Power Platform Weekly - Issue #252
Welcome to Power Platform Weekly!
Last week the preview of xAI Grok 4.1 Fast in Copilot Studio was announced.
The Power Platform February 2026 feature update was also highlighted.
Have a great week and thanks for reading!
📰 Articles
Practical AI, Copilot & Modern Development Insights Power Apps MCP Server: Complete Feature Guide (2026)
🦸🏻♀️ The Power Apps MCP (Model Context Protocol) Server is now in public preview. It exposes three tools that let AI agents automate tasks inside model-driven apps with built-in human supervision via a redesigned agent feed. This guide by Zsolt Zombik covers every feature, technical detail, current limitation, and step-by-step setup path.
Creating F&O Legal Entities from Copilot Studio
🦸🏻♀️ Last week, Ted Ohlsson was blown away by Sean Gallagher’s posts in which he configured a new legal entity and added a new demo to Dynamics 365 F&O data using VS Code, the Dynamics 365 ERP MCP server, and the Business Process Catalogue. And now he is showing how to do it in Copilot Studio.
Power Pages: Cache Conquered!
👩💻 A very common question that comes up while configuring Power Pages is how to get around cache issues. Using Power Pages Server logic, there is now an official way to skip the cache! Nick Doelman shows us how to use it.
Other articles
🦸🏻♀️ Granular Tracking Controls in Customer Insights – Journeys: A Privacy-First Must for Regulated Organizations by Gustaf Westerlund
🦸🏻♀️ A unique app to create and manage family trees - Part 1 and Part 2 by Hardit Bhatia
🦸🏻♀️ Setting Up Google reCAPTCHA v2 For Realtime Forms by Megan V. Walker
🦸🏻♀️ Set A Business Process Flow Stage With A Custom Page by Megan V. Walker
🦸🏻♀️ Business Process Catalog: Develop people strategy (D365 HR) by Ana Inés Urrutia
🦸🏻♀️ Conversational CRM: How to use Sales Agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot (preview) by Dian Taylor
🦸🏻♀️ How to publish a Copilot Studio agent to everyone in your organization by Arild Aarnes
🦸🏻♀️ Create An MCP Server And Deploy To Copilot Studio by Matthew Devaney
🦸🏻♀️ M365 Makeover: App Builder, Workflows & Agents by Untethered 365
📺 Videos
🎙️ Podcasts
Ctrl+Alt+Azure Podcast
🦸🏻♀️ In this episode, we take a look at the transition from "vibe-coding" to shipping verifiable, production-grade AI applications. This is the critical shift from relying on "gut feel" and prompt tinkering to implementing rigorous audit trails, versioning, and security controls. We discuss why many AI pilots fail due to a lack of explainability, the specific risks of privilege expansion and data leakage in agentic workflows, and also outline how to use Microsoft Foundry/Azure AI Studio to operationalize your models like true regulated software.
Microsoft Community Insights Podcast
👩💻 Choosing the right AI model shouldn’t feel like roulette. We sit down with Kate Catlin, the product manager from GitHub. Kate shares how model strengths and explains how auto mode aims to pick the right model for the job so developers can focus on outcomes.
Awkward Silence Podcast
👩💻 In this episode, Ed and Ashley talk through the Fast Track Recognized Solution Architect (FTRSA) process, including the different tracks (Dynamics and Power Platform) and what it takes to qualify. They discuss options for submitting documentation that won’t be publicly published, as well as the review and interview process where work is closely evaluated. The conversation also covers the challenge of holding both Microsoft MVP and FTRSA at the same time, noting that the contribution expectations don’t overlap and effectively create double work, and how rare that combination is within their company. And it wouldn’t be a podcast without a natural transition to TV Series that we’re watching! Stay to the end for recommendations & reviews.
📅 Events & Webinars
Canadian Power Platform Summit
(📅 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
(📅 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
(📅 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.
DynamicsCon
(📅 May 12-16, 2026)
Join thousands of other Microsoft Dynamics 365, Dynamics GP, and Power Platform users and professionals for more than 300 sessions, exhibitors, and endless community networking.
DynamicsMinds
(📅 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
(📅 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
What’s new in Power Platform: February 2026 feature update
🤵🏻🦸🏻♀️🧭👩💻🚀 In this overview blog by Tiffany Treacy, all the changes that came out in the last month for the Power Platform are summed up. Some didn’t get a full blog post, but are still interesting to know! Make sure to go through this to catch up on all the good new stuff!
More choice, more flexibility: xAI Grok 4.1 Fast now available in Microsoft Copilot Studio
🦸🏻♀️🧭👩💻🚀 In this blog, Ami Shastri announces that next to the OpenAI and Anthropic models, xAI Grok 4.1 Fast is now available in Microsoft Copilot Studio as well! That means you now have even more model choice!
Power Apps MCP and enhanced agent feed for your business applications
🦸🏻♀️👩💻🚀 Hemant Gaur announces the public preview of the Power Apps MCP Server and enhanced agent feed, letting AI agents automate routine app tasks while humans review, approve, and guide actions directly inside Power Apps.
The Conversation History Gap in the M365 Agents SDK (And How We Filled It)
👩💻 Adi Leibowitz writes in this blog about a gap in the M365 Agents SDK where WebChat clients lose conversation history on refresh, despite the agent retaining context server‑side. Adi presents an open‑source adapter that restores conversation history using custom storage and WebChat middleware.
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