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The Power Platform Boost Podcast is your timely update of what's new and what is happening in the community of Microsoft business applications. Join hosts Ulrikke Akerbæk and Nick Doelman for a lively discussion of all things Power Platform!Like what you hear? Buy us a beer: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Powerplatboost

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August 12, 2026Episode 9244 min

AI Cowboys (#92)

Yiiiihaa!! This time we spent a fair bit of time talking about the mental model around the new announcements for Copilot Studio, and that it's now based on the GitHub Copilot Harness, and what that means. Our amazing friends at the Cloud Advocacy team released a new module for this new harness already! Shout out to Elaiza Benitez, Daniel Laskewitz, Scott Durow, Jack Rowbotham, Dona Sarkar and April Dunnam. Combine this course with the extensive list of recorded webinars by the CAT Team, that cover everything that you can possibly come across when working with Copilot Studio!We also need covered community content around how to make a podcast recording from the daily digest from all the newsletters you subscribe to but don't have time to read, by Remi Dyon. We wanted to shout out to the newsletter crews that keep us in the loop every week: Power Platform Weekly, curated by Carina M. Claesson, Daniel Laskewitz, Ed Gonzales, and Magnus Gether Sørensen; Power Platform Dev Weekly, from Danish Naglekar and Anwesha Sharma; the Copilot Studio Newsletter on LinkedIn, curated by Bülent Altinsoy; Charles Sexton's series of Code Apps updates; and How to AI, Ruben Hassid's newsletter on Claude and AI toolsShow notesNewsIntroducing a new harness for Copilot StudioRecruit - GitHub Copilot Harness | Agent Academy by the Advocacy Team; Elaiza Benitez, Daniel Laskewitz, Scott Durow, Jack Rowbotham, Dona Sarkar and April DunnamMicrosoft CAT AI WebinarsTurn Your Daily Digest Into a Podcast You'll Actually Listen To | The Custom Engine by Remi DyonWhat's new in Power Platform: July/August 2026 feature updateMicrosoft executive modifies Doom to play it inside Paint - Neowin by Mark Russinovich Newsletters to followPower Platform WeeklyPower Platform Dev WeeklyCopilot Studio Newsletter by Bülent AltinsoyHow to AI by Ruben HassidCharles Sexton on LinkedIn — for Code Apps and generative pages newsBe sure to subscribe so you don't miss a single episode of Power Platform BOOST!Thank you for buying us a coffee: buymeacoffee.comPodcast home page: https://powerplatformboost.comEmail: hello@powerplatformboost.comFollow us!Twitter: https://twitter.com/powerplatboost Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/powerplatformboost/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/powerplatboost/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090444536122 Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@powerplatboost

July 31, 2026Episode 9140 min

AI Slop and Click Bait (#91)

NewsWhy not Vibe-code your own CRM? by Steve MordueNative mobile apps in Power Platform by Jan ChlebekDataPilot – Your cockpit for Dataverse by Samuel SimonCan Claude Code Become Your Power Pages Development Assistant? by Payam YazdkhastiSkills Gallery for AI Agents by Adi Leibowitz, Henry Jammes and the Power CAT teamNEW Power Automate Flow Agent MCP Server | Full Tutorial by Reza DorraniMicrosoft Learn Resources for Scaling AI Agents by Manuela PichlerShare Copilot Studio agents with end users by Carsten GrothDitch the Power Apps maker portal! by Nick DoelmanThe all-code Power Platform by Jukka NiiranenDOOM in Power Platform by Joe GriffinUnresolved Dependencies by Joe Griffin and Sebastian SieberCode Apps, Vibe Apps, and Power Platform Skills Weekly by Charles SextonDemo in the Microsoft 365 & Power Platform Community CallsBe sure to subscribe so you don't miss a single episode of Power Platform BOOST!Thank you for buying us a coffee: buymeacoffee.comPodcast home page: https://powerplatformboost.comEmail: hello@powerplatformboost.comFollow us!Twitter: https://twitter.com/powerplatboost Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/powerplatformboost/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/powerplatboost/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090444536122 Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@powerplatboost

