Low Code Approach
Microsoft
As organizations accelerate their adoption of generative AI and intelligent agents to transform how they build and manage solutions, IT professionals and developers are expanding their expertise to design, deploy, and govern AI-powered systems—leveraging Microsoft Copilot Studio and Azure AI Foundry to integrate collaboration tools, enforce enterprise-grade compliance, and support both low-code and pro-code development. With built-in security frameworks, governance controls, and seamless integration with Microsoft Security, Entra, and Purview, these platforms empower teams to innovate responsibly while maintaining visibility, control, and trust across the AI lifecycle. Learn from Microsoft MVPs, product team members, and industry practitioners how they’ve built secure, collaborative, and compliant AI applications and agents using Microsoft’s trusted AI ecosystem.
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Nov 19, 2024 • 46min
Episode 69: Power Apps at Ignite 2024 (w/ Leon Welicki)
It is Ignite week and there is so much happening! Leon Welicki, VP & CPO of Microsoft Power Apps joins the show to talk about all the amazing announcements for Power Apps. Learn about what's new and how get your hands on all the cool features!
Want to watch Leon's session at Ignite, check it out here:
https://ignite.microsoft.com/en-US/sessions/BRK172?source=sessions
Nov 12, 2024 • 29min
Episode 68: Power Platform Well-Architected (w/ Robert Standefer and Manuela Pichler)
What can help you design application workloads for current needs and future challenges? What will help you asses what areas of your Microsoft Power Platform needs attention and resources? What even is a workload? Robert Standefer and Manuela Pichler, creators of Power Platform Well-Architected joins the podcast to go over who is this for and how it can help your organization improve.
Nov 5, 2024 • 36min
Episode 67: When Worlds Collide (w/Digestible Dynamics)
What happens when two podcasts meetup? Well, turns out it's an awesome experience! Kenneth Johnson (KJ) and Kevin Galang from the Digestible Dynamics podcast join us to drop some knowledge on Dynamics 365, why should Power Platform customers look to Dynamics 365 and how both products are integrated and complimentary of each other. We had so much fun with this one!
Check out the Digestible Dynamics podcast here: https://open.spotify.com/show/68i94lqxovOfq2weg9VKYd
Oct 29, 2024 • 28min
Episode 66: Training Up on Power Platform (w/ Laura Rogers)
Knowledge is power, and Power Platform knowledge is extra powerful. So how do share the knowledge of using Microsoft Power Platform? Training is the key, and we are lucky to have the legend, Laura Rogers join the podcast to discuss training strategies, how generative AI has changed training, and what is the best platform for delivering training content. Laura is such a wealth of information, and we highly recommend you check out the Information Worker Mentor content here: https://www.iwmentor.com/.
Oct 22, 2024 • 29min
Episode 65: The Economic Impact of Power Platform (w/ Ricardo Duncan)
We love Power Platform and know that it makes a huge impact on our customers, but how can we actually measure that impact? Our good friend, Ricardo Duncan is back on the podcast to talk about the 2024 Total Economic Impact report commissioned by Microsoft with Forrester. The numbers are incredible, and Ricardo explains it all!
Want to check it out yourself? 2024 TEI of Power Platform | Microsoft
Read Richard Riley's blog too: Reduce development times and increase ROI with Microsoft Power Platform - Microsoft Power Platform Blog
Oct 15, 2024 • 29min
Episode 64: Demystifying Dataverse (w/ Oleg Ovanesyan)
When building solutions, when should you use Microsoft Dataverse? Why would you choose Dataverse over SharePoint or SQL for your solutions? To understand the reason why your organization would benefit by using Dataverse, IT admins and solution developers need to have a better understanding of Dataverse offers. Luckily, Oleg Ovanesyan joins the podcast to give us the low down in what will become a series of demystifying Dataverse.
Oct 1, 2024 • 33min
Episode 63: Custom agents in Microsoft Copilot (w/ Jeremy Thake)
NOTE: This episode was recorded prior to the September 16th moment when Microsoft rebranded copilots to agents.
Jeremy Thake joins the LCA crew to talk about extensibility in Microsoft Copilot. What does this mean for pro code developers using Visual Studio Code and makers using Microsoft Copilot Studio? What is the difference with Graph connectors and how do they extend knowledge and agents? And with so many options for extensibility with agents, who is the owner of ensuring security of that data?
Check out https://adoption.microsoft.com
Sep 24, 2024 • 33min
Episode 62: Extensibility in Copilot agents (w/ Sabin Nair and Nathan Helgren)
Microsoft Copilot has some amazing extensibility features and great customizations to take your agents further. Find out from the brains of the operation, Sabin Nair and Nathan Helgren, both from the Microsoft Dataverse team, as they talk to us about what does it mean to connect to third-party sources, how you can customize your agents with connectors, and what is the scope of these connectors!
Sep 17, 2024 • 29min
Episode 61: Peak Performance (w/ Austin Laugesen)
Microsoft Power Apps allows makers to rapidly build and deploy applications to help organizations modernize their business processes. But how do makers and admins ensure that their applications run efficiently and provide a great experience? We have Austin Laugesen, Principal Program Manager at Microsoft join us to discuss the ways that the Power Platform Product team is building features to make the low code approach the right approach for your organization with Power Apps.
Sep 10, 2024 • 35min
Episode 60: What's New in ALM? (w/ Casey Burke)
Casey Burke, a PM on the Power Apps team, leads the charge on application lifecycle management across the Power Platform. In this engaging discussion, Casey shares exciting new features for ALM, emphasizing collaboration between citizen and professional developers. He dives into recent enhancements in Power Platform Pipelines, including environment routing and integrated source code management. The conversation also covers licensing insights for managed environments and the challenges of multi-tenant support, making it a must-listen for low-code enthusiasts!
