Power Platform Dev Weekly #280
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Lot of new features especially around built-in agents in Power Platform are lighting up plus few existing features are getting revamped so try it out in your Dev or Sandbox environment. The early you start using these new tools the sooner you will be pro at it. Don’t wait until you are presented with a use case or someone ask you to do something with these new components.
Microsoft feature releases and announcements
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🥇 Cover Story
How to prevent uploading a malicious file to Dataverse
by Temmy Wahyu Raharjo
File uploads are a common attack vector, and Temmy walks through the practical steps to lock down your Dataverse file attachments before something nasty slips through.
💎 Model Driven Apps & Dataverse
Understanding “Block Deletion of Out-of-the-box Attribute Maps” in Dataverse / Dynamics 365
by Nishant Rana
That obscure checkbox about blocking attribute map deletion? Nishant explains what it actually does and why you should care before accidentally breaking your entity relationships.
🏋️♂️ Canvas Apps
Create custom error messages in Power Apps
by Pieter Veenstra
Stop letting your users see cryptic error codes. This guide shows you how to craft helpful, user-friendly error messages in Power Apps canvas app.
🌎 Power Pages
Step-by-Step Guide: Implementing the Power Pages Summary Component with Dataverse Tables
by Inogic
The Summary Component can transform how you display Dataverse data on Power Pages, and this guide walks you through the setup from start to finish without the guesswork.
🤖 Copilot
Copilot Studio Autonomous Agent To Read & Write Excel Files
by Matthew Devaney
Excel integration just got smarter with autonomous agents in Copilot Studio that can read and write to your spreadsheets without you lifting a finger.
How to Automate Email Workflows Using Autonomous and Multi-Agent AI Copilot
by Inogic
Multi-agent AI is moving beyond the hype into real email automation. This guide shows you how to set up Copilot agents that can actually handle your email workflows autonomously.
😎 Power Automate
How to Design Custom Approval Buttons in Outlook Email Using Power Automate (Step-by-Step Guide)
by Inogic
Want your approval emails to look professional with custom buttons right in Outlook? This step-by-step guide walks you through building them with Power Automate so users can respond without leaving their inbox.
How to Auto-Fill Third-Party Web Forms Using Power Automate Desktop and JavaScript
by Inogic
This guide shows you how to combine Power Automate Desktop with JavaScript to auto-populate third-party forms and get those repetitive tasks off your plate.
👍 Everything else in Power Platform
Creating a Readme File in a Power Platform Solution
by David Wyatt
David shows you a clever workaround using Web Resources to create markdown-based readme files that travel with your solutions.
👩💻 Dev to the Core
How to View Audit Storage by Entity in Dynamics 365 Using the GetAuditStorageDetails Action
by Inogic
Audit logs eating up your storage and you’re not sure which tables are the culprits? This guide shows you how to use GetAuditStorageDetails to see exactly where your audit data is piling up.
Using Parent Context in Dynamics 365 Plugins — Detecting System-Triggered Operations
by Nishant Rana
Nishant digs into Parent Context to help you figure out if your plugin is firing from a user action or a system process, so you can handle system-triggered operations differently.
🎮 Other Interesting Articles
How to Identify and Update Power Automate HTTP Request Trigger Flows Before November 2025 - Nishant Rana
Power Platform Performance: Cleaning Schema with Object Checker - Kailash Ramachandran
How to Identify and Update Power Automate HTTP Request Trigger Flows Before November 2025 - Inogic
📢 Call for Speakers
A look at CFS closing soon
European Power Platform Conference 2026 - Closes 2026-01-14
🎥 Videos
🔊 Podcasts
Ulrikke and Nick cover the latest Power Platform Community Conference news, server-side logic for Power Pages, Copilot Studio’s new FetchXML knowledge sources, and yes—Clippy’s surprising comeback!
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This made me wonder, those attribute maps, really out-of-the-box?