July 15, 2026Episode 9050 min

Thrills, Chills, and Skills! (#90)

It's in the middle of the summer for both of us; Nick just had a serendipitous experience 🏆️ at the local grocery store, and Ulrikke just came back from an Interrail trip 🚅 through Europe with the kids! If you want to hear about our summer experiences, tune in to this cutout: 🏖️Boost Extra! Summer Vibe! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=draieQra5tA 😎 If you are looking for something more tech-related to fill your ears with while on holiday, EPPC just published the keynotes from last week's event on ▶️ YouTube! We highly recommend you tune in to watch the keynotes by Ryan Cunningham, Nirav Shah, Leon Welicki, and the rest of the Microsoft team! 🤩 It was refreshing to watch the only non-Microsoft keynote speaker, Chris O'Brien. He talked about what's discussed in the boardrooms and how to align your career to stay relevant. We also picked up LinkedIn posts from Steve Mordue, Jukka Niiranen, and Scott Hanselman this week as they touched on the same nerve as Chris did in his keynote, echoing some of the fears - but also proposing solutions for all of us working in this fast-paced⚡️AI era. Also, Vesa Juvonen, the Copilot Studio CAT team, Nagesh Bhat, Michel Mendes, Luciano Spiguel, and Kunal Sethi gave us technical deep dives and interesting📣 announcements around M365, SharePoint, Copilot Studio, and Power Pages this week 😀Hope you are having a great summer (or winter) wherever you are, that you take care to manage the heat 😅 for yourself and your loved ones, and that you stay safe. Catch you next time 🌴EPPC26 KeynotesBuilding What's Next for Work by Ryan CunninghamAgents Everywhere - Nirav Shah, Microsoft by Nirav ShahThe Power of the Platform by Leon WelickiFrom Boardroom to Build Room on Microsoft by Chris O'Brien NewsI cannot wait for the cost of AI to go way up by Steve MordueCopilot Studio is no longer part of Power Platform by Jukka NiiranenTime Under Tension by Scott HanselmanSharePoint Copilot Apps Now in Public Preview: From Intent to Action in Microsoft 365 Copilot by Vesa JuvonenPower Platform Skills including Power Automate and Mobile Apps SkillsNew Orchestrator, New Rules? CAT's Got You by the Copilot Studio CAT teamNative Dataverse Authorization (Public Preview) for Stronger Security in Power Pages by Nagesh BhatNew "Custom access" type in Power Pages table permissions by Michel MendesD365ContextExporter by Luciano SpiguelPower Platform CoE Starter Kit Update: 4-Week Action Roadmap by Kunal SethiBe sure to subscribe so you don't miss a single episode of Power Platform BOOST!Thank you for buying us a coffee: buymeacoffee.comPodcast home page: https://powerplatformboost.comEmail: hello@powerplatformboost.comFollow us!Twitter: https://twitter.com/powerplatboost Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/powerplatformboost/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/powerplatboost/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090444536122 Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@powerplatboost

July 1, 2026Episode 8929 min

EPPC26 - Long days & short nights (#89)

European Power Platform Conference 2025European Power Platform ConferenceCopilot Studio Agent AcademyNewsMeet the new Copilot Studio: rebuilt for more complex, multi-step workPlaywright MCPCopilot Studio sample agents by Henry JammesMicrosoft Copilot Studio CLINEW Workflows Feature In Copilot Studio (20-Min Full Demo) by Matthew DevaneyHow To Build Your First Agent in the NEW Copilot Studio (STEP BY STEP) by Howdang RashidMicrosoft Rebuilt Copilot Studio — Here's Everything New 🚀 by Reza DorraniMeet the Agent Academy Hackathon Winners by April Dunnam Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss a single episode of Power Platform BOOST!Thank you for buying us a coffee: buymeacoffee.comPodcast home page: https://powerplatformboost.comEmail: hello@powerplatformboost.comFollow us!Twitter: https://twitter.com/powerplatboost Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/powerplatformboost/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/powerplatboost/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090444536122 Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@powerplatboost

