What is PowerApps?

PowerApps is a tool that allow you to create custom apps, leveraging many of the features of the Office 365 and Microsoft platform. PowerApps can supports building apps for mobile, web or within an Office 365 tool like Microsoft Teams.

The Power Apps suite of apps, services, and connectors, as well as a data platform, provides a rapid development environment to build custom apps for your business needs.

You can use Power Apps to quickly build custom business apps that connect to your data stored either in the underlying data platform (Microsoft Dataverse) or in various online and on-premises data sources (such as SharePoint, Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, SQL Server, and so on).

Examples of Power Apps 

PowerApps can be used for multiple processes involving workflow, automation, data visualisation and reporting, collaboration and more. It could involve teams, field workers, your management team and even your customers. Use cases can range from relatively simple to highly complex; for improving the basics or for innovation.

Here are some ideas that can be achieved with PowerApps:

  • Enabling field workers to enter data when out in the field, for example logging repairs needed or the results of site inspections.
  • Team holiday management, enabling your team to track leave status, create leave requests and submit them to their managers from within a mobile app.
  • Model standard documents such as contracts using automation based on different criteria and metadata.
  • Customised 360 appraisal system with input from a variety of users, workflows and handy reporting.
  • A system for IT departments to track assets such as hardware, mobile devices and software licenses.
  • A variety of marketing automation tools to follow up with clients based on their interactions and responses.

Why choose Power Apps?

PowerApps run seamlessly in web browsers and mobile devices, are highly customisable, integrate with other Microsoft products and are quick to create.

Cost of building a Power App

Your app will be customised to your requirements, so the costs will vary widely depending on the complexity of your request.

We can walk you through the timing, resources and development required for your custom app, and provide a quote based on your specific needs.

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