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Not every automation needs an agent
Choose agents for ambiguity and cloud flows for deterministic work. Combining both keeps automation costs p...
The new Power Automate MCP Server turns your flows into agent tools
Power Automate can now publish your cloud flows as an MCP server, so any Model Context Protocol client — Co...
The new Copilot Studio editor is a faster way to build agents
Copilot Studio's new agent editor (in preview) is a ground-up rebuild — a native agent harness with Skills ...
SkillWright: a Copilot Studio agent that goes shopping for skills on GitHub and installs them into Dataverse
SkillWright is a Copilot Studio procurement agent for behavior: it discovers Agent Skills in public GitHub,...
You can teach every agent in your organization how your business actually works — once — with business skills in Dataverse
Business skills (public preview) let you capture organizational processes, policies, and domain expertise a...
You can make every pipeline deployment pass an automated code review
Combine Solution checker enforcement on Managed Environments with a pre-export pipeline extension that chec...
Send a file to an agent from Power Automate or an agent flow
Use the Execute Agent action in Power Automate or an agent flow to pass a SharePoint file to a Copilot Stud...
Microsoft Agent 365 is going GA on May 1 and you should build your AI governance foundation now
Microsoft Agent 365 becomes generally available on May 1, 2026. Before enabling it, build your AI governanc...
Power Platform Monitor Alerts are now GA and every admin should turn them on
Power Platform Monitor alerts are now generally available, giving admins predefined Microsoft-authored aler...
Integrate Azure Key Vault with cloud and desktop flows the right way for ALM
A practical step-by-step guide to integrating Azure Key Vault with cloud and desktop flows, with a secure A...
Child agents in Copilot Studio are your best friends
Child agents let you break a large Copilot Studio agent into focused, modular sub-agents — each with its ow...
The Default Deployment Pipeline rule auto-links environments to your pipeline
The Default Deployment Pipeline rule in environment groups automatically links every environment in the gro...
The Copilot Studio Kit fills the governance gap your admin center can't
Power Platform admin center and the CoE Starter Kit show you what agents exist — the Copilot Studio Kit sho...
Stop running Power Automate Desktop flows with a shared user account
Using one shared account for all Power Automate Desktop flows is a security and resilience risk — here's ho...
Your environment strategy matters more than any toolkit you install
A clear environment strategy with Managed Environments is the real governance baseline — not just installin...
Add Microsoft Clarity to Power Apps to see how users really use your app
Inject Microsoft Clarity into Canvas and Model-Driven Apps to get session recordings, heatmaps, and UX insi...
Your Copilot Studio agent can use a computer just like a person
Copilot Studio agents can navigate apps, click buttons, fill forms, and complete tasks on screen — no API o...
You can use variables in SharePoint and website knowledge source URLs
Copilot Studio now lets you use variables in SharePoint and website knowledge source URLs — one agent, many...
You can vibe-code a full Power App — just describe what you need
Describe your app in plain English and let Copilot build it — screens, tables, and logic included.
Don't be confused about Teams app visibility for Copilot Studio
Understand why publishing a Copilot Studio agent doesn't automatically make it visible in Teams — and how t...
Design idempotent flows to prevent duplicate processing
Use a claim-then-process pattern in Power Automate to guarantee each business event is handled only once — ...
Managed Environments with VNets isolate Power Platform from the public internet
Private network isolation for Power Platform with Managed Environments and VNets.
Use sharing limits to prevent accidental oversharing
Use sharing limits to reduce oversharing risk while keeping maker collaboration safe.
Did you know the “?” is a help feature?
Customize the Dynamics 365 model-driven help icon to open your own documentation.
Control concurrency in Apply to each to avoid throttling
Tune Apply to each concurrency for faster flows without triggering throttling.
You can make Environment Variables auto‑create themselves
Auto-created environment variables make apps portable across Dev, Test, and Prod.
Use With() to stop repeating LookUps
Use With() to evaluate LookUp() once and reuse the result in Power Fx formulas.
Connect Copilot Studio to Dataverse MCP across environments
Connect Copilot Studio to Dataverse MCP across environments using OAuth and a custom connector.
Configure Run After = try/catch for flows
Configure Run After gives Power Automate flows a practical try/catch pattern.
Generative Answers = instant knowledge bot
Generative Answers turns your copilot into a citation-backed knowledge assistant.
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