June 18, 2026Episode 8849 min

Build Bonanza (#88)

This episode starts with a recap of the biggest 📣 news and announcements for the Power Platform ecosystem from Microsoft BUILD last week. We are still buzzing from learning about Microsoft IQ, the new Autopilot from Microsoft called Scout🦞, the new Closed Loop Learning 👩‍🎓 for Power Apps MCP Server, and the Connector Inventory 🗃️ for governance. Our friends from The Cloud Advocacy 🥑 team at Microsoft published some great resources again this week, including a guide by April Dunam to help us understand when to use Sout, Copilot Cowork, M365 Copilot, or Copilot Studio. Scott Durow posted a great visual walkthrough about the completely new ✨️ experience for building with Copilot Studio! It's not just a facelift - it has been rebuilt from scratch, and the whole mental model has changed! If you need to deep-dive 🥽, Resa Dorani has you covered with a video showing all the new bells and whistles. There is a bunch of new content from the community again this week! It is an exciting time to be a technologist, that's for sure. We see you guys building all kinds of cool 🤩 stuff and bringing us along for your learning journey👨‍🏫. Listen through 🎧️ the episode or cut directly to the show notes 📒 for content from Kyle Daigle, Srihari Srinivasa, Kent Weare, Suyash Kshirsagar, Yina Arenas, Sean Astrakhan, Charles Sexton, Victor Dantas, Andreas Adner, Ritu Joshi, Valentin Gasenko, David Zoonekyndt, Fredrik Neiderud, Diana Birkelbach, David Wyatt, and Kevin Holland 👏 We have already started to build the list of items to discuss for next time, so make sure you stay tuned and don't miss an episode by subscribing to our channels wherever you want to get notified about the latest episode.Until then, take care, have fun, and stay true to yourself! 🥰 Nick and Ulrikke out 🫡 xBUILDCopilot Choice Guide by April DunnamMicrosoft Build 2026: Be yourself at work by Kyle DaigleClosed-loop learning on the Power Apps MCP server by Srihari SrinivasaWhat's new in Power Platform: June 2026 feature update by the Microsoft Power Platform teamMicrosoft Dataverse plugin: unleashing coding agents on the enterprise by Kent Weare and Suyash KshirsagarNewsFable 5 available in Microsoft Foundry by Yina ArenasStatement on the US government directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 by AnthropicBuild Copilot Studio Agents 10x Faster Using VS Code (Tools-to-Build-Tools Approach) by Sean AstrakhanTry the new Copilot Studio by Scott DurowMicrosoft Rebuilt Copilot Studio — Here's Everything New 🚀 by Reza DorraniCode Apps Weekly Update by Charles SextonPlugins, code & agents: skills for Power Platform by Victor DantasBuild apps in minutes on Microsoft Fabric with Rayfin by Andreas AdnerIntroducing Rayfin: A new AI-first way to build, deploy and govern by Shireesh ThotaSolution-aware bulk deletion in Dataverse by Valentin GasenkoStudio Tweaks: Take your Power Apps Canvas beyond by David ZoonekyndtWhy I'm finally building UI tests for Power Platform & Dynamics 365 by Fredrik NeiderudInside Built-In and Custom Copilot UI Widgets powered by Power Apps by Diana BirkelbachVibe coding my own Power Platform Admin Center by David WyattPower Platform CI/CD Dashboard by Kevin HollandEventsEuropean Power Platform ConferenceJune 29th to July 2nd 2026, Copenhagen Microsoft Community Days Montreal 2026August 21, 2026, Montreal Helish SummitSeptember 17, 2026 - Helsinki, Finland Nordic SummitSeptember 21-22, Billund, Denmark Power Platform Community ConferenceLas Vegas | October 27-29, 2026Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss a single episode of Power Platform BOOST!Thank you for buying us a coffee: buymeacoffee.comPodcast home page: https://powerplatformboost.comEmail: hello@powerplatformboost.comFollow us!Twitter: https://twitter.com/powerplatboost Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/powerplatformboost/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/powerplatboost/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090444536122 Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@powerplatboost

