EPPC 2026 News and Notes: Economies of building; Power Pages pitch; Makers in focus

Power Platform Partners: New and evolving programs

Customers want partners that can help deliver digital transformation, Microsoft told an audience of partners at the event, and great low-code partners must lead with their ability to speak to the business while also having the technical know-how to deliver results.

While many elements of the Power Platform partner program remain the same, Microsoft representatives predicted that titles like ISV/SDP and Reseller will matter less in the channel of the future than in the past thanks to the evolving nature of solution development and changing expectations around delivery and long-term value. 

Microsoft’s FY27 partner programs will see updates to existing programs and the introduction of new ones. 

• “Frontier Accelerate” supports partner-led MCI engagements. It requires partners to first attain a Solution Partner designation in Business Applications or another area and has both skilling and performance requirements including a range of certifications and the delivery of two Power Platform or Copilot Studio deals of sufficient scale. 
• Consolidation of the Agentic Business Solutions specialization across apps, automations, and agents; 
• Updates to the Copilot + Agents Community;
• A continuation of the “In a Day” demand gen program featuring multi-customer workshops.

Partner can expect a more comprehensive dive into programs and opportunities at the upcoming AI Business Solutions Partner Executive Summit in Bellevue, Washington. 

Makers in focus

In the final keynote of last week’s EPPC 2026, Microsoft VP and GM of Power Platform Leon Welicki shifted the focus from agents back to the audience of makers, who had spent the week absorbing Microsoft’s vision on “entirely new systems of working”, new product strategies like the pivot to workflows in Copilot Studio, new choices around where and how Power Apps will live, and how the past and the future of the platform will co-exist. 

The product line is focused on “economies of building,” by helping customer organizations derive benefits from building and owning apps, automations, and agents, Welicki said. He expects that Power Platform will serve “every audience, every complexity”.

The demo-heavy closing keynote featured a range of perspectives: