013 | M365 Power Platform Environments & ALPACAs? with MVP Wes Preston

Code. Deploy. Go Live.

In this episode of Code Deploy Go Live, hosts Julie Turner and Andrew Connell discuss Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility options, Power Platform environments, and interview Wes Preston, a Microsoft MVP since 2009 who works primarily in the productivity space with SharePoint, lists, and Power Platform.

The discussion centered on the balance between Power Platform (low-code/no-code) and Pro Dev (professional development) approaches for Microsoft 365 extensibility, with a focus on when each approach is appropriate and how organizations should make these decisions, as well as the newly introduced Power Apps Code Apps (jokingly nicknamed "alPACAs").

🔗 LINKS
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From the episode intro & banter:
🔗 Extend M365 Copilot: Declarative Agent Alt to Copilot Studio
🔗 Live Microsoft 365 Learning for SPFx, Copilot, and MS Teams
🔗 Webinars - register for upcoming or watch previous webinars
🔗 CollabDays New England - October 17, 2025

From the interview with Wes:
🔗 The Power Platform Pivot with MVP Paul Culmsee and Ryan Cunningham from Microsoft
🔗 Vibe Coding using Power Apps Code Apps and GitHub Copilot by Scott Durow
🔗 Create a custom web application to run within Power Apps!

🎁 PICKS
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Andrew's Pick:
🔗 Copilot Broke Your Audit Log, but Microsoft Won't Tell You
Julie's Picks:
🔗 Find insights and answers across Carbon Markets News, Registries, and Datasets
🔗 Instagram Reel

🎙️ PODCAST
🔗 https://codedeploygo.live, LinkedIn, Bluesky

🎙️ HOSTS
Julie Turner
Andrew Connell: LinkedIn, YouTube, Bluesky, Newsletter

SPONSORS

Sympraxis (by Julie Turner) 🔗 Website 🔗 Ask Sympraxis 🔗 YouTube

Voitanos (by Andrew Connell) 🔗 Website 🔗 LinkedIn 🔗 Bluesky

Music Credit: Ken Bagley

• (00:00) - Introduction
• (14:55) - Interview
• (01:10:56) - AC's & Julie's Picks