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Power Apps & Power Pages

Business apps for every audience: canvas apps for focused tasks, model-driven apps for complex processes and Power Pages for customers and partners.

Power Apps

Build custom business applications with minimal code. Power Apps offers three app types:

  • Canvas apps: Pixel-perfect, mobile-first apps with Excel-like formulas
  • Model-driven apps: Data-centric apps built on Dataverse with responsive UI
  • Power Pages: External-facing websites with authentication and Dataverse integration

A canvas app taking shape

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"Accounts"

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Accounts

Search accounts
New account

Illustrative example

Controls are dropped onto the screen and wired up with Excel-like Power Fx formulas; the gallery filters itself as soon as the user types.

Development approaches

Low-code development

Power Platform's low-code approach enables rapid development:

Canvas app development

Build pixel-perfect mobile and web apps using drag-and-drop controls and Excel-like formulas. Best for:

  • Mobile-first applications with specific UI requirements
  • Apps that need to work with multiple data sources
  • Scenarios requiring full control over app navigation and layout
  • Offline-capable applications

Model-driven app development

Component-focused apps that automatically generate responsive UI from data model. Best for:

  • Data-centric applications with complex data models
  • Enterprise applications requiring consistent UX
  • Apps with sophisticated business logic and workflows
  • Solutions requiring role-based security and hierarchies

Pro-code extensions

Extend Power Platform with professional development tools:

  • Power Apps component framework (PCF): Build reusable code components with TypeScript and React
  • Custom connectors: Create OpenAPI-based connectors for any REST API
  • Azure Functions: Serverless compute for complex logic and external integrations
  • Plugins: Server-side .NET code for Dataverse event processing
  • Custom pages: Canvas-style Power Fx pages inside model-driven apps

Power Pages

Build secure, enterprise-grade external-facing websites. Power Pages provides:

  • Templates: Pre-built templates for common scenarios (customer self-service, partner portals)
  • Authentication: Built-in identity providers (Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Entra External ID, social logins, SAML and OpenID Connect)
  • Dataverse integration: Direct access to Dataverse data with security
  • Customization: Liquid templates, JavaScript, and CSS for full control
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