From Apps to AI: Future-Proofing Your Tech Skills

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A practical conversation with data and AI manager Eickhel Mendoza about evolving from building Power Apps to architecting secure, mixed Power Platform and Azure solutions. He explains why a fast‑changing ecosystem suits a cookbook approach, how he curates real use‑case recipes, and what it takes to keep guidance current as UI and AI features ship rapidly. Clear takeaways on solution design, reviewer rigor, and creating applied examples that help teams ship performant apps.

👉 What you’ll learn 

• How to architect Power Platform solutions that integrate Azure and customer APIs securely. 
• Ways to infuse AI into existing business processes and automations. 
• A repeatable “cookbook” method for producing practical, up‑to‑date guidance. 
• Techniques for organising ideas into actionable recipes with real constraints. 
• How to maintain performance, quality images, and clear instructions through review. 

✅ Highlights 

• “We are improving those solutions with the inflection of AI in their processes.” 
• “Customers are focused on having everything secure in their infrastructure.” 
• “I didn’t want to replicate Microsoft Learn.” 
• “We want to do something like a cookbook.” 
• “The book is filled with tips and tricks.” 
• “Copilot is still in the early years.” 
• “Stop the presses. I need to update the images.” 
• “Power Apps Everywhere tries to include Power Apps everywhere.” 
• “My best ideas come from the shower.” 
• “Rebecca builds every actual recipe to see if it checks out.” 
• “Use case scenarios, best practice and stuff like that.” 
• “If that helped you in any way, it checks out.” 

🧰Mentioned 

• Power Apps: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-apps/ 
• Dataverse: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-apps/maker/data-platform/data-platform-intro 
• SharePoint Online: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/sharepoint/collaboration 
• Copilot: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/copilot 
• Microsoft Power Apps Cookbook: https://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Power-Apps-Cookbook-user-friendly-ebook/dp/B0DHDBLCCM?ref_=ast_author_mpb

👉KeyWords 
power apps, canvas apps, model‑driven apps, power platform, azure, dataverse, sharepoint, power bi, copilot, dataflows, microsoft fabric, teams

Microsoft 365 Copilot Adoption is a Microsoft Press book for leaders and consultants. It shows how to identify high-value use cases, set guardrails, enable champions, and measure impact, so Copilot sticks. Practical frameworks, checklists, and metrics you can use this month. Get the book: https://bit.ly/CopilotAdoption

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