June 3, 2026Episode 8752 min

Burning Tokens (#87)

Dynamics MindsDynamics Minds 2026NewsWhat can you do with Copilot Cowork? by Alexander HolmesetMicrosoft Certified: Intelligent Applications Builder Associate (beta)How We Build Effective Agents by Barry ZhangAI Engineering Coach — free VS Code extension that analyzes your AI coding assistant usage by Joe Unwinmicrosoft/AI-Engineering-Coach on GitHub by the Microsoft teamSkills for Copilot Studio — create Copilot Studio agents using agents by Andreas Adnermicrosoft/skills-for-copilot-studio on GitHub by the Microsoft teamClaude Dynamic WorkflowsPower Apps Code Apps — NPM-based CLI for connectors by Carsten GrothRelease Planner app for Power Platform by Reza DorraniAdxstudio Portals → D365 Portals → Power Apps Portals → Power Pages by Megan V. WalkerWhy Power Pages Entity Lists Become a Liability — and What to Use Instead by Valentin GasenkoBe sure to subscribe so you don't miss a single episode of Power Platform BOOST!Thank you for buying us a coffee: buymeacoffee.comPodcast home page: https://powerplatformboost.comEmail: hello@powerplatformboost.comFollow us!Twitter: https://twitter.com/powerplatboost Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/powerplatformboost/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/powerplatboost/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090444536122 Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@powerplatboost

May 20, 2026Episode 8651 min

What is PPAC? (#86)

Agent Academy🏆 Agent Academy HackathonAgent Academy Live NewsHow to Call Power Automate Flows from a Code App (and some gotchas) by Josh and CharlesI used AI as a full game studio – Flow Alt Delete – Josh Cook [Microsoft MVP] by Josh CookClaude Folder Setup by Manthan PatelMicrosoft Copilot Studio | FULL COURSE for Beginners by Howdang RashidRapidClaw by Steve ModueHourly billing for technology consultants is dying... by Steve ModueDid you know in Power Automate with just a little setting, you can make emails look gorgeous? by Sean AstrakhanNEW Workflows Feature In Copilot Studio (20-Min Full Demo) by Matthew DevaneyI have just released yet another version of the FetchXML Builder in #XrmToolBox by Jonas RappSelf-healing (preview) - Power AutomateNavigate to and from a generative page using client APIPower CAT Canvas Apps Plugin by the Power CAT teamAgentic Administration: Dataverse Admin Skills now available in Public Preview by Anirudha BakoreMicrosoft Power Platform Center of Excellence (CoE) Starter Kit transition to Power Platform admin center PodcastWhy I Left Microsoft: A Power Platform MVP’s Career Journey by Mirko PetersBe sure to subscribe so you don't miss a single episode of Power Platform BOOST!Thank you for buying us a coffee: buymeacoffee.comPodcast home page: https://powerplatformboost.comEmail: hello@powerplatformboost.comFollow us!Twitter: https://twitter.com/powerplatboost Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/powerplatformboost/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/powerplatboost/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090444536122 Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@powerplatboost

