January 2025 Newsletter

LATEST NEWS

2025 RELEASE WAVE 1

This month saw a whole host of new capabilities riding on the crest of the 2025 Release Wave! With advancements in agents, automation, intelligence, and seamless integrations, come take a look as some of the key areas of focus to help optimize your efficiency through innovation.

Click here to read Ryan Martin's great blog post about the latest 2025 Release Wave 1 plans, and click here to find out what's new in Power Platform, Dynamics 365, and Microsoft Copilot.

Copilot Studio Highlights

With fresh capabilities including support for actions, enterprise knowledge sources, and new conversational channels for agents including WhatsApp and SharePoint, click the image below to find out how the latest enhancements to Copilot Studio can benefit your business.

Power Apps Highlights

With the integrated ability for users to understand and monitor agent actions, plus the added ability to resolve issues when agents hit roadblock, Power Apps is accelerating the shift towards intelligent AI-driven solutions at scale. Click the image below to find out more!

Power Automate Highlights

Click the image below to discover how Power Automate is transforming how businesses automate complex processes, such as advanced approvals, and fresh AI native capabilities in generative actions and intelligent document processing.

Copilot Studio Agent Builder

By utilizing the simplicity, flexibility, and customization options of Copilot Studio, agent builder is sure to become your indispensable ally when building and fine-tuning your agents. So, whether you're a novice or a technical expert, click the image below to discover how you can create your very own intelligent agents today!

EVENTS

Power Platform Community Conference 2025 - Registration open!

Early bird PPCC25 tickets are now available to purchase, and for a limited time, you can now Buy One and Get One!

Click the image below to get a FREE full conference registration with one full price registration (does not include workshops) until February 28th using the discount code - BOGO!

Call for PPCC25 Speakers!

The call for speakers is now OPEN for PPCC25, with submissions required by March 24, 2025.

You're now invited to submit your sessions for the 4th Annual Power Platform Community Conference, which will be held at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The main conference will be October 28-30, with pre-conference workshops on October 26 & 27, and post-conference workshops on October 31.

Click the image below for all the T&Cs and submit today. Good luck everybody!

Powerful Devs Hack Together

Join Elaiza Benitez, April Dunnam, Scott Durow🌈 and Daniel Laskewitz for the #PowerfulDevs Conference and #HackTogether! 🤖

• 📅 February 12th - 28th | Online
• 📣 Developers, are you ready to unleash your creativity? Join us for the Powerful Devs Conference + Hack Together 2025 from February 12-28!
• 🌐 Learn, connect, and build secure solutions powered by AI and the Power Platform. Let’s build the future of enterprise applications, together.

Click the image below to hear more info from the team, and click here to register today!

Register for the Microsoft Kickstarter Events

Check out this awesome opportunity from the #PowerCAT team to help you take the next step on your Power Platform journey!

The "Kickstarter" workshops are carefully curated based on industry guidance and insights from customer adoption patterns - where you can set yourself on a path for success and build secure and reliable enterprise scale solutions.

Great work from Leon Welicki, Ray Smith, Chitra Jayachandran, Ryan Jones, Akansha Gawade, Bas Brekelmans, Saurabh Pant, Chitra J., Sameer B., and the rest of the team in creating these amazing set of day-long interactive workshops.

Click the image below to register for the workshop that fits your schedule today!

For more worldwide events, click the image below to visit the Community Days website.

COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS

2025 is poised to be an exciting year for the Power Platform community! We have some big ideas that we are in the final stages of planning, plus a whole host of new features ready to roll, but... we need YOUR help!

Over the next few community calls, we will spend time unveiling our roadmap of new features. They range from small things like improvements to the navigation, to major changes, like how the Super User program works and rolling out Copilot throughout the sites. If you have ideas, opinions, or are simply curious about what's coming, please make sure you join the next couple of calls for some lively and exciting discussions!

Community News & Updates

Don't miss out on the latest happenings from across the communities. Click the image below to check out upcoming events, Tuesday Tips, Community Spotlights, and so much more.

Community Calls

Click the image below to stay up to date with the latest weekly, bi-weekly, and monthly Power Platform and Microsoft 365 community calls. Alongside the latest guidance, samples, and solutions, you'll also be able to add these informative calls to your calendar with ease.

Fancy presenting a demo on a community call?

Are you building something that you would like to showcase to the Microsoft community?

There are many different kinds of community calls where you are welcome to demonstrate samples, solutions, configurations and share your knowledge across the Power Platform, Copilot, Power Apps, Copilot Studio, OneDrive, Power Automate, Dataverse, and beyond.

Click the image below to complete the presentation request form, and if you are successful, the team will be in touch to coordinate your time and date. Good luck!