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MicrosoftGovernance

Self-service Power Pages ownership transfer has no undo

Power Pages site owners can now be reassigned without a support case, and Microsoft's own documentation says the transfer cannot be automatically undone.

BizAppsVerse editorial deskSeptember 27, 2026 4 min read

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MicrosoftGovernance

Copilot Managed Runtime puts generated apps under policy

Microsoft now hosts Copilot-generated code inside the tenant boundary, and the admin center inventory matters more than the hosting does.

BizAppsVerse editorial deskSeptember 25, 2026 5 min read

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ServiceNowDevelopment

ServiceNow's Lux UI framework runs on LIT and Tailwind CSS

Lux goes GA in Q4 2026, it is built on LIT, Base UI and Tailwind CSS, and ServiceNow says Workspaces and Angular Service Portals have no deprecation plan.

BizAppsVerse editorial deskSeptember 21, 2026 4 min read

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MicrosoftAdministration

Power Pages now offers Microsoft-managed certificates

Microsoft now provisions and renews SSL and TLS certificates for Power Pages custom domains, but the option does not appear when CDN or WAF is enabled.

BizAppsVerse editorial deskSeptember 20, 2026 4 min read

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MicrosoftLow Code

Power Pages Server Logic can now call cloud flows

Microsoft says Server Logic in Power Pages can now invoke Power Automate cloud flows, which puts an externally facing form in front of 1,400 connectors.

BizAppsVerse editorial deskSeptember 20, 2026 5 min read

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ServiceNowLow Code

ServiceNow's Build Agent now upgrades itself from the Store

Otto for Creator's September release makes Build Agent self-upgrading from the Store, and the exceptions decide which of your instances actually drift.

BizAppsVerse editorial deskSeptember 19, 2026 5 min read

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MicrosoftLow Code

Power Platform agents can now author security roles

Microsoft's app-builder skill reached GA covering security roles and business rules. What that changes for Power Platform review, ALM and connectors.

BizAppsVerse editorial deskSeptember 19, 2026 5 min read

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MicrosoftAI & Agents

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.

BizAppsVerse editorial deskSeptember 8, 2026 4 min read

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MicrosoftAI & Agents

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.

BizAppsVerse editorial deskSeptember 5, 2026 4 min read

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MicrosoftAI & Agents

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.

BizAppsVerse editorial deskSeptember 3, 2026 5 min read

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ServiceNowLow Code

The App Engine build that gets expensive in year two

Building on ServiceNow App Engine looks close to free because the platform is already paid for. The costs that decide it arrive in year two.

Amani ReedSeptember 22, 2026 6 min read

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MicrosoftData

Dataverse or SharePoint lists, and how to decide

SharePoint lists are the right store more often than architects admit. Delegation limits are where they quietly stop being right, and nothing errors when they do.

Elliot ParkSeptember 21, 2026 6 min read

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MicrosoftServiceNowAutomation

The automation that should have stayed a checklist

Automation pays off on work that is high volume, stable and unambiguous. Anything else buys a permanent maintenance bill for a task nobody struggled with.

Noah ValeSeptember 20, 2026 6 min read

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MicrosoftLow Code

When a low-code app has to become a funded project

Once an app writes to a system of record and someone outside the team depends on it by a date, funding it is overdue, and the cost is speed.

Amani ReedSeptember 20, 2026 6 min read

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MicrosoftArchitecture

Extend Account or build a custom Dataverse table

A decision framework for the Dataverse call every team faces, when a requirement belongs as columns on Account and when it needs its own table.

Amani ReedSeptember 19, 2026 6 min read

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MicrosoftDevOps / ALM

The ownership debt hiding in your Power Automate flows

Power Automate flows belong to whoever built them, and that single fact quietly creates most of the ownership debt in a mature Power Platform tenant.

Noah ValeSeptember 18, 2026 6 min read

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MicrosoftLow Code

The Power Platform app that outgrew its maker

Fifty people can end up depending on a canvas app with no source control and one maker who understands it, long before anyone decides that on purpose.

Noah ValeSeptember 13, 2026 5 min read

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MicrosoftLow Code

Power Apps delegation and the total that comes back wrong

A query your data source cannot evaluate still returns an answer, built from part of the table, and sample data will never show you the gap.

Elliot ParkSeptember 25, 2026 7 min read

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MicrosoftLow Code

Why your Power Pages site is slow for everyone else

A portal is fast on an administrator's laptop and slow on a customer's phone. Fix permission scope, list design and image weight before launch.

Elliot ParkSeptember 24, 2026 7 min read

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MicrosoftSecurity

What to check before a Power Pages site goes public

A table permission granted for one page applies everywhere that table can be reached. Check the whole surface before a Power Pages site faces the internet.

Elliot ParkSeptember 22, 2026 7 min read

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MicrosoftData

What Dataverse actually is, and when it is overkill

Dataverse gives you a relational model, row and column security, and rules that hold whoever wrote the record. A five person spreadsheet needs none of it.

Elliot ParkSeptember 20, 2026 6 min read

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MicrosoftConsulting

When to hire a Dataverse consultant and what to ask

Plenty of Dataverse walls are a training or licensing problem. Pay for outside help when the model, the security map, or the scale is beyond your team.

Noah ValeSeptember 20, 2026 6 min read

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ServiceNowLow Code

What ServiceNow App Engine actually is, and when it fits

ServiceNow's ITSM products are applications on a platform. App Engine lets you build your own there, inheriting the workflow, approvals and catalog you already run.

Noah ValeSeptember 20, 2026 6 min read

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WorkdayLow Code

What Workday Extend actually is, and what you build with it

Workday gives you no general purpose database. Extend is the sanctioned way to build something custom inside the tenant's own security, worker data and approvals.

Priya NwosuSeptember 20, 2026 6 min read

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WorkdayGovernance

Set Workday Extend governance before the first custom app

Workday Extend apps read HCM data by default. Decide who reviews access, who tests against real data, and who owns the app before it ships.

Priya NwosuSeptember 10, 2026 5 min read

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MicrosoftLow Code

Governance that keeps Power Platform makers building

A fifteen-minute conversation before the first screen is built, recorded on the Dataverse solution, does more than an approval form completed after go-live.

Priya NwosuSeptember 2, 2026 6 min read

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MicrosoftLow Code

Keep your Power Platform center of excellence small

A center of excellence earns its keep with office hours and a pattern library, and loses it the day it starts approving every app or owning every maker's flow.

Priya NwosuMay 25, 2026 6 min read