Power Platform admin plugin adds governance in Cowork

Key insights

• The plugin answers natural-language questions about Power Platform governance data.
• Admins can ask follow-up questions to break down findings by business unit or environment group.
• Cowork can turn findings into dashboards, Word documents, or spreadsheets.
• The plugin is in public preview and is described as GET-only, with humans in the loop.
• Admins can enable the plugin for all users or a subset; users need administrator privileges to receive data.

The Power Platform admin plugin for Copilot Cowork lets administrators investigate governance data with natural-language questions instead of manually stitching information together across admin center pages. It matters to Power Platform admins who need to review environments, usage, ownership, connectors, and policies, then share findings with colleagues or leadership. Microsoft demonstrates the workflow and describes the plugin as a public preview.

What's new

The plugin gives admins a conversational way to query Power Platform governance information in Copilot Cowork. The problem it addresses is that information admins may want to correlate can sit across multiple areas of the Power Platform admin center (PPAC). Previously, assembling a view of agents and usage in an environment could mean visiting different pages, downloading data, and combining it in Excel or Power BI.

With the plugin, an admin can ask for a broad governance overview and then refine the request with follow-up questions. In the demonstration, the sample request asks for a view across environments, ownership, usage, connectors, and policies. A follow-up request breaks down governance by business unit and environment group.

The plugin is used inside Cowork, so the work can continue beyond retrieving information. The demonstration creates a dashboard, a Word document for a leadership review, and a spreadsheet intended for an operational team. It also shows a finance-specific view and a scheduled usage report. These are ways Cowork can format and reuse the findings; they do not mean the plugin itself is making administrative changes.

Who it is for and what you need

The feature is aimed at Power Platform administrators who want to investigate tenant governance data and prepare recurring or audience-specific views. Microsoft describes the plugin as being in public preview. The transcript says it is available in all tenants, and that admins can enable it for all users or a subset of users.

That broad enablement does not grant every user access to administrative data. The demonstration states that administrator privileges are required for the plugin to return data; a user without those privileges receives no data. The transcript does not identify specific role names, Copilot licensing requirements, regional limits, or a detailed setup path, so those requirements cannot be confirmed here.

The description points readers to Microsoft Learn for setup information, but the material provided does not include the documentation details. Admins should verify the current setup and access requirements in Microsoft’s documentation before planning a deployment.

How it works

The plugin connects Cowork to Power Platform administration information. In the demonstration, the plugin is selected from Cowork’s customization area, where it appears as Power Platform Admin and has associated skills. The user then submits a prompt describing the governance view they want.

1. In Cowork, select the Power Platform Admin plugin from the customization area shown in the demonstration.
2. Ask a question about the governance information you need, such as a view across environments, ownership, usage, connectors, and policies.
3. Review the response and ask follow-up questions to narrow or regroup the results, for example by business unit or environment group.
4. Ask Cowork to present the results in a format suited to the audience, such as a dashboard, Word document, or spreadsheet.
5. For recurring checks, ask Cowork to schedule a report. The demonstration includes a usage report on the first Monday of each month.

The transcript describes an ontology layer that helps the plugin access and bring together data that can be difficult for admins to assemble across different surfaces. It does not explain the implementation or list every data source. The practical point is that admins can start with a question, inspect the findings, and continue the analysis through follow-up prompts rather than building every view from scratch.

Scheduling can move a one-time investigation into a recurring review. In the example, Cowork produces a baseline and a scheduled report for a future cadence. Admins can also tailor outputs to different audiences, such as leadership, an operational team, or a particular department.

Limitations and open questions

The most important boundary is that the plugin is described as GET-only: it retrieves information, and people remain in the loop. The demonstration does not show the plugin applying governance policies, changing environments, or carrying out remediation. The speaker says that more direct action is a future direction, not a current capability.

The transcript does not provide a complete inventory of the data the plugin can access, explain how results are validated, or specify the exact permissions and setup steps. It also does not name the Copilot plan or license needed to use Cowork. Those details matter for deployment, so admins should not infer them from the demo alone.

For now, the value shown is faster investigation and easier preparation of governance views—not autonomous administration. Teams can continue using PPAC, exporting information to Excel, or using Power BI to assemble and visualize data. The plugin offers a conversational alternative for gathering and presenting findings, while leaving administrative decisions and changes with people.

Sources

• Microsoft
• Microsoft’s Power Platform admin plugin demonstration

Frequently asked questions

Is the Power Platform admin plugin for Copilot Cowork generally available?

The transcript describes it as being in public preview. It does not state when general availability will begin.

Can non-admin users access Power Platform data through the plugin?

The demonstration says administrator privileges are required for the plugin to return data. Enabling it for a user without those privileges results in no data.

Can the plugin make Power Platform governance changes?

The transcript describes the plugin as GET-only, retrieving information while keeping humans in the loop. It does not demonstrate the plugin making administrative changes.

What can admins create from plugin findings?

The demonstration shows Cowork creating a dashboard, a Word document, and a spreadsheet. It also shows setting up a recurring usage report.