Power Platform Weekly - Issue #225
Welcome to Power Platform Weekly!
Last week the Public Preview of two new Power Apps capabilities launched, Agent APIs and Agent response component. These features open up new possibilities for integrating Copilot Studio with your model-driven apps.
Congratulations to the Power BI team, celebrating 10 years this July! 🥳 Visit Aka.ms/pbi10 to join the celebration and read more in the official announcement.
The Power Platform Weekly team is now taking a summer break, we’ll be back in August! 😎⛱️
Have a great week and thanks for reading!
📰 Articles
Accessing Copilot Studio Conversation Transcript at Runtime
🦸🏻♀️ One common need in chatbot applications is obtaining the full conversation transcript at runtime. By default, Copilot Studio doesn’t expose the entire chat history in a single variable during a live session. However, Rémi Dyon shows how you can achieve this via a simple workaround using the Direct Line API.
The Ultimate Way to Handle Power Automate Errors
🦸🏻♀️ David Wyatt shows how to centralize cloud flow error handling, by logging to a central table. This enables multiple escalation routes and only reports process fails once per day, instead of per fail.
Using Azure Service Bus Queue to simplify Dataverse Concurrency
👩💻 Temmy Wahyu Raharjo gives a strategy for handling bulk updates. Instead of updating for each request, you can put your logic in Azure and bulk requests together.
Other articles
🦸🏻♀️ Defining Segments To Use With D365 Sales Sequences by Megan V. Walker
🦸🏻♀️ Automatically cancel event registrations by Malin Martnes
👩💻 Power Platform Git Branch Strategy by Nati Turtledove
🦸🏻♀️ Favorite your Actions and Connectors for quick retrieval in Cloud Flows (Power Automate) by Nishant Rana
🦸🏻♀️ Tips for writing agent instructions by Rishona Elijah
🦸🏻♀️ Copilot Studio: Detect Multiple Entity Types In A Question by Matthew Devaney
🦸🏻♀️ Power Apps: Use User Defined Types in Power Fx to Better Structure Your Data by Angelo Gulisano
🦸🏻♀️ Top 3 Power Automate Templates for HR (that actually do something) by Ana Inés Urrutia
📺 Videos
🎙️ Podcasts
The WTS Wavestream Podcast
🧭 In this episode of The WTS WaveStream, we’re joined by Abby and Caileigh—two early team members who helped build our Microsoft Power Platform practice from the ground up.
1,001 Business Problems Solved with Microsoft Teams Podcast
🧭 The first episode of our series, *Copilot AI in Your Business*, explores how Microsoft Copilot is revolutionizing workflows and boosting innovation. Annie highlights the surge in demand since its May release and shares insights from AI advocates like Gary Vaynerchuck, emphasizing the need to embrace this transformative technology now.
📅 Events & Webinars
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.
Ignite 2025
(📅 November 17-21, 2025)
Get the edge you need to drive impact in the era of AI. Join Microsoft in San Francisco to bolster your knowledge, build connections, and explore emerging technologies.
ESPC 2025
(📅 December 1-4, 2025)
Choose from over 120 Microsoft 365 and AI sessions, tailored to various skill levels and interests, ensuring you find the perfect fit for your needs. Hear directly from the experts at Microsoft—the innovators behind the products—through thought-provoking keynotes and in-depth sessions. Join 2,000+ like-minded professionals from around the globe and expand your network with industry leaders, innovators, and peers.
💙 Out of the Blue
Customize model-driven forms to leverage Copilot Studio content in your apps (Preview)
🦸🏻♀️👩💻🚀 Adrian Orth wrote a blog about new capabilities in Power Apps that allow developers to integrate Copilot Studio content into model-driven forms using public preview Agent APIs and a new Agent Response component.
Power Pages Home Action Center Is Generally Available
🦸🏻♀️👩💻🚀 In this blog, Pramitha Udupa announces the general availability of the Power Pages Home Action Center—a centralized dashboard that helps makers and administrators stay informed with proactive alerts on expiring trials, inactive sites, security issues, and more. The Action Center enables users to quickly identify and address issues, collaborate with team members, and maintain secure, optimized Power Pages environments.
Celebrate with us as Power BI Turns 10!
🤵🏻🦸🏻♀️🧭👩💻🚀 Power BI is turning 10 this July, and Microsoft is rolling out the black and yellow carpet (pun intended) inviting YOU to the ultimate birthday celebration. Join Microsoft at aka.ms/pbi10 to learn about special events, learning opportunities, contests, and community fun!
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