Get an overview of Microsoft PowerApps, still in preview, and learn how to build your first PowerApp by connecting to SharePoint Online. For a full recording of the presentation, visit it on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6fxBgLoxqc

1. My First SharePoint
Online PowerApp
Becky Bertram
February 5, 2016

2. About Me
• Owner of Savvy Technical Solutions
• 7x SharePoint MVP
• Co-author of Wrox’s SharePont Six-in-One
• Authored several Microsoft professional exams
• Microsoft Certified Trainer alum
• Instructor of online Office 365 courseware at
Opsgility
• Wife and mother of 3 kids, aged 4 years to 4
months
Contact me at @beckybertram or at
http://www.savvytechnicalsolutions.com

3. WARNING!
• PowerApps is in preview
• This content will most likely change QUICKLY!
• Apologies if the content is already out of date by the
time you view this presentation!
• This demo takes advantage of the free license and does
NOT utilize the PowerApps Enterprise license

4. History of PowerApps
• Previously known as Project Siena
• Originally meant to spin up Windows 8 desktop enterprise-
specific apps quickly
• Rebranded PowerApps at the end of 2015
• Windows 10 should work on any device, so PowerApps focus
is now on mobile devices (probably even more so than on
desktops)
• Integration with Azure now front and center
• Use AAD to control user access and security
• Use Azure App Service to host custom APIs used by
PowerApps

5. Online Resources
• Introducing PowerApps
• PowerApps Tutorials
• PowerApps on Channel 9
• Azure PowerApps documentation
• Project Siena (beta)
• Project Siena documentation on TechNet
• PowerApps.Microsoft.com

6. Licenses
• Free
• Unlimited apps
• 2 SaaS
• Shared Infrastructure
• Standard
Free + :
• unlimited
SaaS connections
• Enterprise
Standard + :
• On-prem data sources
• Custom APIs, API management
• Azure App Service environment
• App governance, secure access control, and usage reporting

7. Desktop vs Cloud
• PowerApps are actual applications that run on a device
• PowerApps can be hosted in the Cloud
• Opening a PowerApp from a link online is like opening a
Word document in your desktop Word application

8. Accessing PowerApps From Office
365
• PowerApps available
from the App Launcher
• Browser reflects what you
might see in the PowerApps
Windows 10 app
• Apps saved to cloud are
available from PowerApps
menu

9. Getting Started with Desktop App
• Download from Windows Store
• http://aka.ms/powerappswin

10. Sign in with an Office 365 account

11. Logic Flow vs App
• Logic Flow
• Can be used within an app
• App
• From Scratch
• From Template

12. Creating an App

13. Choosing a Template

14. Adding a Connection
Connections available to
PowerApps in general
and used by individual
apps
• Fiile  Connections
• Content tab (ribbon) 
Data Sources  Insert
Your Data (Options
pane)

15. Connecting to SharePoint Online
• Select SharePoint Online as a data source

16. Select a Site and List
Select the list that will serve as
the data source that the app
reads from and writes to

17. Starting Point
• Browse Screen, Details
Screen, and Edit
Screen
• Choose Layout,
Content, and Theme
from Quick Tools
• Detailed functionality in
ribbon

18. Demo
Creating a new PowerApp from a SharePoint list

19. Content Pane
• Access column
data from the
SharePoint list
• Data can be
associated with
controls via drop
down menus

20. Demo
Exploring the application interface

21. Saving
• Save to the cloud
• Save to your file system (.msapp)

22. Demo
Saving and Using the App

23. Thoughts About Development
• Limited ability to handle complex data types in
SharePoint
• Complex list and libraries in SharePoint
• Complex column types
• Super-power users could probably use, but not for
“everyday” users when using SPO data source
• Custom-built back-end APIs provide easier-to-use data
source interface for end users

24. Conslusion