From the Microsoft Power Platform blogs: Build web pages; Automate CI/CD pipeline; Integrate Copilot/canvas app; Copilot Studio use case

In this week’s review of Power Platform blogs:

• Power Pages: a simple and secure way to build web pages
• Automate Power Platform environment creation & solution imports with GitHub Actions (federated auth setup)
• Integrate your custom Copilot into your canvas app in Power Apps
• Copilot Studio [sample use case]: custom Copilot handoff to D365 Customer Service

Power Pages: a simple and secure way to build web pages

On the PowerApps911 blog, Nicola Young wrote that the Power Platform aims to make application development accessible to people with little or no coding experience, and Power Pages follows this goal. 

However, she stated that Power Pages is not as low-code as some other tools within the platform. She pointed out that originating from Dynamics 365 Portals and built on Dataverse, Power Pages functions as a model-driven app on the backend. 

Young wrote that currently, users can create only basic pages with its out-of-the-box features, but to achieve more complex designs, they need to know HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and/or Liquid.

She noted that although organizations can create simple pages using low-code, they need full development resources to build more sophisticated interfaces. Young explained that the Microsoft team is working to integrate more Power FX features into Pages, but it's still in the early stages.

In her blog post, Young wrote that you can use Power Pages to build for two different types of users: authenticated or anonymous, and she offered detail information on doing so.

Automate Power Platform environment creation & solution imports with GitHub Actions (federated auth setup)

On the Microsoft Power Platform Developer blog, Anuj Goyal wrote that automating your CI/CD pipeline for Power Platform solutions simplifies development by reducing manual work.