Hey Code, Specify!

Hey Code, Specify!

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I was deep into spec-driven development with GitHub’s Spec Kit. Writing detailed specifications. Describing what I wanted AI agents to build. And I was typing. A lot. My fingers became the bottleneck. Then I thought: why am I typing when I could be talking? I opened Copilot Chat and looked for a microphone. Nothing. Turns out there’s a small extension you need: “VS Code Speech for Copilot.” I installed it and the microphone appeared. But then I discovered something better. The…

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Vibe coding PCF Controls with GitHub Copilot

Vibe coding PCF Controls with GitHub Copilot

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What if you could build a PCF control without writing most of the code yourself? I just tried vibe coding with GitHub Copilot – describing what I want and reviewing its solutions. My goal: A JSON viewer for Power Apps that works in both Canvas and Model-Driven Apps. Back in 2020, I built the PCF-MarkDown Viewer. Let me tell you, that was an adventure. Installing the Power Platform CLI, wrestling with XML manifest files, configuring TypeScript, debugging webpack builds. Hours…

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Extracting Unified Workflow Metadata

Extracting Unified Workflow Metadata

Recently I stumbled upon a question that kept nagging me: How can I get unified workflow metadata? This came up while I was working on my demo for the blog post Lightweight Workflow Monitoring. In that demo, I reused my Try-Catch-Finally pattern originally developed for Power Automate Flows. I applied this pattern to an Azure Logic App. So far, so good. But then I hit an unexpected twist. In Power Automate, I rely heavily on the workflow() expression to access…

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Building an AI Agent That Generates Test Data

Building an AI Agent That Generates Test Data

Recently, I was creating an agent with the goal to identify potential incidents in Teams community of practice channels. I started building this agent to find problems such as “I need help” and create ServiceNow incidents from its information. Testing it meant feeding realistic support cases into the system. But here’s the problem: real support data contains sensitive information. Project names. Client issues. Internal struggles. You can’t demo that publicly. You can’t even use it safely in testing. This isn’t…

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Goodbye Limits, Hello Microsoft Foundry

Goodbye Limits, Hello Microsoft Foundry

Recently I stumbled into an issue with my GitHub Copilot coding agent. Yes, correctly — I reached the premium request limit in my Visual Studio Code. And everybody knows, a throttling to an old LLM feels like driving an old timer. I’d been deep in spec-driven development using GitHub’s Spec Kit. This toolkit lets AI agents generate implementations from specifications. It helps you build high-quality software faster. Powerful. Efficient. Game-changing. But when you hit that limit? Everything changes. GitHub Copilot throttles…

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Workflow Troubleshooter Agent – My Supportive Super Hero

Workflow Troubleshooter Agent – My Supportive Super Hero

Ever had a critical workflow break at the worst possible moment? Picture this: an approval is stuck. A notification never arrives. The business is already waiting. And somewhere in the background, a workflow has silently failed. I’ve been there. You know something’s wrong, but finding the root cause feels like searching for a needle in a haystack. Logs are scattered. Errors are cryptic. And every minute of investigation adds more pressure. That’s when I decided I needed more than alerts…

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Lightweight Monitoring for Critical Workflows

Lightweight Monitoring for Critical Workflows

Some time ago, I built a larger Dataverse solution that included a whole bunch of automated workflow tasks. Everything worked fine during development. Then I deployed the solution and quickly realized a painful truth: all these workflows were running completely unobserved. I found myself waiting for a result that simply didn’t appear. I couldn’t see what went wrong in real time. I only got clarity at the end of the day when one of those delayed summary emails showed up….

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Agents, Agents, Agents

Agents, Agents, Agents

The Agents topic is everywhere and omnipresent. Everybody tells you; this is the next big thing. You need an army of agents that finish your work. But how do I build such agents? Should I go for pro-code or for low-code? Should I use AI Foundry or Copilot Studio. Furthermore, what is a good example of building an agent? This was also the billion dollar-question for me. Today, I will showcase a small example to you where I will build…

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Integrate Documentation in Model-Driven Apps

Integrate Documentation in Model-Driven Apps

During the last Power Atelier, I got asked: “Hey Michael, how do you usually document your Power Platform solutions?” I said, “I typically use Atlassian Confluence for documentation and Draw.io for architecture diagrams.”That kicked off a great discussion – and then someone followed up with,“Those diagrams and visuals are awesome! I’d love to integrate that documentation in my model-driven apps. But how can I do that?” I thought about it for a moment… and then I had an idea. What…

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