Power Platform BOOST Podcast

01/07/2025

Have you been stuck on a technical issue and resolved it by just talking out loud to someone... or something? Like a rubber duck?

Rubber ducking, also known as rubber duck debugging, is a problem-solving technique where you explain your code (or any problem) to an inanimate object, like a rubber duck, to help identify errors or inconsistencies.

Get your own Power Platform BOOST rubber duck by attending one of our sessions at an upcoming event or conference!

Have you been stuck on a technical issue and resolved it by just talking out loud to someone... or something? Like a rubber duck? Rubber ducking, also known ...

25/06/2025

🤖🫣 Episode 61: AI Anxiety 🤖🫣

We are feeling the waves of AI Anxiety 🤖🫣 come crashing in from time to time. In this episode, Nick was feeling it, mostly from listening to an episode from another podcast, Diary of a CEO , where a panel discussed the real implications that AI will have on us, information workers.

That led us to a conversation about what the future of Business Applications might look like on the back of the new direction Power Platform is taking with Code Apps, Generated Pages, and Single Page Applications.

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Ulrikke talks about how she enjoyed speaking at and attending the European Power Platform Conference in Vienna last week, and how learning about unfamiliar topics builds a fringed competency profile.

We shared community content from Femke Cornelissen, Manthan Patel, Steve Mordue, David Wyatt, Luise Freese, Riccardo Gregori, and Sean Astrakhan about the Microsoft 365 Roadmap, Copilot, Power Platform architecture, Model Driven Apps, and Agents, among other news and updates!

ALSO! 🦆 To all of you who got a BOOST rubber duck 🐤 We would love to see where they end up in the world! Please share a picture 📷 of your duck in their new home and a note of where in the 📍 world you are 🥰

11/06/2025

🦆💛🛁 Episode 60: Rubber Ducks! 🦆💛🛁

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We start off this episode talking about what sets aside Dynamic Minds as a conference. Then we discuss the future of work for us Power Pages people, and concluded on one of life's big questions; "To React or not to React" 🫴💀 THEN, we get to the news; 😆🤭

This episode will bring you up to speed on Steve Modue's latest post, how to build "voice to text" in Power Apps and Power Automate (yes, those still work! 😆), Project Sophia, Service Accounts vs. Service Principals, new Default Pipeline Rules, how to Decode the Mystery of Time Zone Names, how to use Liquid and create an deploy a Single Page Application in Power Pages 🤓

A huge shout out to Steve Mordue, Andrew Hess, Luise Freese, Ana Inés Urrutia, Reza Dorrani, Howdang Rashid, Matt Colins-Jones, Linn Zaw Wi and Calum Harrison for taking the time, still, to put their thoughts and solutions into content for the rest of us. Like the son of a friend said; if AI is based on all the best of existing code - who's going to make the new weird stuff? - We are! 👩‍🎤 Keep it up, people, we still want to hear your unique take on what's happening around us 😍

Hope to see you all next week at ! European Power Platform Conference
https://www.sharepointeurope.com/european-power-platform-conference/
🎫 Tickets are still available!
💸 Use discount code "Boost" for 200 euro discount per ticket
✈️ Workshop: "Power Pages Top Gun: Boost your Site Development Skills and become a ProPilot" 😎 workshop with Victor Dantas on Monday 16th
🏋️‍♀️ Nick's session "Power Pages Crash Course: Copilot Edition" session
💡 And our joint session "Power Pages Top 10 Tips and Tricks"

- We will bring some rubber 🦆💛🛁 ducks and maybe give some away 😜 👏
See you there! 🥰

28/05/2025

🍭 Episode 59 is all about the Build 🍭

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We start this episode with a recap of the ⚡ Power Summit 2025 conference in London 💂‍♀️ that we attended this past weekend. It's amazing to see Raz and the rest of the crew bringing the community together like this! 🥰 We learned lots from April Dunnam's keynote and about Playwright 🎭 from Arjan Rijsdijk.

Then we dive into the most important 📣 announcements and news from Microsoft Build 2025, like
🎨 copilot tuning
🤖 multiagent experiences
🎓 new knowledge features
🛠️ updated tooling

We also talk about MCP servers, how they relate to API's, the new NLWeb open source library, new AI capabilities in Power Pages, Plans and Generated Pages in Power Apps, and lots more.

Thank you 🙏 to the fabulous Lisa Crosbie, Sebastian Sieber, Taiki Y., Jared Spataro, David Gomes, Frank X. Shaw, Justin Graham, Nick Babich, Ryan Cunningham and David Wyatt for the amazing content they produced! 🤩

Hope you enjoy this episode! 😍

14/05/2025

👻 Episode #58: Hack the (AI) planet! 👻

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So - the time cop is finally fired! 🤪 We have officially stopped caring about time. It's simply because there is so much happening every week, and it feels like we are on this journey together. We hope that it is valuable to you when we share our experiences like this. We would love your feedback! Tell us what you think! 😊

In this episode we cover a whole whack of AI 🤖 content; podcast episodes, cheat sheets, news and announcements, blog posts and rants (not ours this time), interwoven with stories from our own lives and experiences we have had lately. AI is shaping all of our lives, and we share with you how it is shaping ours.

