Understanding Microsoft Power Platform Licensing: A Practitioner's Reference
A practitioner's reference for Power Platform core, Copilot Studio, Dataverse, Dynamics 365 Contact Center, and Dynamics 365 Customer Service.
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A practitioner's reference for Power Platform core, Copilot Studio, Dataverse, Dynamics 365 Contact Center, and Dynamics 365 Customer Service.
Part 2 of a two-part guide to managing and securing Power Platform environments within Microsoft 365 — Copilot Studio governance, agent authentication, ALM and pipelines, solution checker, licensing, and change management.
Part 1 of a two-part guide to managing and securing Power Platform environments within Microsoft 365 — environment strategy, the default environment, Managed Environments, environment groups, DLP, tenant isolation, identity, and monitoring.
Microsoft Agent 365 reached general availability on 1 May 2026. Here is what the service is, why it matters for organizations already using Microsoft 365 Copilot, what changes operationally, and how to take the first steps after acquiring a license.
Microsoft's new 'IQ' layers - Work IQ, Fabric IQ, and Foundry IQ - provide AI agents with deep organizational context across work, data, and knowledge domains. Here's what they are, why they matter for enterprise AI, and how developers can use them to build smarter agents.
The honest list of what Cowork cannot do today — by design or by current state — so you can plan rollouts without mid-pilot surprises.
Attaching files and grounding Cowork with work context — supported file types, size limits, and the patterns that improve output quality.
Cowork's control surface — per-action approvals with risk indicators, pause/resume, the Tasks view, and scheduled prompts.
Enterprise Search and Deep Research in Cowork, including the Researcher agent with Critique and its measurable quality lift on DRACO.
Cowork's document skills — Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF — with working prompts and the cross-skill chains that deliver finished files.
Using the Meetings and Daily Briefing skills in Cowork for prep, recap, action items, and a prioritized morning view of your day.
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I’m a Microsoft MVP, specializing in agentic AI, autonomous systems, and the Microsoft Power Platform—with a focus on Copilot Studio and Azure AI Services. This blog provides practical insights and real-world approaches to building secure, scalable, and responsible AI solutions. Your feedback is always welcome—let’s start the conversation.