Power Platform Weekly - Issue #228
Welcome to Power Platform Weekly!
It was a quiet week on the official Microsoft blogs, but the community delivered a wide range of topics! These included re-inventing a custom page with generative pages, using the prompt data type for your Dataverse column, overlooked Dataverse features, explaining cashing in Power Pages, using the Automation Center for cloud flow management, AI Builder activity monitoring and more.
Copilot Studio made a strong appearance too, with content around Azure AI Search integration, building an X++ AI Tool for F&O business logic, using environment variables for SharePoint links and more. Dynamics 365 was also represented, with posts on Customer Insights – Journeys and adding Sales Accelerator items to your app.
Wonderful to see the great span of topics!
Baltic Summit and Nordic Summit are coming up this month! If you're nearby, be sure to register. It’s a fantastic opportunity to connect with peers, skill up and explore everything Power Platform, Copilot Studio, Dynamics 365 and beyond.
Have a great week and thanks for reading!
📰 Articles
My TimeTracking Page using Generative Pages and Fluent UI 9
👩💻 Diana Birkelbach shares her journey of taking a custom page for time tracking and re-implementing it using generative pages. But the page should look like the rest of her model-driven app, so she wanted to implement it using Fluent UI 9.
Build an X++ AI Tool for Copilot Studio in Dynamics 365 F&O
👩💻 Copilot Studio gets truly useful when it can run your real F&O business logic on demand. The fastest way to do that today is with an X++ AI tool: a small data contract class exposed as a custom API in Dataverse that can be called from Copilot Studio. Adrià Ariste Santacreu shows how to make it.
Power Apps – Real Time Updates
👩💻 Power Apps and Power Pages don’t support receiving information in real time. Joe Gill has found a way of adding this capability through a few lines of JavaScript, and a web app.
Other articles
🚀🦸🏻♀️ Managing Power Automate Flows like a Genius by David Wyatt
🦸🏻♀️ Copilot Studio: Azure AI Search Complete Setup Guide by Matthew Devaney
🦸🏻♀️ Net Promoter Score Feedback Using Realtime Marketing by Megan V. Walker
🦸🏻♀️ Adding Sales Accelerator Items To A Model-driven App by Megan V. Walker
🦸🏻♀️ Protect your data with masking rules in Dataverse by Dian Taylor
🦸🏻♀️ Adventures with Copilot Studio: File Uploads and Prompts by Matt Ruma
🦸🏻♀️ Five forgotten features of Dataverse by Nick Doelman
🚀🦸🏻♀️ Monitor your AI Builder activity by Jeroen Scheper
🦸🏻♀️ Copilot Studio – How to Use Environment Variables as SharePoint URL References by Thomas Dayman
🦸🏻♀️ How to Configure and Use the Prompt Column in Dataverse by Sam Kumar
🦸🏻♀️ Automate Blog Generation with Power Automate and AI Builder by Manish Solanki
🧭 Low-Code Is Dead… Ish. From Canvas Hacks to React Apps by Thomas Sandsør
🦸🏻♀️ Power Pages: Many Layers of Caching by Nicholas Hayduk
📺 Videos
🎙️ Podcasts
Low Code Approach Podcast
👩💻 This week, we go full pro code. Guests Casey Burke and Marcel Ferreira share how Power Platform is opening doors for professional developers with bring-your-own-code, generative UX, GitHub integration, and automated testing. Whether you’re a pro dev curious about low code or a maker looking to understand the deeper stack, this episode delivers technical insights, practical guidance, and a preview of what’s next at PPCC.
Code. Deploy. Go Live. Podcast
🦸🏻♀️ In this episode of Code Deploy Go Live, hosts Julie Turner and Andrew Connell discuss Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility options, Power Platform environments, and interview Wes Preston, a Microsoft MVP since 2009, who works primarily in the productivity space with SharePoint, lists, and Power Platform.
Power Platform Boost Podcast
🧭 In this episode, we dive deep into the fast-moving world of agents, Copilot Studio, and the Power Platform. Reza Dorrani walks us through building autonomous agents, while Agent Academy shares lessons and resources for anyone getting started. We explore partner insights from Scott Durow, Python in Copilot Studio, and the Pac Environment Extension by Steve Mordue. You’ll also hear about moving from PoCs to production, the retirement of the classic Power Platform admin center, and practical tips like rolling back Level Up or improving typography in Power Apps. From using AI Hub in prompts to building SPAs in Power Pages with GitHub Spark, and even extending agents directly from Power Pages Studio, this episode covers it all. We wrap up with Copilot Labs, Microsoft Reactor updates, and Shawn Dorward’s AI Agent & Copilot Podcast—don’t miss this one if you want to stay ahead in the agent-powered future! 🚀
📅 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!
Irish Power Platform Summit 2025
(📅 October 2, 2025)
A full day of learning, networking & inspiration across Copilot Studio, Power Apps, Power BI, Power Automate, Dataverse & more. Don’t miss Ireland’s biggest Power Platform event!
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.
Cloud Technology Townhall Tallinn 2026
(📅 January 29-30, 2026)
Cloud Technology Townhall Tallinn is a two-day event dedicated to deepening your expertise in the Microsoft Cloud, with sessions on AI, data, infrastructure, and collaboration to accelerate innovation and growth. It is also a unique community gathering at Tallinn’s Creative Hub, combining world-class learning with networking in the heart of Estonia’s capital.
Canadian Power Platform Summit 2026
(📅 March 21-22, 2026)
Canadian Power Platform Summit 2026 is a two-day gathering of Power Platform enthusiasts, designed to elevate your skills through sessions ranging from beginner (100-level) to advanced (300-level), hands-on workshops, and expert-led insights.
💙 Out of the Blue
Only a short Out of the Blue section this week, not a lot of news was shared this week!
Semantic Model Refresh Templates in Power BI (Preview)
🤵🏻🦸🏻♀️🧭👩💻🚀 In this blog by Grace Gong and Penny Zhou, Microsoft introduces semantic model refresh templates in Power BI (preview), designed to standardize and simplify refresh logic for complex datasets. These templates enable teams to reuse refresh definitions across environments, reduce maintenance effort, and improve consistency, making enterprise-scale dataset management more reliable and efficient.
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