Tag: Explainer
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Building a House vs. Managing Power Platform ALM: Why You Need the Right Environments Imagine you’re building a house. You wouldn’t just start hammering nails into wood at the final location without any planning, right? You’d follow a structured process: Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) in Microsoft Power Platform follows a similar structure. Instead of houses,…
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The Traffic Light Guide to Power Platform Event Frameworks 🚦 When designing solutions in Power Platform, understanding when to trigger automation is crucial. If you’ve ever wondered whether to use PreValidation, PreOperation, or PostOperation in your event framework, think of it like a traffic light system. Each stage plays a role in ensuring the process…
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Navigating AI Agents in Microsoft: Choosing the Right Tool for the Job Microsoft offers several ways to build AI agents, and with so many options, it can be tricky to know where to start. Should you use Copilot Studio, the Agent Builder, or dive straight into Azure and code-first solutions? Let’s break it down so…
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The Power Platform Admin Center is the central hub for managing and governing Microsoft Power Platform environments. Whether you’re overseeing Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Virtual Agents, or Power Pages, this portal provides the essential tools for maintaining control, ensuring security, and optimizing performance. What Is the Power Platform Admin Center? The Power Platform Admin…
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Canvas Apps are a powerful way to build business applications with minimal coding, using Power Fx as the underlying formula language to drive logic and data interactions. To further enhance the flexibility and maintainability of apps, Power Fx has introduced two key features: User Defined Types (UDTs) and User Defined Functions (UDFs). These additions empower…
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Everywhere you look, AI-powered Copilots are being integrated into the tools we use daily—Power Platform, Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, and beyond. They promise to boost productivity, automate repetitive tasks, and even generate content. But let’s be clear: Copilot is not magic. It won’t automatically replace critical thinking, business expertise, or well-designed processes. Instead, it’s a…
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Choosing the Right Search Approach for Knowledge Copilot Solutions Since the launch of Microsoft Copilot, many organizations have wanted to take advantage of its powerful capabilities. But there’s been a catch—every user needed a full Microsoft 365 Copilot license, making it a bit expensive to explore. However, thanks to an update on January 14th, 2025,…
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Unlocking the Power of Cross-Department Collaboration in Tech Projects In today’s fast-paced tech landscape, cross-department collaboration is more crucial than ever. As technology continues to evolve, the complexity of projects increases, and the need for diverse skill sets, perspectives, and expertise grows. While it may seem like a challenge to align teams with different goals…
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Introducing Copilot Chat Extensibility for Model-Driven Apps Have you recently been using the out-of-the-box Copilot and wished it could connect to more data sources or answer highly specific questions? Microsoft heard your wish. With the introduction of Copilot chat extensibility for model-driven apps, businesses and partners now have the power to create in-app chat experiences…
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The Dos and Don’ts of Applying AI in Agile Software Development: My Perspective AI has become a powerful tool in agile software development, offering opportunities to streamline processes and improve efficiency, especially in the world of low-code platforms like Microsoft’s Power Platform. However, like any tool, it must be used thoughtfully to avoid potential pitfalls.…