Power Platform Weekly - Issue #222
Welcome to Power Platform Weekly!
Last week Microsoft highlighted Microsoft Dataverse announcements from Build.
🔹 Articles: Luise Freese shows how to integrate Azure AI Foundry models into Copilot Studio. Matthew Devaney demonstrates PDFs as agent knowledge sources with citations. Dian Taylor explains the Customer Intent Agent.
🔹 Videos: Patrick (Guy in a Cube) automates mail merge with Power BI and Fabric. Rory Neary and Sarah Jones discuss community, networking and mentorships. Sean Astrakhan details setting up a static IP for Power Automate cloud flows, an idea by Brian Bates.
🔹 Podcasts: Knee-Deep in Tech covers Microsoft Build announcements. The Low Code Approach explores Copilot Studio agents and Dataverse. Afternoon Cyber Tea discusses generative and agentic AI risks and opportunities.
Have a great week and thanks for reading!
📰 Articles
BYOM: Using Azure AI Foundry models in Copilot Studio
🦸🏻♀️ What happens when the default models aren’t enough? That’s where Azure AI Foundry comes in. Copilot Studio now supports direct integration with models deployed via AI Foundry, Luise Freese shows how to use it.
Set Citation to Open Specific PDF Page In Copilot Studio
🦸🏻♀️ Citations can be customized to open a PDF to a specific page in Copilot Studio by appending the text “#page=3”. When the user clicks on the citation the Agent will navigate them to the page making it easy to see what text the Agent uses as a knowledge source. Matthew Devaney shows how to implement it.
Introducing the Customer Intent Agent In Dynamics 365 – Part 1
🦸🏻♀️ Dian Taylor earlier gave a sneak peek at preview features of Dynamics 365 Customer Service and Contact Center, including three new autonomous agents. In this article, Dian Taylor discusses what the Customer Intent Agent does and how it works.
Other articles
🦸🏻♀️ Parse Adaptive Card Data With Power Automate by Angeliki Patsiavou
🚀 Setting up a maintenance window will cause less frustration by Jeroen Scheper
🦸🏻♀️ Adventures with Dataverse: Virtual Tables and Look Up Columns by Matt Ruma
🦸🏻♀️ PCF Controls Tips & Tricks : How to detect Authoring Mode by David Rivard
🦸🏻♀️ Automated Functions in Dataverse & Low-Code Plug-ins by David Wyatt
🛠️ New Tool: DataverseConnection by Magnus Gether Sørensen
📺 Videos
🎙️ Podcasts
Knee-Deep in Tech Podcast
🧭 In this first part of Microsoft Build special, the trio dive into the announcements that matter and a few side notes from the conference: yes, there was more than just tech making noise this year. Starting with Windows AI Foundry and the new Model Concept Protocol. and exploring updates to Microsoft 365 Copilot, including tuning and multi-agent orchestration.
Fabric gets its share of love too, with the CLI hitting GA, updates like shortcut transformations and SPN support, and a quick take on Fabric Data Agents. As the last bit they cover what’s new in Azure AI Foundry, from local options to Databricks connector.
Low Code Approach Podcast
🦸🏻♀️ Want to make your data more meaningful with Copilot and agents? What are some of the patterns that organizations are using to find success when using agents? Find out the answers to these questions and more with Julie Koesmarno, Groups Program/Project(?) Manager as Julie joins the show to talk about why Dataverse is the one of the major keys to getting the most out of your agents going forward.
Afternoon Cyber Tea Podcast with Ann Johnson
👩💻 Yonatan Zunger, Corporate Vice President and Deputy Chief Information Security Officer for Artificial Intelligence at Microsoft joins Ann on this week's episode of Afternoon Cyber Tea. They dive into the evolving cybersecurity landscape shaped by generative and agentic AI, discussing both the opportunities and the risks. Yonatan shares insights on how organizations should think about AI as a junior employee - not infallible, but useful when paired with human oversight. They also explore the principles of safe AI development, how to balance innovation with governance, and why AI could finally enable persistent cybersecurity defense in a way never before possible.
📅 Events & Webinars
European Power Platform Conference 2025
(📅 June 16-19, 2025)
The 4th European Power Platform Conference (EPPC) will take place in Vienna, Austria. The European Power Platform Conference brings together the Microsoft Power Platform Community for 4 invaluable days of in-person learning, connections and inspiration.
Baltic Summit 2025
(📅 September 12-13, 2025)
Baltic Summit is an extraordinary event that unites a vibrant community of Microsoft enthusiasts, focusing primarily on Microsoft Power Platform and Microsoft Business Applications. Since its inception in 2023, this conference has become a hub for professionals, experts, and learners who are passionate about driving digital transformation through these powerful tools.
Nordic Summit 2025
(📅 September 19-20, 2025)
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 it will be held in Gothenburg, Sweden!
South Coast Summit 2025
(📅 October 17-18, 2025)
South Coast Summit is back and focuses on all key pillars of the Microsoft ecosystem: Business Applications, Modern Work, Security & Compliance, through to Microsoft Azure. South Coast Summit follows a similar structure to other IT conferences and Microsoft events such as Microsoft Ignite and Future Decoded; with sessions delivered by subject matter experts from Microsoft, Microsoft MVPs, and Microsoft Partners. expert speakers, and a large exhibition of sponsors’ associated products and services.
Power Platform Community Conference 2025
(📅 October 28-31, 2025)
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. PPCC 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.
💙 Out of the Blue
Dataverse at Build: The Agent Platform Powering the Future of Agentic AI
🤵🏻🦸🏻♀️🧭👩💻🚀 This blog by James Oleinik is an amazing resource to catch up on all the Dataverse news that was announced at Build! Dataverse MCP, Enhanced Microsoft Power Platform Connectors, Document Processor agent and Knowledge in Copilot Studio are just some of the features that were released or got updates!
Your Road to Power BI Certification Starts Here
🤵🏻🦸🏻♀️🧭👩💻🚀 Pam Spier wrote a blog together with Microsoft Fabric Super User Sahir Maharaj, about a new series on how to get your Power BI certification. From June 11 – July 9 you can follow 5 sessions to learn all you need to know about the PL-300 certification! Don’t miss this if you want to get this certification!
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