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Learn Microsoft Power Apps - Second Edition

By : Matthew Weston, Elisa Bárcena Martín
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Book Image

Learn Microsoft Power Apps - Second Edition

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By: Matthew Weston, Elisa Bárcena Martín

Overview of this book

Microsoft Power Apps provides a modern approach to building low-code business applications for mobiles, tablets, browsers, and Microsoft Teams. The second edition of Learn Microsoft Power Apps will guide you in creating well designed and secure apps that transform old processes and workflows. Learn Microsoft Power Apps starts with an introduction to Power Apps to help you feel comfortable with the creation experience. Using screenshots from the latest UI, you will be guided through how to create an app, building your confidence to start developing further. This book will help you design, set up, and configure your first application by writing simple formulas. You'll learn about the different types of apps you can build in Power Apps and which one applies best to your requirements. In addition to this, you’ll learn how to identify the right data storage system for you, with new chapters covering how to integrate apps with SharePoint or Dataverse. As you advance, you’ll be able to use various controls, connectors, and data sources to create a powerful, interactive app. For example, this book will help you understand how Power Apps can use Microsoft Power Automate, Power BI, and Azure functionalities to improve your applications. Finally, you will be introduced to the emerging Power Apps Copilot tool, which uses artificial intelligence to accelerate the app building process. By the end of this Power Apps book, you’ll be ready to confidently develop lightweight business applications with minimal code.
Table of Contents (27 chapters)
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Index
Appendix

Understanding flows

Microsoft Power Automate is part of the Power Platform and serves as the automation platform within Microsoft 365. Power Automate, unlike SharePoint Designer workflows or Workflow Server, is completely browser-based and also accessible through the Microsoft Power Automate mobile app, which is available for both iOS and Android devices.

The purpose of the platform, just like Power Apps, is to provide a no-code or low-code environment where you can create automated processes in a graphical way. Automated processes allow you to take your manual repetitive tasks and hand them over to an automation to allow you to spend more time on tasks that add value. Such things could be automated reminders, document generation, or even management of an entire process. An example of a cloud flow is shown in the following screenshot:

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Figure 14.1: Microsoft Power Automate in a browser

Power Automate is built upon the same foundation as Azure Logic Apps, but the key...