Power Platform Weekly - Issue #199
Welcome to Power Platform Weekly!
Last week the Copilot Studio pre-built agents were presented. The Prompt Library was highlighted, also have a look in the official documentation, Prompt Library.
The featured articles section includes the buzz topic autonomous agents (in case you’ve not yet grasped what it is, this article might help) as well as a deep dive on Microsoft Purview meets Dataverse.
Have a great week and thanks for reading!
📰 Articles
Autonomous agents: a new evolution of apps
🦸🏻♀️ Éric Sauvé provides an easily understandable analogy for autonomous agents. Get inspired and remember this analogy when you tell everyone you know about this new feature for Copilot Studio.
Email Bounce Details for Leads and Contacts in Customer Insights Journeys
🦸🏻♀️ Amey Holden utilizes a Power Automate cloud flow and the Email Bounced action to improve how to work with leads with bouncing emails.
Power Platform’s Protection — Microsoft Purview the data guardian
🚀👩💻 Microsoft Purview has become an indispensable tool for organizations striving to adopt AI safely, efficiently, and successfully. Raphaël Pothin does a deep dive on the feature.
Other articles
🦸🏻♀️ Customize Double Opt-In in Real-time Marketing - The Art of Customer Insights by Pauline Kolde
🦸🏻♀️ D365 Customer Voice Survey Response trigger the OOB way in Customer Insights Journeys by Carl Gustavsson
🦸🏻♀️ Smart Paste and Smart Grid(search) in Model Driven Apps by Dian Taylor
🛠️ SQL 4 CDS v9.5 Released by Mark Carrington
🦸🏻♀️ Display Charts Using Nifty Images In Customer Insights by Megan V. Walker
👩💻 Getting Data into Dataverse FAST! by Rob Wood
🦸🏻♀️ Leveraging NewRecord and OldRecord in Low-Code Plug-Ins for Dataverse by Sam Kumar
🦸🏻♀️ Custom columns for Dynamics 365 Project Operations by Sebastian Sieber
👩💻 Dataverse: Create Custom API to retrieve data of requiredattendees/optionalattendees on Appointment table by Temmy Wahyu Raharjo
📺 Videos
🎙️ Podcasts
BIFocal Podcast
👩💻 This is episode 285 recorded live in Stockholm on December 3rd, 2024 where John & Jason talk about the expansion of the Microsoft Fabric ecosystem announced at Microsoft Ignite and interesting conversations that have been had at ESPC about Fabric.
Power Platform Boost Podcast
🧭 In this episode, we kick off with “Power to Truth,” diving into the Power Platform community’s hottest topics and stories. From a heartfelt podcast introduction to exploring global events, workshops, and mentorship opportunities, this episode celebrates the power of learning and collaboration. Highlights include insights into AI and autonomous agents, tips on model-driven apps, and a must-have JavaScript cheat sheet. We also discuss licensing changes, the value of community contributions, and reflect on Steve Mordue’s impactful legacy. Wrap up the year with us as we celebrate achievements, advent calendars, and the endless possibilities ahead. Tune in to elevate your Power Platform journey!
📅 Events & Webinars
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.
Update Days: Power Platform
(📅 February 4-5, 2025)
Update Days is a conference for professional developers building enterprise grade solutions. It will be hosted in Prague, Czech Republic on the 4th and 5th of February 2025!
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.
European Collaboration Summit, European AI and Cloud Summit & European BizApps Summit 2025
(📅 May 26-28, 2025)
With 3000 attendees, the European Collaboration Summit, European AI and Cloud Summit & European BizApps Summit 2025 are uniting forces to become a big, shared conference in Düsseldorf, Germany. New this year is the European BizApps Summit with a focus on Power Platform, Fabric and Dataverse.
DynamicsMinds 2025
(📅 May 26-28, 2025)
An awesome Dynamics 365 and Power Platform Community Conference. Where brilliant minds meet, mingle & share.
💙 Out of the Blue
Explore agents pre-built for you in Microsoft Copilot Studio
🤵🏻🦸🏻♀️🧭👩💻🚀 Templates are a great way to get started with building agents in Microsoft Copilot Studio! In this blog, Richard Riley writes about the new agents that are pre-built for you! Make sure to check them out and speed up your learning journey!
Power BI 2024 Holiday recap
🤵🏻🦸🏻♀️🧭👩💻🚀 In this amazing blog by Patrick LeBlanc, he reflects on the key highlights from 2024. A great way to go over what’s been introduced this year and see if you missed something!
Power BI in Teams – ‘Teams activity analytics’ report deprecation
🚀 The Teams activity analytics report will be deprecated on February 1st, 2025 instead of December 31st, 2024. You have a little bit more time, but it’s not a lot more time!
💡 Suggest content
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