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Power Platform admin center, environment Behavior settings: the model-driven app release channel dropdown with the options Auto, Monthly channel and Semi-annual channel

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Microsoft Retires Release Waves: How Your PMO Plans Platform Change in 2026

Renke Holert: Sep 5, 2026, 8:33:49 AM

For years, PMOs running their project portfolio on the Microsoft Power Platform had a comfortable rhythm: twice a year a release wave landed, someone...

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Project Governance Explained: What It Actually Involves

Renke Holert: Sep 3, 2026, 9:35:54 AM

"Who actually decides here?" – that single question often determines a project's success or failure more than any project plan does. Project...

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Abstract banner showing four ascending translucent tiers connected by data lines, representing the four AI agent autonomy levels a PMO has to govern.

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AI Agents in the PMO: How to Decide What Each One Is Allowed to Do

Renke Holert: Aug 15, 2026, 1:17:47 PM

Nobody signed off on an AI rollout, yet agents are already in the portfolio: Planner Agent drafts status reports, Microsoft 365 Copilot summarises...

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Microsoft Scout - autonomous autopilot agent in Microsoft 365 (Microsoft Build)

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Microsoft Scout in the PMO: When the project assistant works autonomously

Renke Holert: Aug 12, 2026, 7:46:30 AM

At Build 2026, Microsoft unveiled Scout, its first “autopilot” agent: not a chat helper waiting for prompts, but an autonomous agent that runs...

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Copilot Cowork creates Outlook appointments for Planner tasks

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Copilot Cowork: What the New AI Feature Means for Project Management

Renke Holert: Jun 7, 2026, 12:23:43 PM

With Copilot Cowork, Microsoft is bringing a new dimension to AI-supported collaboration: instead of individual prompts, project managers and PMOs...

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Strategic resource planning at role level in Altus PPM

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Best Practices for Resource and Capacity Management in Microsoft 365

Renke Holert: Jun 7, 2026, 11:47:25 AM

In 2026, fast project delivery matters more than ever. That is only possible with effective resource management and requires a seamless connection...

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xPM – anything project management concept graphic

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What is xPM?

Renke Holert: Jun 7, 2026, 11:47:25 AM

Traditional project portfolio management is struggling to keep pace. PPM has been a dynamic field for years. We have made great strides in optimizing...

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