Power Apps
Power Apps: purpose-built applications for the shop floor, warehouse and field.
Power Apps is Microsoft's low-code app builder — it lets us build a focused, single-purpose application for a specific operational job, instead of forcing a team to work around software built for someone else's process.
Plain English
What is Power Apps?
A platform for building custom business applications quickly, without a full software development project. Apps can run on a phone, tablet or browser, connect to Dataverse or your existing systems, and work offline where connectivity is unreliable.
Scope
What we build with Power Apps.
Every engagement is scoped to a specific process. These are the components that make up the work.
01
Single-purpose operational apps
Inspection records, goods-in checks and job tracking, with large touch targets and minimal typing.
02
Offline-capable field apps
Where connectivity is unreliable, apps capture data offline and sync when a connection returns.
03
A proper data model behind it
Records land in Dataverse or your existing system of record with validation applied at the point of capture, not corrected weeks later.
04
The right app type for the job
Canvas apps for tightly-scoped tasks; model-driven apps where the process needs structured, table-based data entry.
Is this you?
Signals that this is the right place to start.
If two or more of these are true, there is usually a measurable case for change.
- Paper forms are filled in on the floor and typed up later
- A critical process runs on one spreadsheet that only one person maintains
- Field or workshop teams have no offline-capable tool
- Quality, inspection or maintenance records are hard to retrieve
FAQ
Questions we get asked.
Can Power Apps work without an internet connection?
Yes, for canvas apps built with offline capability in mind. Data is captured locally on the device and syncs automatically once a connection is available.
Do we need Dataverse to use Power Apps?
Not always — apps can connect to SharePoint, SQL or other data sources. We generally recommend Dataverse for anything beyond a simple app, because it gives proper data validation, relationships and security.
Related
Where this gets applied.
Operational business apps
Purpose-built apps for the shop floor, warehouse and field — replacing paper forms, shared spreadsheets and processes that only exist in someone's head.
Bring us the process that is slowing you down.
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