Raphaël Pothin 🐼 Microsoft Bizapps MVP

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🔒 Calling #Ops & #Security pros working with #PowerPlatform!
Your expertise is essential as low-code adoption grows.

Join us at @ppcconf.bsky.social and engage in meaningful discussions with our community.

🎟️ Save $100 with code MVPPOTHIN: powerplatformconf.com#!/register?u...

#PPCC25 #IaC

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🚀 Made a fun side project!

Watching my kids & wife crush paper tic-tac-toe in seconds gave me an idea: make it 3D for more combos & strategy.

Built with:
1/ #Lovable
2/ #Gemini Code Assist in GitHub Codespaces
3/ @github.com Copilot + GPT-5 in Codespaces

👉 Play it here: tic-tac-toe-3d.lovable.app

Promotional speaker banner for the Power Platform Community Conference, featuring event details “Join us in Las Vegas MGM Grand, October 28–30, 2025 | Workshops October 26, 27, 31, 2025,” the conference logo, and a circular black-and-white portrait of Raphael Pothin. Text highlights his roles as Microsoft Bizapps MVP and Lead Power Platform Reliability Engineer at Manulife, along with the event website, conference handle, and hashtag #PPCC25 at the bottom.

🌞 Back from a revitalizing family summer break!

Between my 2 sessions - #PowerPlatform 💖 #Terraform and Managed #Security + Observability for the win with @prokopus.com - I still have work to do 😅

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#PPCC25

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🚀 Manual #Governance is out - #IaC is in.
Prepping practical demos for @ppcconf.bsky.social on using #Terraform to streamline #PowerPlatform administration.
No more endless clicking.

🎟️ Join us in Vegas — use code MVPPOTHIN to save $100: powerplatformconf.com#!/register?u...

#PPCC25

Promotional banner for the Power Platform Community Conference. Across a dark teal-to-purple gradient background, the top line reads ‘Join us in Las Vegas MGM Grand — October 28–30 | Workshops October 26, 27, 31, 2025.’ The Power Platform Community Conference logo sits in the upper-right corner. Center-right, large text announces ‘SESSION: Deep-Dive into Power Platform Managed Security,’ followed by speaker details: ‘with Tomas Prokop, Microsoft MVP | Power Platform Architect, NETWORG and Raphael Pothin, Lead Power Platform Reliability Engineer | Microsoft BizApps MVP, Manulife.’ Two circular black-and-white head-and-shoulders photos of the speakers appear on the left. Along the bottom edge are the website ‘PowerPlatformConf.com,’ the handle ‘@PowerPlatConf,’ and the hashtag ‘#PPCC25.’

🔍 SecOps #Observability for #PowerPlatform

At the @ppcconf.bsky.social, @prokopus.com and I will show how security signals + app health data boost resilience, compliance and uptime.

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#Security #PPCC25

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Hey friends! I did a TEDx talk and it's now up on the TED Conferences YouTube. It's possibly the best and most important talk I've ever done.

I would ask that you watch it, and please SHARE it broadly and widely. Thank you! youtu.be/dVG8W-0p6vg #AI #Tech #TED

📢 From OpenAPI to AL: API Clients for BC with Kiota ⛱️

Next Monday in our last webinar before the summer break, @tobiasfenster.io & @simonofhh.bsky.social will show how the Kiota project can turn any OpenAPI specification into a AL extension.

Registration: areopa.academy

#msdyn365bc

Promotional banner for the Power Platform Community Conference 2025, featuring speaker Raphael Pothin. The banner highlights his session titled “Enhancing Power Platform Governance Through Terraform: Embracing Infrastructure as Code.” It notes Raphael’s roles as Microsoft Bizapps MVP and Lead Power Platform Reliability Engineer at Manulife. The event takes place October 28–30, 2025, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, with workshops on October 26, 27, and 31. The banner includes conference branding, dates, website (PowerPlatformConf.com), and the hashtag #PPCC25.

🤔 Infrastructure as Code on #PowerPlatform?
Yep, it is possible and this approach is full of opportunities 👍🏼

At @ppcconf.bsky.social, I’ll share how to make governance scalable with #Terraform.

🎟️ Join us in Vegas — use code MVPPOTHIN to save $100: powerplatformconf.com#!/register/?...

#PPCC25

Vertical promotional banner for the Power Platform Community Conference 2025 featuring Raphael Pothin. The banner includes the event location "Join us in Las Vegas MGM Grand" and dates: October 28–30, 2025, with workshops on October 26, 27, and 31. Raphael is pictured in black and white above his title: Microsoft BizApps MVP and Lead Power Platform Reliability Engineer at Manulife. The bottom section includes the conference website (PowerPlatformConf.com), the official handle @PowerPlatConf, and the hashtag #PPCC25 on a dark background with purple and teal gradients.

🌍 What I love most about @ppcconf.bsky.social ? The people!

#PowerPlatform pros from all roles coming together to share what works. I’m excited to learn just as much as I’ll share.

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#PPCC25 #BetterTogether

Promotional banner for the Power Platform Community Conference 2025 featuring Raphael Pothin. The banner includes event details: October 28–30 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, with workshops on October 26, 27, and 31. Raphael is introduced as a Microsoft BizApps MVP and Lead Power Platform Reliability Engineer at Manulife. Discount code MVPPOTHIN100 is noted for $100 off registration. Website and social handles are also displayed.

