Intro to power apps

Connect to data &
systems you’re already
using easily
Create apps, forms, and
workflows without
writing code
Use apps on any
device – both web
and mobile
Canvas Apps help business-power-users to create and
use custom business apps across platforms
using Excel and PowerPoint skills

Model-driven apps
Built on the Common Data Service for Apps
Start with a data model, relationships, and
business processes
Build End-to-End business applications
Canvas apps
Start with user experience
WYSIWYG designer
Task- and role-based apps
Mash up data from 200+ sources

 Truly WYSIWYG – full control
over user experience, use it as
you build it
 Create app logic with familiar
Excel-like expressions
 Mash up data from multiple
sources right at the app level
Easy Authoring

 Built-in connectivity to 200+ cloud
services, files, databases, web APIs,
etc.
 Seamless hybrid connectivity to on-
premises systems via the On-
Premises Data Gateway
 Build custom connectors for
everyone to leverage
Enterprise-grade Pro-developer extensibility
Cloud and on-premises connectivity

 Publish instantly to iOS, Android,
Windows, and the web
 Sharing apps is like sharing documents
 Manage across environments
Cross-platform

 All identity is managed through Azure Active
Directory, enabling rich policies and multi-
factor authentication
 Admin Center providing full audit logs, usage
analytics, data loss prevention, security and
data management
 Centrally manage all your apps, first and third
party, deployed across your organization

 Extend applications using custom code
 Build custom connectors that everyone can
use
 Write advanced client or server-side logic
leveraging Azure Machine Learning,
Cognitive Services, Bing APIs, custom code,
or any service of your choice

Seamless Dynamics 365, Office 365, and Azure integration along with connectors to more than 200 data sources
Immersive, end-to-end
solutions

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PowerApps Mobile for Windows, iOS, and Android
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Microsoft Store: https://aka.ms/powerappswin

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Model-driven apps leverage your data
model, relationships, and business
processes to automatically generate
immersive, responsive applications
Canvas apps start with user experience,
with pixel-perfect control to build highly
customized task- and role-based apps that
mash up data from 190+ sources

Complex responsive apps
on web and mobile
PowerApps Model-driven apps provides a metadata-
driven architecture for creating and customizing apps
without writing code
Easily add Business rules and
Business process flows to model
your business processes
Rich component-
focused no-code design
environments

Create apps around forms and processes
A new way of app development using entities,
forms and business processes
Design sophisticated entity forms quickly
Drag and drop fields and controls in a visual
designer. Forms can span multiple columns,
multiple steps, and collapsible sections.
Rich, responsive client experiences
Responsive UI automatically reflows across devices
based on the space available.
Enables easy reuse across multiple apps
Easily share forms, dashboards, flows, and more
across multiple apps

 Visual indicators that tell users
where they are in the business
process
 Reduce the need for training
 Configurable to support
common line of
business methodologies

 Server-side logic bound to entities,
works across all apps
 Create calculated and roll up fields
 Easily create validation and set field
defaults
 Update related entities with
synchronous workflows

 Robust solution framework for
application install and updates
 Visual Studio integrated
developer toolkit
 Odata web API
 .Net SDK
 Sandbox instances for ALM
operations

Canvas Apps Model Driven Apps
Start with the User Experience or Data Start with the Data Model (schema)
Build visually appealing, pixel-perfect apps Component-driven approach to app building
Use concepts like screens, controls, formulae, connections
Use components like site maps, entities, forms, views, charts,
dashboards, business process flows
Separate mobile and tablet app creation experiences Responsive web & mobile apps out of the box
Create mash-up apps using data from multiple data sources
using the 200+ connectors or custom connectors
Create apps using entities and virtual-entities in CDS for Apps
Use any PowerApps license (Office 365/P1-P2 or Dynamics 365) Only PowerApps Plan 2 or Dynamics 365 Enterprise license
Great for building task-focused apps for a specific personas
Great for back-office scenarios involving complex business
processes
Security and access for the data is managed on the data-source
chosen
Add role-based security and row-level security to your data
Use entities stored in CDS for Apps through CDS connector
(P1/P2 required)
Use Business Process Flows, code add-ins & real-time workflows

Component Description Designer
Entity An item with properties that you track, such as a contact or account. Many standard
entities are available. You can customize a non-system standard entity (production
entity) or create a custom entity from scratch.
PowerApps entity
designer
Field A property that is associated with an entity. A field is defined by a data type, which
determines the type of data that can be entered or selected. Examples include text,
number, date and time, currency, or lookup (creates a relationship with another entity).
Fields typically are used with forms, views, and searches.
PowerApps entity
designer
Relationship Entity relationships define how entities can be related to each other. There are 1:N (one-
to-many), N:1 (many-to-one), and N:N (many-to-many) types of relationships . For
example, adding a lookup field to an entity creates a new 1:N relationship between the
two entities and lets you put that lookup field on a form.
PowerApps entity
designer
Option set field This is a special type of field, which provides the user a set of predetermined options.
Each option has a number value and label. When added to a form, this field displays a
control for the user to select an option. There are two kinds of option sets; option sets,
where the user can only select one option, and multi-select options sets, which allow
more than one selection.
PowerApps option set
designer

App Determines the application fundamentals such as components,
properties, client type, and URL for your app.
App designer
Site map Specifies the navigation for your app. Site map designer
Form A set of data-entry fields for a given entity that matches the items
that your organization tracks for the entity. For example, a set of
data-entry fields that where user’s input relevant information to
track a customer’s previous orders along with specific requested
reorder dates.
Form designer
View Views define how a list of records for a specific entity is displayed
in your application. A view defines the columns to display, width of
each column, sort behavior, and the default filters.
View designer

Type of logic Description Designer
Business process flow An online process that walks users through a standard business process. For
example, use a business process flow if you want everyone to handle customer
service requests the same way, or to require staff to gain approval for an invoice
before submitting an order.
Business process flow
designer
Workflow Workflows automate business processes without a user interface. Designers use
workflows to initiate automation that doesn’t require any user interaction.
Workflow designer
Actions Actions are a type of process that let you manually invoke actions, including
custom actions, directly from a workflow.
Process designer
Business rule Used to apply rule or recommendation logic to a form, such as to set field
requirements, hide fields, or validate data. App designers use a simple interface
to implement and maintain fast-changing and commonly used rules.
Business rule designer
Flow Flow is a cloud-based service that lets you create automated workflows
between apps and services to get notifications, synchronize files, collect data,
and more.
Microsoft Flow

Chart A single graphic visualization that can be displayed
within a view, on a form, or be added to a dashboard.
Chart designer
Dashboard Functions as a palate for one or more graphic
visualizations that provide an overview of actionable
business data.
Dashboard
designer
Embedded Power BI Add embedded Power BI tiles and dashboards to your
app. Power BI is a cloud-based service that provides
business intelligence insight.
Combination of
chart designer,
dashboard
designer, and
Power BI

1. To open solution explorer, select Model-driven on the left pane of PowerApps
2. Then select the Advanced tab.

In order to play or edit model-driven sample apps, the apps must first be provisioned in a Common Data Service
database. First create a trial environment and database and be sure to check Include sample apps and data.

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