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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

Using the mobile app

One of the biggest drivers for the adoption of Power Apps within organizations is the ability to create mobile apps without the need to pay large development fees. Power Apps, much like other areas of Microsoft 365, has its own dedicated app, which can be downloaded from the relevant app store. Both iOS and Android devices are fully supported, meaning that the reach your app can have can be vast.

The screenshots in this section have been taken using an iOS device:

Figure 4.20: A Power Apps app that has been installed on a mobile device

Once the app has been installed on your device, you can immediately start to use it by launching it from your home screen.

Using the app

When you first launch the Power Apps app, you will be asked to authenticate using the Microsoft 365 credentials that you normally use within the browser. There are a lot of similarities in the user experience between what we saw in Microsoft Teams and what we can see in the mobile app. The first...