App Development

New! Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit Doesn’t Have Copilot Studio Limitations February 24, 2026 The Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit is for pro developers building AI agents that work with...more Enhancements Could Break Down Agent Adoption Barriers February 8, 2026 Copilot Studio continues to receive frequent significant updates. The latest round arrived in Nov. 2025,...more Deciphering Power Apps Licensing Updated: January 21, 2026 Update: The Power Apps Per App licensing option has been discontinued as of Jan. 2,...more Visual Studio 2026 Smooths AI Integration, First of Annual Releases Updated: January 11, 2026 Visual Studio 2026, Microsoft’s flagship development product, became generally available in Nov. 2025, and major...more Azure Copilot Agents Simplify Azure Operation, Optimization December 14, 2025 The Azure portal has had a Copilot for more than a year, but it has...more The Microsoftification of GitHub Updated: November 30, 2025 Microsoft organizational changes suggest that GitHub will receive more direct Microsoft control and oversight. The...more Agent 365: Microsoft Attempts to Herd Your AI Agents November 24, 2025 Microsoft Agent 365 offers a new set of capabilities that seeks to help organizations improve...more GitHub Agent HQ Brings Agent Governance, Third-Party Support Updated: November 17, 2025 Microsoft delivered GitHub Agent HQ in Oct. 2025, bringing a unified platform for developer agents...more Defender for Cloud Apps Helps Protect Copilot Studio Agents November 13, 2025 Advanced real-time protection for Copilot Studio, a new Defender for Cloud Apps feature, offers an...more Demystifying Microsoft’s Copilots Updated: October 27, 2025 Copilot-branded technologies from Microsoft assist users in completing tasks, but Microsoft overstates ROI. Almost all...more SQL Server Management Studio Update Will Integrate GitHub Copilot Updated: October 23, 2025 A new version of SQL Server Management Studio brings the most significant updates to the...more Deciphering Copilot Studio Licensing Updated: October 19, 2025 The licensing model for Copilot Studio has been in flux with changes arriving regularly throughout...more Understanding Copilot Studio Updated: October 12, 2025 Copilot Studio supports generative AI to reduce development effort and give agents advanced capabilities. Agents...more Copilot Studio Benefits and Risks Updated: October 5, 2025 Copilot Studio is a low-code tool for building natural language assistants called agents that help...more SQL Data Sync’s Retirement Highlights the Future of Azure SQL Offerings September 4, 2025 Azure SQL Data Sync is retiring in Sept. 2027 with no explanation or straightforward migration...more Deciphering Power Pages Licensing Updated: July 28, 2025 Power Pages licensing is based on the number of authenticated and anonymous users that access...more

GitHub Copilot Tier Comparison June 3, 2025

  Licensing Reference Power Apps Power Apps allows the creation of line-of-business apps by citizen developers (also referred to as...more   Licensing Reference Power Automate Power Automate is a low-code platform for developing, publishing, and running simple to moderately complex...more   Licensing Reference Power Pages Power Pages allows the creation of certain types of (typically external) Web sites without relying...more   Licensing Reference Copilot Studio Copilot Studio provides makers (also known as citizen developers) with low-code tools to build agents...more   Product Reference Visual Studio Visual Studio product entry.   Product Reference BizTalk Server BizTalk Server is Microsoft’s legacy application integration and business-to-business commerce software.   Product Reference Fabric Overview Microsoft Fabric is a data and analytics cloud service that simplifies the deployment and use...more   Product Reference Fabric Data Factory Fabric Data Factory, one of the main Fabric experiences, is used for creating data integration...more   Product Reference Web PubSub Description of the Azure Web PubSub service.   Product Reference Azure DevOps Azure DevOps product entry.   Product Reference Azure DevOps Server Azure DevOps Server product entry.   Product Reference Power Platform Power Platform product entry.   Product Reference Chaos Studio Chaos Studio product entry.   Product Reference Azure Load Testing Azure Load Testing product entry.   Product Reference Application Insights Application Insights product entry.   Product Reference Deployment Environments Deployment Environments product entry.

Application Platforms Roadmap

Copilot   Fabric