Power PlatformMicrosoft is positioning Copilot Studio as a core platform for "agentic" business AI, helping organizations move beyond question-answering copilots to agents that can follow instructions, take actions, and align with company policies. The update matters because it shifts the focus for IT and platform teams from simply enabling AI to governing agent behavior, data access, customization, and monitoring as businesses scale AI-driven automation.
3 min read · Nov 18, 2025
Power PlatformAt Ignite 2025, Microsoft unveiled a new AI-first Power Apps build experience at vibe.powerapps.com, where teams of AI agents can help turn natural-language requirements into production-ready apps by generating data models, APIs, forms, and UI. The news matters because it pushes Power Apps beyond low-code into full app generation while keeping governance and enterprise controls in place, and it also deepens integration with Microsoft 365 Copilot so users can work with business data and agents directly in their existing workflows.
3 min read · Nov 18, 2025
Power PlatformMicrosoft’s October 2025 Copilot Studio update signals another monthly change that could affect how organizations build, govern, and support copilots across Microsoft 365 and the Power Platform. Even without detailed feature specifics in the excerpt, the key takeaway for admins is to review release notes, verify what changed in their tenant, and assess impacts on connectors, data access, governance, and whether new capabilities are preview or GA—especially in regulated or production environments.
3 min read · Nov 10, 2025
Power PlatformPower Apps Generative Pages is now generally available in the U.S., letting makers use natural language prompts to generate fully functional React pages for model-driven apps with native Dataverse integration, virtual entity support, and Fluent UI-based design consistency. This matters because it can dramatically reduce the time and complexity of building tailored business app experiences while still giving developers visibility into code changes and the ability to customize the generated pages further.
3 min read · Nov 5, 2025
Power PlatformAt PPCC 2025, Microsoft unveiled Microsoft 365 Copilot App Builder and Workflows, letting users create apps and automate tasks across Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, and Planner using natural language prompts directly inside Copilot. The news matters because it signals a major shift toward agent-first, low-code development at enterprise scale—promising faster delivery while making governance, security, and lifecycle management through tools like Copilot Studio more important than ever.
3 min read · Oct 30, 2025
Power PlatformAt Power Platform Community Conference 2025, Microsoft highlighted a broader strategy for operationalizing AI by combining apps, agents, and Copilot into a single managed platform for real business processes. The announcement matters for IT and platform leaders because it signals a shift toward an "agentic" operating model and intent-first, AI-assisted development, with implications for how organizations build, automate, and govern low-code solutions at scale.
3 min read · Sep 17, 2025
Power PlatformMicrosoft has made user-defined functions (UDFs) in Power Apps generally available, meaning makers can now use reusable, production-ready functions in Canvas apps to reduce duplicated formulas, improve consistency, and simplify maintenance. This matters because UDFs are now part of the new analysis engine experience—enabled by default for new apps in version 2508.3—helping organizations build more scalable, governable, and supportable enterprise apps.
3 min read · Sep 2, 2025