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Future Career Concerns

So, I’ve been working in the Dynamics 365 and Power Platform ecosystem for around eight years now, watching it evolve along the way.

I’m at a senior level and work across Dynamics 365, Power Apps, Power Automate and SharePoint, supporting clients across various industries. I also have experience with plugins and JavaScript, and I’ve recently been learning more about Code Apps expand my technical skill set.

I genuinely enjoy what I do, but increasingly, I find myself wondering what the future holds for people in our industry as AI continues to advance.

I can’t help but think about how much of our work could eventually be automated and what that might mean for our roles in the long run.

For those of you in a similar position, how are you adapting and staying ahead of the curve?

Are you actively learning AI, exploring Copilot Studio and building agents? Would it make sense to look at moving into an AI-focused team that’s developing Copilot Studio solutions for clients?

More broadly, what do you think the future looks like for IT consultancy, particularly within the Microsoft stack?

How many of you preparing for what’s next, and what skills do you think will be most valuable over the next five to ten years?

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u/Tricky-Active935 — 6 days ago

What AI do you use?

Hello been working with "all thing" M365 from power platform to SharePoint etc. My background is backend dev and been using gpt and Claude for generating YAML and fx syntax

Now my company is all in Microsoft so they want us to use co-pilot. Im not really sure about copilot or maybe im just used to gpt / Claude

So my question is what AI do you use to assist you in your daily work and why ?

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u/Additional-Bid-2758 — 6 days ago

FetchXML Builder in XrmToolbox with AI

Has anyone used the newer AI components of FetchXML Builder in XrmToolbox? Have you found it to be valuable? The developer, Jonas Rapp, seems to find it quite helpful so that's incentive for a FetchXML novice like myself to look into it.

I don't love FetchXML but I love that he's made this tool and its integration with SQL4CDS. I'm hoping that with a little more AI love that multiple complicated table joins will be accomplishable with the help of the AI integration. (If it was just SQL, I'd be in better shape; it's where it needs to be translated into FetchXML where I usually stumble.)

My biggest concern was whether or not it was sending data to the LLM but the AI Chat Instructions page Notes indicates that it does not. (Didn't seem to see that distinction called out anywhere else.)

Relevant Resources

AI Chat in FetchXML Builder – JonasR.app

AI Chat Instructions – JonasR.app

Code library helps AI in XrmToolBox – JonasR.app

u/DataGuyfromMidwest — 8 days ago