Low Code Approach

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!

Microsoft Build provided a slew of news announcements for product and feature improvements. Some of the coolest features announced were in Microsoft Power Apps Studio. Luckily, we got the man with the plan, Clay Wesener, Partner Group Product Manager, at Microsoft to tell us all about what the features are, why organizations should care, and how to utilize them to the fullest! Listen in while Clay breaks it down for the hosts!

Get ready to elevate your AI game! Your AI experience is only as good as your data, and with Microsoft Dataverse, it gets a whole lot better! What do we mean by ‘a whole lot better’? We’ve got Robert Bruckner, CTO and VP of Microsoft Dataverse, here to break it all down. If you’re eager to supercharge your organization’s success with generative AI, this is the episode you can’t miss!

You may have heard the term 'Project Sophia' before or maybe not yet, but this amazing new business application technology from Microsoft is going to be a game changer for organizations. Julie Strauss, VP of Project Sophia joins the podcast to tell us how Project Sophia is going to take your data and knowledge further and deliver insights to move faster and smarter in your business decisions.  Learn more about Project Sophia here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/project-sophia/overview and here: https://adoption.microsoft.com/en-us/project-sophia/  

In this episode, Derek Kwan joins us as we dive deep into the innovative catalog feature in Power Platform. Join us as we explore how this powerful tool is revolutionizing the way organizations manage and distribute approved artifacts such as apps, flows, and bots. We'll discuss how the catalog enables makers to access reusable components right when they need them, speeding up development cycles and enhancing productivity.   We'll cover key aspects of the catalog, including: How organizations can share and find artifacts that follow best practices and are organization-approved   The role of the Catalog Manager in administering catalogs, managing access and security, and approving catalog items   The benefits of using the catalog with Power Platform CLI, including crowd-sourcing templates and components, and ensuring access to the latest versions. Whether you're a seasoned developer or just starting with Power Platform, this episode will provide valuable insights into how the catalog feature can help you streamline your development process and improve collaboration within your organization.

Copilot can respond with some fantastic answers to your questions, but sometimes the hardest part is asking the right questions. Well, this is where Erik Olsson and Stuart Ridout, the creators of Prompt Buddy come in to help you (and the rest of the hosts, let's be honest) build the best prompts to get the most out of Copilot. Join us as Erik and Stuart give us the what, the why, and the how to Prompt Buddy!  Wanna give Prompt Buddy a shot, try it here: GitHub - stuartridout/promptbuddy: Prompt Buddy is a free Microsoft Teams Power App using Dataverse for Teams. It is a space where your team can share their favourite AI prompts and upvote prompts from others. It is preloaded with Copilot categories but others can be added. - https://github.com/stuartridout/promptbuddy

We often get asked how newly announced features are received in the real world. How are they being used, what are the improvements that are needed, and how much does John Landgrave love the work that marketing is doing for him and his peers? In this post-Build episode, Principal Technical Specialists John Landgrave and Chris Simmons join us to discuss how customers are approaching the newest feature announcements and what that means for governance and security! 

Still waiting on approval for something? Sounds like that process needs to be digitized. Check out this episode where Grant Archibald, Sr. Program Manager at Microsoft walks us through the business approval kit for Microsoft Power Platform. What it is, why you need it, and what it enables your organization to do once deployed. It must be a summer cookout, because we are doing some grilling on this episode!  Learn more about the business approval kit here: Setup of the business approvals kit - Power Automate | Microsoft Learn  https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-automate/guidance/business-approvals-templates/setup

Microsoft Copilot Studio provides so many amazing features to help bring generative AI into your applications. Sometimes it feels like we've only scratched the surface of what we can do, but Gwen Bego, GPM Power Automate/AI Builder at Microsoft, joins the podcast to talk to us about prompt plugins, adding knowledge to your copilots, and what that means for the future of applications! 

How can customers spark adoption and innovation in their organizations? Alan Chai joins the podcast to share his inspirational and insightful story of how he utilized Microsoft Power Platform to change his organization, innovate applications, deliver business outcomes quickly, and grow adoption. T