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What's new, and what you can do with it.

Pieces by Frank and Marijn on Power Platform, Copilot and pro-code. What works in practice and what doesn't, written down while we do the work.

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FeaturedCopilotAI25 September 2026Frank van Esch

AI without the snake oil

After reading AI Snake Oil: which kinds of AI deliver value in practice, which don't, and why we don't treat the stories about AI taking over the world as a starting point.

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Power PlatformNieuws29 August 2026Frank van Esch

Elevate 365 sponsors PowerAddicts NL

This year Elevate 365 is a financial sponsor of PowerAddicts NL, the Dutch user group for Power Platform and Dynamics 365.

News25 July 2026Marijn van Gerwen

Elevate 365 - 1 year!

A year after the big move to full time, we look back at what the first year taught us about choosing, about our role with SMB and enterprise, and about deciding together.

AICopilot27 June 2026Frank van Esch

When your AI quietly gets worse

Our AI step did exactly what we wanted for months, until the quality dropped without warning. Why that happens, and what to put in place before you let AI loose on a process.

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News11 June 2026Frank van Esch

Welcome to our new website

We rebuilt the site. In short: what we do, how we work, and what you'll find here.

A SharePoint list next to a Dataverse table, as two places to store data

Power Platform28 May 2026Frank van Esch

Dataverse or SharePoint: when is a list enough?

When a SharePoint list is perfectly fine and when you genuinely need a data model. A few rules of thumb from practice, without dogma.

A sliding scale between low-code building blocks and pro-code, with a maker on each side

Power Platform14 May 2026Frank van Esch

When do you move from low-code to pro-code?

The line isn't always clear. Three rules of thumb that help us in practice, and one situation where we tend to ignore them anyway.

A stream of reports pre-sorted by AI; a human only reviews the doubtful cases

AI30 April 2026Frank van Esch

AI as an accelerator, not a goal

Why we start AI projects at the work process and not at the model. A couple of examples, a couple of mistakes we walk into ourselves.