Power Platform Weekly - Issue #245
New year, new possibilities! ✨
Welcome to Power Platform Weekly!
While many took a well‑deserved break over the holidays, others in the community kept building and shipped new updates, including new versions of SQL 4 CDS and FetchXML Builder.
Have a great week and thanks for reading!
📰 Articles
Power Pages: Bring your own code! (Tutorial)
🦸🏻♀️ The following tutorial by Nick Doelman provides a step by step process to build a React based website, display records from a Dataverse table, enable authentication, and implement security to control what the logged in user can see and do.
Exploring the Agent 365 CLI
👩💻 In this blog, Andreas Adner explains in detail how this was done, so you can try it out for yourself - as well as learn a thing or two about the technology that powers Agent 365.
How to use Rich Messaging in Customer Service to Create Better Customer Experiences
🦸🏻♀️ Dian Taylor shows the different Rich Messaging capabilities, which includes images, videos, forms, and even interactive elements like adaptive cards.
Other articles
🦸🏻♀️ {Brace Yourself} - or Let Copilot Do It! Zero-100 with Adaptive Cards by Dave Burman
🦸🏻♀️ Exam AB-900: Microsoft 365 Copilot and Agent Administration Fundamentals by EY Kalman
👩💻 Agent 365 notifications by Andreas Adner
👩💻 Power Pages: Adding Tabs to Forms Using Web Link Sets by Nicholas Hayduk
🛠️ SQL 4 CDS v10.2 Released by Mark Carrington
🦸🏻♀️ Dynamics 365 Expense Management App Overview by Ana Inés Urrutia
📺 Videos
🎙️ Podcasts
M365 Voice Podcast
🧭 In this episode, we provide an overview of the major announcements from Microsoft Ignite 2025 and offer an analysis grounded in our expertise. Key topics include Agent 365, SharePoint Knowledge Agent, and Agent Governance. We also address advancements in Security Copilot, Data Security, Work IQ, Fabric IQ, Foundry IQ, integration with other models through Copilot, as well as several additional themes presented at Ignite 2025.
Azure & DevOps Podcast
👩💻 Scott Hanselman is a teacher at heart. He speaks all over to whoever will listen. He’s have written code that you, dear listener, has used. Scott has been blogging, coding, and podcasting a LONG time. He codes, writes, speaks, empowers, promotes, braids, learns and listens - usually not in that order. And he’s a Vice President at Microsoft in his day job focusing on Developer Community. You can find him on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and Mastodon! His Hanselminutes podcast has surpassed 900 episodes, and his Azure Friday show, over 750 episodes. Connect with him at hanselman.com
Code. Deploy. Go Live. Podcast
🤵🏻 In this end-of-year episode, Andrew and Julie dive into how AI has become an integral part of their daily lives. They discuss the various AI tools they rely on for personal tasks, business operations, and software development, including Gemini, Claude, and GitHub Copilot. The conversation covers when and why they choose specific platforms, how AI assists in their writing processes, and the role of AI coding assistants in their development workflows. They also touch on thought-provoking content about AI's impact on society, referencing episodes from the Diary of a CEO podcast featuring discussions on brain health and leadership perspectives from Simon Sinek.
📅 Events & Webinars
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
It was a quiet week, there were no Microsoft blogs in the past week!
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