Power Platform Weekly - Issue #255
Welcome to Power Platform Weekly!
Last week the Agent API for Power Pages was introduced. The Copilot Studio Kit March release was also announced, worth checking out for the latest updates.
Have a great week and thanks for reading!
📰 Articles
Essential PPAC Settings for Copilot Studio
🦸🏻♀️ Craig White guides admins through the most important Copilot and AI governance settings in PPAC, what they do, why they matter, and where to be cautious.
Question Nodes vs. Topic Inputs In Copilot Studio
🦸🏻♀️ Matthew Devaney explains the real differences between question nodes and topic input variables in Copilot Studio and how each approach shapes data extraction, conversation flow, and agent behavior.
Access API’s in Power Platform Without Secrets Using Managed Identity in Custom Connectors
🦸🏻♀️ Mohamed Ashiq Faleel shows how Managed Identity eliminates client secrets in Power Platform custom connectors, enabling secure, secretless access to APIs such as Microsoft Graph.
Other articles
🦸🏻♀️👩💻 Power Apps Code Apps in Practice: Recreating Model-Driven App Patterns by Axel Schlumberger
🦸🏻♀️ Alerts via Power Automate in D365 Finance and Operations by Ana Inés Urrutia
🦸🏻♀️ Add Activities To A Record Timeline Using Custom Pages by Megan V. Walker
🦸🏻♀️ Auditing Business Process Flow movements by Jeroen Scheper
🦸🏻♀️ Dynamic content in Customer Insights - Journeys Marketing and Event forms by Amey Holden
🦸🏻♀️ Accelerating Power Platform Adoption: A Case Study by Hamish Sheild
🦸🏻♀️ Adventures with Copilot Studio: The Right Agent for the Job by Matt Ruma, Ragnar Pitla and Tina van Heerden
🦸🏻♀️ Project Operations Winter Wrap-Up: 5 Improvements you may have missed by Sebastian Sieber
👩💻 Dataverse: Avoid Concurrency issues by using Azure Service Bus Queue and Azure Functions by Temmy Wahyu Raharjo
📺 Videos
🎙️ Podcasts
Power Platform Boost Podcast
🤵🏻 This week’s episode kicks off with a bold and humorous cold open before settling into a wide-ranging conversation about AI, fitness, and the future of building apps. From powerlifting routines and community connections to whether AI could ever fairly judge a competition, we blend the human side of tech with practical experimentation. On the AI front, we explore Claude Code automating Power Automate, browser agents helping with MVP logging, and the evolving landscape of Office plugins, costs, and Pack CLI updates. We also tackle the hype around code-first apps versus Canvas apps, the rise of “vibe coding,” and why rapid AI prototyping still needs enterprise-minded architecture. The episode wraps with big news around Power Pages with agents, discussions on data models and permissions, and a thoughtful look at creativity, anxiety, and why staying curious—and thinking like an explorer—matters more than claiming to be an expert in the AI era. 🚀
Cloud Architects Podcast
🚀 We sit down with Mona Ghadiri to explore the rapidly evolving world of AI governance. As organizations rush to deploy AI agents, copilots, and automated workflows, Mona argues that the industry is focusing too much on shiny tools and “guardrails” while neglecting the broader governance frameworks needed to manage risk responsibly. The conversation covers everything from prompt injection and supply chain vulnerabilities to the challenges of securing AI across users, applications, models, and training data. Mona shares practical insights on why many organizations are more prepared than they think, how existing security tools can be adapted for AI, and why starting with clear workflows is critical before building AI solutions. It’s a thoughtful discussion on balancing innovation with accountability in a world where AI capabilities are accelerating faster than the processes designed to control them.
The Shift Podcast
🦸🏻♀️ The Shift, Agentic Edition connects the people building AI tools with those creating agents, so we can all level up together. In this episode, members of the Microsoft Fabric team, Ron, Dipti, Cillian and Josh explore a question from you, our community: Are my agents hunting for data?
📅 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.
Update Days Power Platform
(📅 April 27-28, 2026)
Curious about diving deeper into Power Platform? Encountering challenges while using it on advanced projects? You’re not alone. Join 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.
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
Infuse intelligent experiences into Power Pages sites with the new Agent API
🦸🏻♀️👩💻 Nagesh Bhat announces the Agent API for Power Pages, enabling site creators to build custom chat and intelligent experiences powered by Copilot Studio agents. The API supports context-aware conversations, custom-branded interfaces, and AI capabilities like content summarization and form assistance.
Seamlessly embed Copilot Studio agents into Power Pages
🦸🏻♀️👩💻🚀 In this blog, Nagesh Bhat covers new enhancements for embedding Copilot Studio agents into Power Pages, including full authentication support, in-studio testing, and web role-based visibility controls. These updates simplify bringing existing agents into Power Pages while maintaining fine-grained access control.
Skills for Copilot Studio: Build agents from YAML code, up to 20x Faster
🦸🏻♀️👩💻 Giorgio Ughini announced Skills for Copilot Studio, an open-source plugin for Claude Code and GitHub Copilot that lets you build agents from the terminal using natural language. The plugin encodes CAT team best practices to generate valid YAML, enabling up to 20x faster agent development.
Salesforce Handoff to Copilot Studio: From Bare Docs to One-Click Deploy
👩💻🚀 Adi Leibowitz wrote this blog about a major overhaul of the Salesforce-to-Copilot Studio handoff docs, now featuring complete Apex code, Named Credentials, and one-click deployment scripts. The integration routes unrecognized Einstein Bot queries to Copilot Studio via Direct Line, with future plans for authenticated agents and Agentforce support.
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