May 6, 2026Episode 8549 min

10 Coffees and a RedBull (#85)

Show notes NewsCustom tools and rich UI for app-based conversations are now in Public Preview by Hemant GaurModifying PowerApps Ribbon with Gemini/Copilot CLI. by Shashank BhideAll good things come to an end. For the Power Platform CoE Starter Kit, the end seems to be February 2026.🪦 by Jukka NiiranenPower Apps- Comparing Different Ways to Create Apps With AI by David WyattTime for the Timeline by Ania BlackPower Pages Backend Trifecta by Oleksandr OlashynCreate Add To Outlook Link For Sessions or Events In CIJ by Megan WalkerCopilot Cowork: From conversation to action across skills, integrations, and devices by Charles LamannaUnresolved Dependencies by Joe Griffin and Sebastian SieberPower Platform Community NewsletterAgent Academy Live, May 12th 5 PM (UTC+2)Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss a single episode of Power Platform BOOST!Thank you for buying us a coffee: buymeacoffee.comPodcast home page: https://powerplatformboost.comEmail: hello@powerplatformboost.comFollow us!Twitter: https://twitter.com/powerplatboost Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/powerplatformboost/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/powerplatboost/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090444536122 Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@powerplatboost

April 22, 2026Episode 8425 min

ColorCloud and other news (#84)

Color CloudColorCloud Hamburg 2026Copilot Studio Agent Academy | Agent Academy NewsA New Way to Build Canvas Apps 🚀 (Power Apps MCP Server) by Reza DorraniMCP Apps now available in Copilot chat - Microsoft 365 Developer Blog by Deepak PratinidhiFrom DOTA to Power Pages: Rethinking How Developers Learn | LinkedIn by Ashish ChoudharyMicrosoft Power Platform CLI pages command group - Power Platform | Microsoft Learn🚀 Power Pages Enhanced Authorization?!By Valentin GasenkoUnify Power Pages authorization by merging web role with Dataverse security role | Microsoft Learn✨Custom Copilot agent in Power Apps with an MCP Apps UI! ⭐ by Andreas AdnerFrom DEV to PROD: Deploying Copilot Studio Agents to Teams and Microsoft 365 Copilot | The Custom EngineDesign Copilot Studio Agents for Teams (Because Test Chat Was Too Easy) | The Custom EngineGetting Started with Dataverse Skills: A Guide - Practical AI, Copilot & Modern Development Insights by Zsolt ZombikBe sure to subscribe so you don't miss a single episode of Power Platform BOOST!Thank you for buying us a coffee: buymeacoffee.comPodcast home page: https://powerplatformboost.comEmail: hello@powerplatformboost.comFollow us!Twitter: https://twitter.com/powerplatboost Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/powerplatformboost/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/powerplatboost/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090444536122 Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@powerplatboost

April 8, 202638 min

Not a musical (#83)

Power Apps in 2026: Which App Type Should You Actually Use? by Charles Sexton and Josh Giles"Navigating the New Map of the Power Platform" Workshop at Color Cloud by Scott Durow"Build your first AI Agents with Microsoft’s Agent Academy" Workshop at Color Cloud by Nick and UlrikkeGen Pages available in all clouds, GA and with Agent Dev toolsToluVictor/canvas-apps-tools: AI skills for Power Apps Canvas Apps by Tolu Victornickmeron/Dataverse-MCP-Server by Nir MeronPublic Preview: Your business apps, now part of every conversation by Claudio RomanoCowork vs. Cowork by Jukka NiiranenDataverse Skills: Your Coding Agent Now Speaks Dataverse by Suyash Kshirsagar'Copilot in the flow of work' - When to use each type by Simon OwenEight Claude Code commands by Nicola ValentiWired Differently, Leading Boldly: A Journey of Neurodivergent Strength by Keegan ChambersBe sure to subscribe so you don't miss a single episode of Power Platform BOOST!Thank you for buying us a coffee: buymeacoffee.comPodcast home page: https://powerplatformboost.comEmail: hello@powerplatformboost.comFollow us!Twitter: https://twitter.com/powerplatboost Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/powerplatformboost/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/powerplatboost/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090444536122 Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@powerplatboost