2026 Release Wave 1 Updates
System-of-agents architecture, GPT-4o orchestration, and HITL (Human-in-the-Loop) Outlook forms. Part of the free Power Platform Academy — every lesson below is open to everyone, no signup required.
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- 01The System-of-Agents Pattern12 min · 500 XP
Coordinated Swarms In the 2026 Release Wave 1, Power Platform transitions from isolated chatbots to a System-of-Agents architecture. Instead of one ma...
- 02GPT-4o & HITL Workflow Nodes15 min · 500 XP
New Defaults and Capabilities GPT-4o is now the default generative engine for Copilot Studio orchestration. It provides significantly faster function...
- 03Microsoft Scout & the Autopilot Era15 min · 550 XP
A New Agent Category: Autopilots At Microsoft Build 2026 (June 2–3), Microsoft introduced Autopilots — a new category of agents that are always-on, ac...
- 04Continuous Delivery, Data Grid GA & Enterprise SOE/AOE15 min · 500 XP
The Post-Release Wave Era: Continuous Publishing In September 2026 , Microsoft officially announced the retirement of the biannual "Release Wave 1 / W...