Microsoft Events presents a session on DevOps practices for Power Platform solutions, featuring Casey Burke and Austin Laugesen. The session details integrating ALM, automation, and monitoring in a low-code, AI-enhanced environment.

Deploying and Operating Power Platform Solutions with DevOps

Speakers: Casey Burke, Austin Laugesen
Event: Microsoft Ignite 2025

Overview

This session covers how DevOps methodologies can be applied to solutions built on Microsoft Power Platform. Attendees learn about the latest platform features supporting complex solution development, automated deployments, and production monitoring.

Key Topics

  • Introduction to DevOps and Power Platform
    The fundamentals of adopting DevOps in low-code environments are discussed, highlighting the intersection of enterprise development and business agility.

  • DevOps Maturity Curve and Continuous Improvement
    Strategies to incrementally improve your Power Platform ALM (Application Lifecycle Management) practices using the maturity model are outlined.

  • Source Control and ALM with GitHub
    The session demonstrates integrating knowledge sources and GitHub ALM labs, showcasing commit workflows for agent updates and solution components.

  • Environment Groups and Workload Policies
    Speakers present the use of environment groups and rules to enforce different policy sets, ensuring safe and compliant deployments across the organization.

  • Power Platform Monitor Enhancements
    Introduction to production health monitoring tools, including expansion from initial Ignite preview metrics to support multiple canvases and Copilot Studio agent metrics.

  • Advanced Monitoring and OpenTelemetry Integration
    A Q&A session addresses roadblocks in integrating OpenTelemetry for observability and discusses patterns for pipeline templating.

Additional Resources

Takeaways

  • Latest platform enhancements for DevOps in Power Platform
  • Guidance for deploying, operating, and monitoring low-code and AI solutions
  • Real-world ALM integration examples with GitHub
  • Roadmap and current limitations for advanced observability and automation

Session delivered as a silent stage breakout intended for intermediate audiences.