🚀 I'm speaking at the @ppcconf.bsky.social in Las Vegas this October!

Talking #Terraform & Managed #Security for code-first devs (with @prokopus.com).

🎟️ Use code MVPPOTHIN to save $100: powerplatformconf.com#!/register/?...

#PPCC25 #PowerPlatform

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Excited to speak at #CanadianCloudSummit 2025!

I’ll explore how to prevent, detect, and respond to threats in #PowerPlatform, from proactive defense to rapid incident response.

🗓️ June 19, 2025
🕚 11:00 AM EDT
🔗 Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/canadian-c...

Hope to see you there!
#Security

Raphael Pothin with friends around a table at DynamicsMinds 2025

Raphael Pothin presenting at DynamicsMinds 2025

Raphael Pothin posing with friends at DynamicsMinds 2025

DynamicsMinds was incredible! 🤩

Reconnected with Microsoft #BizApps friends and dove into AI & agents discussions.
With @davidyack.bsky.social , we talked red, blue, and purple teams in #PowerPlatform, stressing collaboration with #Security teams and continuous improvement.

See you next year!

The slide deck will, of course, be available after the conference, and I'll share the link to it 😊 I’ll also see if I can turn it into a blog article for those like you who are interested in the topic 😉

Session promo for DynamicsMinds 2025: “From Risk to Resilience.” Features Raphael Pothin (Druid) and David Yack (Power Platform Sorcerer). Event is May 26–28 in Portorož, Slovenia. Focus on Power Platform and security collaboration.

Your #PowerPlatform is about to undergo its first adversary emulation 🔥
Join me & @davidyack.bsky.social at #DynamicsMinds for a story-driven #Security deep dive.

📅 May 26–28 | 📍 Portorož, Slovenia
👉 Claim your spot now: www.dynamicsminds.com/register

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Session promo for DynamicsMinds 2025: “From Risk to Resilience.” Features Raphael Pothin (Druid) and David Yack (Power Platform Sorcerer). Event is May 26–28 in Portorož, Slovenia. Focus on Power Platform and security collaboration.

Next stop after MVP Summit: DynamicsMinds! 🧙‍♂️
I’ll team up with @davidyack.bsky.social for a session where we’ll talk about the synergy between #PowerPlatform pros and #Security folks 🛡️

Don't forget to register: www.dynamicsminds.com/register/ 😊

👉 #DynamicsMinds
📍 Portorož, Slovenia — May 26–28

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Last year I shared our discovery of the Crescendo and Skeleton Key jailbreak techniques. We have identified a new one, Context Compliance Attack (CCA) that's very simple, yet very effective at bypassing LLM guardrails.

Microsoft Power Pages Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability CVE-2025-24989

#PowerPages security vulnerability allowed attackers to elevate their privileges by bypassing user registration controls.

"This vulnerability has already been mitigated in the service and all affected customers have been notified."

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Power Platform’s Protection — Microsoft Sentinel, the watchtower Monitor for unauthorized activities, detect anomalies, and respond proactively.

💭 Securing #PowerPlatform isn’t just about monitoring, it’s about taking action!

Let's explore how #MicrosoftSentinel helps strengthen #BusinessApps security through teamwork between security & Power Platform teams.

🔗 https://buff.ly/3CI4lEr

#Security #Collaboration

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Our AI Red Team are the coolest folks and one of the industry’s first ever AI red teams: when they write a white paper, you gotta listen.

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Hydrate Development Environments via Power Platform Pipelines I am a big fan of Power Platform Pipelines! Shocker, I know. One of the things I've heard from people is how their development environments have been lost, deleted, restored, overridden, personal dev has left without exporting solutions or they got turned into a washing machine and this is one of the reasons Power Platform Pipelines are so useful. When trying to rebuild Development environments you always find a problem. You find a missing solution or that someone didn't save the unmanaged solut

Ever need to hydrate a development environment that was deleted? 😱 Now there is an easier method using Power Platform Pipelines.

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#PowerPlatform #ALM #PowerPlatformPipelines

Power Platform Community High Five - January 2025 | LinkedIn Join Sarah Jones and Keith Atherton in this virtual user group where community experts will share valuable insights. Following a fun, high-energy and interactive Scottish Summit session, our speakers...

💥 The secret is out! @ppcommhighfive.bsky.social virtual user group is live. It's been tough keeping this quiet so we couldn't be more excited to share this update with our friends in the Power Platform Community!

#PowerPlatform #CommunityRocks #CommunityHighFive

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Introducing Phi-4: Microsoft’s Newest Small Language Model Specializing in Complex Reasoning | Microsoft Community Hub Today we are introducing Phi-4, our 14B parameter state-of-the-art small language model (SLM) that excels at complex reasoning in areas such as math, in...

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Power Platform’s Protection — Microsoft Purview the data guardian Data: This large and ever-growing asset that unlocks incredible value when properly protected

Thrilled to share my latest blog post, the result of extensive research and analysis!

I dive into how #MicrosoftPurview enhances #Dataverse security and robust data governance in today’s AI-driven era 🚀

Check it out: https://buff.ly/49siJwp

#PowerPlatform #Security #Data #Governance