Microsoft is accelerating AI-native experiences across the Power Platform and Microsoft 365. Key developments include native app building in Copilot Studio and Copilot Cowork, expanded Copilot capabilities in SharePoint (personal reusable skills and SharePoint-safe HTML guidance for AI tools), general availability progress on object-centric process mining in Power Automate, the shift of Power Platform release plans to the always-on AI at Work roadmap, and the introduction of Microsoft 365 G7 for government customers. These updates emphasize deeper integration of agents, automation, and governed low-code development across Teams, SharePoint Online, Power Apps, Power BI, Power Pages, and Copilot experiences.
- Microsoft announced native full-stack app building through conversation in Copilot Studio and Copilot Cowork, allowing makers to create business apps grounded in organizational data via natural language.
- SharePoint Copilot received September updates enabling personal skills that travel across sites and OneDrive, skill evaluation tools, and tenant-specific HTML guidance so AI assistants (including Copilot Studio) can generate SharePoint-safe interactive pages and reports.
- Power Automate advanced object-centric process mining (OCPM) to general availability, improving analysis of multi-entity workflows involving orders, invoices, deliveries, and related objects beyond traditional case-centric models.
- The 2026 release wave 1 for Power Platform (covering Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Pages, Dataverse, and Copilot Studio) is concluding; starting this month Microsoft is moving ongoing capability disclosures to the unified AI at Work roadmap instead of traditional release plans.
- Microsoft 365 G7 launched to bring integrated AI, Copilot, agent governance, security, and compliance capabilities tailored for government agencies.
- Additional momentum includes Federated Copilot connectors (Model Context Protocol) reaching broader availability, canvas app agentic coauthoring now generally available, and continued SPFx progress toward SharePoint Copilot Components/Apps.
