Microsoft Power Apps Valuable Features

TH
IT Specialist (INFOSEC) at a government with 10,001+ employees

The write-back capability right now is just SharePoint Online, however, hopefully, we'll get the funding and subscriptions so that we can get write-back to our SQL server database. Of course, this is for our analysts within business architecture so that they can maintain the metadata, the relationships, and the mappings. Those are the biggest things that we need to have analysts able to do - the research, analysis to identify what data needs to be updated for those relationships and giving them a front end, a form to go in and edit, either create rows or modify existing, whatever needs to be done to the table.

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Nayeem Mohammed - PeerSpot reviewer
Account and Delivery Head at Jade Global

With Microsoft, the main benefit that we get is it's easy for a layman to understand it. That's the advantage of it, it's user-friendly. 

The way it integrates with the other applications is very good. The experience is seamless; there are no hurdles. Connectors are easily available, which can help you connect with some third-party apps if required. 

The initial setup is easy.

It is stable and reliable. 

We can scale it. 

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Emad Shahroodi - PeerSpot reviewer
Global BIM Lead W&M at a outsourcing company with 10,001+ employees

Flexibility, easy setup, and fairly quick results are valuable features of the product.

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Microsoft Power Apps
March 2024
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Yen-Ju Su - PeerSpot reviewer
Deputy Manager at Ernst & Young

It's easy to use. We create great user experiences.

The track-to-use function is great.

It is easy to design automation processes.

The initial setup is mostly pretty simple. 

Users don't have to have any technical competence in order to begin creating automation. 

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CP
Director, Program Innovation & Improvement Medicare at UPMC

The UI functionality is the most valuable aspect of this solution.

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OC
Lean Manager at GrupoPhoenix

You can easily connect Power Apps with other databases, like Excel, SharePoint, SQL, etc.

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Jadin Benjamin - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

What I find the most valuable is the simplicity to create PowerApps and link them to a list and then bring the list from SharePoint, and sharing the data in SharePoint with other people who do not need to have access to a mobile. 

Creating a PowerApp is very easy. All I do is link and share the result with my colleagues. Deployment is very fast. It takes about a month or so. 

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Ayush S - PeerSpot reviewer
Automation Developer at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The product's usability and the ability to fine-tune are really good. It is easier to work with compared to AgilePoint. The product is very user-friendly.

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KR
Oracle eBS Solution Architect at Raiffeisen Bank International AG

Overall the solution is reliable.

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Katerina Chernevskaya - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Architect at SoftServe

In Microsoft PowerApps the most valuable features are the fully customizable design that we can control everything that we would like to control. For example, the integration between Microsoft and third-party services through pre-built connectors, and the functionality to create custom connectors.

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CP
Senior Product Manager Data Science at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees

It's easy to use due to expert UI. It is great.

The initial setup is easy.

There's a lot of online knowledge on the solution, to the point where new users can basically teach themselves how to use the solution.

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VolodymyrPantelus - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Analyst at Infor

I would say that it's a very advanced product because it empowers people to do simple things, which previously may have required people to have some technical skills. So, no matter which department or what technical skills a person possesses, it has become very easy to build or automate certain processes. In my company, we chose Microsoft Power Apps since it helps us with small and medium tasks like making certain processes, generating reports, and so on.

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Prabhakar Meesaraganda - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Software Engineer at Infosys BPM

I did some POC for another application. We’re expecting we'll get it in a new project in the near future. It is a really good tool. We can run programming knowledge, we can learn the PowerApps and we can interact with applications.

It is user-friendly. Anyone can easily learn and work on this tool.

The solution is easy to implement.

It’s a stable product.

Not much coding is required.

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Muhammad Nadzir - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at Ernst & Young

The solution offers good integration on the Microsoft Power platform. You can use and develop apps, local apps using Microsoft Power Apps. It helps automate processes. We can do the monitoring and tracking of the Power BI app in Microsoft. 

It's very easy to set up.

The solution is stable.

The scalability is good.

