Microsoft Power Apps

Microsoft Power Apps is a suite of apps, services, connectors, and data platform that provides a rapid application development environment to build custom apps for unique business needs.

Using Power Apps, you can quickly build custom business apps that connect to your business data stored anywhere—from the underlying data platform, or Common Data Service, to nearly any online or on-premises data source, like Dynamics 365, SharePoint, Excel, Office, and even data sources not under the Microsoft umbrella.

A component of the Microsoft Power Platform, which also includes Power BI, Power Virtual Agents, and Power Automate (formerly known as Microsoft Flow), Power Apps is what Microsoft refers to as a “citizen application development platform” because it allows anyone, regardless of programming experience, to build web and mobile applications without writing code.

Apps built with Power Apps provide deep business logic and workflow capabilities that transform manual business processes into automated processes, and with their responsive design, they can run seamlessly in browsers or on mobile devices.

Power Apps and Power BI

In addition, the connection between Power Apps and Power BI, another component of the Power Platform, makes it easy to build an app that provides insights to the people who need it, based on specific roles or tasks.

Like Power BI, Power Apps connects to hundreds of business systems and databases, making it easy to connect users with the existing processes and data they need. In addition, the data captured in Power Apps is sent back to Power BI for further analysis, creating a continuous improvement loop.

Power Apps is for developers, too

Power Apps also provides an extensible platform that lets developers programmatically interact with data and metadata, apply business logic, create custom connectors, and integrate with external data.

Power Apps and Dynamics 365

Microsoft Dynamics 365 also uses the Common Data Service used by Power Apps to store and secure data, enabling organizations that use Dynamics to build apps directly against the core business data already used within Dynamics without the need for integration.

Discover the value the Power Platform can provide your business with an HSO Proof of Concept engagement

A proof of concept is an easy, low-risk way to see what the Power Platform can do for your business. In a 5- to 10-day engagement, our team works with you to re-imagine a goal or challenge. It not only stimulates ideation, but it also provides deliverables that demonstrate the value to expect when you move forward with a Power Platform project. Learn more about HSO’s Proof of Concept offering.