Microsoft Power Platform Blog

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May 21, 2024
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New ways of development with copilots and Microsoft Power Platform 

As technology advances more rapidly than ever, the combination of generative AI and low-code is fundamentally changing how developers build solutions. The shift from coding to developing with natural language promises to be as transformative as the impact of cloud platforms and open-source software.

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Introducing Project Oakdale, a new low-code data platform for Microsoft Teams 

The COVID-19 crisis has rapidly changed the way we live and work, and many organizations have shifted to remote work or are implementing a hybrid remote work approach as they reopen physical locations. To support this shift to hybrid remote work, we continue to improve the Microsoft Power Platform integration with Microsoft Teams to enable our customers to tailor Microsoft 365 to their needs and empower everyone to be a developer using low-code tools.

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Return to the workplace with confidence with the Power Platform 

There is no standard handbook for reopening a business during a global pandemic. Each organization faces the daunting task of minimizing risk in conference rooms, factory floors, storefronts, and more to ensure the safety of every employee and customer. Today at Microsoft Inspire—our first all-digital event for our partner community—we are introducing the new Power

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Sneak peek: Business Applications at Microsoft Inspire 

Every day, partners are integral to helping organizations across the globe transform their business—providing end-to-end, intelligent business applications that help to optimize operations, empower cross-functional teams, and better engage customers. Microsoft Inspire is the annual event where we all join together—the Microsoft team and the global partner community—to identify and create opportunities to drive the business forward.

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Imagine, build, and deploy solutions with Microsoft Power Platform 

Currently, 97 percent of the Fortune 500 uses the Microsoft Power Platform in many remarkable ways. Today, I want to share a solution developed by GSK, which is part of the global Fortune 500 and one of the world’s leading healthcare companies. As part of their digital transformation journey, they launched the Digital Factory Transformation

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Rapid application development with Microsoft Power Platform & Azure 

On the kickoff of Build, we have an incredible 31 sessions covering Power Platform and Azure. This volume of sessions at a professional developer conference is a turning point for the Power Platform, so I wanted to take a moment and reflect on this growing fusion of low-code and code-first development.

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Microsoft acquires Softomotive to expand low-code robotic process automation capabilities in Microsoft Power Automate 

Today, we are announcing the acquisition of Softomotive, a world-leading provider of robotic process automation (RPA) with over 15 years of experience and the creator of WinAutomation. By bringing Softomotive’s desktop automation together with the existing Microsoft Power Automate capabilities, at uniquely affordable pricing, Microsoft is further democratizing RPA and enabling everyone to create bots to automate manual business processes.

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Announcing Power Platform and Teams updates to help customers adapt to remote work 

Modernizing critical business processes and enabling new ways of working The COVID-19 pandemic upended the operations of companies around the world, forcing many to shift to remote work, often for the first time. Individuals had to quickly adapt to new ways of working, and business leaders have worked to prioritize the well-being of their employees.

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Driving a data culture: from insight to action 

Welcome to the all-digital Microsoft Business Applications Summit 2020! You can watch our main session and the follow up sessions for each of our areas of investment further down in this post.

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Watch on-demand sessions from Microsoft Business Applications Summit 2020 

A big thank you to everyone who joined us live at the all-digital Microsoft Business Applications Summit. If the event was held in-person, we would’ve needed a larger convention center! The live event is over, but the opportunities to learn and connect have just started. We invite you to watch sessions from the day on-demand, explore presentation materials, and connect with peers and experts in online communities and user groups. We’ll continue adding on-demand session content over the coming days, so be sure to revisit the collection often.

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Join the all-digital Microsoft Business Applications Summit 

Mark your calendar and register today for this year’s all-digital Microsoft Business Applications Summit—a no cost, single-day event on Wednesday, May 6. This is your opportunity to join the Power Platform team to learn about new and upcoming capabilities across Microsoft Power Platform and Dynamics 365, attend live breakout sessions to help you hone your skills, network with our engineers in 1:1 and 1-to-many Expert Connect groups, and engage with the community.