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Release Plans Are Gone: Tracking Power Platform Change in 2026
Power Platform and Dynamics 365 release plans moved to the AI at Work roadmap. Why a CoE now needs continuous change intake, not two planning events a year.
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Power Platform Copilot: Low-Code Meets AI
Power Platform Copilot makes citizen development more accessible than ever. Combined with proper governance, it enables rapid digital transformation.
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Power Virtual Agents Updates: Low-Code Conversational AI
Power Virtual Agents now can generate responses using GPT models: Topics now support more complex logic: Create complex workflows triggered by chatbot…
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Dataverse Custom APIs: Building Reusable Operations
Custom APIs offer: Better IntelliSense support Strongly typed parameters No workflow dependency Modern development experience Define a custom API for order…
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Dataverse Plugins: Server-Side Business Logic
Set up a plugin project: Modify data before it's saved: Execute logic after data is saved: Integrate with external APIs: Register plugins using the Plugin…
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Dataverse Business Events: Event-Driven Architecture
Business events provide: Decoupled integration Real time notifications Webhook delivery Azure Service Bus integration Define a custom business event:…
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Dataverse Elastic Tables: High-Volume Data Storage
Elastic tables are ideal for: IoT sensor data Application telemetry Audit logs High frequency transactions Time series data Define an elastic table schema:…
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Dataverse Virtual Tables: Integrating External Data
Virtual tables provide: Real time access to external data Native Dataverse experience Security role support Power Platform integration Implement a custom…
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Dataverse Web API: Building Enterprise Data Solutions
Dataverse offers: Relational data storage Built in security model Business logic capabilities Integration with Power Platform Configure authentication for…
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Power Platform Custom Connectors: Extending Low-Code Capabilities
Custom connectors bridge the gap between your APIs and the Power Platform ecosystem, enabling: Power Apps integration Power Automate workflows Logic Apps…
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Language Detection with AI Builder: Routing Multilingual Content
Language detection enables: Intelligent multilingual routing Appropriate language specific processing Global customer support automation Content…
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Key Phrase Extraction with AI Builder: Identifying Important Concepts
Key phrase extraction enables: Automatic document tagging Quick content summarization Topic trend identification Enhanced search and discovery It's a simple…
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Entity Extraction with AI Builder: Mining Structured Data from Text
Train models to extract domain specific entities: Entity extraction turns unstructured text into structured data: Automatically identify people,…
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Category Classification with AI Builder: Automating Text Categorization
For content that belongs to multiple categories: Complete implementation: Category classification automates text organization: Route content to appropriate…
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Sentiment Analysis in Power Platform: Understanding Customer Emotions
AI Builder's sentiment analysis capability classifies text into positive, negative, neutral, or mixed sentiment categories—the prebuilt model runs over…
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Text Recognition with AI Builder: OCR for the Power Platform
Text recognition unlocks information trapped in images: Digitize physical documents Automate data extraction Enable document search Support accessibility…
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Object Detection with AI Builder: Computer Vision for Business
Object detection brings computer vision to business processes without requiring ML expertise. From retail to manufacturing, AI Builder makes visual AI…
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Custom Form Processing with AI Builder: Training Your Own Document Models
In AI Builder Studio: 1. Draw rectangles around each field 2. Assign field names to selections 3. Tag table columns and rows 4. Review and confirm tags on…
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Business Card Reader with AI Builder: Digitizing Contact Information
The business card reader streamlines contact digitization: Instant extraction of contact details Integration with CRM systems Perfect for events and…
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Receipt Processing with AI Builder: Automating Expense Management
AI Builder extracts the following fields from receipts: Receipt processing with AI Builder transforms expense management: Instant data extraction from…
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Document Processing with AI Builder: From PDFs to Structured Data
AI Builder document processing transforms manual data entry: Pre built models for common documents Custom models for specific formats Human in the loop for…
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AI Builder: No-Code AI for the Power Platform
Ready to use AI that requires no training: Train models on your own data: AI Builder makes AI accessible: Pre built models for common scenarios Custom…
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RPA with Azure: Scaling Robotic Process Automation in the Cloud
Cloud powered RPA with Azure provides: Scalable bot infrastructure Queue based work distribution Centralized monitoring Enterprise grade security Combining…
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Power Automate Desktop: Robotic Process Automation for Everyone
Power Automate Desktop is free for Windows 10/11 users. Premium features require a Power Automate license.
