Power Platform Dev Weekly #279

Oct 29, 2025

Welcome to the Power Platform Developers Weekly!

This edition is being drafted shortly before the big keynote at MPPC is Las Vegas, so there will probably be some big new announcements ready to come out from that next time! A few of our editors are there as well so please say hi if you see them!

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🥇 Cover Story

Modernizing Audit Summary History using Generative Pages (Preview)!

Auditing is a great example of the value we get from Dataverse compared to building directly on something like SQL, but the UI hasn’t had any love for a long time. Enter generative pages! In this article, Temmy shows a great use case for this preview feature to quickly build a more modern audit view.

💎 Model Driven Apps & Dataverse

Your Dataverse Solutions Deserve Better Builds (Here’s How)
by Riccardo Gregori
Making the packaging, building and deployment of your solutions boring might sound like a strange goal, but if you can apply a standard template to all your projects that’s something to be proud of!

PCF Controls Tips & Tricks: How to Bundle and Resolve Static JSON Files
by David Rivard
Need to include some standard JSON configuration or data for your PCF controls? David’s got you covered with bundling it right into your control!

Generative Pages: The Right Hype, for the Wrong Reason
by Riccardo Gregori
It’s easy to get caught up in the hype for the latest and greatest feature, but here Riccardo asks us to step back and look at what we already have before we all jump on the bandwagon.

😎 Power Automate

Inspect DLP Policies with One URL: Unlocking DLP Visibility
by Bala Madhusoodhanan
Data Loss Prevention is a key part of the Power Platform’s security posture, but diagnosing problems can be a pain. Bala shares a handy tool to help highlight why a flow might be getting blocked.

Power Automate - Generative Actions
by David Wyatt
David shares an in-depth look at Generative Actions, bringing together the power of Gen AI prompting with Power Automate’s catalog of connections and references.

🏋️‍♂️ Canvas Apps

Exploring AI Functions (PowerFX) within Canvas Power Apps
by Andrew Ly
Don’t build your own if Microsoft have already built it for you! Andrew shows us how to quickly add common AI functionality to our canvas apps using these ready-made functions!

🌎 Power Pages

Power Pages: Calendar Click Event – Updated!
by Nicholas Hayduk
If you’re showing a list of events on your sites, having a calendar view is great. But if the default user experience isn’t what you’re looking for, check out this example from Nick to help take your users straight to the event details.

🤖 Copilot

Adventures with Copilot Studio: Customizing the End of Conversation Topic
by Matt Ruma
One key function when using Gen AI is to get feedback - how well is your agent performing? If you don’t gather metrics from your users you can’t know if it is providing value or not. Helpfully, Matt shares a method of adding a CSAT survey to the end of each conversation to gather feedback right back into Dataverse.

Choosing Between Copilot Studio Full and Lite Experiences – A Design Thinking Perspective
by Bala Madhusoodhanan
If you’ve noticed the new Copilot Studio Lite experience and not sure which to use, check out this comparison from Bala. Remember you can start off in the Lite version and transfer your work to the full version later.