Microsoft PowerApps- 'What can really I do with it?'

Power Apps – What can I
really do with it?
AQL Technologies, IL
“Sameer” Muzammil Mohammed
CIO, AQL Technologies
Microsoft Gold Partner
sm@aqltech.com

“Sameer” Muzammil Mohammed
• CIO SharePoint Principal @ AQL Technologies
• 20+ years of IT Experience
• Implementing SharePoint since 2003
• Certified in several version of SharePoint
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Today
Power Apps – What can I really do with it?

• https://businessplatform.microsoft.com
• Power users build “no code” solutions
• Connect to services and data already in
your organization
• Cloud/ On-Prem developing
Big Picture – Business Platform
Power your apps with all your data- All in one place

Power BI – pretty Important but some other day

Microsoft PowerApps
Build custom business mobile apps

Build Mobile No-code apps for your business
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What are PowerApps?
• Stand-alone apps
• Targeted at mobile platforms: Phones and tablets
Notes:
• Solid Integration with SharePoint and several other O365 offerings
• Replacement for InfoPath.

PowerApps Web Portal

PowerApps Studio

PUBLISH TO RANGE OF DEVICES
• iOS Version 9.3 and above
• Android 5 and above
• Windows 10 Mobile

How Does it work?
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 Share with anyone on your AD tenant
 Need own credentials for SPO
 Connect with SQL Server as long as you are
able to access data
 Connect with DropBox/Box access
 Connect With Office 365 groups
 Create Role Based Apps
 Explicit consent every time can be specified
More…

PowerApps Native in SharePoint

Apps to create from
Create these apps
now for SPO data in
PowerApps Studio

Demo
PowerApps Web Portal Walkthrough

Demo
PowerApps Studio Walkthrough

Role Based Form Using Office 365 Groups
Demo
Customizing SharePoint List form using Power Apps … InfoPath Style

Demo
PowerApps Budget Management App Walkthrough

Demo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22HqqVp-I80
PowerApps - Creating a basic Purchase Order App

Common Datasource to use
• SharePoint Online
• The CDM
• Sql Server database
• Salesforce
• Dynamics 365
• Excel workbook

Sharing
• NOT public-facing
• Can be shared and accessed across the organization
• Can be shared with all, or specific users

Connections and Gateways
• Connections: Work with services and data
• LOTS of connection types available
• Gateways: Allow access to on-prem data (SQL for now)
• https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/connect-to-your-on-premises-
data-sources-using-on-premises-data-gateway-from-powerapps/
• More in Flow section…

SharePoint Integration
• Connections are used as data sources
• Connections :
• Office 365
• Office Office 365 Users
• 365 Video
• OneDrive
• OneDrive for Business
• Outlook.com
• Project Online
• SharePoint Online
• Reference: PowerApps and SharePoint
https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/powerapps-and-sharepoint/

Formulas
• Perform calculations (like Excel)
• Change appearance – Yep. Conditional formatting
• Navigation
• Validation
• Saving and updating data
• Note: Can do more than one action

Controls and Properties
• Very InfoPath-like feel when dragging and dropping controls on a
screen
• Advanced view: More Dev-like view of properties
• Will the formulas hold up to the business rules like they did in
InfoPath?

Rules

Rules Continued …
• Conditions
• Actions

Where to save the PowerApp code …
• Save to the cloud
• Save locally… Saves as a .msapp

PowerApp Vs InfoPath
• Form Layout like InfoPath NOW!
• Cannot share PowerApp with external users, it can only be used by
users in Office 365 environment
• PowerApps is currently only offered as software as a service (SaaS).
As of now, there have not been any announcement about offering an
On-Premise version.
• PowerApp doesn’t handle printing yet.

MS Flow in PowerApps
• Interacting with controls in PowerApps can trigger a Flow
• Connections and Gateways can be shared between solutions

Pricing
PowerApp

PowerApp Pricing

PowerApp Pricing Comparison

Next Steps
And References!

Important Links – Power Apps
• Sign up for the preview
https://powerapps.microsoft.com
• Documentation, tutorials, reference content
https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/tutorials
• PowerApps Community
http://aka.ms/PowerApps-community
• Pricing
https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/

http://*.microsoft.com
• http://businessplatform.microsoft.com
• http://powerusers.microsoft.com
• http://powerapps.microsoft.com
• http://flow.microsoft.com
• http://powerbi.microsoft.com

Social
• @Power Apps - http://twitter.com/PowerApps
• PowerApps Blog - http://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog

Questions?
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