A platform to create desktop, mobile, tablet device applications using PowerApps editor with drag and drop functionality using excel-like functions and to integrate with various connectors and services within o365 and outside this environment.

Features –

1. Helps to empower an business individual to create business solutions in hours and engage directly with professional developer.
2. Integrating low-code apps with advanced AI, analytics, bots, interactive maps, IoT (Internet of Things) and much more.
3. Cross platform functionality – enables to publish app instantly to iOS, Android, Windows, and Web where sharing app is like sharing documents.

Products –

1. Canvas Apps:

• PowerApps editor is the cloud-based platform to create task as a solution in a low code environment.
• Provides drag and drop features when it comes to UI part of it.
• Coding is much simpler just like writing excel formulas.
• Can connect to various data sources using Connectors and can be used to embed data in SharePoint Online and Dynamics 365.
• Once the data source is identified canvas apps focuses over to the UI of the application.

2. Model Driven Apps:

• It is Data driven app or data modeller is exactly opposite of Canvas Apps
• It focuses on data and helps in managing the loading of data into data sources.
• The development here is component based and it is distributed via Solution Packages.
• Uses data integrated with Dataverse – a cloud based relational database earlier known as Common Data Service (CDS).
• Once the data pipeline is defined the application is driven by data flow and gets structured UI based on that. This approach is best for Data entry applications.

3. Portals:

Portal is used to create external-facing websites that allow users outside their organizations to sign in with a wide variety of identities, create and view data in Dataverse.
Portals allows customers to deliver solutions like –

• Local (Azure AD) /External (Facebook, Twitter etc.) users to register
• Application to manage this registration based on client requirements
• Web/Mobile app for staff to use on site

Thus, Portal resembles a WordPress or a SharePoint Intranet site with one or more programs/applications in a same environment.

For detailed pricing for all the components follow Power Apps pricing