Power Platform Dev Weekly #275
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Exciting news all! Everyone’s favorite browser extension is getting revamped – Level Up; so keep an eye out for the new version in your extension store. Obviously we have to choose his GitHub Discussion as the cover story as well. For more information follow Natraj’s post on LinkedIn. P.S. He has added an ability for you to add your own custom buttons that works with JavaScript; check out his post about this.
Microsoft feature releases and announcements
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🥇 Cover Story
Level up for Dynamics 365/Power Apps 4.1.1
by Natraj Yegnaraman
The upcoming release of Level up extension 4.1.1 introduces Express Mode, enhanced extension activation controls with site-specific permissions, recently used actions, right-click sidebar access, improved layout, stats tracking, mode switcher functionality, and enhanced filtering/search capabilities across fields and OptionSet values.
💎 Model Driven Apps & Dataverse
Five forgotten features of Dataverse
by Nick Doelman
Nick highlights five underutilized Dataverse features: Outlook Client connector, Exchange Online integration, speed diagnostics tool, field mappings, and multi-table polymorphic lookups that many developers overlook.
How to Configure and Use the Prompt Column in Dataverse
by Inogic
The new Prompt Column (Preview) feature in Dataverse that integrates generative AI to automatically generate text content based on natural language prompts and column values from the table.
🌎 Power Pages
Power Pages: Many Layers of Caching
by Nicholas Hayduk
The post explores five Power Pages caching layers: server-side, header/footer output, static variables, browser cache, and CDN cache, explaining when to clear each to avoid development issues.
Power Pages: Tired of filling forms? Use an agent!
by Nick Doelman
Nick walks through converting a Power Pages form into an interactive agent that collects information through conversation and saves it to Dataverse.
🤖 Copilot
Adventures with Copilot Studio: File Uploads and Prompts
by Matt Ruma
Matt builds a Copilot Studio agent that validates uploaded document against rules and regulations using AI Builder prompts and Power Automate flows.
Copilot Studio: Azure AI Search Complete Setup Guide (Video)
by Matthew Devaney
Matthew provides a comprehensive walkthrough for connecting Copilot Studio agents to Azure AI Search, covering the setup of Azure AI Search, Storage Account, and OpenAI resources.
😎 Power Automate
Asynchronous flows and Concurrency Control in Power Automate
by Pieter Veenstra
Pieter explains Power Automate's asynchronous response settings, concurrency controls, and the interplay between flow triggers and response actions.
🚀 PCF & Custom Pages
PCF: Using in Panels and Dialogs
by Andrew Butenko
Andrew demonstrates how to embed PCF controls in Dynamics 365 panels and a workaround for dialogs using an HTML webresource that redirects to the PCF control.
My TimeTracking Page using Generative Pages and Fluent UI 9 (Video)
by Diana Birkelbach
Diana rebuilds her custom time tracking page using Generative Pages with Fluent UI 9, sharing detailed prompts and workarounds for theming, lookups, date controls, drag-and-drop functionality, and user filtering challenges.
🔨 Tools & Components
by Reza Niroomand
Xrm Tools v1.4 introduces compile-time, thread-safe dependency injection for Power Platform plugins, smarter one-click registrations with automatic cleanup detection, and enhanced code generation optimizations to help developers focus on business logic rather than infrastructure complexity.
🎮 Other Interesting Articles
Understanding Date and Time Field Behavior in Dataverse - Nishant Rana
Few handy SQL Queries (SQL4CDS) – Dataverse / Dynamics 365 - Nishant Rana
Customer Insights: Export All Form Submissions - Temmy Wahyu Raharjo
Dataverse: Address 101 - Temmy Wahyu Raharjo
Mastering formContext.ui.headerSection: Controlling Header Visibility in Model-Driven Apps - Kailash Ramachandran
📢 Call for Speakers
A look at CFS closing soon
ColorCloud 2026 - Closes 2025-10-19
🎥 Videos
🔊 Podcasts
In this podcast episode, Ulrikke and Nick discuss new developments in the Power Platform, including Copilot Studio Agent Academy, updates to Power Pages, and the retirement of the classic Power Platform Admin Center.
🤳Socials of the week
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