Plug-ins, Custom APIs, webhooks or Service Bus? The Dataverse limits, transaction rules and a decision flow for picking the right extension.
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Power Platform Service Connections: Client Secret, Managed Identity or Workload Identity Federation?
I needed a service connection for a Power Platform pipeline, and Azure DevOps gave me three options. How I worked out which one to use.
Custom APIs in the Dataverse MCP Server: Your Business Logic Becomes the Agent Contract
The Dataverse MCP Server now calls custom APIs. How agents find them, how to design one an agent can use, and what it means for security and ALM.
Copilot Studio Agent Accounts: What Architects Must Check Before an Agent Gets Its Own Identity
Agent accounts give Copilot Studio agents their own identity, memory and triggers. What to check first: licenses, identity, shared memory and cost.
Nordic Summit 2026 in Billund: Speaking at LEGOLAND and What the Community Gave Back
I spoke at Nordic Summit 2026 at LEGOLAND Hotel & Conference in Billund, Denmark. This is my personal recap: the journey there, the atmosphere of a conference inside a LEGO world, the community that makes these events worth attending, and what I took from presenting Microsoft Copilot Studio vs Azure AI Foundry.
I’m a Microsoft MVP Now: What It Means and What’s Next
I read the email twice before it actually landed. Then a third time, just to be sure I wasn't misreading a rejection as an acceptance out of sheer wishful thinking. I wasn't. I'd been accepted as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in Copilot Studio and Power Apps.
Storybook MCP Server: The Complete Developer Guide to AI-Assisted UI Component Development
Storybook's official MCP server (@storybook/addon-mcp) turns your component library into a live knowledge source for AI agents. Agents can query component documentation, generate stories, run interaction and accessibility tests, and self-correct — all without you having to intervene. This guide covers the architecture, the three toolsets, installation step-by-step, and two alternative MCP approaches including the community-built storybook-mcp package.
Microsoft Scout: The Complete Guide to Microsoft’s First Always-On Autopilot Agent
Microsoft Scout is Microsoft's first Autopilot agent, announced at Build 2026. It's a desktop AI application for Windows and macOS that acts on your files, shell, browser, and Microsoft 365 data — with its own Entra identity, heartbeat background mode, automations, and sub-agent delegation. This guide covers everything: what it is, what it can do, how access works, enterprise governance, and what it means for Power Platform and enterprise developers.
Work IQ APIs: Microsoft’s New Intelligence Layer for Enterprise Agents Is Now Generally Available
Work IQ is Microsoft's new intelligence layer for Microsoft 365, announced at Build 2026 and going generally available June 16, 2026. It gives agents — and the developers building them — a way to work with business context rather than raw data: 2x faster than traditional APIs, 80% fewer tokens, 10 MCP tools instead of hundreds, and full M365 tenant security. This post covers the architecture, the five core advantages, how to get started with the MCP server and CLI today, and what it means for Power Platform developers building on Dataverse and M365.
Microsoft’s AI Found 16 Windows CVEs — Including 4 Critical RCEs. Here’s How the Agentic Pipeline Actually Works
Microsoft's MDASH agentic scanning harness found 16 CVEs in the Windows networking stack — including 4 Critical RCEs affecting tcpip.sys, IKEv2, DNS, and Netlogon. As a Power Platform Solution Architect, this is the infrastructure your solutions sit on. This post explains how the pipeline works, what the architectural lessons are, and how to use this in client governance and security conversations.
Claude Fable 5 in GitHub Copilot — Technical Breakdown for Power Platform and Enterprise Teams
Claude Fable 5 is Anthropic's first Mythos-class model and it's now generally available in GitHub Copilot. This breakdown covers the technical specs, the built-in Opus 4.8 fallback mechanism, the 30-day data retention requirement that breaks standard ZDR assumptions, and a practical enablement framework for Power Platform and enterprise teams operating under data governance constraints.
GitHub Copilot Code Reviews Are Coming to Azure Repos — What It Means for Power Platform Teams
GitHub Copilot code review is entering limited public preview inside Azure Repos pull requests. This guide covers three-tier setup, billing on your Azure subscription, preview limits, and how to integrate AI-assisted code review into Power Platform ALM workflows for Dataverse plugins and PCF controls.