Power Apps for Beginners

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Microsoft Power Platform 

One low-code platform that spans Microsoft 365, Dynamic 365, Azure and standalone applications.


1. Power BI(Business Analytics)

2. Power Apps (Application Development)

3. Power Automate(Workflow Automation)

4. Power Virtual Agents(Intelligent Virtual Agents)


Build apps for web and mobile with power apps


1. Easily build web & Mobile apps with a full featured low-code/no-code development experience.

2. Empower business users to solve their own problems and easily share apps while maintaining security & governance.

3. Publish instantly to iOS, Android, Windows, and the web 

4. Sharing apps is like sharing documents.

5. Manage across environments.


Types of Power Apps 


1. Canvas 

2. Model 

3. Portals


Canvas Apps:

1. Start with user experience in mind

2. Build pixel perfect Apps, full control over the app design.

3. Build Task-based & role-based apps.

4. Mash-up data from 600+ data sources.


Model-driven apps

1. Build on Misrosoft Dataverse.

2. start with a datamodel, build relationships and business processes.

3. Build End-to-End Business applications.

4. Build Immersive and responsive applications.


Power Apps Portals

1. Web based apps that allow internal and external access to view and update data within Dataverse.

2. Build websites with anonymous access.

3. Microsoft Dataverse based.


Power apps Types | Canvas Vs Model Driven Vs Portals | Beginner Tutorial 


* Canvas Apps help business-power-users to create and use custom business apps across               platforms using excel and power point skills
* Start with a blank screen and design your app visually by adding components to it.

* When you're ready, connect it to data.

steps

1. Connect to data & systems you are already using easily 

2. create apps, forms, and workflow without writing code

3. use apps on any device- both web and mobile.


Anatomy of a canvas app

1. Any platform support

supports all major platforms and gives native access to device capabilities like camera, GPS, pen & ink

2. Share apps like documents

Share your app with 3 clicks and an email address. it's pushed to mobile devices in seconds.

3. seamless integration 

Directly integrated with power automate, power BI, Microsoft Teams, Office 365, Dynamic 365 and Azure

4. Extensibility Model

No Liits, Get a pro-dev to build you a control or connector if you need something custom.

5. Wysiwyg Design experience 

Powerpoint like pixel perfect drag and drop design experience. start from a template, app is running iwth live dat as you build it.

6. Data connectivity 

Connect to hundreds of services and apps with build-in connectors. over 600+ connectors avilable.

7. Build-in data platform

use Dataverse to store app data in a standardized common data model.

8. App logic

If you can understand formulas in excel, you can add logic to your power app.

Leverage AL Builder to democratize AL in you org


Connectors 


1. Defines how you connect services with Microsoft power apps.

2. Over 600+ connectors avilable.

3. Connectors are classified as standar, premium & Preview(should not use prod)

4. Connect to on-premmises systems via the data gateway.

5. Create your own - custom connectors.

6. Licensing is based on connectors used in App.


Standalone Canvas Apps


* Power Apps Mobile App

* Build Responsive Apps Using Containers

* Make.powerapps.com

*License is based upon connector used.


SharePoint Customized list Forms Via Power Apps


* No more infopath palease!!

* Customize list/library forms.

* Connect to other lists & data sources.

* Not responsive


Dataverse for Teams Apps


* Runs in Teams context only 

* Build in Teams

* Dataverse for Teams standard feature(2GB Database Limit( 

* Build Responsive apps using containers


Power BI Connected Apps


* App gets data from power BI dataset

* App can refresh Power BI Visuals (Direct Query)

* App Liense needed (Based on connector).







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