We also cover news and update from the rest of the Power Platform, like link-type options in Fetch XML, the power of Transactions in Power Fx Functions, handling of errors in plugins, the new process maps for Power Automate (the thing that got Ulrikke all excited in the clip at the start) and finally how to return a managed to unmanaged environments. Then we round things off with talking about burnout, and how to avoid it. No wonder this episode is an hour long, ai? 😆 (no pun intended)

Thank you to Jukka Niiranen, Geoff Woods, Femke Cornelissen, Charles Lamanna, Thomas van der Waard, RANJAL TIWARI, Scott Durow, Kailash Ramachandran, Michael Roth, Griffin Lickfeldt, Rebekka Aalbers, Luise Freese who's content inspired us this time.

Hope you enjoy this epic journey through our minds wherever you listen to this podcast. Thank you listening. Let's stay connected ❤️

30/04/2025

🫢 Episode 57: One of those 🤬

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We just released a new episode of the Power Platform BOOST podcast, and it's packed with insights and rants! (Yes, this is one of those 🤪 ) In this conversation, we dive into the implications of AI across various sectors, including politics 🫣, education, and technology.
We discuss how AI tools can help gather unbiased information, the evolving role of digital workforces, and the latest wave of updates for 🤖 Microsoft 365 Copilot.

Tune in to stay ahead of the curve and join the conversation 🎙️ as we cover news and updates from the amazing Lisa Crosbie, Femke Cornelissen, Steve Mordue, Nick Doelman, Amey Holden, Megan V. Walker, Pauline Kolde, Charles Lamanna, Ana Inés Urrutia, Carsten Groth and Andrew Ly 😍

Cheers, Ulrikke and Nick 🚀

16/04/2025

✌️ BOOST VIBE 😎

In our latest episode, we dive into the latest developments in AI and the Power Platform.

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We discuss a new PCF control for uploading files to Azure Blob Storage from Power Pages, the deprecation of rich text fields, and exciting enhancements in Power Pages. We also explore the importance of automated testing and the challenges of managing test data, emphasizing the need for better tools and practices in the Power Platform ecosystem.

We talk about content from the amazing Andrew Butenko, Scott Martin, Anna Black, Calum Harrison, Richard A. Wilson, Benedikt Bergmann, Grant Archibald, Chris Harper, Matthew Berman, Sandy Peng, Mark Christie and of course the one any only Rory Neary 😍

Join us as we delve into test data management, the emerging concept of vibe coding, the implications of AI in software development, and the significance of Microsoft's 50th anniversary. We discuss the evolution of development practices, the role of AI in coding, and the importance of understanding new protocols like Model Context Protocols.
Tune in to stay updated on the rapid changes in technology and learn how to adapt to these advancements. Don't miss out!

02/04/2025

🫣 Episode 55: The AI Rant Podcast 🤣

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Okay, so we rant about AI again 😆 Actually, that is probably redundant to say at this point. Almost all the content we mention has elements of AI in it, naturally. So at what point does AI infuse everything to the level that we no longer talk about it as a thing? It's almost like talking about the internet. Or electricity. Or the weather. Which we also talk about. The weather, that is 🤪

In this episode we also talk about so many other things. We made a little word list of some of the things we mentioned. If any of these excite you, this is worth a listen:

Powerful Devs Hack Together, Hackathon, winners, future of animation, Ben den Blanken, flexible container controls, Clarissa Gillingham, flexbox, desktop backgrounds, visual float charts, Azure, Model Driven apps, icons, Sara Lagerquist, Tanguy Touzard, XrmToolBox, Fetch XML Builder , Jonas Rapp, Customer Insights, columns, fields, Malin Martnes, Power Pages, Content Snippets, Web Templates, Nick Doelman, Git integration, Matthew Devaney, blogposts, knowledge consumption, Jussi Roine, videos , creative process, contribution , documentation, Stack Overflow, world domination, dad jokes, emotional rollercoasters, workshops, mentorships, conferences. Roughly speaking.

Yeah.. That's it. Hope you like it 😍

And, let us know in the comments if you got fooled yesterday!
And do you still think blogs have value?
And what do you think will happen 5 years from now when all AI has to draw on is code in public repo's - will it still be able to help us when Stack Overflow is dead?

