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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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Feb 20, 2024 • 27min
Episode 35: Ignite Refresher (w/ Michael Roth and Chris Huntingford)
In this week's episode, we take a trip down memory lane to revisit some of the biggest announcements for Microsoft Power Platform that occurred at Microsoft Ignite. Michael Roth and Chris Huntingford join us to let us know what they thought were most exciting and the impact of the announcements. From Microsoft Copilot Studio to groups and rules in Power Platform governance, this is a good look at how customers and attendees reacted to the news.
Feb 13, 2024 • 26min
Episode 34: Dataverse at the Center of Low Code (w/ Mike Bassani)
In this episode, Sean, Wendy, and Ken talk to Mike Bassani, Partner PM Manager at Microsoft, who shares his insights on Dataverse, the data platform that powers the Power Platform. We discuss what Dataverse is, how it works, and how it works in terms of security. We also learn about the different ways to get data into Dataverse, and the security components that Dataverse provides, such as governance, authorization, token creation, and environment management. If you are interested in learning more about Dataverse and how it can help you build low-code solutions with Power Platform, this episode is for you.
Feb 6, 2024 • 23min
Episode 33: Help! We Still Use InfoPath and SharePoint Workflow Engine (w/ April Dunnam)
In this episode, April Dunnam joins Ken, Wendy, and Sean to discuss what organizations can do as the end-of-life approaches for InfoPath and SharePoint Workflow engine 2013. What are your organizations options for migration? What can you do if a third-party software you use has dependencies on these technologies? What weird and odd way will Ken introduce himself? Find out the answers to these questions and more on the latest episode of the Low Code Approach!
Jan 30, 2024 • 33min
Episode 32: Doing Good (w/Josh Bregman, Heather McLean, Ben Wong)
In this episode, Ken, Sean, and Wendy discuss how the Power Platform can help organizations do good. To help explain what good Power Platform can do, we are joined by great people in: Heather McLean - Principal Product Manager of Innovation at Blackbaud, Ben Wong, Senior Principal Product Manager of Sky Developer Platform at Blackbaud, and Josh Bregman, Principal Product Manager at Microsoft. Learn how non-profits can use Power Platform, how Blackbaud helps organizations empower their staff and volunteers to use Power Platform, and how Blackbaud's fantastic Power Platform connectors enable organizations to take their business processes further!
Jan 24, 2024 • 26min
Episode 31: A Smarter Way to Manage Environments (w/ Mik Ferland)
In this episode, Mik Ferland, Senior Program Manager joins Ken, Wendy and Sean to discuss one of the newly announced features for Power Platform governance, environment groups and rules. Learn more about how these new managed environments features will provide Power Platform administrators a more efficient way to manage Power Platform at-scale.
Jan 16, 2024 • 29min
Episode 23: Keeping the Lights On (w/ Tim Robichaux)
In this Sean-less episode, join Ken and Wendy as Tim Robichaux, Principal Service Engineering Manager, teaches us about how Microsoft provides the cloud service updates to Power Platform that keeps Power Platform up and running, communication strategies for changes and how admins can keep up with the latest and greatest features!
Jan 9, 2024 • 28min
Episode 29: Copilot Governance in Low Code (w/ Sid Gundavarapu)
As organizations move forward with implementing Microsoft Copilots across their business units, learn from Sid Gundavarapu, Principal Product Manager in the Power Apps Scale team at Microsoft, about governance and governance tools for low code.
Jan 3, 2024 • 41min
Episode 28: Customer Zero (w/Lianne Zelsman)
This one is a long one!
Learn how Microsoft uses Microsoft Power Platform internally, how Microsoft governs Power Platform, and can scale their governance strategy for fifty to sixty thousand users and ~ three hundred thousand apps!
Wendy, Ken, and Sean are joined by Lianne Zelsman, Senior Product Manager with Microsoft Digital to get the insights in what does it take to manage Power Platform across Microsoft.
Dec 13, 2023 • 27min
Episode 27: Copilot in Microsoft Power Platform (w/ Emma Cooper)
In this episode, Ken, Wendy, and Sean are joined by Emma Cooper, Principal PM Manager for Microsoft Power Apps. Emma discusses what Microsoft Copilot is, how Copilot shows up in Microsoft Power Platform, is Copilot for developers too, and slew of other topics. This is a must-listen if you are interested in Microsoft Copilot!
Learn more about Microsoft Copilot check out our learning programs here: Browse all courses, learning paths, and modules - Training | Microsoft Learn
Nov 21, 2023 • 28min
Episode 26: Let’s Connect (w/ Jocelyn Panchal and Sabin Nair)
Microsoft Power Platform provides developers and makers the ability to build amazing solutions, and with Power Platform Connectors, developers can take their solutions further! Learn more about how Power Platform connectors can take your solutions to the next level in the most connected ecosystem with Jocelyn Panchal, Product Manager II and Sabin Nair, Principal Group Program Manager.
