Power Platform Weekly - Issue #254
Welcome to Power Platform Weekly!
Last week brought improvements to Copilot Studio agent evaluations, computer use, and several other updates, all gathered in this announcement . New enhancements to Power Automate work queues were highlighted as well.
Have a great week and thanks for reading!
📰 Articles
We Have Automation. But Which Level Are You Actually At?
🦸🏻♀️ Pauline Kolde gives us a practical guide for D365 Customer Insights product owners and end users who want to stop guessing and start levelling up.
Product Advisory Agent using generative AI
🦸🏻♀️ Jeroen Scheper gives a practical demonstration of how to build your first agent with Copilot Studio. He built a Product Advisory Agent using generative AI to give recommendations about padel rackets for Padel Vamos.
PPTB - Metadata Browser
🦸🏻♀️🛠️ Carl Cookson has created Metadata Browser. Still going strong on the XrmToolBox the legend Tanguy Touzard created the original, and Carl’s version respectfully copies that with a reimagined interface to take advantage of the capabilities of the Electron PPTB.
Other articles
🦸🏻♀️ Sales Agent Extensibility - 5 Build Lessons by Angeliki Patsiavou
🦸🏻♀️ Adding Multiple Screens To A Custom Page To Confirm Create by Megan V. Walker
🦸🏻♀️ Create Reusable Content Cards In Customer Insights by Megan V. Walker
🦸🏻♀️ What is Connectors and what is it used for? by Malin Martnes
📺 Videos
🎙️ Podcasts
Power Platform Deep Dive Podcast
👩💻 Our main deep dive focuses on AI automation, Copilot Studio, and Application Lifecycle Management in a low-code world. We discuss architecture decisions, prompt engineering, governance, and whether developers still need to learn code in the AI era.
Awkward Silence Podcast
🦸🏻♀️ In this episode, we unpack what vibe.powerapps.com (The Vibe Experience) actually is (and isn’t), how it compares to Plan Designer, and why it feels both exciting and a little off‑brand in the Power Apps world. From AI‑generated, React‑based custom apps to Dataverse‑only constraints, we talk through what Vibe produces, who it’s really for, and where functional consultants, makers, and pro‑code developers might collaborate—or completely check out. Whether you’re curious about Microsoft’s AI‑first direction, wondering if Vibe is the future (or just a fun preview experiment), or you just want to understand why everyone’s suddenly “caught a vibe,” this episode breaks it down with honesty, humor, and real‑world perspective.
BIFocal Podcast
🧭 John and Jason break down the Power BI January 2026 Feature Update — covering the key report, model, and service changes, what’s actually impactful, and how it fits into the broader Microsoft Fabric roadmap.
📅 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.
Build
(📅 June 2-3, 2026)
At Microsoft Build, you'll go deep on real code, real systems, and real workflows with the teams building and scaling AI. Two days. Hands-on sessions. No fluff.
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
New and improved: Agent evaluations, computer use, and advanced maker training
🦸🏻♀️🚀 Nitasha Chopra outlines the latest Copilot Studio updates: improved agent evaluations that let you test across full scenarios and compare versions side by side, computer-using agents with new model options and scalable Cloud PC pools, and a new Agent Academy Operative training path for building multi-agent systems. Also now generally available: copying agents from Agent Builder into Copilot Studio and querying your agent inventory via Azure Resource Graph.
Every Path to Integrating Your Copilot Studio Agent
👩💻 Adi Leibowitz walks us through an interactive decision wizard that helps developers pick the right integration pattern for their Copilot Studio agent, from no-code embeds to self-hosted WebChat, native mobile SDKs, and server-side connectors. The guide branches on audience type, authentication model, and UI needs to land on a recommendation with working code samples.
Copilot Studio Kit: Beyond Test Automation
🦸🏻♀️🚀 Written by Petri Simolin, this blog dives into the Copilot Studio Kit, a free open-source solution that goes beyond test automation to include agent inventory, compliance governance, conversation analytics, and webchat customization. The toolkit supports both makers and admins looking to operate agents at enterprise scale.
Improve Power Pages security by activating Web Application Firewall independently
🚀 Nagesh Bhat introduces two enhancements to Web Application Firewall (WAF) in Power Pages: WAF can now be enabled without first configuring CDN, and it is automatically activated when converting trial sites to production. These changes ensure production environments start secure by default with less friction for admins.
New enhancements to work queues that will transform how your teams manage and monitor automated workflows
🚀 Tristan Dehove announced in his blog new enhancements to work queues in Power Automate, including SLA violation alerts in the Monitoring Hub and a new aggregated operator view in the automation center. These updates give teams better visibility and control over their automation operations at scale.
Connecting Copilot Studio to a Dataverse MCP Endpoint Across Environments
👩💻🚀 In this blog, Ricardo Calejo shares a step-by-step guide for securely connecting a Copilot Studio agent to a Dataverse MCP endpoint in another environment using OAuth and a custom connector. The walkthrough covers Entra ID app registration, Application User setup, and importing the MCP-Streamable-HTTP connector.
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