Phil Topness

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CAT Videos are back! If you’re scaling AI agents enterprise‑wide, trust is the constraint you can’t ignore. I talked with Microsoft CVP @SriniRaghavan, drawing on Microsoft’s experience scaling AI across the enterprise. aka.ms/agentsatwork/1 @slaouist

AI agents are becoming core to how work gets done. Today we’re introducing Agent 365 – a powerful new control plane to govern agents at scale. #MSIgnite (1/3)

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Our mission with Copilot Studio is to bring together the best AI innovations into a single low code agent platform so that you can build amazing things. Today, I get to share two new (and very different) updates: deep reasoning and agent flows. I explain both in depth in this article – check it out! linkedin.com/pulse/introduc…

One of the more exciting developments around agents in the last few months has been the Model Context Protocol (MCP). It is the AI-first version of connectors or OpenAPI specs - and can bring new tools to agents. And MCP is now supported natively in Copilot Studio, complete with support for auth, private network access, data loss protection, and more. Check it out in preview environments today!

From a simple webcam to a multi-camera, high-quality setup, Phil Topness @topness & Simo Slaoui craft must-watch insights from Microsoft's top product teams. What’s your favorite so far? Stay tuned for more Copilot Show episode! microsoftinnovationpodcast.com/653

Thanks to @PDXPowerPlatUG for these sweet holographic stickers🤩As a former Portlander, I'm especially excited to talk with this amazing group in January about why succeeding with AI makes us more human.

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New user group holo stickers are here!!!🤩 Grab yours by finding me at #MicrosoftIgnite and rep your love for #Oregon and the #PacNW @PDXFabricUG @PDXPowerPlatUG

Have you ever wished there was something like #GitHub #Copilot for Power Apps Power Fx? Well, your wish is coming true! 🙌 😊 Check it out! powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/int… #PowerPlatform #PowerFx #PowerApps #GitHub #Copilot

I finally got around to recording my Hello fusion development with Power Platform video (youtube.com/watch?v=oupkW9…) that complements my sample repo (github.com/devkeydet/Hell…). Please provide feedback on the repo via issues. More to come at build.microsoft.com.

Missed the Power Platform Pro / Code-First Developer Office Hours - April 2024? Here is the recording. youtube.com/watch?v=JWBCLK… Details for joining next month are available at aka.ms/ppdevoo

It's not too late to add the Power Platform Pro / Code-First Developer Office Hours to your calendar. Meeting is tomorrow. Details here: aka.ms/ppdevoo. Just by LinkedIn events alone, we're almost @ 600 people interested.

@devvelegandla @mattbdevaney Hey thanks @devvelegandla! I’m glad that video was useful.

Yikes, this latest article on #Dataverse security clocks in at 1,384 words. I learned alot and wanted to document it.

How does Microsoft keep your data safe in #Copilot? @joleinik explains how Responsible AI and #PowerPlatform compliance and security work for you. aka.ms/responsible-co… #PowerPlatform #PowerCATLive

Environment Variables are now Always Visible and Editable during Solution Import and Pipeline Deployments powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/env…

Jump start your #PowerPlatform community with this #CoE site template. 🏎️ Learning content and templates for stories, hackathons, success stories and more. @moss_sjeffery and @ManuelaPichler_ show it in #PowerCATLive. buff.ly/484iplU

🌟If you are a fan of using SPN (Service Principal Names) connections like I am... ....you will ❤️ this lab by @laskewitz that shows you how you can now enable SPN support for your custom connectors! 👇 #powerplatform #powerautomate

Lately I've been obsessed with using #PowerAutomate & #MSGraph to work on #Excel files 🤖📝 Here's the top 5 things I learned 😲 1️⃣ Reading #Excel tables is faster with Graph. I read 50k rows in 7s vs. the Excel connector which took 5m. 🔥 2️⃣ Multiple rows can be written to an Excel table with #MSGraph in a single call. It took me only 1s to write 10 lines vs. 14s doing 1 call per row with the Excel connector🐇 ☁ 3️⃣ #MSGraph can do all of the things the Excel connector cannot do. Get values from an individual cell or a named range. Formatting. Create sheets and charts, etc. ♥ 4️⃣ There is a Batch Processing API which allows multiple actions to be run at once. You can get the values from 10 different named ranges at once instead of getting them sequentially. 👨‍💻 5️⃣ HTTP With Azure AD is the best way to make Graph API calls. Security is automatically based on the user account who ran the action. Using the HTTP connector is more complicated because you must make some fancy calls to get a bearer token first 🔓

Click the link to check out the latest #PowerPlatform white paper by @robstand and @davidyack, as they offer insights and guidance on how the #lowcode platform can help your organization’s digital transformation. msft.it/60159ZvRl