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Perspectives on Power Platform

Perspectives on Power Platform

Brutally honest and cheerfully sarcastic insights on Microsoft’s low-code and AI technology, business apps, and the business of software - written by Jukka Niiranen.

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The Burning Platform strategy of Microsoft

May 22, 2025

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11 min read

The Burning Platform strategy of Microsoft

Satya Nadella's "burn the ships" directive to his inner circle signals total commitment to AI - but at what cost to current customers relying on MS business apps?

Jukka Niiranen
Jukka Niiranen
What next for Power Automate?

Aug 22, 2025

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11 min read

What next for Power Automate?

Cloud flows are starting to feel like a legacy feature that is ripe for being "reimagined" into a new automation offering for the era of agentic AI. (Whatever that means.)

Jukka Niiranen
Jukka Niiranen
Trusting big tech in the age of AI

Feb 12, 2025

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23 min read

Trusting big tech in the age of AI

What does it mean to be a responsible AI citizen in a world that's just getting crazier every day?

Jukka Niiranen
Jukka Niiranen

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Microsoft 365 Copilot's commercial failure

Oct 2, 2025

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20 min read

Microsoft 365 Copilot's commercial failure

The number of paying subscribers for Copilot has leaked, and it is a disaster. Now even reshaping Satya Nadella's CEO role into tech leadership rather than delivering commercial results.

Jukka Niiranen
Jukka Niiranen
Building products on the Power Platform

Sep 26, 2025

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17 min read

Building products on the Power Platform

Can you build a SaaS product from the low-code components offered by Microsoft's platform and then charge money for it? Yes, if you overcome a few hurdles first.

Jukka Niiranen
Jukka Niiranen
Lite side / dark side of Copilot Studio

Sep 16, 2025

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14 min read

Lite side / dark side of Copilot Studio

Microsoft's decision to bundle two different AI agent technologies under the Copilot Studio brand makes it even harder for admins and developers to figure out the technical details of Copilot agents.

Jukka Niiranen
Jukka Niiranen
The secret life of Copilot scheduled prompts

Sep 11, 2025

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7 min read

The secret life of Copilot scheduled prompts

Formerly known as Copilot Actions. Formerly orchestrated by Power Automate. This current feature that is NOT called "an agent" has some interesting characteristics worth exploring.

Jukka Niiranen
Jukka Niiranen
Who monitors the Power Platform Monitor?

Sep 3, 2025

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19 min read

Who monitors the Power Platform Monitor?

Making sure your apps and flows are running isn't that easy. Monitor promises effortless visibility, but how well does it deliver that today?

Jukka Niiranen
Jukka Niiranen
What bubble? Oh, THAT bubble...

Aug 27, 2025

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7 min read

What bubble? Oh, THAT bubble...

The memes tried to warn us about the GenAI bubble. In August 2025, the world still doesn't have AGI and people are getting increasingly anxious about the hyped expectations vs. market reality.

Jukka Niiranen
Jukka Niiranen
What next for Power Automate?

Aug 22, 2025

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11 min read

What next for Power Automate?

Cloud flows are starting to feel like a legacy feature that is ripe for being "reimagined" into a new automation offering for the era of agentic AI. (Whatever that means.)

Jukka Niiranen
Jukka Niiranen
Who is Microsoft Agent 365?

Aug 15, 2025

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4 min read

Who is Microsoft Agent 365?

Where is he/she coming from and what is the secret mission of Agent 365? I bet this mission is all about finding a new commercial model beyond per-seat SaaS licensing.

Jukka Niiranen
Jukka Niiranen
Numbers designed to please

Aug 7, 2025

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20 min read

Numbers designed to please

When a company like Microsoft needs big numbers to convince their audience, here's the playbook for generating the millions and billions seen in their marketing comms.

Jukka Niiranen
Jukka Niiranen
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Perspectives on Power Platform

Brutally honest and cheerfully sarcastic insights on Microsoft’s low-code and AI technology, business apps, and the business of software - written by Jukka Niiranen.

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