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Karolis Marcinkevicius - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Solutions Sales Manager at Fortevento

The best aspect of Microsoft Power Apps is its time-to-market efficiency. Unlike traditional programming, it doesn't involve lengthy coding processes, allowing for rapid deployment. You can input your requirements and get started without writing millions of lines of code.

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SP
Associate Director at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

It's extremely user-friendly. It's easy to use. Of course, it's a local tool, however, if you're aware of some of the basic Microsoft products, you can really get on with it. That's something which is really wonderful. 

Even a beginner can set up a Power App and run with it. That's one of the most important features when it comes to the adoption of Power Apps.

The solution becomes easier the set up once you get used to it.

It's a stable product.

The solution has the potential to scale. 

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MR
Head of Business & Cloud Services at Brm Soluções

There is value in being able to collect and compare information in real-time to present alternatives for correcting vulnerabilities. When implemented, the solution collects information on the number and type of licenses in a client's environment to present a correct diagnosis. 

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RafaelTardelli - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Engineer at NTT Security

There are many things there that I like about the solution. I like the galleries, which are really powerful. I like the way that we can build forms very quickly. 

In terms of timing to develop, PowerApps is very fast. We can integrate with Power BI. You can just show the Power BI report embedded in PowerApps, and it works really nicely.

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AL
Sr. Technical Architect at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

It offers integration with several Microsoft products, including SharePoint and Outlook, in my opinion, is a huge plus. 

It can also integrate with Microsoft SQL servers, which makes it easy, and you can send reports and create business applications from it.

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KT
Senior Business Intelligence Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

One of the valuable features of PowerApps is the ability to generate QR codes and scan barcodes, as well as take an image. Integration is good; the solution is low code and easy to deploy. It's great that you need to create a unique verification, it's a feature that helps a lot. 

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WilliamBowers - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at Vertical Symmetry

We really like Microsoft PowerApps. When compared with Microsoft Power Automate, it is a bit more mature, and we're able to build things pretty rapidly.

It's a different paradigm to build around, and it's a different programming paradigm. It's more like Excel in that you build formulas and pieces, but we've been able to build some fairly sophisticated business logic inside of it. As a result, we believe that is much more mature. I'd say that's around an eight, eight and a half, out of ten.

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KG
Vice President - Information Systems at a media company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The solution is pretty easy to create and deploy apps.

You don't need a very high level of technical knowledge. Of course, you do need some level of technical knowledge, however, a normal developer can easily learn and deploy Power Apps.

The initial setup is very simple.

The solution scales well. 

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YZ
Digital Transformation Project Manager at a wholesaler/distributor with 5,001-10,000 employees

The most valuable feature of this solution is the Model-driven or Canvas application-making platforms. The power of the two gives us exactly what we are looking for.

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Divakar Sarma - PeerSpot reviewer
Architect/Manager at Deloitte

Power Automate has been the most valuable feature. 

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BENDER BENEDICT - PeerSpot reviewer
L3 Technical Support Engineer at SV Gaming Limited

The features I find the most valuable are the 365 and Microsoft applications integrations and the automation.

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AA
IT Senior General Manager at Abdul Latif Jameel

From an architecture point of view, the architectural criteria are the most valuable aspect of the solution.

The solution is quite stable.

The product integrates well with other Microsoft products.

Technical support is very helpful

The initial setup is not complicated.

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KS
Cloud Application Architect, Senior Manager at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

I like the fact that Microsoft PowerApps it a self-contained solution; I could build everything and then deploy it. I liked the UI designer that they had for building the screens and also defining the flows. Of all of the solutions I evaluated, it was the easiest to use and deploy.

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LP
Owner at 40+60 consulting

We particularly like the workflow connectors in the forms, for information introduction purposes.

Our customers appreciate the fact that the licensing for this solution is also connected with Office 365, making it a it's less expensive overall system.

It is also very user-friendly in terms of learning curves; it can be picked up very quickly by new users and provides good interoperability between Teams, Outlook, and other solutions from Office.

