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