Power Platform Weekly - Issue #250
Welcome to Power Platform Weekly!
Last week Microsoft officially announced the general availability of code apps in Power Apps. The new automated testing and agent evaluation capabilities in Copilot Studio were also highlighted.
Have a great week and thanks for reading!
📰 Articles
Adventures with Copilot Studio: Teams and Microsoft 365 Copilot Channel Challenges
🦸🏻♀️ Matt Ruma shows just how hard it is to work with Copilot Studio agents in Microsoft Teams.
Dataverse MCP Server revisited, agent context reduction strategies and the future of BizApps
🦸🏻♀️ Andreas Adner explores the Dataverse MCP Server and the different reducers that makes sense when you use it.
🚀🦸🏻♀️ Power Platform Advanced Connector Policies
Craig White has blogged a lot about DLP. With Power Platform Managed Environments, we’re able to take this up a notch with Advanced Connector Policies. The differences to standard Data Policies are quite powerful, but are they enough to move away from the OG? Read here to find out.
Other articles
🚀🦸🏻♀️ Data Loss Prevention for Copilot Studio Agents by Craig White
🦸🏻♀️ Vibe Coding an XrmToolbox Tool part 4 - Optimisation and destroying my entire tool by Matt Collins-Jones
🦸🏻♀️ Evaluating Specific Form Fields In Customer Insights by Megan V. Walker
🦸🏻♀️ Modern Delete Confirmation Popup In Your Custom Page by Megan V. Walker
🦸🏻♀️ AI Document summary on the opportunity when the document is uploaded to SharePoint by Raghu Chalasani
🛠️ SQL 4 CDS v10.3 Released by Mark Carrington
🦸🏻♀️ Power Pages: Data Change Request Architecture by Nicholas Hayduk
🦸🏻♀️ Disposition Codes Explained: How to Track and Report on Dynamics 365 Customer Service Outcomes by Dian Taylor
🦸🏻♀️ How to restrict Unwanted Power Automate flow execution by Sam Kumar
👩💻 MobX State Management for Power Apps PCF Controls: Your Complete Guide 2026 by Zsolt Zombik
📺 Videos
Bonus Video:
🎙️ Podcasts
BIFocal Podcast
🤵🏻 John & Jason talk about their predictions about 2024 & how they aged into 2025 and make their predictions for 2026 for Power BI & Microsoft Fabric.
Azure Friday Podcast
🦸🏻♀️ Elijah Straight, PM for Microsoft Agent Framework, walks through how to build a multi-agent workflow to automate work using the framework’s graph-based orchestration capabilities. Microsoft Agent Framework is a multi-language SDK for Python and .NET that enables building, orchestrating, and deploying AI agents with support for streaming, checkpointing, and human-in-the-loop capabilities.
Merge Conflict Podcast
👩💻 James and Frank reminisce about their mobile‑dev roots, and dig into how AI, the Copilot CLI/SDK and the Model Context Protocol (MCP) are reshaping workflows. Frank demos an MCP‑powered tool that turns app reviews into prioritized GitHub issues and automations — a real example of AI-as-glue — with practical takeaways on prompt engineering, UI extensions, and when to automate versus curate manually.
📅 Events & Webinars
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.
Adriatics Tech Summit 2026
(📅 March 30 - April 2, 2026)
Experience 80+ exceptional sessions and tutorials featuring the world’s best experts, Microsoft executives, and MVPs gathering in Sarajevo for an unparalleled learning journey.
ColorCloud 2026
(📅 April 15-17, 2026)
The most colorful Microsoft Business Applications conference is coming back to Hamburg in April 2026 for its third edition! Like artists working with broad color palettes, ColorCloud covers all Business Applications from Microsoft with German and English content.
European BizApps Summit
(📅 May 5-7, 2026)
With 3000 attendees, the European BizApps Summit is the largest European conference focused on Power Platform, Dataverse, Microsoft Fabric, and Business Applications in general.
DynamicsMinds 2026
(📅 May 25-27, 2026)
DynamicsMinds 2026 brings the global Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform community together for three inspiring days of real‑world insights, learning, and connection. Join industry experts and peers to explore what’s next and elevate the way you build, automate, and innovate.
European Power Platform Conference 2026
(📅 June 29-July 2, 2026)
The European Power Platform Conference 2026 in Copenhagen brings together the Power Platform community to learn, connect, and share real‑world experiences. Through expert-led sessions and customer stories, attendees will explore how to build impactful solutions with Microsoft Power Platform and Copilot in a strong, collaborative community setting.
💙 Out of the Blue
How to evaluate AI agents in Microsoft Copilot Studio
🦸🏻♀️👩💻🚀 Efrat Gilboa wrote that evaluating AI agents in Copilot Studio is essential once agents move beyond demos, because real users, multi‑turn conversations, tools, and permissions quickly expose gaps in behaviour and trust. She explains how built‑in agent evaluations provide a structured, repeatable way to measure variability, monitor drift over time, and gain confidence before and after production deployment.
Deep dive into composite semantic models with Direct Lake and import tables
🦸🏻♀️👩💻🚀 Zoe Douglas announces that Power BI now supports composite semantic models that mix Direct Lake tables with import tables, enabling flexible modelling while preserving expected report performance.
Mastering WebChat Middleware for Copilot Studio Agents
🦸🏻♀️👩💻🚀 Giorgio Ughini shares a video‑first walkthrough on using WebChat Redux middleware with Copilot Studio agents. He shows how middleware lets you intercept, modify, filter, and store messages without building a custom chat UI.
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