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Building Custom Connectors for Power Automate
A custom connector defines: API endpoints and operations Authentication method Request/response schemas Triggers and actions The easiest approach is…
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Power Automate Cloud Connectors: Connecting Your Enterprise
Included with most Power Platform licenses: Require Power Automate Premium or per flow license: 1. Use managed identity when possible : Avoid storing…
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Power Apps Cards: Micro-Apps for Microsoft Teams
Cards are lightweight, interactive UI components that: Appear inline in Teams conversations Support data input and actions Connect to Dataverse and other…
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Microsoft Power Platform Updates: What's New in Spring 2022
The new modern app designer is now generally available: New functions and capabilities: New triggers and actions: Power Automate Desktop enhancements: AI…
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Power Platform Environment Strategy: Planning for Scale
A well-planned environment strategy enables teams to move fast while maintaining governance and security.
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Power Platform Solution Layering: Managing Dependencies
Understanding solution layering prevents deployment issues and ensures predictable behavior across environments.
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Power Platform ALM: Application Lifecycle Management Best Practices
Proper ALM ensures Power Platform solutions are reliable, maintainable, and can be safely deployed across environments.
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Dataverse Integration: Connecting Power Platform to Azure
Dataverse integration enables a seamless data platform spanning Power Platform and Azure services.
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Azure Synapse Link for Dataverse: Real-Time Analytics on Business Data
Azure Synapse Link for Dataverse eliminates the traditional barriers between operational and analytical systems. Business users get insights from live data…
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Power Fx: The Low-Code Programming Language for Everyone
Power Fx makes programming accessible to everyone who knows Excel. As it expands across the Power Platform and beyond, expect to see it become a standard…
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Dataverse for Teams: Building Data-Driven Apps Inside Microsoft Teams
Dataverse for Teams democratizes data platform capabilities. Teams users can now build real applications with proper data management without needing IT…
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Power Platform Managed Environments: Enterprise Governance at Scale
Managed Environments represent a significant maturation of Power Platform governance. For enterprises that want to enable citizen development while…
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Microsoft Build 2021: GPT-3 in Power Apps and Azure AI Updates
The headline announcement for me was the integration of GPT-3 into Power Apps. You can now describe what you want in plain English, and GPT-3 generates the…
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Power Platform Governance for Enterprise: DLP Policies and Environments
Power Platform governance is the problem that doesn't announce itself until it's already serious. I've walked into tenants where three hundred flows were…
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Power Virtual Agents - Building Conversational AI Without Code
Topics are the building blocks of your bot. Each topic handles a specific intent.
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Power Apps Model-Driven Apps - Building Enterprise Solutions
Model-driven apps are the Power Apps surface that professional developers habitually underestimate. "No-code" suggests toylike; what you get with a…
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Power Apps Canvas Apps - Building Mobile-First Experiences
Canvas apps are where I've seen Power Apps deliver the most visible value to end users: a field inspection app for a construction site, a stock-take app…
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Dataverse Tables - Data Modeling for the Power Platform
Tables you create for your specific business needs. Connect to external data sources without importing data.
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Power Automate Cloud Flows - Building Intelligent Automation
Power Automate cloud flows are the thing I recommend to the "I don't want to write code" person on every client engagement, and they almost always produce…
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Power Automate Desktop at GA: Designing RPA Flows That Survive
How to design Power Automate Desktop flows that survive UI changes, when to choose attended or unattended RPA, and when an API beats a bot.
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AI Across the Microsoft Cloud: Choosing the Right Layer in 2021
A practitioner's map of AI and ML options across Azure, Power Platform and Microsoft 365 in early 2021, and how to pick the right layer for a problem.
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Power Automate Expressions: Dynamic Flow Logic
Expressions turn simple flows into powerful automation.
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Power Apps Model-Driven Apps: Data-First Design
A finance team I'm working with this month wanted "a Power App" for vendor onboarding. They drew screens. I asked about the data first—who owns vendors…
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Microsoft Dataverse: The Power Platform Database
Dataverse is the glue that connects Power Platform components.
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Power Automate Custom Connectors: Design the OpenAPI File First
Why the OpenAPI 2.0 definition decides whether a Power Automate custom connector gets used, plus x-ms extensions, auth, paconn and licensing.
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Model-Driven Apps on Common Data Service: Where the Logic Goes
Building a project tracker as a Power Apps model-driven app, and deciding what belongs in business rules, form scripts, and security roles.
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Power Automate's HTTP Action: Auth, Retries, Paging and Licensing
How to use the premium HTTP action in Power Automate properly: built-in Azure AD auth, retry policies, the 120-second limit, paging, and licensing.