Power Platform Weekly - Issue #257
Hello from MVP Summit! 👋
Welcome to Power Platform Weekly!
Last week the MVP Summit was held in Redmond, Seattle. Check out the podcast section, Ulrikke and Nick recorded an episode of the Power Platform Boost Podcast in the DevRel Studios! 📹
It was also a special moment for us. For the first time ever, all four of us on the Power Platform Weekly team were in the same place at the same time. A huge thank you to our fantastic photographer, Sean Astrakhan, for capturing it.
Have a great week and thanks for reading!
📰 Articles
“Can I Bring Someone?” Solving Plus-One Waitlisting in Customer Insights Journeys (Part 1)
🦸🏻♀️ Martin P Lopez shows a way to implement plus one functionality on the registration, so event attendee numbers show up as expected.
GitHub Agentic Workflows: The Next Evolution of Repository Automation for Power Platform and Enterprise Developers
👩💻 This post by Zsolt Zombik breaks down what GitHub Agentic Workflows are, how they work, and why they matter for enterprise developers working in the Power Platform and broader Microsoft ecosystem.
Copilot Studio ALM – Know Before You Go
🦸🏻♀️ This post by Suparna Banerjee shares real‑world lessons on Copilot Studio ALM: what actually moves with a solution, what doesn’t, and how to avoid surprises when deploying to QA and Production.
Other articles
🦸🏻♀️ How to estimate the cost of a Copilot Studio agent before you build it by Arild Aarnes
🦸🏻♀️ Set Your Preferred Solution for the Dataverse MCP by Richard Wilson
🦸🏻♀️ Add Information Buttons To Provide Additional Details For Custom Page Users by Megan V. Walker
🦸🏻♀️ Which Microsoft AI tool should actually run your HR? by Ana Inés Urrutia
🚀 Microsoft Is Doubling Your Dataverse File Storage: What Every Dynamics 365 Admin Should Do Before April 15 by Sam Kumar
🦸🏻♀️ Vibe Migrating between F&O Environments by Ted Ohlsson
🦸🏻♀️ Power Pages Authentication Methods: The Complete Guide (2026) by Zsolt Zombik
📺 Videos
🎙️ Podcasts
Microsoft Teams Insider Podcast
🧭 Alev Tamer, Senior Partner Solution Architect for AI Business Solutions at Microsoft, and Chris Wheeler, Senior Copilot Solution Engineer at Microsoft, break down the rapidly evolving world of Microsoft 365 Copilot agents — from personal assistants to autonomous digital colleagues.
Power Platform Boost Podcast
🦸🏻♀️ This episode was recorded on the first day of MVP Summit, in DevRel Studios at Microsoft campus in Redmond, Seattle. We had a lot of fun recording in a professional studio🎥 , and we are so grateful for the opportunity to record here🙏 . Unfortunately, even though the sound quality in impeccable for once, Ulrikke's voice was not 🙃
We did a short recap of Canadian Power Platform Summit in 🍁 Vancouver where Nick was one of the organizers and Ulrikke was part of a panel discussion. The amazing keynote by Keegan Chambers was heartwarming 💗 and touched on a topic that a lot of us in tech relate to; neurodivergence.
One of the major highlights this last few weeks was the announcement of 🤖 Copilot Cowork. We also wanted to highlight community content around how we see community friends and old colleagues play with different AI tools and put them to work in creative way, like Fredrik Engseth and Sean Astrakhan. There is also a lot happening around the Frontier Framework and the Microsoft IQ stack that we keep an 👀 eye on and share some new learning resources for.
Code. Deploy. Go Live. Podcast
👩💻 In this episode, Andrew and Julie dive deep into the Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit (ATK) version 6.6.0 release, exploring the latest features and changes for building declarative agents. Andrew walks through the new embedded knowledge functionality that allows developers to include knowledge directly within agents without requiring separate SharePoint uploads, and he shares insights on improvements to actions and plugins. The conversation also covers significant template changes in the toolkit, including what was removed and what's new, along with some frustrations about missed opportunities in how Microsoft is presenting this powerful toolkit to developers.
📅 Events & Webinars
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
Custom graders in Copilot Studio: Setting high standards for agent evals
👩💻🚀🧭 This blog by Efrat Gilboa and Dikla Dotan‑Cohen explains how Custom Graders in Copilot Studio enable teams to evaluate agent behavior using organization‑specific policies and guardrails. It shows how this approach helps developers, admins, and decision makers build more trustworthy, compliant, production‑ready agents.
Live Demo: Using the Claude Code Plugin to Author a Copilot Studio Agent
🦸🏻♀️👩💻🚀 Giorgio Ughini demonstrates how to use the Claude Code plugin to rapidly build a full Copilot Studio agent from scratch using natural language. The demo shows how complex agents can be created and deployed much faster without replacing the Copilot Studio UI.
Dynamic MCP Routing in Copilot Studio: One Connector, Many Endpoints
👩💻🚀 In this blog, Adi Leibowitz explains how to use dynamic MCP routing in Copilot Studio to route a single custom connector to multiple MCP endpoints using a catalog service, dynamic dropdowns, and C# URL rewriting, avoiding connector sprawl and hard‑coded endpoints.
💡 Suggest content
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