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Daniel Laskewitz

Daniel Laskewitz

Principal Cloud Advocate, Microsoft

Utrecht, The Netherlands

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Daniel Laskewitz is a Principal Cloud Advocate at Microsoft, specializing in the Power Platform. He helps (advanced) makers, IT professionals, developers, and architects accelerate solution delivery through both low-code and pro-code tools.

▶️ Career progression: Former Microsoft MVP (6 years) and Fast-Track Recognized Solution Architect before joining Microsoft.
▶️ Community voice: Regular speaker at leading tech conferences and co-author of Power Platform Weekly.
▶️ Platform breadth: Deep knowledge across Copilot Studio, Power Apps, Power Automate, ALM, and governance.
▶️ Content creator: Publishes practical guidance on Copilot Studio, solution design, and ALM.

Daniel combines platform expertise with real-world application to support scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions.

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Area of Expertise

  • Information & Communications Technology

Topics

  • Power Automate
  • Power Automate Desktop
  • Power Apps
  • Power Virtual Agents
  • Power Pages
  • Microsoft 365
  • GitHub
  • Power Platform

🧠 MCP or not to MCP - that is THE question

So, the Model Context Protocol (MCP) is everywhere these days, and now that Copilot Studio jumped on board in March 2025, everyone's wondering: what's the big deal? And more importantly, what happens to all those connectors we've been using?

Daniel's going to break it all down for you in this session. We'll dive into what MCP servers actually are, how you can start using them in Copilot Studio, and why you might want to try them out in other AI tools too. Fair warning: this is going to be demo-heavy, so get ready to see MCP in action across a bunch of different scenarios.

What you'll walk away with:
✅ A solid grasp of what MCP servers are and why they're worth your time
✅ Practical know-how for getting MCP servers up and running in Copilot Studio
✅ Real examples of using both Microsoft's own MCP servers (like the Dataverse MCP server) and third-party ones in different AI tools

Come ready to see lots of demos and leave with a clear understanding of whether MCP is right for your projects.

✨ Optimizing Canvas Apps for maintainability, reusability, and performance

Join Cathrine Bruvold and Daniel Laskewitz for a session on enhancing your Canvas Apps by focusing on best practices development for better performance, ensuring maintainability and promoting reusability.

Learn how to utilize different effective techniques and tools such as YAML, canvas & code components, HTML and custom connectors for building and designing well-performing applications. Focusing on optimization and reusability, Cathrine and Daniel will showcase examples from their own experiences and principles which will help you elevate your Canvas Apps development skills.

By attending this session, you will gain greater understanding of development standards in Power Apps that will enable you to build for scalability, avoid the common pitfalls and long loading times.

Takeaways:
✅ Learn about reusability of components in your Power Apps
✅ Learn how to optimize your Power Apps for better maintainability
✅ Learn how to improve the performance of your apps
✅ Gain better understanding of how to enhance the visual and technical aspects in Power Apps

A developers introduction to Copilot Studio

Building Agents should be easy! And it can be if you are using Copilot Studio. In this demo rich session Daniel and Albert-Jan will show you how you can build agents, orchestrate their behaviour, introduce knowledge and apply custom reasoning models and add actions.

Takeaways from this session:
✅ Learn how you can leverage your development skills to build agents
✅ Integrate with additional knowledge using Azure AI Search
✅ Integrate with custom API’s and Business Logic

Build your own copilot with Copilot Studio 🤖🚀

Copilot Studio is the new kid on the block! It's a low code way to extend existing copilots like Microsoft 365 Copilot or build your own copilot from scratch! In this session, Daniel will show you how you can get started quickly by building your own copilot!

After this session, you will:
✅ have a clear understanding of what Copilot Studio is and how you can use it to build your own copilot
✅ know what different generative AI features there are in Copilot Studio to quickly add knowledge to your copilot
✅ know how to connect your copilot to external systems
✅ know how low code can help you develop quickly in some cases

Extend the Power Platform with Custom Connectors 🚀

Are you ready to take your Power Platform skills to the next level? Join this exciting session on custom connectors and learn how to extend the capabilities of the Power Platform by building your own connectors. In this session, I will provide an overview of what custom connectors are, how they work, and the benefits of using them in your apps and workflows. I'll also walk through the step-by-step process of building custom connectors using Power Automate and discuss best practices for designing and publishing connectors.

Whether you're an experienced Power Platform user or just getting started, this session is for you! Don't miss this opportunity to learn how you can benefit from creating, using, and eventually publishing custom, certified, or independent publisher connectors.

Here are some takeaways of this session:
✅ Understanding of what custom connectors are and how they work in the Power Platform
✅ Knowledge of how to build custom connectors using the UI
✅ Familiarity with best practices for designing and publishing connectors
✅ Inspiration to explore and experiment with custom connectors in your own Power Platform projects

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Daniel Laskewitz

Principal Cloud Advocate, Microsoft

Utrecht, The Netherlands

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