Power Platform Weekly - Issue #264
Welcome to Power Platform Weekly!
Last week the Copilot Studio April 2026 updates were highlighted. Power Apps MCP server closed-loop learning was introduced, and the general availability of Power Fx User Defined Types was announced.
Have a great week and thanks for reading!
📰 Articles
Vibe coded Power Pages SPA: unfiltered
🦸🏻♀️ The developer Riccardo Gregori tries to lean into the full vibe for Power Pages SPA. Don’t read anything, ask the agent to do everything. Read his detailed experience in this blog.
Turning Maintainability Guidelines Into an Agent Skill
🦸🏻♀️ Albert-Jan Schot shows how you can translate your guidelines into an agent skill to ensure your solution adheres to them.
Important M365 Sales Agent features coming in 2026 Wave 1 you need to know!
🦸🏻♀️ Dian Taylor shows off the latest features from the Sales Agent. Some of these are simple, but powerful.
Other articles
🦸🏻♀️ Everyone’s building agents. Who’s testing them? by Vivian Voss
🦸🏻♀️ The different agent types in Copilot Studio and what breaks them by Vivian Voss
🦸🏻♀️ Dynamics 365 App for Outlook vs the Sales Agent – What’s the Difference? Jeroen Scheper
🛠️ Context + Expectations => Better Relationship by Jonas Rapp
🛠️ Context/Instructions/Expectations - FXB Release 1.2026.5.1 by Jonas Rapp
🦸🏻♀️ What is Power Fx and what is it used for? by Malin Martnes
🦸🏻♀️ How To View Conversation Transcripts In Copilot Studio by Matthew Devaney
📺 Videos
🎙️ Podcasts
Microsoft Mechanics Podcast
🦸🏻♀️ Ground every Microsoft 365 Copilot response in your real work data. Pull context from SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, email, and meetings — all through Work IQ. Draft Word documents that carry your existing sensitivity labels, and resolve calendar conflicts in Outlook. Run multi-step Copilot Cowork workflows that generate files, schedule meetings, and send status updates from a single prompt.
Ragnar 365 Nuggets Podcast
🧭 What happens when AI stops being a tool and starts being a colleague? In this episode, I sit down with Michael Gannotti, Principal AI Solution Engineer at Microsoft, to explore SMFWorks – his autonomous multi-agent "company" of 14 AI colleagues built on OpenClaw and Hermes. We talk about agents that dream, hold their own 6 AM staff meetings, design their own avatars, email each other, and evolve a true sense of identity through Markdown-based "souls." If you're into agentic AI, multi-agent orchestration, or just want to see where this is all heading – this one is for you.
Run As Radio Podcast
👩💻 What does a production-grade large language model look like? While at NDC Sydney, Richard talked with Vaishnavi Gudur from Microsoft about her work scaling LLMs for Teams transcriptions, summaries, and more! Vaishnavi discusses the underlying complexities of operating the Teams LLM infrastructure for a large array of customers across different countries and regulatory regimes. Data sovereignty also plays a large role: different countries have specific rules on where data must reside and how it can be accessed. As the scale increases and the tail gets longer, the rules set gets more complex! Lots of great thinking about what LLMs look like in a production environment.
📅 Events & Webinars
DynamicsMinds
(📅 May 25-27, 2026)
DynamicsMinds 2026 gathers the global Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform community 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 serves as a meeting point for 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.
Nordic Summit
(📅 September 21-22, 2026)
Nordic Summit 2026 takes place at LEGOLAND Hotel and Conference in Billund, Denmark, with a strong focus on connecting the Nordic Microsoft community around Power Platform and Dynamics 365. As the largest in-person event in the Nordics for these technologies, it offers focused sessions, community connection, and practical insights for makers, consultants, and architects.
Directions for Enterprise
(📅 September 23-25, 2026)
Directions for Enterprise 2026 is a focal point for the global Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management partner ecosystem in Copenhagen, with focused strategic and technical content. Across three days, partners connect with Microsoft, SIs, ISVs, and industry leaders to explore Agentic ERP, real-world AI, and practical approaches for enterprise solution delivery.
Scottish Summit
(📅 October 2-3, 2026)
Scottish Summit 2026 heads to Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh for two days centered on AI, Copilot, and practical learning across Dynamics 365, Power Platform, Microsoft 365, and Azure. Attendees connect with experts, MVPs, and peers through sessions and workshops designed to share real-world approaches and community-driven innovation.
Community Summit North America
(📅 October 11-15, 2026)
Community Summit North America 2026 gives the Microsoft AI and Business Applications community five days in Nashville for learning, training, and connection. With hundreds of sessions, academy workshops, and a broad partner ecosystem, attendees gain practical guidance across Dynamics 365, Power Platform, Microsoft 365, and Copilot.
Directions EMEA
(📅 October 27-29, 2026)
Directions EMEA 2026 hosts the Dynamics 365 Business Central community in Paris for three days of technical sessions, strategy, and ecosystem networking. Resellers, ISVs, Microsoft representatives, MVPs, developers, and consultants explore the latest innovations and practical approaches shaping Business Central across EMEA.
Power Platform Community Conference
(📅 October 27-29, 2026)
Power Platform Community Conference 2026 welcomes the global maker and solution builder community to Las Vegas for three days of practical learning and collaboration around AI apps and agents. Attendees explore sessions, workshops, and certifications across Copilot, Copilot Studio, and the full Microsoft Power Platform to build end-to-end solutions they can apply right away.
💙 Out of the Blue
Power Fx: User defined types generally available
👩💻🦸🏻♀️ Greg Lindhorst explains that Power Fx user defined types are now generally available, alongside UDFs and enhanced component properties for production use. Readers learn how UDTs improve formula reliability and maintainability, especially when structuring records and validating ParseJSON data.
Agentic administration: Dataverse Admin Skills now available in public preview
👩💻🚀🧭 Anirudha Bakore introduces Dataverse Admin Skills (dv-admin), which lets admins use natural language in coding tools to manage Dataverse environments at scale. Readers learn how the plugin maps intent to PAC CLI commands with guardrails for settings management, bulk delete, and retention workflows across multiple environments.
Power Apps MCP server introduces closed-loop learning for enterprise agents
👩💻🚀🧭 Srihari Srinivasa explains how closed-loop learning on the Power Apps MCP server turns Agent feed corrections into organization-wide improvements for agent accuracy. Readers see how memory-based optimization and Genetic-Pareto optimization help data entry agents reduce manual corrections over time.
New and improved: Agent governance, intelligent workflows, and connected app experiences
👩💻🚀🧭 Nitasha Chopra outlines April Copilot Studio updates, including stronger governance controls, workflow improvements, and expanded connected app experiences. Readers learn what changed for building and operating agents and how these updates affect production readiness.
Herding clouds: Taming pay-as-you-go billing policies in Power Platform at scale
🚀👩💻🧭 Rranjit Sekitekin shows how to manage pay-as-you-go billing policies across many environments with a bulk assignment script and an automated unlinking pipeline. Readers learn a practical governance pattern to reduce manual effort and control spend at scale.
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