Category: Technical Skills
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When building model-driven apps with Dataverse, you often face a fork in the road: should you implement logic using Business Rules, JavaScript, Plugins, or Power Automate? Each has its place. Each has its limits. Choosing the right one depends on where the logic needs to run, who will maintain it, and how reusable, scalable, and…
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🧠 Copilot is Smart — But Only For You There’s a question I hear a lot when talking to people about Microsoft Copilot and AI: “Is Copilot learning from everything I do?” It’s a fair concern. With all the power Copilot brings — summarising chats, drafting documents, generating ideas, and even writing emails that sound…
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The lines between AI automation and low-code workflows are officially blurring. As Microsoft brings autonomous agents into the mainstream through Copilot Studio, many of us are asking: “What’s the difference between Agent Flows and Power Automate Flows — and when should I use which?” Great question. The short version? They serve different purposes — but…
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If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by compliance jargon like ISO 27001, SOC 2, or NIST 800-53, you’re not alone. But if you’re delivering solutions on Microsoft’s Power Platform, especially for government, health, education, or finance clients, you’ve likely already been part of a System Security Plan (even if you didn’t realise it at the time).…
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If you’ve ever built a formula in Excel, you’re already halfway to writing Power Fx. That’s because Power Fx—the language behind canvas apps in Power Platform—is designed to feel familiar, intuitive, and approachable for everyone from business users to pro developers. Let’s break it down. 🧠 What is Power Fx? Power Fx is the formula…
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Coming out of Microsoft Build, is the new ‘Dataverse MCP Server’, released just a couple of days ago in mid-May 2025, which is really exciting! https://github.com/microsoft/Dataverse-MCP/blob/main/README.md 🧠 What Is MCP and Why Should You Care About It? If you haven’t ever heard of MCP (Model Context Protocol) or Dataverse MCP Server and wondering what they…
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Many organizations are building Power Pages to collaborate with external partners, vendors, and contractors, requiring them to access internal systems and data. Microsoft Power Platform allows for secure external access using business-to-business (B2B) collaboration features through Microsoft Entra ID. In this article, we cover how to configure B2B collaboration for external users and leverage Conditional…
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In the world of data management, privacy and security are paramount. Microsoft Power Platform provides robust security tools to control who can access different parts of your data, including Column-Level Security (CLS). CLS helps protect sensitive fields in your data tables, ensuring that only authorized users can see specific columns, such as salary information, medical…
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The Microsoft Power Platform Architecture Center has been a trusted hub for solution design guidance for a while now. What’s new — and a major step forward — is that it now includes Copilot Studio solutions alongside traditional Power Platform architectures. This expansion brings even more resources to help teams design solutions that aren’t just…
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Did you know about this upcoming MDA Power Apps feature? 👀 Enhanced Experience for Form Filling with Copilot – General Availability in April 2025 If you’ve ever watched a user struggle to fill in a form—copying data from one screen to another, guessing what goes where, or simply abandoning it halfway through—this feature is going…