PPCC 2026 agent demos need a process owner in the room
Microsoft's PPCC 2026 preview asks attendees to bring one process. The stage agent will work either way. What decides the pilot is who owns that process.
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Match each Dynamics 365 planning decision to a roadmap channel
Microsoft's AI at Work roadmap, Message Center, and Learn each answer a different planning question. Here is which channel each decision belongs to.
PPCC 2026's procurement example gets the approval step right
Microsoft's PPCC 2026 procurement example sends only higher-risk exceptions to a person. Most approval steps in a live tenant would fail that test.
PPCC 2026's procurement agent needs one record it writes to
Microsoft's PPCC 2026 preview runs a procurement request through Copilot, an agent, a workflow, and a reviewer. We'd ask which Dataverse row holds the trace.
One Microsoft roadmap still needs a release owner in your tenant
Microsoft's always-on AI at Work roadmap removes the wave date that used to force a review. Someone in your tenant now has to own that date.
AI at Work roadmap and Message Center answer different questions
Microsoft's August 25 post keeps public roadmap items and tenant change notices in separate channels. Someone on your team has to join them.
Getting your team ready for the AI at Work roadmap switch
Microsoft retires Release Planner on November 15, 2026. What admins and architects should export, rebookmark, and reschedule before that date.
Analysis and architecture
Give every Dataverse access exception an owner and an expiry
Access exceptions in Dataverse and ServiceNow outlive their reason. Give each one a named owner, an end date, and a record small enough to review.
Cut every Power BI tile that cannot name a decision
A Power BI tile earns its place by naming the decision it changes, the value that triggers it, and the person who acts. Everything else is a report.
Who gets to define revenue in Power BI and Data Cloud
Sales, finance, and operations each hold a correct definition of revenue. A semantic model picks one and hides the rest, so name a steward before it does.
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