Low Code Approach
As organizations accelerate their adoption of generative AI and intelligent agents to transform how they build and manage solutions, IT professionals and developers are expanding their expertise to design, deploy, and govern AI-powered systems—leveraging Microsoft Copilot Studio and Azure AI Foundry to integrate collaboration tools, enforce enterprise-grade compliance, and support both low-code and pro-code development. With built-in security frameworks, governance controls, and seamless integration with Microsoft Security, Entra, and Purview, these platforms empower teams to innovate responsibly while maintaining visibility, control, and trust across the AI lifecycle. Learn from Microsoft MVPs, product team members, and industry practitioners how they’ve built secure, collaborative, and compliant AI applications and agents using Microsoft’s trusted AI ecosystem.
Episodes

Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
Episode 63: Custom agents in Microsoft Copilot (w/ Jeremy Thake)
Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
NOTE: This episode was recorded prior to the September 16th moment when Microsoft rebranded copilots to agents. Jeremy Thake joins the LCA crew to talk about extensibility in Microsoft Copilot. What does this mean for pro code developers using Visual Studio Code and makers using Microsoft Copilot Studio? What is the difference with Graph connectors and how do they extend knowledge and agents? And with so many options for extensibility with agents, who is the owner of ensuring security of that data?
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Tuesday Sep 24, 2024
Episode 62: Extensibility in Copilot agents (w/ Sabin Nair and Nathan Helgren)
Tuesday Sep 24, 2024
Tuesday Sep 24, 2024
Microsoft Copilot has some amazing extensibility features and great customizations to take your agents further. Find out from the brains of the operation, Sabin Nair and Nathan Helgren, both from the Microsoft Dataverse team, as they talk to us about what does it mean to connect to third-party sources, how you can customize your agents with connectors, and what is the scope of these connectors!

Tuesday Sep 17, 2024
Episode 61: Peak Performance (w/ Austin Laugesen)
Tuesday Sep 17, 2024
Tuesday Sep 17, 2024
Microsoft Power Apps allows makers to rapidly build and deploy applications to help organizations modernize their business processes. But how do makers and admins ensure that their applications run efficiently and provide a great experience? We have Austin Laugesen, Principal Program Manager at Microsoft join us to discuss the ways that the Power Platform Product team is building features to make the low code approach the right approach for your organization with Power Apps.

Tuesday Sep 10, 2024
Episode 60: What's New in ALM? (w/ Casey Burke)
Tuesday Sep 10, 2024
Tuesday Sep 10, 2024
Pipelines in Microsoft Power Platform has had a slew of new features released and we got the best person to tell us all about them! Casey Burke joins the podcast to talk about how Application Lifecycle Management is shaping up in Power Platform, how organizations should apply ALM, and what is the future of ALM.

Tuesday Sep 03, 2024
Episode 59: The Shaping of Power Apps Studio (w/ Clay Wesener)
Tuesday Sep 03, 2024
Tuesday Sep 03, 2024
Microsoft Build provided a slew of news announcements for product and feature improvements. Some of the coolest features announced were in Microsoft Power Apps Studio. Luckily, we got the man with the plan, Clay Wesener, Partner Group Product Manager, at Microsoft to tell us all about what the features are, why organizations should care, and how to utilize them to the fullest! Listen in while Clay breaks it down for the hosts!

Tuesday Aug 27, 2024
Episode 58: Your Data and AI Strategy (w/ Robert Bruckner)
Tuesday Aug 27, 2024
Tuesday Aug 27, 2024
Get ready to elevate your AI game! Your AI experience is only as good as your data, and with Microsoft Dataverse, it gets a whole lot better! What do we mean by ‘a whole lot better’? We’ve got Robert Bruckner, CTO and VP of Microsoft Dataverse, here to break it all down. If you’re eager to supercharge your organization’s success with generative AI, this is the episode you can’t miss!

Tuesday Aug 20, 2024
Episode 57: What is Project "Sophia" (w/ Julie Strauss)
Tuesday Aug 20, 2024
Tuesday Aug 20, 2024
You may have heard the term 'Project Sophia' before or maybe not yet, but this amazing new business application technology from Microsoft is going to be a game changer for organizations. Julie Strauss, VP of Project Sophia joins the podcast to tell us how Project Sophia is going to take your data and knowledge further and deliver insights to move faster and smarter in your business decisions. Learn more about Project Sophia here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/project-sophia/overview and here: https://adoption.microsoft.com/en-us/project-sophia/

Tuesday Aug 13, 2024
Episode 56: The Catalog Your Company Needs (w/ Derek Kwan)
Tuesday Aug 13, 2024
Tuesday Aug 13, 2024
In this episode, Derek Kwan joins us as we dive deep into the innovative catalog feature in Power Platform. Join us as we explore how this powerful tool is revolutionizing the way organizations manage and distribute approved artifacts such as apps, flows, and bots. We'll discuss how the catalog enables makers to access reusable components right when they need them, speeding up development cycles and enhancing productivity.
We'll cover key aspects of the catalog, including:
How organizations can share and find artifacts that follow best practices and are organization-approved
The role of the Catalog Manager in administering catalogs, managing access and security, and approving catalog items
The benefits of using the catalog with Power Platform CLI, including crowd-sourcing templates and components, and ensuring access to the latest versions.Whether you're a seasoned developer or just starting with Power Platform, this episode will provide valuable insights into how the catalog feature can help you streamline your development process and improve collaboration within your organization.