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AI agent wrote, compiled, and deployed a full Dataverse plugin for George in under thirty minutes with DLL, custom API, pre/post steps and all, rendering him (George, that is) obsolete.  This aside, we cover the new caching improvements in server-side logic, whether Power Fx has any reason left to exist, and why SPA might be the most overloaded three letters in the Power Platform right now. Skip Cache: a new parameter on retrieve/retrieve multiple in server-side logic lets you bypass the 15-minute Dataverse cache. Still no built-in way to clear it programmatically and Nick Doelman's post from 5 years ago lives on. Is Power Fx dead in Power Pages? It never offered anything Liquid couldn't already do besides syntax sugar and a deployment headache. SPA support in Power Pages traces back further than you'd think: the old Customer Insights Journeys events portal. The real reason to host a SPA inside Power Pages instead of standing it up on its own. PCF vs. SPA A Power Pages plugin for GitHub Copilot CLI and Claude Code. The verdict: "We are definitely not the target audience." References Create and deploy a single-page application in Power Pages Build modern single-page applications Get started with the Power Pages plugin for GitHub Copilot CLI and Claude Code How server-side caching works in Power Pages Clearing the Dataverse cache with a dummy Web API update Get in touch [email protected] Nick Hayduk @Engineered_Code George Doubinski @georgedude

Better late than never: we look back at what Microsoft put in the Power Pages section of the last-ever Power Platform release wave. The twice-yearly release-wave model is now being replaced by continuous updates on the AI at Work roadmap. So what was in the final wave? Server-side logic and client APIs reaching general availability, unified Power Pages and Dataverse authorization, AI coding tools that understand the platform, and Bootstrap 5 support for Dynamics 365 portal templates. We also discuss new CLI, analytics, authentication, and security capabilities and why steady delivery may matter more than one groundbreaking announcement. Along the way: impossible CAPTCHAs, YubiKeys, and why a SPA is an application pretending to be a website while a PWA is a website pretending to be an application. References One always-on roadmap: Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and Dataverse join the AI at Work roadmap New and planned features for Power Pages, 2026 release wave 1 Build Power Pages sites with AI using agentic coding tools Improve Power Pages security by activating Web Application Firewall independently Get in touch [email protected] Nick Hayduk @Engineered_Code George Doubinski @georgedude

Power Pages is having a surprisingly good run. In this episode we dig into server-side logic debugging, the new client-side API, and why both feel about 15 years late yet still genuinely useful. We also look at Omar Zaarour's business-rules tool, Danish Naglekar's cross-platform Power Platform Toolbox, and George's Entra ID auto-clicker for making one of the most annoying prompts quietly disappear. References Power Pages Server Logic Debugging Guide | Microsoft Learn Code-only connectors Power Pages Client APIs Overview (preview) | Microsoft Learn Omar Zaarour's T365 Power Pages Business Rules Danish Naglikar's Power Platform ToolBox | Modern desktop companion - PPTB Entra ID Auto Confirm browser extension Get in touch [email protected] Nick Hayduk @Engineered_Code George Doubinski @georgedude

15 years too late but it's finally here: server-side logic in Power Pages. What does it change in practice? Unlike Azure Functions, it's just another Power Pages asset that can be added to Power Platform ALM. Perfect for anything that is logic-lite/secret-heavy. Think payments and integrations that need secrets. Server-side logic avoids awkward workarounds using plugins, Power Automate, etc. just to keep keys safe. Re-use your Javascript skills though it's not lift-n-shift from the client-side exercise. Just couple new objects to learn: HTTP client for external calls and a Dataverse object for CRUD operations. There are plenty of scenarios where client-side Web API is better, like interaction with external services requiring callbacks, for example. As Nick succulently summed it up: It doesn't make anything possible we couldn't do before. It just makes doing a lot of things we did do before a lot easier. References Power Pages server logic overview (preview) | Microsoft Learn Get in touch [email protected] Nick Hayduk @Engineered_Code George Doubinski @georgedude

It's one of the biggest Power Pages updates we've seen in years, and we're excited about what it means for the future. We talk about the newest Power Platform release and its biggest change — bringing Power Pages security together with Dataverse roles. We explain how web roles and contact records now work with system users, making Power Pages security act more like Dataverse. We share what we learned from testing the private preview, including how permissions, ownership, and auditing work now, and what the new "C2" users are. We also wonder what this means for performance, licensing, and people building their own portals. References Overview of Power Pages 2025 release wave 2 | Microsoft Learn Unify Power Pages authorization by merging web role with Dataverse security role | Microsoft Learn Get in touch [email protected] Nick Hayduk @Engineered_Code George Doubinski @georgedude