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AF
Project Manager at a tech company with 5,001-10,000 employees

It is easy to use.

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HS
Director at a tech consulting company with 10,001+ employees

The platform has valuable features for opportunity and finance management. It has all the essential features for customer service.

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SR
Owner & Senior Azure Developer at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

I like that you can quickly click together a user interface. For all no-code platforms that let you create a front end, you can click together something very quick. 

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TP
IT Analyst at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

The most valuable feature of Microsoft PowerApps is the ease of use to create an application. For example, if you use the Canvas app, there is a feature that you can upload an image, and it will easily identify it and convert it into the application.

The solution is convenient for using Power Effects so we can write customized business logic.

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PB
Sr. Digital Experience Consultant at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees

The model that allows you to establish flow automation is getting a lot of traction from the customer side. It offers a lot of flexibility.

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EK
Power Platform Consultant at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees

Everything that includes PowerApps is very interesting, especially the late editions in direction and mixed reality.  

The way you create applications and the nature of language processing are great. The ideas feature that has been added lately has been wonderful. All these types of additions are really cool.

It's a stable product. 

It uses a lot of AI, which is helpful, especially during the setup process.

The pricing is reasonable.

Technical support is good. 

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VT
Senior Consultant at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

What we like about Microsoft PowerApps is that it allows us to simplify business processes and user experience. We can also create responsive applications and canvas apps through this solution.

If we need an app that is more specific to what the business requires, we can create model-driven apps through Microsoft PowerApps. We can also create a reusable component which we can use in this solution, through the power component framework, which is a recent development model from this product.

We also love that this product is a low-code tool which has drag and drop controls, so building apps is simplified.

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OO
Senior Programmer Analyst at Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada

The cloud aspect has been great. We don't have to do a lot of research in order to begin integrations. It's so easy to integrate with other solutions.

The solution works well with Microsoft Teams. We used to use Skype for Business, and now we rely on Microsoft Teams Enterprise E5. 

There's great integration with Dynamics 365, Office 365, and more. It's great that everything is easily connected.

We can use the solution from cell phones, tablets, or computers. It works on every platform and in every environment. 

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Joseph Vijayakumar - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder & CEO at Logesys Solutoins India Pvt Ltd

I am from the sales side, so I really do not know the technical aspect of it.

It's my understanding that it has been issue-free.

We have pretty easy integration options.

Technical support is great.

The solution is stable and reliable.

The scalability is good. 

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Jaime López - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect at Avanade

I like how fast I can develop an application and put it in production with PowerApps. I think the integration is also excellent. The platforms is growing, so they are constantly adding more connectors on all these things.

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BR
Technical Lead at SmartIMS India Pvt.Ltd

We can design apps quickly and we can connect to any database. We can connect to any technology, like Microsoft Analytics or SAP. It requires less code from our side and is available on cloud. Updates are done automatically, which is a valuable feature. 

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AA
Executive Director at Ali 4 Solutions FZE

Because there is no need for lengthy code, applications can be created quickly. That's the beauty of PowerApps in general, whether I'm using Power Automate or PowerApps for UI development. And the UI is very user-friendly.

When I am developing any user UI, it gives me complete flexibility. I can manage in any way I want.

It is constantly being improved. I've been using it for three years and have noticed that upgrades are happening on a regular basis, and it's becoming more and more user-friendly, both for developers and for users.

We can now also share it on Microsoft Teams. As a result, it is becoming increasingly powerful.

It is very easy to use.

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Victor Arceo - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Operations Section Head at Toyota Motor Philippines Corporation

Generating reports is very fast with Microsoft PowerApps. It's stable and scalable as well.

Also, the technical support is good.

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VS
Practice Lead at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

The flows are good and probably the best component of this product because they can be used in a variety of situations and we're using it all the time. We're also using a lot of portal and canvas too. This is a simple solution and user friendly.  

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PaulDe Groot - PeerSpot reviewer
Power Platform Consultant at BE-SYNC

The performance is showing signs of improvement. 

