Power Platform Weekly - Issue #238
Welcome to Power Platform Weekly!
Last week the General Availability of generative pages in Power Apps was announced.
This week it’s time for the LIVE Marketing Journeys – Real-time Chats – November edition with Amey and Megan. Pick the time slot that works best for you.
Have you registered for Microsoft Ignite yet? It’s happening November 18-20, and no worries if you can’t make it to San Francisco, you can join the online version for free!
Have a great week and thanks for reading!
📰 Articles
Reflecting on the Power Platform Conference Keynote
🦸🏻♀️ One way to wake up an arena full of people who haven’t had enough coffee is to open the keynote saying something they love is dead! David Yack takes us through the keynote from PPCC.
Creating a Readme File in a Power Platform Solution
🦸🏻♀️ It always surprised David Wyatt that Microsoft didn’t include a way to add documentation to a Power Platform Solution. But there is a way, well a creative workaround, that not only opens up the door for readme files, but possibly more.
I did a thing!
🦸🏻♀️ Thomas Sandsør, who is not a developer, always wondered if he could build his own app experience on top of Dynamics 365 - something cleaner, faster, and more modern than a Model-Driven App. Read about how it went.
Other articles
🦸🏻♀️ Understanding Suppression List Rules In Customer Insights by Megan V. Walker
🦸🏻♀️ Custom Pages and Canvas Apps - What Is The Difference? by Megan V. Walker
🦸🏻♀️ What is Dataverse and what is it used for? by Malin Martnes
👩💻 Showing Agent Reasoning in Custom UIs (Anthropic + Agents SDK) by Giorgio Ughini
🦸🏻♀️ Dataverse MCP Server configuration failed by Riccardo Gregori
🦸🏻♀️ Accelerating Agent Flows with Express Mode by David Yack
🦸🏻♀️ You’ve added instructions to your Copilot Studio agent. What happens next? by Alex Shlega
🦸🏻♀️ Copilot Studio agent keeps asking you to connect to an MCP server even though you are, apparently, connected? Check this setting by Alex Shlega
📺 Videos
🎙️ Podcasts
Mondays at Microsoft Podcast
🧭 Join Karuana Gatimu and Heather Cook as they recap the highlights from the 4th annual Microsoft Power Platform Community Conference — including the biggest AI innovations, key product announcements, and insights from the community!
O365Eh! Podcast
🦸🏻♀️ In this episode, we have Evan Zaleschuk, AI and Business Solutions Architect from Microsoft, about Frontier Firms and Agents. Frontier firms that are the trailblazers, setting the pace for innovation and productivity in their industries. #Agents play a key role by connecting these firms with markets, resources, and opportunities, helping listeners understand how these relationships drive progress.
Forward Deployed Podcast
🤵🏻 In our first episode as the Forward Deployed podcast, we’re joined by Julie Seto, Principal Product Manager for SharePoint, to explore the newly released SharePoint Knowledge Agent. Julie walks us through how this AI-powered tool helps users organize content, extract metadata, and improve searchability across SharePoint, all with no code. Whether you’re a site manager, content creator, or everyday information worker, this episode shows how Knowledge Agent is transforming how we manage and retrieve content.
📅 Events & Webinars
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.
AI Lowlands 2025
(📅 December 2, 2025)
Discover the forefront of AI at AI Lowlands, where ‘Pioneering the Future of Technology’ is the mission. This event gathers global tech leaders, innovators, and enthusiasts to explore and shape AI’s cutting-edge advancements. Expect insightful keynotes, dynamic panel discussions, and hands-on workshops. Combined with good food, music and entertainment it will be an event not to forget!
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
Generative pages in Power Apps is now generally available
🦸🏻♀️👩💻🚀 In this blog by Jason Green, Microsoft announces the general availability of Generative Pages in Power Apps, enabling makers to create fully functional, AI-generated React pages for model-driven apps using natural language prompts, deeply integrated with Dataverse and external sources like SharePoint or Dynamics 365.
Power BI semantic models as accelerators for AI-enabled consumption
🤵🏻🦸🏻♀️🧭👩💻🚀 Christian Wade wrote about how Power BI semantic models, powered by Microsoft Fabric, serve as the foundation for scalable, governed, and user-friendly BI solutions that bridge the gap between business users and IT, enabling trusted ad-hoc analysis and accelerating AI-driven insights.
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