Unlock the full potential of Microsoft Power Platform and effectively govern your low-code applications and citizen developers. Learn how to define, monitor, track, govern, and perfect your Power Platform adoption and strategy, allowing you to focus on what you love most.

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Driving Adoption and
Governance For the Power
Platform
Withum Featured Offer
Jeff Willinger, MVP
Andrea Mondello,
CPBPM
Partner Management
Team
Geoff Rigsby
Ngiem Doan
Manish Dhall

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 Who is Withum?
 Blockers to expanding licensing
and adoption of Power Platform
 Solution highlight
 Who is this for
 Our Process
 Where Withum adds value
 Success Story
 Call to Action
Content

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We are passionate about
helping organizations
succeed in today's dynamic
and competitive world
through agile and
personalized Microsoft
Cloud and AI driven
solutions that transform
your operations,
collaboration and

4. 650+ cloud deployments
(Microsoft 365, Power Platform, Azure)
18 years as :
A Microsoft Managed Partner
60+ consultants
(Project Managers, Business Analysts, Developers,
Data Scientists, Engineers, Software Developers, User
Experience Designers)
2 Microsoft MVPs
650
+
60+ 18 2
Microsoft
Solutions
Partner
Withum’s Digital Solutions at a Glance

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Surging digital demand
Apps will be created
in the next five
years, which is more
than the last forty
years combined1
Of organizations
struggle to
analyze unstructured
data2
Of digital work
activities can be
automated with current
technology2
750M
>85%
50%
Sources: DORA, Black Duck, ISC, IDC,
Forrester,1
AppAnnie, Microsoft, IDG: Big Data Survey 2017,
McKinsey2

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Low code is already helping with these
priorities
Refine IT strategy &
operating model to be more
agile
Evolve IT beyond enablement
function to a strategic
partner to the business
43% 30%
Sources: DORA, Black Duck, ISC, IDC, Forrester: AppAnnie, Microsoft, IDG: Big Data Survey 2017, McKinsey

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Microsoft Power Platform
Power BI
Power Apps Power Automate Power Virtual Agents Power Pages
Data
connectors
AI Builder Microsoft
Dataverse
Power Fx Managed
Environments
for
data
exploration,
analytics and
reporting
for
building
secure,
data-centric
business
websites
for
chatbots and
conversationa
l agents
for
process
or workflow
automation
for
web and
mobile
application
development
The world’s most complete set of integrated, low-code development tools

8. But challenges stand in the way of
enterprises
fully embracing the Power Platform
Enterprise Architects worry about
lack of oversight
Citizen Developers need formal
and consistent support
IT Departments don’t know where
to start with governance
Going beyond personal
productivity and
innovating at scale
requires an ongoing
program to skill up and
support makers.
Without a vision and
strategy for low-code,
enterprise architects
can’t see Power
Platform’s ROI.
Often hundreds or even
thousands of apps and
flows already exist by
the time IT gets
involved.

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Drive productivity and maintain control with a
Power Platform Center of Excellence
Strategy and Vision
Admin and Governance
Nurture and Support

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 Features
• Facilitate the development of a low code/
citizen developer strategy
• Install the COE Starter Kit and train IT
on its usage
• Analyze reporting and use a 3-phase
methodology to implement planned
governance and remediate issues
• Create SOPs, training materials, and
build a Power Platform Information Hub in
SharePoint
• Assist in the creation of communication
materials
• Design and help implement a Citizen
Developer program that will nurture a
Introducing Withum’s
Power Platform Center of
Excellence Engagement

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Our Process
UNDERSTAND YOUR
POWER PLATFORM
STRATEGY
OUR TEAM WILL GAIN AN
UNDERSTANDING OF YOUR
OBJECTIVES BY RUNNING
WORKSHOPS WITH YOUR
KEY STAKEHOLDERS
ESTABLISH GOVERNANCE
PROCEDURES
GOVERNANCE
WORKSHOPS TO
ESTABLISH YOUR
PERSONAL GOVERNANCE
STRATEGY
INSTALL THE COE STARTER
KIT
WE INSTALL THE
MICROSOFT COE AND
FAMILIARIZE YOUR TEAM
WITH ITS FUNCTIONS
MONITOR YOUR
ENVIRONMENT
ESTABLISH BEST
PRACTICES AND
FEEDBACK MECHANISMS
FOR CONTINUOUS
IMPROVEMENT

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Three phases to getting from where you are to good
governance

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How Withum adds value to the Microsoft CoE
Starter Kit

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 Weeks 1-2:
 Workshop with stakeholders to
understand your Power Platform
strategy and existing development
standards and requirements
 Review existing security frameworks
for developers
 Weeks 3-4:
 Develop personalized governance
procedures
 Install and configure the Microsoft
CoE Starter Kit
 Train your staff on how to operate
the components and enforce
governance standards
Timeline

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Benefits of our approach
Establish formal governance procedures for your Low-Code
Developers as they create new business applications
Understand how to use the Microsoft Center of Excellence Starter
Kit to ensure compliance with corporate development and security
standards
Ensure every solution is secure and complies with all corporate
standards

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 About the Client:
 An international food processor
and manufacturer wanted a to
put the right governance
guardrails in place while
facilitating their digital
transformation.
Customer Success

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• Doubters needed proof Power
Platform could replace other tools
• IT needed help getting started
The Challenge

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• Evaluated their current usage and
governance practices against
Microsoft's best practices.
• Demonstrated via several proof-of-
concept projects that the Power
Platform could replace and improve
on existing automation tools.
• Created a roadmap for remediation,
worked the roadmap, and set up
tools and processes for launching
a Citizen Developer program.
Withum’s
Solution

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• A dedicated business
automation/Power Platform team is
now fully engaged and getting ready
for the upcoming Citizen Developer
rollout.
• Client’s governance strategy
includes proactive and reactive
monitoring, a licensing strategy, a
‘Responsible Maker’ course, and
advanced rubrics for evaluating
Power Platform projects for ROI.
The Results

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 Medium-sized organizations that want to
drive innovation and need to rapidly build
applications with proper governance
 Large organizations focused on:
• Bringing hundreds or thousands of apps
and flows under governance/into
compliance
• Innovating at scale using low-code tools
• Building a community of citizen developers
who can solve business problems at the
point of need
Who is this for?

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Withum has the expertise to
help you build and
implement your total
Digital Transformation
Roadmap
Dynamics
RPA and hosted unattended RPA
Employee Engagement/ Viva
Infrastructure updates and cloud migrations
Azure, Purview… and more!
As we become trusted advisors to
your staff, this opens the door for
other opportunities to drive
innovation together

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 Who we are
 Why low-code is becoming a strategic necessity
and why the Power Platform is perfectly
positioned to help
 What is stopping some organizations from
adopting the Power Platform
 How Withum's unique offering and expertise
can help solve those problems and assure ROI
for Power Platform efforts
 The results achieved by an international food
manufacturer working with Withum
 Withum's close partnership with Microsoft every
step of the way
In summary, today we
discussed:
The Circle of Trust

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Thank you and special
offer

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Call to action
Contact Jeff Willinger
jwillinger@withum.com
(312) 622-2300
Visit our AppSource consulting offer:
Power Platform Center of Excellence Starter
Kit: 4-Week Implementation
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Visit our web site https://digital.withum.com