Power Platform Weekly - Issue #207
Welcome to Power Platform Weekly!
Last week the Public Preview of the Data Exploration Agent in model-driven apps was announced.
The related (preview) functionality Visualize with Copilot was announced as well.
The Power BI February feature summary was presented.
Have a great week and thanks for reading!
📰 Articles
Power Platform Low-Code Plugins: A Step Forward or Sideways?
🦸🏻♀️ Microsoft’s vision for the Power Platform has always been about enablement. “Low-code, no-code” has enabled many makers to build business applications without writing traditional code. But then, there’s the reality. And reality often doesn’t align with the marketing slide decks. Thomas Sandsør gives his take.
Dataverse SQL - Azure Function
👩💻 Dataverse provides a TDS, Tabular Data Stream, endpoint that allows you to query your data using SQL. In this blog post Joe Gill shows how to create an Azure Function to run SQL queries against Dataverse.
Multiple compliance centers in a form
🦸🏻♀️ Not too long ago Malin Martnes got some really good advice from someone at Microsoft. She had a customer who had an issue and this solution fixed all their problems. She promised Petr she would blog about his brilliant solution – so here it is.
Other articles
🦸🏻♀️ Help, how to configure help feature? by Jeroen Scheper
🦸🏻♀️ Manage access of views via security roles by Jeroen Scheper
🦸🏻♀️ Notification for failed flow runs in Power Automate by Megan V. Walker
🦸🏻♀️ Enhancing Knowledge Retrieval with Microsoft Copilot Agents in Dynamics CRM and SharePoint by Sam Kumar
🦸🏻♀️ Introduction to modern controls by Hardit Bhatia
🦸🏻♀️ Email File Upload Attachments from Microsoft Group Forms Using Power Automate by Elis Karim
👩💻 How to style a PCF like a standard Model Driven App control by Riccardo Gregori
🛠️ SQL 4 CDS v9.6 released by Mark Carrington
📺 Videos
🎙️ Podcasts
Power Platform Boost Podcast
🦸🏻♀️ This episode tackles some of the most exciting challenges and innovations in the Power Platform world! We explore Power Apps graphics hurdles, six new modern controls in Canvas, and how Power FX Functions are revolutionizing low-code plugins. Discover the latest on Dataverse functions, the ongoing debate of SharePoint vs. Dataverse, and Copilot APIs for PCF and client API developers. We also highlight the Private Preview for Agent APIs, recap the Powerful Devs Conference 2025, and share insights from the Powerful Devs Hack Together. Plus, learn how to build AI agents, navigate the path to becoming an MVP, and simplify Power Platform deployments with pipelines. Whether you're a developer, a maker, or aspiring MVP, this episode is packed with knowledge and inspiration. Tune in and power up your skills! 🚀
Figuring Out Fabric Podcast
👩💻 In this Episode, Frank Geisler explains Realtime Intelligence in Microsoft Fabric. We learn how RTI is its own thing in Fabric and is not directly backed by Parquet like a Lakehouse is. We also dig into the distinction between real-time analytics and real-time intelligence. The latter is not just reporting but being able to trigger activity based on it.
Copilot Connection Podcast
🧭 In this episode of Copilot Connection, Kevin goes solo and dives deep into the world of Microsoft Copilot, exploring the intricacies of prompt engineering and the practical applications of prompts in enhancing productivity. He discusses various techniques for effective prompting, the significance of community contributions, and how to utilize the Copilot prompt gallery to streamline workflows. The conversation emphasizes the evolving nature of AI and the need for users to adapt and refine their approaches to maximize the benefits of generative AI tools.
📅 Events & Webinars
Canadian Power Platform Summit 2025
(📅 March 21-22, 2025)
The 2025 edition of the Canadian Power Platform Summit is coming up soon! Lots of MVPs will travel to Vancouver before the MVP Summit to speak on their favorite topics, so it promises to be a great event!
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.
Power Summit – Power Platform Developer Community Bootcamp
(📅 May 24, 2025)
Power Summit is the Largest Free Power Platform & A.I. Community Conference in the United Kingdom, celebrating our 10-year anniversary in teaching low code development & A.I. to solve your organisational challenges. Power Summit aims to demystify the complexities of A.I. and Power Platform development using fun & creative learning techniques inspired from lego and Star Wars to provide a fun day of insight driven learning for technology professionals.
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.
European Power Platform Conference 2025
(📅 June 16-19, 2025)
The European Power Platform Conference 2025 promises to be another great conference! The speakers will be announced soon, but make sure to check out the site already for the early bird sale!
💙 Out of the Blue
Introducing Visualize with Copilot (preview)
🦸🏻♀️👩💻🚀 In this blog by Srihari Srinivasa, Visualize with Copilot is announced. It’s a new capability that instantly transforms your business data into a meaningful interactive chart. Whether you’re tracking sales, driving customer service excellence, or managing inventory, Visualize with Copilot can help you see the bigger picture instantly.
Introducing the data exploration agent to quickly find records using natural language in model-driven apps!
🤵🏻🦸🏻♀️🧭👩💻🚀 With the new data exploration agent, you can now use Copilot and natural language to describe what you are looking for in the data, and let Copilot interpret your intent to provide the corresponding filtered records. In this blog, Claudio Romano gives you all the details!
Power BI February 2025 Feature Summary
🤵🏻🦸🏻♀️🧭👩💻🚀 Patrick LeBlanc summarizes the new features for Power BI in February 2025. If you want to catch up with all the latest updates; this is your blog!
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