power Platform & Dynamics 365 can transform your business.
Nordic Summit 2024
(📅 September 28, 2024)
The Nordic Summit is the biggest and only in-person conference in the Nordics focused exclusively on Microsoft’s Power Platform and Dynamics 365. This year the Nordic Summit is coming to the beautiful capital of Norway… Oslo!
Scottish Summit 2024
(📅 October 18-19, 2024)
Scottish Summit 2024 is coming to you from P&J Live, Aberdeen's state-of-the-art event complex. This is going to be the biggest Scottish Summit to date, spanning 3 days. The Scottish Summit 2024 is gearing up to be the Fall spotlight of the Microsoft community calendar! It will have an exhilarating three days packed with over 100 sessions, workshops, and panel discussions that will leave you briming with knowledge and inspiration.
💙 Out of the Blue
Power Platform Advisor is generally available
🚀 Sid Gundavarapu announced the general availability of Power Platform Advisor this week! It helps you with recommendations on how to improve your tenant!
Announcing the Podcast Copilot with Azure OpenAI Service, .NET, and Power Platform Workshop
🦸🏻♀️👩💻 In this blog, Gomolemo Mohapi announced a new Power Platform workshop for pro devs! It shows how you can use AI and .NET to build an amazing solution! Make sure to check this out!
Power Apps streamlined consent dialog begins rollout this week
🤵🏻🦸🏻♀️👩💻🚀 Lance Delano announced a new consent dialog in Power Apps that will improve a lot of pain points for users. It will be less confusing and show more clear what users give consent for!
Power Pages licensing monitoring features available in US Government Community Clouds
🦸🏻♀️🧭👩💻🚀 In this blog, Petri Simolin announced the public preview release of the licensing dashboard and consumption reports in the US Government Community Clouds (GCC/GCCH). These features make it easier to monitor consumption, optimize capacity assignments and plan for the license procurement.
Copilot in Power BI: Soon available to more users in your organization
🤵🏻🦸🏻♀️🧭👩💻🚀 Mohammad Ali announced that, starting May 20th, 2024, Copilot in Power BI will be enabled on-by-default for all tenants. In order to ensure a smooth transition to enable everyone, Microsoft has also addressed several features reported by the customers and community. Check out the blog for more details!
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