Creating a canvas app from existing data

Power Apps is the ideal choice when building enterprise solutions. These solutions are often needed to improve a particular process, especially regarding data handling. Sometimes, you will start from scratch, but most of the time, the data structure will be there already, just waiting for a robust and flexible application to handle it.

For these situations, there are some ready-made processes in the Microsoft ecosystem that allow you to create apps from a particular set of data. We will discover these from Azure and the Power Apps maker portal.

Getting ready

Microsoft Azure is a platform that provides a wide range of cloud services for all kinds of scenarios, such as application development, data analysis, and AI services. When working with Azure, you will need to have an active subscription. To test the capabilities of this platform, you can apply for a free account by signing up here: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/.