Microsoft limits new Copilot form filling to model-driven apps
Microsoft has introduced Copilot form fill assistance for Power Apps. The feature automatically suggests data for blank fields by reading a user's clipboard, uploaded files, or past app usage. The tool supports text, numeric, choice, and date fields. Users must manually accept the AI suggestions before saving the record to ensure accuracy. This capability is restricted entirely to model-driven apps. It is currently in a production-ready preview and requires an administrator to turn it on.
Data entry in custom business tools has traditionally relied on manual typing or complex default value formulas. Builders spent hours writing logic to pull data from other sources just to save their users a few keystrokes. The new Copilot integration shifts the heavy lifting of data entry to AI. Yet by keeping this feature out of canvas apps, Microsoft signals that its most advanced automation tools will remain locked behind premium Dataverse licensing.
Analysis
Microsoft is using AI as a carrot to pull you away from standard SharePoint canvas apps. If your boss demands smart form filling that reads from clipboards and files, use this exact feature as your business case to demand a premium Dataverse license. Until then, you are stuck writing Patch formulas by hand.
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