Power Apps

What is Power Apps? Key Features of Power Apps Business Problems That Power Apps Can Solve How Power Apps can be applied across different industries

What is Power Apps?

Power Apps is the Microsoft suite of products, enabling users to build custom applications to address various business needs. The low-code tools and services available within Power Apps includes applications, services and connectors, as well as a data platform. These tools and services can be used together or alone – addressing all your business problems.   

There are two different types of Power Apps: 

  • Model-Driven Apps 

Rapid deployment of a configurable app to solve database challenges using standard or custom Dataverse tables and a consistent user interface, with ready-to-go Microsoft 365 integrations.

  • Canvas Apps 

Work from a ‘blank canvas’: specify your data source and add the design and workflow into the app.

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Key Features of Power Apps

  • Quickly build & deploy feature rich, low-code apps 
  • Build any kind of desired user experience and interface. 
  •  Interface with multiple and varied data sources 

Why use Power Apps?

Power Apps connects with several Microsoft services:  

Benefits of Power Apps

  • Consolidate and replace multiple legacy databases with a modern cloud-based data store and applications tailored to your needs.
  • Leverage pre-built database tables for common business records such as Account, Contact, Opportunity, Quote, Order, Case, Address plus many more.
  • Easily extend the data storage capabilities by creating new fields and new tables for storing any other kind of business information.
  • Rapidly build apps to allow users to interact with your business data.
  • Leverage off-the-shelf integrations to Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams, SharePoint and OneNote
  • Automate repetitive tasks with native integration to Power Automate and guide users through consistent business processes with Business Process Flows
  • Access all apps through mobile, tablet or desktop with a fully responsive interface
  • Secure your data with role-based user access, data encryption and detailed auditing
  • Connect to a wide range of data sources to bring data together from multiple cloud-based or on-premise systems.
  • Add AI capabilities to your apps such as object detection, sentiment analysis, and form processing.

Business Problems That Power Apps Can Solve

Say goodbye to common business problems and hello to Power Apps.

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How Power Apps can be applied across different industries

Service/Jobs Management 

  • Automate scheduling of repeat or annual services/jobs 
  • Allocate engineers or consultants based on availability & skills 
  • Track services/jobs producing progress reports 
  • Produce daily, weekly or monthly service figures 

Membership/Patient Services

  • Track members and membership levels
  • Automated renewal reminders for members
  • Automated subscription & billing

Sales Management 

  • Automate lead capture and allocation 
  • Introduce ‘Lead’ to ‘Opportunity’ to ‘Invoice’ workflows 
  • Mobile access – for sales teams on the go, on various devices 
  • Sales reporting & analytics: performance, revenue, forecasts and other key metrics. 

Training Course Management

  • Centralise course bookings and data
  • Book trainers and venues
  • Manage and track communications

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