Power Platform Dev Weekly #289
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Microsoft feature releases and announcements
From apps to agents: Rearchitecting enterprise work around intent
Infuse intelligent experiences into Power Pages sites with the new Agent API
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🥇 Cover Story
Access API’s in Power Platform Without Secrets Using Managed Identity in Custom Connectors
by Mohamed Ashiq Faleel
Managed Identities? Low code custom connectors? Power Automate & Power Apps? Combine all those things and it’s a recipe for an interesting post - it’s been a while since we’ve seen in-depth connector posts so this was a really interesting read, particularly with a focus on managed identities.
💎 Model Driven Apps & Dataverse
by Carl Cookson
The team behind the Power Platform ToolBox keep up the incredible rate of releases and this focus now is from our very own LinkeD365 - a staple of the XrmToolBox is now available in the PPTB.
If you’re not familiar with the growth of PPTB, jump on board the hype train!
Add Activities To A Record Timeline Using Custom Pages
by Megan Walker
Megan explains how to surface Dataverse activities directly on a record timeline from custom pages, improving continuity between model‑driven and custom experiences. It highlights a practical approach to maintaining a unified activity view while extending Dynamics 365 with modern custom pages.
🏋️♂️ Canvas Apps
The modern text input control – what is new about it?
by Hardit Bhatia
Sometimes the simple blog posts are the best and in the AI era we are in, we forget the basics. Hardit breaks down a super simple control we take for granted and explains some interesting nuances from the most recent updates.
Power Apps - A Cooler Way to use Code Apps
by David Wyatt
Power Apps? Code Apps? The line blurs more and more but David does a really interesting breakdown here and this was a really solid read. Thanks for this David!
🤖 Copilot & Code Apps
Question Nodes vs. Topic Inputs In Copilot Studio
by Matthew Devaney
Written in a way like only Matthew can, this article breaks down key parts of Copilot Studio in a way to make everyone understand the basics. How Matthew finds time to write all these in such detail is incredible - and we thank him for it.
Adventures with Copilot Studio: The Right Agent for the Job
by Matt Ruma
Connected Agent? Child Agent? What’s the difference and which one is better for what scenario? Matt breaks this down and shares his thoughts help you make a nice, quick decision without any ambiguity.
👩💻 Dev to the Core
Dataverse: Avoid Concurrency issues by using Azure Service Bus Queue and Azure Functions
by Temmy Wahyu Raharjo
It’s been a while since I’ve seen that much C# code in a blog post! This is a proper dev heavy post and moves away from the realms of being just a Dataverse developer into proper full stack development. If you want to up your game, this is the sort of thing you should be reading.
🎮 Other Interesting Articles
Monitor your PowerShell modules in Azure - Leo Visser
Dataverse Web DevTools - Nir Meron
🎥 Videos
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