Power Platform Weekly - Issue #240
Welcome to Power Platform Weekly!
Last week Microsoft Ignite was held 🎉 and delivered lots of announcements. Many sessions are now available on-demand and don’t miss the official Microsoft Ignite Book of News. Highlights include: Microsoft Agent 365 to govern your agents, the new maker workspace at vibe.powerapps.com, the Power Apps MCP server, and much more. Check out the official blog posts:
Today you can join the Copilotverse team for their November Copilotverse User Group Call, featuring guest speaker Microsoft Cloud Developer Advocate 🥑 Elaiza Benitez.
Have a great week and thanks for reading!
📰 Articles
You Probably Don’t Need Manual Authentication (And Didn’t Even Know It)
🦸🏻♀️ Adi Leibowitz explains why you probably don’t need manual authentication in Copilot Studio. You do need authentication. Just probably not manual.
Exploring the New Power Apps Vibe Experience for Businesses
🦸🏻♀️ Julie Yack presents her example from the private preview of the new vibe.powerapps.com experience.
The PPCS agent, dynamic C# code generation and the state of MCP
👩💻 Andreas Adner created a chatbot that helps plan events with Dataverse and can be deployed across different channels. To support this, he built an MCP Server with a set of tools the agent can use.
Other articles
🦸🏻♀️ Format Recipient Names Correctly Customer Insights Journeys by Megan V. Walker
🦸🏻♀️👩💻 Adding A Custom Page To A Form Ribbon In A Model-driven App by Megan V. Walker
🦸🏻♀️ Bringing Microsoft 365 Copilot into Copilot Studio with Agent 365 MCP Servers by Giorgio Ughini
🦸🏻♀️ How to Automate Service Reports for D365 Field Service | Part 2 by Dian Taylor
🦸🏻♀️ What is Canvas apps and what is it used for? by Malin Martnes
🦸🏻♀️ Vibe Coding a Power App the Pro way with Code Apps by David Wyatt
📺 Videos
🎙️ Podcasts
Power Platform Boost Podcast
🤵🏻 This week’s episode takes you on a tour through the latest breakthroughs, insights, and spicy takes across the Power Platform and Copilot ecosystem! We kick things off with Jukka Niiranen’s humorous reality check on “production-ready” Copilot App Builder agents, then dive into lifecycle mastery and strategic perspectives shared at PPCC by Marcel Ferreira, April Dunnam, Scott Durow, and Jeff Bennett. Matthew Devaney shows us why manual testing in Copilot Studio is officially outdated, while Riccardo Gregori and Mehdi E. break down the real power of Generative Pages—context, not hype. We explore better response design with file groups, personal reflections from Nathan Rose and Thomas Sandsør, and a new edition of the Copilot Studio Implementation Guide. Plus: the AI Skills Navigator, Azure AI Fundamentals certification, #Agentology insights, forward-deployed engineers, rollout updates, a Power Pages pricing calculator, and a call to become a speaker at DynamicsMinds. It’s a packed episode—don’t miss this week’s boost! 🚀
Awkward Silence Podcast
🦸🏻♀️ In this episode, Ashley and Ed reflect on their experiences at the Power Platform Community Conference. They discuss the challenges of navigating the event venue, the excitement of connecting with peers, and the diverse and evolving session content. With a focus on the growing influence of AI and tools like Copilot, they share their thoughts on how the tech landscape is changing. Additionally, they touch on the communal spirit of the conference, the importance of networking, and share humorous anecdotes about leading sessions and their hopes for future conference locations and entertainers.
Beautiful Nerds Podcast
🧭 What is a Beautiful Nerd, exactly?
Episode zero of the Beautiful Nerds Podcast is here to explain all (sort of).
Beautiful Nerd’s Origin Story in Power BI DC
Why the speaker community is so dang lovely
How season one of Beautiful Nerds will help fill in that conference and community event hole in your podcasting life with interview highlights from the Fall 2025 conference season.
📅 Events & Webinars
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.
Update Days Power Platform 2026
(📅 February 12-13, 2026)
Update Days Power Platform is a conference that goes beyond the basics, offering practical insights into enterprise-level challenges like governance, professional development, and scalable solutions. Come learn from experts who work in the field every day, and connect with peers who, just like you, want to use Power Platform efficiently and strategically.
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
Microsoft Agent 365: The control plane for AI agents
🤵🏻🦸🏻♀️🧭👩💻🚀 Probably the biggest announcement of Ignite was Microsoft Agent 365: Agent 365 is Microsoft’s control plane for AI agents, giving enterprises unified oversight and security. It streamlines registry, access, visualization, interoperability, and protection so organizations can manage agents confidently.
Inside the new Power Apps: The future of app development
🤵🏻🦸🏻♀️🧭👩💻🚀 In this blog by Ryan Cunningham, Microsoft unveils a reimagined Power Apps experience that makes building AI-first applications as simple as describing your idea. The update introduces agentic collaboration, seamless integration with Microsoft 365 Copilot, and enterprise-grade governance, enabling makers and organizations to rapidly create, deploy, and scale secure business apps with confidence.
Power BI November 2025 Feature Summary
🤵🏻🦸🏻♀️🧭👩💻🚀 The Power BI feature summary for this month is written by Adam Sexton. Highlights are: Copilot improvements with standalone mobile support and smarter verified answers, new visuals like the modern Card and enhanced Image visual, expanded connectivity with Spark and Impala, plus modeling upgrades such as semantic model version history and the TMDL VS Code extension.
PBIR will become the default Power BI Report Format – Get Ready for the Transition
🦸🏻♀️👩💻🚀 Rui Romano announced that PBIR will become the default Power BI report format starting January 2026. All new and edited reports will automatically convert to PBIR, ensuring parity with PBIX and preparing for the broader PBIP file format.
Bringing Context Aware Intelligence to Power BI
🤵🏻🦸🏻♀️👩💻🚀 In this blog by Mohammad Ali, Power BI introduces context-aware intelligence to make Copilot more accessible and intuitive. New features include mobile support, smarter search, verified answers, and agent-ready semantic modeling for faster, more accurate insights.
New Card visual in reports (Generally Available)
🦸🏻♀️👩💻🚀 Jacinda Eng highlights the new Card visual in Power BI, now generally available. With hero images, modern styling, and flexible layouts, it helps users spotlight their most important metrics
TMDL Visual Studio Code Extension (Generally Available)
🦸🏻♀️🚀 Grace Gong announces the TMDL Visual Studio Code extension for Power BI, now generally available. It adds DAX and Power Query highlighting plus improved navigation and formatting.
Standalone Copilot in Power BI mobile apps: Chat with your data anytime anywhere (Preview)
🤵🏻🦸🏻♀️👩💻🚀 Michal Foster Heldy wrote this blog announcing the standalone Copilot experience in Power BI mobile apps. It delivers instant insights, summaries, and visualized answers directly on mobile, making data exploration faster and more intuitive.
💡 Suggest content
Do you have a blog, YouTube channel or podcast that you want us to track, or do you know someone creating great content or community tools you think we should be aware of? Let us know about it!
We usually include links to content or tools updates announcements from the past week. If you see a great blog post or video, let us know one way or another!
You can find us on X and LinkedIn.
🕺 About the “Persona icons”
🤵🏻 Business User
🦸🏻♀️ Maker
🧭 Decision Maker
👩💻 Developer / Architect
🚀 Admin / Center of Excellence
🛠️ Tools
📅 Events & Webinars