Session Abstract

Microsoft moved app building from the maker portal into the chat window. Type /app in Copilot Cowork, describe the business problem, and agentic coding hands back a working app wired to your data, living next to your Copilot agents and workflows, with governance, security, and ALM all baked in. Welcome to the era of the Microsoft Copilot Managed Runtime. This isn't your grandparent's Power Apps. For anyone who has spent years building model-driven and canvas apps by hand, that is a real shift, and it deserves a closer look than a flashy keynote demo. So I will build one live, from a single prompt, against a real Dataverse environment (because why not?). In front of everyone. Then I open it up. Let's all see what the generated app is actually made of. Where Git-backed source control, deployment stages and version isolation fit. How Entra ID and your existing data policies apply by default, and what the Microsoft 365 admin center gives you once business users start shipping. What Copilot credits mean when the thing is running every day. (cha-ching!) I will also show you where it fell over on me, because it did. Key takeaways -Build a working app from a natural language prompt and iterate on it without leaving the conversation -Trace what the /app skill actually generates, and judge when to keep prompting versus open the code yourself -Connect an app to enterprise data through connectors and Work IQ organizational context -Apply Git-backed source control, deployment stages and version isolation so a fix does not take down the live app -Decide which of your real projects suit this approach, and which ones still do not -Using other 3rd party tools (e.g. Lovable) to build your apps Who this is for Power Platform developers, solution architects and pro developers who already build apps for a living and want to know what changes, and what does not.

Nick Doelman

Nick is an independent Power Platform specialist, trainer and coach. Nick delivers presentations, workshops and collaborates on Power Platform, Power Pages, and Dynamics CRM/365 projects worldwide. From 2021 to 2023, Nick worked as a Senior Content Developer at Microsoft where he worked on documentation and learning content for Power Pages, Power Automate, and other parts of the Power Platform. Nick has been awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) and is a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) since 2019. Nick is a cohost on the Power Platform BOOST podcast with MVP Ulrikke Akerbæk. Nick is also a competitive Powerlifter and is a member of Team Canada competing at various international events. https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickdoelman/ https://bsky.app/profile/readyxrm.bsky.social