Technical support is okay.

It is good for using for small apps and automation on Microsoft Office items.

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RE
Director, Product Management at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

There are lots of good videos on Youtube that are available to help users train themselves on the product and understand its intricacies. They have a workshop that allows you to learn the product in a day.

As a business person, I design a lot of screens. The solution really resonates with me. Their design is amazing.

You are able to create a screen app within a day once you get the hang of everything. 

There are great templates on offer that make creating apps easy. They have galleries that help you pick predefined templates. You can also standardize these. It's low effort and low code. However, if you want to code more and have code validation or mobile, you can do that as well.

They have a web version of the solution, as well as a version for tablets.

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VB
Data Architect at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

We get feedback on a real-time basis, which is actually very useful for us.

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Hardland Moncayo - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Software Engineering Department at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

We like that this solution allows us to fully define our test environments, and link them using different code. This means we can do different tests, but with one basic structure, and then export the data and use it in other platforms.

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SK
Senior Information Technology Manager at Tipco Asphalt Public Company Limited

The speed of the solution is valuable.

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GC
Business Consultant at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

The solution is really strong. I'm not an engineer. I'm an economist. Even without being an engineer, I can handle working with the data warehouse. It offers good speed and excellent design.

If I want to process for payments, I can do it fast and easy in Power Apps. If I need to process information from Facebook, from Twitter, or other places, it's really wonderful. 

Overall, the tool is very democratic. It's easy for anyone to use. You don't have to be a professional or well-versed in technology.

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Jaime López - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect at Avanade

The most valuable feature is easily connecting to data services.

I can have a SharePoint list and connect with users through PowerApps to present the information.

I am also able to connect with Microsoft Flow, which allows me to connect with different people to email and update items in Sharepoint.

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AR
Principal at a consultancy with 1-10 employees

The solution is excellent at figuring how to build an application in three months. It makes it very quick and easy.

The pricing is very reasonable. it's not overly expensive.

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CP
Information Technology Operations Analyst at a construction company with 10,001+ employees

The most valuable feature is automized processes.

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DG
Business Intelligence Consultant at FumAstra Management Consulting

The most valuable aspect of the solution is the fact it is highly customizable. All types of forms can be created to collect information, pictures, and files. With PowerApps, you can connect your application to a wide variety of databases and applications where your data lives to read or write to it. If a connector doesn't exist, it's also possible to create a custom one.

With a plan starting at 10 USD, it makes it very affordable for anyone to create a low-code, no-code application. Very little costs are needed to run the solution. Furthermore, PowerApps has a community plan for free, and usually offer a trial period of about 2 months. Plenty of time and potential to learn, discover and develop.

The solution has a large community, so it's quite easy to find tutorials, how-to, and help.

PowerApps is part of the PowerPlatform from Microsoft, with Flow, or Power BI and enhances the possibilities to collect data, to automate processes, and to create rich and visually appealing data visualizations.

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MS
Owner at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

The most valuable feature is the completeness of the concept. It is not restricted by where you are allowed to use it and that is its greatest strength.

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Andy Chen - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Manager at Coming Computer and IT services

The solution is very straightforward. Its context is obvious and everything is easy to understand.

Compared to previous applications which developed by Visual Basic, we can quickly update the whole business process without spending weeks or a month dealing with those aspects.

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KW
EVP, Solutions at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

What I like about it is that it is coming from Microsoft. It is very easy for us, our techno-functional consultants to spin an application in days, not in months. 

This is easily integrated with native systems including the Microsoft stack. If we have to integrate with other products such as SharePoint, we can leverage any services using Azure or the same platform.

In terms of scalability, it can scale quite well. It's so scalable with forthcoming technologies. We can develop something in PowerApps, and that can easily be scaled to a bot. We can quickly make a bot there and make it work in conjunction with applications.

We had it integrated earlier with voice channels. You can manage an omnichannel kind of scenario between Voice, Teams, WhatsApp, social integration platforms like Twitter, Facebook, et cetera. 

