Power Platform Weekly - Issue #239
Welcome to Power Platform Weekly!
Last week the newest Copilot Studio features were highlighted in What’s new in Copilot Studio: October 2025. A separate announcement introduced the GPT‑5.1 in Copilot Studio preview.
It’s Microsoft Ignite week 🎉 Register, build your agenda, and join the excitement!
Have a great week and thanks for reading!
📰 Articles
Citizen Development Is Dead. Building Just Became Personal
🦸🏻♀️ A lot of people jumped on the “low-code is dead” headline, but Ben den Blanken says that misses a key point. What really needs to change is how we think: building isn’t a special project anymore. It’s something anyone can start in the flow of work, and our role is to help them do it well.
Power Query vs Dataverse query: happened within the last two years
🦸🏻♀️ Olena Grischenko discovered that filtering by last N years in Power Query returns different results compared to when you filter on the same amount of months.
Influencing Agent Planning with Contextual Instructions
🦸🏻♀️ Copilot Studio allows you to orchestrate both the agent’s behavior as well as its decision to use certain tools within a plan, through instructions. Giorgio Ughini shows us how.
Other articles
🦸🏻♀️ Display Local Time Zone On Event Registration Form When Different To Event Time Zone by Megan V. Walker
🦸🏻♀️ Adding Goals in bulk, simple and easy! by Jeroen Scheper
🦸🏻♀️ Create A Basic Dialog Custom Page To Update One Record by Megan V. Walker
🦸🏻♀️ What is model-driven Power Apps and what is it used for? by Malin Martnes
🦸🏻♀️ How to Monitor Power Platform Resources Using Alerts by Sam Kumar
🦸🏻♀️ Model Driven App: disable “Open in Excel Online” button by Riccardo Gregori
📺 Videos
🎙️ Podcasts
Dynamics Corner Podcast
🦸🏻♀️ In this episode of Dynamics Corner, we catch up after several weeks of conference prep and attendance. We talk about getting the most out of conference season, even the conferences you can’t attend. And we cover key takeaways and learnings from recent events. Some hot topics include Agentic AI, MCP Servers, Copilot Studio, Business Central’s new logo, and more.
The Copilot Connection Podcast
🧭 With Ignite just a week away, Zoe and Kevin got together to pick out some interesting sessions as well as several chats about what the key themes coming across are. Naturally, Copilot and agents were our main focus but there were also a couple of other areas that caught our eye.
Fresh Perspectives Podcast
🤵🏻 Fresh Perspectives hosts Jarbas Horst and David Bowman sit down with Kripal Kavi, Principal Group Product Manager at Microsoft, who leads product development for SharePoint experiences including sites, pages, the new Amplify space, and SPFx. Kripal manages an impressive portfolio spanning both mature products serving hundreds of millions of users and zero-to-one initiatives, giving him a unique perspective on product strategy at massive scale. The conversation explores SharePoint’s role as the foundational fabric of Microsoft 365, where it serves as the primary content source for Copilot and supports everything from simple intranet publishing to complex workflow automation.
📅 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
What’s new in Copilot Studio: October 2025
The amazing Kendra Springer sums up what’s new in October 2025 in Copilot Studio! Read this to catch up with information about features like measuring ROI, agent flow express mode, and a new and improved activity map!
Microsoft named Leader and Outperformer in the 2025 GigaOm Radar for Semantic Layers & Metric Stores
🤵🏻🦸🏻♀️🧭👩💻🚀 Microsoft is traditionally performing well in the analyst reports. For Fabric and Power BI that’s no difference, and they just got named a leader and outperformer in the GigaOm Radar for Semantic Layers & Metric Stores!
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