Flex routing extends to Power Platform environments
Flex routing is extending to Power Platform environments, Copilot Studio, and Dynamics 365, with Microsoft switching the setting to on starting 4 May.
Flex routing is extending to Power Platform environments, Copilot Studio, and Dynamics 365, with Microsoft switching the setting to on starting 4 May.
A new control in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center lets administrators assign third-party model provider access to specific users or Entra ID groups, rather than enabling it for the entire tenant. The setting is also enforced across Power Platform environments and Copilot Studio agents.
InfoPath Forms Services in SharePoint Online retires in July 2026. If not yet done, run the Microsoft 365 Assessment Tool to identify existing forms and plan migration to modern alternatives.
The Power Platform Inventory in the Power Platform Admin Center and the Power Platform Inventory API are now generally available, providing a unified, tenant-wide view across Copilot Studio, Power Apps, and Power Automate.
Microsoft is expanding the new Power Platform Inventory to include all Power Automate flows, Copilot flows, and Copilot Studio Lite agents available in your tenant.
A new Power Platform Inventory is available in the Admin Center. Microsoft has also introduced an API to query the same data with code.
Microsoft republished its Microsoft 365 and Office 365 Enterprise licenses with Teams and retired Power Platform and Dynamics 365 SKUs. Microsoft still offers a free Office 365 E3 Developer license, and my monthly update now also includes a table of Microsoft cloud product promotions.
Microsoft is transitioning AI Builder service credits to Copilot Credits across Power Apps, Power Automate, and Dynamics 365 Finance. Starting 1 November 2025, new customers can no longer buy AI Builder add-ons. By 1 November 2026, all AI Builder credits will be retired, and Copilot Credits will fully replace them.
Microsoft has introduced a dedicated Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat environment for all Copilot Studio Lite Agents. Older agents may still reside in the default Power Platform environment, while new ones are automatically created in the new environment.
Power Automate and Copilot Studio agent flows using legacy HTTP or Teams webhook triggers must be updated to new endpoint URLs. Legacy URLs will stop working after 30 November 2025.
Microsoft is retiring Pay-as-you-go billing for Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat in the Power Platform admin center. From 3 October 2025, all new PAYG plans must be created in the Microsoft 365 admin center.
The new Copilot Studio agent inventory page for the Power Platform allows quick discovery and management of agents, improving support response times, preventing orphaned agents, and ensuring compliance.
Users have three licensing options to get access to Copilot Studio. However, the previous Copilot Studio Viral Trial license is no longer an option.
The Copilot Coach agents introduced at the end of October 2024 now also use PAYG billing, even if Copilot claims otherwise.
Microsoft discontinued various licenses at the end of December 2023 and introduced three new ones in January.