We would love to hear what you think! 🤓 🤔 💭

19/03/2025

🚀 Episode 54: 🚀

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Hey everyone, Nick and Ulrikke here! 🎙️ We just released a thought-provoking episode of the Power Platform BOOST podcast, and you won't want to miss it!

✨ In this episode, we dove into the exciting world of AI with the new "Visualize with Copilot" feature for Power Apps. We discussed its potential and some quirks you might want to watch out for 🧐 on the back of posts, rants and blog posts from Jukka Niiranen, Ulric Carlsson and Jeroen Scheper.

💡 We also shared insights from community experts on when to jump in and when to take it slow. Plus, we had a fun discussion on "zero AI shame versus lazy AI" from Femke Cornelissen's posts, and revealed how translation tech is making the Power Platform community more connected than ever. 🌍

🔧 Don't miss out on practical tips, updates on PowerCat tools, and inspiring AI for good projects from the PowerfulDevs Hackathon. Join us for valuable insights, practical advice, and a few laughs along the way! 😂

👉Check the show notes for all the goodies and discount code for upcoming events!🎉

05/03/2025

🙈 Episode 53: Tag! You're it! 😂

In this episode we take our sweet time getting to the news and updates! 😆
So, if you strictly here for news, like Pål-André Kjøniksen 😜 - skip ahead to 22.17

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We name drop so many people in this episode, like Chris Fudge, Lizzy Roberts, and Lizzy's mum! Shout out to our team mates Oleksii Sorochuk, Per Skute, Tonje Holm and Mathias Torgalsbøen - and we also had time to tease Sara Lagerquist a little in this episode 😜

If you got tagged - YOU'RE IT! 🏷️
Leave a comment on this post and tell us a horror story or a story about how you saved the day (or data 🫣) and tag someone in your story - or someone you know have a good story to tell! 🥰

When we do get into the news and updates (again, around the 21:17 mark 🙈) we have so many amazing 🥳 resources that you don't want to miss! 🤩

- Thomas Sandsør's blogpost on Low Code Plugins
- Anna Black's framework for building Model Driven Apps
- Miguel Verweij explored Plan Designer
- Diana Bilkelbach help us understand styling Fluent UI 9 PCF's for Power Apps
- Nick Doelman explored the new Power Pages feature where you can store environment variables in site settings, and how that enables new ways of working with Power Platform Pipelines and ALM!
- Michel Mendes show us how to use Liquid tag Capture in Power Pages
- Nicholas Hayduk explains why liquid is better than getting data with the WebAPI for Power Pages (yes, security 🤓 )
- Jeroen Scheper shows us how the legacy UI for Dynamics 365 apps some times IS better than the new
- Our favourite ranter Nathan Rose, wrote a lovely piece about the paradigm shift in automation
- Hamish Sheild brilliantly explains why people is at the heart of technology adoption - especially with Power Platform.

Wow! 🥰 So much amazing content from so many amazing people! 🤓

19/02/2025

🙈 Episode 52: Awesome - what is it? 😂

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In this episode, we highlight news 📰 and updates ✨ from Tolu Victor Sanwoolu, Claudio Romano, Matthew Devaney, Agnius Bartninkas, we talk about using the right tool ⛏️ for the right job, being an MVP for the right 🧑‍🎤 reasons.

We even talk about things we don't fully understand 🤷 - and we need help clearing a few things up;

We loved the ra ra 🎉 around your post on the new Form Library, Megan V. Walker.
What was the big thing we missed? 🪁
https://buff.ly/3EJzJTD

Hemant Gaur, did a good use case for the Copilot 🤖 Agent APIs for PCF in Power Apps pop up that we can wrap our heads around? 🤯 In addition to the one Nick had, ofc. 🤓
https://buff.ly/4i6vEqT

We would love your comments below on what obvious thing we missed 😆 😜

We discussed modern controls and graphics 👨‍🎨 in Canvas Apps, PowerFx Functions, how SharePoint isn't a 📂 relational database (again), Powerful Devs Conference and Hack Together, arrogant agents 🤬 and customers who aren't ready for AI 😬

05/02/2025

🤔 Episode 51: "It depends"! 🤔

When was the last time you used the phrase "It depends"? We find ourselves using it again and again as consultants when giving advice. Cause it does! 🤣 Or does it? 🤔

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In this episode we cover some new announces 🪁 from Microsoft by Hemant Gaur and Travis Shu. We highlight 📯 community content from Hardit Bhatia, Sean Astrakhan, Nari Turtledove and double trouble (but no code?) from 🤓 Amey Holden!

Also, last (or first), and not least, a beautiful poem to AI 😍 🤖 by the beautifully creative Rory Neary

We also have a little chat about two of our favourite 😻 events;
Cloud Technology Townhall Tallinn, which Nick just spoke 🧑‍🎤 at, and
the Arctic Cloud Developer Challenge which Ulrikke just 👩‍💻 participated in.