POWER
PLATFORM
INTRODUCTION
POWERAPPS & FLOW
GREG MCMURRAY
SEPTEMBER 2019
GREG MCMURRAY
• Experience in Aerospace, Branding & Marketing,
Energy, Healthcare, Software
• Currently Senior Software Engineer at WECC
• Co-Founder of Aritus Computer Services, L.L.C.
• President of SharePoint / Office 365
and Dynamics 365 User Groups #MUGUT
• Find me online:
- @goyuix
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/goyuix
- https://stackoverflow.com/cv/goyuix
( top 2% of users )
OUR JOURNEY BEGINS
APRIL 2016
 James Phillips introduces Power
Apps and Flow to the Business
Apps family
 “People in [all] departments … not
slowing down to ask for
permission”
 “Not every business problem can
be solved with off-the-shelf
solutions”
 “Too many technology needs end
up unsolved”
https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/introducing-microsoft-flow-and-announcing-the-public-preview-
of-powerapps/
MICROSOFT FLOW
 IFFT & Zapier
 Triggers
 Actions
 Connectors
POWERAPPS
 Custom line of business applications
 Forms over database fields
 Extremely fast to build and deploy
 Types: Canvas, Model, Portal
LICENSING CHANGES
 Talk to your partner for clarification
 Substantial changes in February and October 2019
 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-
platform/admin/powerapps-flow-licensing-faq
 https://jussiroine.com/2019/01/the-comprehensive-licensing-
guide-to-microsoft-flow-and-powerapps/
WHERE TO LEARN MORE
 Learn menu on both landing sites
 https://microft.com/learn
 https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-powerapps-learning-
resources/
 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/index
 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/flow/
DEMOS
Bryant
Boyer
Joshua
Miller
Ben
Fetters
Marty
Galvan
Rob
McArthur

Power Platform Introduction - Utah PowerApps and Flow User Group

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    GREG MCMURRAY • Experiencein Aerospace, Branding & Marketing, Energy, Healthcare, Software • Currently Senior Software Engineer at WECC • Co-Founder of Aritus Computer Services, L.L.C. • President of SharePoint / Office 365 and Dynamics 365 User Groups #MUGUT • Find me online: - @goyuix - https://www.linkedin.com/in/goyuix - https://stackoverflow.com/cv/goyuix ( top 2% of users )
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    OUR JOURNEY BEGINS APRIL2016  James Phillips introduces Power Apps and Flow to the Business Apps family  “People in [all] departments … not slowing down to ask for permission”  “Not every business problem can be solved with off-the-shelf solutions”  “Too many technology needs end up unsolved” https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/introducing-microsoft-flow-and-announcing-the-public-preview- of-powerapps/
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    MICROSOFT FLOW  IFFT& Zapier  Triggers  Actions  Connectors
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    POWERAPPS  Custom lineof business applications  Forms over database fields  Extremely fast to build and deploy  Types: Canvas, Model, Portal
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    LICENSING CHANGES  Talkto your partner for clarification  Substantial changes in February and October 2019  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power- platform/admin/powerapps-flow-licensing-faq  https://jussiroine.com/2019/01/the-comprehensive-licensing- guide-to-microsoft-flow-and-powerapps/
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    WHERE TO LEARNMORE  Learn menu on both landing sites  https://microft.com/learn  https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-powerapps-learning- resources/  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/index  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/flow/
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Editor's Notes

  • #4 Business Apps and Power Platform? Power BI, PowerApps, & Flow Related to Common Data Service, Azure, LogicApps, Office 365 Part of Business Applications with Dynamics family of apps
  • #5 Another look at the platforms
  • #8 Canvas: 1st & Most common Model-Driven: Start with Data Model. Grew out of Dynamics/CDS. Portal: Like Model-Driven but for External Sharing Model + Portal: Additional licensing