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We've Governed Citizen Devs for Years, Governing Ai-Built Software Is the Same Problem

We've Governed Citizen Devs for Years, Governing Ai-Built Software Is the Same Problem

Sharing a November conversation with Scott Durow, Rami Mounla and Tomas Prokop recorded after PPCC, on where Power Platform governance goes as coding agents take over authoring.

Outtakes of interest:

- Organizations still govern the people building things and the code they ship, same as the low-code years. The difference is that one person driving a coding agent session ships a lot more code in a lot less time. The biggest practical change since the recording is that AI harnesses (Copilot CLI, Claude Code, Codex) have gotten a lot better at holding a plan together and keeping focused context across a session.

- Day-to-day, the work that makes agents productive is the work that makes people productive. Clear ask, right context, a review before anything ships. Under-brief a junior or an agent, both stall.

- On Power Platform specifically, the governance principles from the low-code years line up cleanly with what you need to govern agent-authored work.

This content was made in support of the upcoming Update Days: Power Platform conference. https://power.updatedays.cz

Also, the discussion focuses primarily on governance, so it doesn't go deep on using your favorite AI harness for Power Platform development. That's a topic we're dedicating a full post to soon, and one we cover extensively at the conference.

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u/Fulern — 1 day ago

Technical Power Platform Conference for Developers & Admins | April 27-28 | Prague & Online

Hello r/PowerApps

I would like to invite you to the second edition of Update Days: Power Platform, an event built around the shared need for deeper discussions on technical topics surrounding Power Platform. It addresses the main topic on everyone's minds: the shift towards AI-assisted development, vibe coding, and how Power Platform fits into this new era. We've got Scott Durow coming, Casey Burke, Marcel Ferreira and Sabin Nair from the Product Group, Diana Birkelbach, and many more. We believe this content could be interesting for this community. Post approved by moderators.

It's happening in Prague on April 27th and 28th. It will also be streamed online, and every ticket includes all the recordings.

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So, this year the focus is on what changes when AI agents and vibe coding become part of how Power Platform professionals work. Everyone is building with agents. But, once you're past the demos, the real questions are how you ensure the code quality of what agents produce, maintain visibility over the data they touch, and scale what gets built across an organization.

Content covers:

  • Microsoft Product Group perspective on Code Apps, declarative development, and the shift toward vibe coding, what it means for professional developers building on the platform
  • Setting up a development workflow that makes AI-assisted development efficient, environment setup, source control, build systems, and guardrails that keep output reliable
  • Governing what AI-assisted development produces, guardrails, testing AI-generated code, and keeping control as development accelerates
  • The new security surface, prompt injection, data exfiltration, and AI attack vectors most teams aren't planning for
  • Architecture and governance that scales. from identity and secrets management to enterprise-wide inventory and compliance
  • Licensing and cost reality, consumption billing, AI spend, and chargeback models

Sessions are in English. Recordings are included with every ticket.

It's a paid event, with the current ticket price set at €190 for the online ticket. We know it's on the higher end, but wanted to deliver meaningful and worthy content with speakers that we truly like and believe in. Use code REDDIT20UDPP for a 20% discount. Would love to meet you there/online :).

If you have any questions or comments, don't hesitate to reach out. This post was approved by the moderator of r/PowerApps.

For more details, visit https://power.updatedays.cz/.

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u/Fulern — 6 days ago