Tag: Governance
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If you’ve been following Microsoft Ignite this year, you may have noticed something big quietly land among all the announcements. It’s called Agent 365, and it’s shaping up to be the missing piece we’ve all been waiting for in the world of Microsoft AI governance and enterprise-ready agents. For a while now, organisations have been…
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Microsoft has just released a preview of Request for Information (RFI) in Copilot Studio agent flows, and I think this is one of the most important updates yet for organizations building AI-powered automations. Why? Because automation is powerful, but judgment still matters. In industries like insurance, finance, healthcare, or legal, there are moments where AI…
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A New Era of AI-Powered Productivity Microsoft has reimagined the Office.com experience for business and enterprise customers. Rather than landing on apps and recent documents, users are now greeted with the Copilot Chat interface, a free, AI-driven chat service included as part of many Microsoft 365 subscriptions. This shift marks a pivotal moment, Copilot Chat…
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I’ve spent a lot of time recently walking clients through the different AI options in Microsoft, discussing what each model offers and designing solutions that fit their business needs. As I explained the pros and cons of the various licensing approaches, it struck me that a clear, structured summary would be useful beyond those conversations,…
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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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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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Are your Custom Copilots ethical by design? Here’s how Australia’s AI Principles and Guardrails shape the future of AI solutions With the rise of AI-powered copilots across industries, there’s a growing tension between innovation and accountability. In Australia, we’re not waiting for regulation to tell us what not to do—we’re setting the bar for what…
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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 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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I get it—SharePoint is familiar, easy to set up, and widely used. Many organizations default to SharePoint lists as a backend when building Power Apps and Power Automate solutions. But here’s the problem: A SharePoint list is not a database. As your solution scales, using SharePoint as your primary data source can lead to performance…