The document discusses how PowerApps can be used to build business applications across various platforms. It provides examples of how PowerApps has helped companies like DriveTime, Standard Bank, and TransAlta digitally transform their businesses by empowering users to build mobile apps, automate processes, and gain insights from data. PowerApps allows both professional and citizen developers to quickly build apps without writing code.

2. Only so many problems can be solved with
off-the-shelf SaaS
Custom software
development
is time consuming and costly
Everything else is a
missed opportunity
to digitally transform
the business.

3. Business application platform
A single, unified extensibility platform
Common
Data Service
Connectors
+ gateways
Power BI PowerApps Microsoft Flow

4. Common
Data Service
Connectors
+ gateways
Power BI PowerApps Microsoft Flow

5. Common
Data Service
Connectors
+ gateways
Power BI PowerApps Microsoft Flow

6. The platform for
business apps
driven by analysts
and power users
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7. Complexity of solution
Complexityofcreation
Embedded forms
Stand-alone apps
Extending PowerApps
High productivity app development without “cliffs”

8. Build modern business apps fast
Compose analytics, user experiences, and automation
using an integrated set of services from Microsoft
More efficient developers(*)
Seamlessly extend capabilities for power users and
leverage powerful Azure platform services
Business application platform
Empowered power users
People who understand their business needs best can
now build apps quickly without writing code
Connected data across apps
Whether built on the Common Data Model or integrated
with existing systems, get more value from your data
Azure AppServices
Azure Service Fabric
Azure Functions
…
Azure Logic Apps
Azure API Management
BizTalk
…
Azure Data analytics
Azure Internet of Things
SQL Server BI
…

9. Connect to data &
systems you’re already
using; create the data
you need
Microsoft PowerApps is a service for creating and using custom
business apps across platforms
Create apps, forms, and
workflows without
writing code
Use apps on web
and mobile

10. Quickly generate and customize apps based on
Excel files, SharePoint Online lists, Dynamics
365, Salesforce records and more. You can even
connect custom APIs.
Even connecting to data in your on premise
systems through a common Data Gateway.
Your apps will be able to fully interact with
underlying sources and will respect the
permissions you’ve already established in them.
Connect to the systems
you’re already using

11. People in over
213k+
organizations are using
PowerApps and Flow
We have over
1M+
monthly active users

12. People in over
213k+
organizations are using
PowerApps and Flow
We have over
1M+
monthly active users

13. NASCAR event
management

14. National Trust site
inspection app

15. G&J Pepsi store
audit app

16. “Microsoft PowerApps is a slick,
mobile-optimized, and integration-
rich low-code development tool.”
“A power users dream.”
Rob Marvin, Associate Editor
June 2017

17. Common
Data Service
Connectors
+ gateways
Power BI PowerApps Microsoft Flow

18. Common
Data Service
Connectors
+ gateways
100M+ monthly active users
Power BI PowerApps Microsoft Flow

19. SharePoint
PowerApps & Flow

20. Empower users to build mobile
apps from SharePoint data
Get started quickly with auto
generated apps
Share apps easily and run them
anywhere, mobile & web
PowerApps
& SharePoint

21. Every list form is now customizable
with PowerApps
Point-and-click rule builder for easy
formatting and actions
Leverage over 160 apps and services
directly in your list
Announced:
Custom forms
for lists

22. Microsoft Flow
& SharePoint
Automate tasks with 100’s of
pre-configured templates
Use Flow directly from SharePoint
lists and libraries
Easily customize flows to fit your
business processes

23. Enhanced document library support
with new one click approval
Trigger flows from OneDrive
Available December
Content Approval flow integration
Announced:
Content approval
based on
Microsoft Flow

24. Enterprise Ready
Centrally view app telemetry and
manage apps
Set DLP policy on data and connectors
Compliance with 13+ standards inc.
HIPAA, EU Model Clauses & SOC

25. Easily publish and share PowerApps
within an organization
Embed PowerApps in
Microsoft Teams
Embed PowerApps in Power BI
dashboards
PowerApps
everywhere

27. Pro developers
welcome…
Build apps that go beyond what
you get in the box
Build reusable custom app
components & connectors
Leverage the full power of
Azure capabilities

28. CRM ERPDynamics 365

29. Extending
Dynamics 365
with PowerApps
& Flow
Build visually rich role and task
specific apps
Extend the capability of Dynamics 365
apps across multiple data sources
Integrate 160+ apps and services
into your business processes

30. Enabling Digital Transformation from the ground up​
​Empowering more people to build more powerful apps​
​Providing unified access to data and intelligence​

31. Server-side logic bound to entities,
works across all apps
Easily create validation and set
field defaults
Update related entities with
synchronous workflows
Looking ahead:
Server-side logic
support for PowerApps

32. A new style of app built from entities,
forms and business processes
Form design auto adapts to
customizations & extension
for logic as well as visuals
Easily share forms, dashboards, flows,
and more across multiple apps
Looking ahead:
Model-driven apps
coming to PowerApps

33. 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
Looking ahead:
Business Process Flow
support in PowerApps
Pic of process flow
explorer - Cathy

34. 4
Define Business
Process Flow
2
Add
Workflows
3
Design the
forms
Create
Application
5

35. Common
Data Service
Connectors
+ gateways
Power BI PowerApps Microsoft Flow

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40.  One of the nation’s largest dealers that
helps people with credit issues purchase
a great vehicle.
 Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, they
operate over 144 dealerships across
United States.
 They spend 1.4 billion annually on
buying cars at auctions.
COMPANY BACKGROUND
DriveTime

41.  DriveTime inspectors would perform car
inspection at auctions using pen and
clipboards, and report back auction
activities when they got back to a
desktop.
 DriveTime headquarters had no insight
into the auction activities at real time.
 Auction inspectors had no access to real
time vehicle evaluations.
BEFORE POWERAPPS
DriveTime

42. POWERAPP SOLUTION - DESKTOP
Online Buyer App
Allows buyers to participate remotely in auctions

44. POWERAPP SOLUTION - MOBILE
In-Lane Buyer App
Allows buyers at live auctions to inspect car, get real time pricing, and capture bidding information.

46.  Standard Bank offers
COMPANY BACKGROUND
Standard Bank

47.  Inspection done on a clipboard
 Fragmented inspection process across
various job functions – facilities,
technicians etc …
 Issues could take up to 2 weeks to get
reported
 No central data repository to run
business intelligence on top of
BEFORE POWERAPPS
Standard Bank – ATM Inspection

48. POWERAPP SOLUTION
ATM Inspection App

50. A Canadian multi-national power
generation and energy trading company
that manages over $9 billion in Canadian
dollars. Over 2,000 employees in over 70
facilities across Canada, the United States,
and Australia.
COMPANY BACKGROUND
TransAlta

52. POWERAPPS SOLUTION
Economic Callouts App
The app allows turbine repair
schedulers to calculate the costs
required to safely perform work on a
piece of equipment over the course
of the weekend. The Operator may
determine it is financially viable to
proceed or may defer to have the
Wind Technicians arrive for work on
the next business day to complete
the work.
Efficient scheduling of win turbine repair technicians

54. POWERAPPS SOLUTION
Hydro Monitoring Tool

56. POWERAPPS SOLUTION
TransAlta Current
 A one stop shop for news around TransAlta.
 Allows TransAlta headquarters to push news,
information, safety alerts to their mobile work
force.
 The content for the app is powered by data
curated on SharePoint Online.
 Built over just 7 working days
 Used by 2200 employees today on a device
of their choice

57. POWERAPPS SOLUTION
TransAlta Current

59. POWERAPP SOLUTION
A set of employee experience applications