This brief introduction was given at the first Utah PowerApps & Flow User Group meeting in September 2019. These slides provide a very brief introduction to the Power Platform and were followed up by demos of actual applications that had been built leveraging the platform.
2. 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 )
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5. 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/
7. POWERAPPS
Custom line of business applications
Forms over database fields
Extremely fast to build and deploy
Types: Canvas, Model, Portal
8. 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/
9. 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/
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
Another look at the platforms
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