Power Platform Dev Weekly #269
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Discover the latest AI features on Power Platform designed to elevate your development experience. These tools are crafted to make your work more efficient and enjoyable. Give them a try and see the difference they can make! These are my (
) recommendations to try out:Create a Plan; start the plan in a solution so all the components has the correct prefix.
Use copilot to create new tables; it also adds the data for you and saves time; especially when building POCs.
Create Copilot that is connected to your custom model-driven app; it gets all the context automatically.
GitHub Copilot understands the coding practises for the folder that is open in the VSCode making it the most useful copilot that speeds up the development.
With these AI features start thinking of what your dev workflows would look like. Tweak them and make them yours. Let AI work for you to speed up your development processes.
Microsoft feature releases and announcements
Announcing major DLP enhancements for Power Automate and Copilot Studio
Build Modern Single-Page Applications in Power Pages (Preview)
Dataverse MCP Server: A Game Changer for AI-Driven Workflows
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— PP Dev Weekly Team
🥇 Cover Story
PCF 🩷 Copilot Studio: First Look at Agent APIs
by Diana Birkelbach
Get a first look at how you can use the new Agent APIs in Copilot Studio from within a PCF control, thanks to Diana’s early exploration.
💎 Model Driven Apps & Dataverse
Using Form fill Assist Toolbar to streamline data entry in Power Apps
by Nishant Rana
Learn how to use the Form Fill Assist toolbar in model-driven apps to speed up and simplify data entry with AI-powered suggestions.
🤖 Copilot
How to Spin-Up the Microsoft Learn MCP Server in Copilot Studio
by Josh Cook
Learn how to quickly set up the Microsoft Learn MCP server inside Copilot Studio for your custom copilot development.
Troubleshooting Copilot Studio Autonomous Agent "Incomplete" Status
by Linn Zaw Win
Linn shares practical tips for troubleshooting issues in Copilot Studio, from agent run with 0 completed steps to Dataverse actions with HTTP 400 error.
😎 Power Automate
How to Track Savings in Power Automate
by David Wyatt
Discover how to track time and cost savings from your Power Automate flows using built-in analytics and custom tracking methods.
🚀 PCF & Custom Pages
PCF Controls Tips and Tricks : How to skip Linting at Build-Time
by David Rivard
David provides a detailed guide on how to skip linting during the build process of PCF controls.
🔨 Tools & Components
My first Dataverse MCP Server: FormEngineer
by Riccardo Gregori
Riccardo shares his experience building his first Dataverse MCP Server, a powerful preview tool that lets you modify complex forms through simple conversation, acting as an AI-powered development companion.
♾️ ALM
Power Platform Git Branch Strategy
by Nati Turtledove
Nati's blog post on Power Platform Git Branch Strategy offers a practical guide for managing source control in Power Platform projects, emphasizing the importance of establishing a clear branching strategy.
👩💻 Dev to the Core
Moving Beyond DLLs: Creating Plugin Packages with Power Platform Tools for Visual Studio
by Kailash Ramachandran
In his blog post, Kailash discusses transitioning from traditional DLL-based plugin development to using the modern Plugin Package model in Power Platform.
Using Aggregate Functions with QueryExpression in Dynamics 365
by Inogic
Learn how to perform aggregate operations using QueryExpression in Microsoft Dataverse to retrieve summarized data—such as counts, averages, sums, minimums, or maximums—directly with C# code.
🎮 Other Interesting Articles
Customize Your Copilot Agent in Dynamics 365 to Match Your Brand- Inogic
📢 Call for Speakers
A look at CFS closing soon
Power Platform User Group Albania - Closes 2025-12-31
Canadian Power Platform Summit 2026 - Closes 2025-08-31
🎥 Videos
🤳Socials of the week
Microsoft’s new "Header and navigation refresh" for model-driven apps brings back a simplified Command Bar UI reminiscent of Dynamics CRM 2013, aiming to make space for AI features while sparking debate over usability and action-oriented design.
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