The RPA is very closely integrated onto the same platform and BI as well. It's great.

The initial setup is very easy.

The product is very stable. 

I have found the technical support to be helpful.

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YH
Developer at Australian College of Kuwait

The common data point would be the most valuable feature. PowerApps is also usable for data mining, it can be used with Power BI or SQL. All the data integrates easily on all Microsoft apps. And it comes with most of the subscriptions and extras.

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AV
Solutions Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

The solution allows you to use data to create excellent UI and quickly deliver an app. It speeds up production time.

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Cameo Mbowane - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Executive Officer at Customersoft Innovation

The most valuable feature is the simple data connectivity components. With no code, you can use multiple data sources with different software systems.

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AF
S/W Technologies & Processes Unit Manager at Unisystems

I like the containerization of Azure. We are trying other architectural options that they offer.

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KO
Vice President, Information System & Technology at a real estate/law firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

The most valuable features are low-code and fast development.

Microsoft is evolving constantly.

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CK
Senior Manager at Macro Systems Limited

The most valuable feature of Microsoft PowerApps is the user interface.

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OB
Application Support Specialist at a aerospace/defense firm with 501-1,000 employees

If you want something that you can use for cellphones, multiple tablets, and things like that, you can use PowerApps for the front end. It gathers all the information, and the information goes somewhere else. 

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RK
Chief Information Technology Officer at BMC Solutions

The solution is easy to use and map.

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Yehuda Parnes - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder at Simplify IT

The solution integrated well in Azure environment thus provide a full rapid development solution. Thanks to the extensibility (as low code platform should), You can do anything, and if not directly, you can use other Azure functionality. 


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Gustavo  Leo - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder at Helpbi

The support is the most valuable feature.

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LM
Architect director at Olimpiait

It is very easy for us to implement. We have a Microsoft ecosystem, and this solution has many components for integration.

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SM
IT Manager at a printing company with 201-500 employees

I like the status of the flow and the dashboard, with all of the flows that are running and showing the stages of them.

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it_user1340349 - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Architect at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Microsoft PowerApps is a no-code solution.

I would say that the most valuable features are the user interface, navigation, and business routes.

It quickly drags and drops. It doesn't take much coding, there is no coding in fact. You drag and drop, select a few things to configure, and then read those applications in the user screens. 

With business rules, you can just select and you don't need to elaborate coding or backend code. This way, it's much easier to write or create those applications using their features.

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BP
Intelligent Automation Lead (RPA & AI) at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

Microsoft PowerApps's most valuable features we found are that it's very similar to the other Microsoft products, you can do the basic automation quite quickly. The interface is similar to the other Microsoft products which makes it easy to navigate around because we are used to Microsoft products.

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JB
CEO at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees

The most valuable feature is that PowerApps can be used by most business users. It is not only for programmers.

Its performance is also valuable.

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FR
Group Head of IT at a marketing services firm with 201-500 employees

The usability, in terms of low-code applications, is a feature we have found most valuable. We just do development and then distribution.

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Girish Kumar. - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at Botmantra

It's very easy to build an app using this solution. It's easier than with other tools. 

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Yehuda Parnes - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder at Simplify IT

The most valuable feature is the compatibility with other Microsoft components, the connectivity to Microsoft databases, the connectivity to other components on the Microsoft Azure environment, the connectivity to Office 365 and the connectivity to teams and the overall environment.

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VM
Contractor/ Developer at a computer software company with 11-50 employees

Time to market is most valuable because you can make apps pretty fast. It also has pretty good integration.

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VM
Contractor/ Developer at a computer software company with 11-50 employees

The most valuable feature is the time-to-market because you can make apps pretty fast.

The integration with other products is pretty good.

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WS
IT Department Manager at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

We were impressed with the functionality of the solution.

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Buyer's Guide
Microsoft Power Apps
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about Microsoft Power Apps. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
765,234 professionals have used our research since 2012.