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Historically, Power Platform administrators and developers have automated management tasks through a mix of tools. A capability might exist in the admin center, use a different name in PowerShell, have a custom shape in a connector, or not yet be available in the command line. Each tool could be valuable, but moving between them often meant relearn...

Lessons from an Azure Managed Redis migration for Copilot Studio agent flows: cache efficiency, client reliability, staged rollout, and lower costs.

Dataverse Native Authorization Model for Power Pages How mapped identities, security roles, and record filters move external-user authorization closer to the data. We’re introducing a major update to the Power Pages security model: authorization for external users is now enforced natively in Dataverse. Customers can opt in to this feature as they...

From May 12 to June 2, 2026, builders from around the world put their Agent Academy learning to the test by designing, building, and shipping real, working AI agents with Copilot Studio. After two weeks of judging, we’re thrilled to announce the Agent Academy Hackathon winners. 🏆 The Winners Recruit Track The Recruit track is geared toward explo...

Dataverse gives developers a powerful platform for building enterprise applications — but getting from zero to a connected, working environment has always involved multiple tools, authentication flows, and configuration steps. The Dataverse plugin was built to accelerate that journey by letting AI coding agents handle the setup orchestration for yo...

Introduction When I started writing software professionally in 2015, the tech landscape looked completely different. Tools and frameworks kept evolving since then, but the process of building software barely moved for a decade. That changed in the last couple of months. Here's what has changed in how the Power Pages team builds and ships software ...

We've shipped a big round of updates to Agent Academy. Two new sections, a completely redone site experience, and more missions on the way. Here's what's changed. Quick recap for anyone new Agent Academy is a free, open-source curriculum for learning how to build agents with Microsoft Copilot Studio. Since launching in August 2025, it has crossed...

Building enterprise solutions is shifting from writing code to directing AI agents. Instead of stitching together APIs, CLIs, and scripts, developers are increasingly describing intent and letting agents execute. For enterprise platforms like Dataverse, this creates a new requirement: they must be operable by agents, not just by humans. Today we’r...

Earlier this year, we launched Agent Academy: Recruit, a foundational learning path designed to help makers and developers get started with building agents in Copilot Studio. The response exceeded our expectations. Since launch, thousands of learners have worked through the Recruit curriculum, and through the Global AI Community we’ve issued 500+ ...