Using Copilot in Power Apps

At the time of writing, Copilot in Power Apps is still in limited trial. However, if you create a new Dataverse environment with the United States as the location, then you can benefit from the preview version that has been made available. Let’s work through a basic example:

1. When we load the Power Apps portal (make.powerapps.com) in the North America geo, Copilot is the very first thing that we see. But it’s not labeled as Copilot; it is simply a chat box that asks you to describe what you want to do. This is the whole basis of Copilot, natural language being used to create an outcome.

Figure 22.1: Copilot chat box on the Power Apps home screen

2. For us to be able to test Copilot, we will build an app that allows us to track the number of miles that we spend on journeys in a car. The difference is that we are going to build it by using natural language. So, we can tell Copilot “I want to track my car...