Welcome to Power Platform Weekly!
The Microsoft AI Tour has been kicked-off. Last week at the AI Tour in London came a sneak peak for what’s going into Public Prewiew during Microsoft Ignite. E.g. build autonomous agents and pre-built agents for Dynamics 365.
Read more in the blogs Unlocking autonomous agent capabilities with Microsoft Copilot Studio and Transform work with autonomous agents across your business processes and New autonomous agents scale your team like never before. Catch up with AI Tour London here.
New XrmToolBox tool spotted! Plugin Identity Manager by David Rivard. Also see the tool introduction.
Have a great week and thanks for reading!
📰 Articles
Power Automate - The Code Review Onion
🦸🏻♀️ David Wyatt wrote a blog about code reviews almost 2 years ago now for Power Automate, so he thought it was time for an update. After looking at how his code reviews had changed over time he came up with the code review onion.
Customise and style marketing forms in Customer Insights - Journeys
🦸🏻♀️ Amey Holden has gathered a little collection of tips and HTML/CSS tweaks that you can easily do on a form in Customer Insights Journeys to make it look a little bit more dapper and professional.
Dual-write async in finance and operations apps (preview)
🦸🏻♀️ Mónica Andrea Pérez shows the exciting potential of Dual-write async. Dual asynchronous writing adds a new layer of data movement that occurs in near real-time between Finance and Operations and Dataverse.
Other articles
🦸🏻♀️ Multiple segments in a journey by Malin Martnes
🦸🏻♀️ Hidden Features In Model-driven Apps by Megan V. Walker
🦸🏻♀️ Use Lead Scores To Create A Segment by Megan V. Walker
🦸🏻♀️ How Copilot can draft emails more efficient by Jeroen Scheper
🦸🏻♀️ Building Topics with Inputs & Outputs in Copilot Studio by Dian Taylor
🧭 Autonomous Agents will be key to transforming business processes in 2025 by Peter Ruiter
📺 Videos
🎙️ Podcasts
Dynamics Corner Podcast
🤵🏻 Kristoffer Ruyeras and Brad Prendergast sit down with Nelly Jebran in the Dynamics Corner chair to discuss change management and why people are at the heart of a successful implementation.
ShiftHappens Podcast
🧭 Empowering women in technology through education, mentorship, and networking is the mission of Christine Bongard, the co-founder and CEO of the WIT Network, a global non-profit organization dedicated to providing professional development, technology training, and leadership development for women. In this #shifthappens episode, we explore the impact of AI in the technology industry, addressing both the opportunities and challenges AI presents for diversity, equity, and inclusion.
CRM Talk Podcast
👩💻 Sam Biardo of Technology Advisors and Steve Chipman of CRM Switch discuss the changes and trends in CRM implementations over the past few years. The key points discussed include the shift towards low-code/no-code platforms, the transition from on-premise to cloud-based solutions, the reduced need for developers and increased reliance on business analysts, the growing involvement of clients in the configuration process, and the emphasis on delivering a minimally viable product (MVP) in shorter implementation cycles to minimize risk and provide faster value realization. Other topics covered include the importance of planning and phasing, integration challenges with legacy systems, project management and AI tools, reporting and dashboard creation, measuring success criteria, and data migration best practices.
📅 Events & Webinars
Directions EMEA 2024
(📅 November 6-8, 2024)
Directions EMEA is the "Go To" place where Dynamics partners share the future. It's the preferred global community for collaborating and learning from Microsoft, MVPs, and ISVs.
Low Code No Code Microsoft Power Platform Conference 2024
(📅 November 9, 2024)
Don’t miss this 24-hour event in November - there are keynotes, live demos, workshops and more! This conference is aimed at developers, IT pros, business analysts, citizen developers, CTOs, and technology leaders. There is content for everyone!
Ignite 2024
(📅 November 19-22, 2024)
Ignite returns to Chicago! The first edition of Ignite was in Chicago and now the first edition after COVID that’s not in Seattle is there as well! This hybrid event is one of the flagship events from Microsoft and promises to bring the latest updates!
ESPC 2024
(📅 December 2-5, 2024)
ESPC 2024 is coming to Stockholm, Sweden this year. Learn all about Microsoft 365, Azure and Power Platform at this great 3-day conference with over 100 speakers!
Cloud Technology Townhall Tallinn 2025
(📅 January 30-31, 2025)
Cloud Technology Townhall Tallinn 2025, set for January 30-31, will bring together top experts to share updates on Microsoft Cloud technology, including AI, machine learning, and scalable infrastructure.
ColorCloud Hamburg 2025
(📅 April 24, 2025)
ColorCloud is back in 2025! After the highly successful first edition, the new edition is happening in April 2025. Again, it will be a great event for everyone who likes Power Platform, Dynamics 365, Azure & Power BI.
💙 Out of the Blue
Unlocking autonomous agent capabilities with Microsoft Copilot Studio
🤵🏻🦸🏻♀️🧭👩💻🚀 Huge news from the Power Platform front, where Satya Nadella announced the preview of autonomous agents in Microsoft Copilot Studio.
October 2024 update of Power Automate for desktop
🦸🏻♀️👩💻🚀 The October 2024 update for Power Automate Desktop (version 2.49) introduces key enhancements: expanded connector options for desktop flows, support for web automation in Citrix and RDP sessions, and new actions for data extraction from tables in desktop apps. Additionally, users can now add multiple items to work queues and filter them more effectively.
Canvas coauthoring is now generally available!
🤵🏻🦸🏻♀️🧭👩💻🚀 Jessica Lo announced the general availability of canvas coauthoring, allowing multiple users to collaborate in real-time on app development. Teams can now work simultaneously within the Canvas designer, seeing each other's updates and adding comments for efficient, cohesive development.
Automate Power Platform Environment Creation & Solution Imports with GitHub Actions
🦸🏻♀️👩💻🚀 Anuj Goyal wrote a blog on Power Platform DevBlogs on how to automate the creation of environments + importing a solution with GitHub Actions.
Announcing: Admin monitoring workspace is now available in US government cloud tenants (GCC, GCC High, DoD)
🤵🏻🦸🏻♀️🧭👩💻🚀 The new Admin Monitoring Workspace for Microsoft Power BI is now available for U.S. government cloud tenants, including GCC, GCC High, and DoD. This workspace offers pre-built reports and a semantic model for tracking tenant-level activities and inventory, making it easier for administrators to access audit data and customize insights on workspace usage.
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