Undoubtedly, Microsoft 365 plays a major role in enabling and empowering digital transformation with its wide range of capabilities and features that are designed specifically for productivity. There is no denying that Outlook, Delve, SharePoint, Microsoft Flow, and other similar applications from Microsoft are all powerful digital tools. But PowerApp also happens to be a ground-breaking innovation especially in the digital transformation.
In simple terms, PowerApp is a prompt application development platform which enables one to build apps that easily connect to data in hours instead of months. What used to require careful planning and thoughtful scheming in the past decade or so, can now be dealt with in a span of a few hours with PowerApp. It basically uses easy to understand Excel-like expressions to add logic in creating your app for the web, iOS, and Android devices.
What really sets PowerApp apart from other tools on the market is how it is a low-code (close to no-code) platform, and how it brings an extraordinary approach to generate business apps. As a result, the apps you create can connect to all your data, whether it is on cloud or on-premise, with more than 230 pre-built connectors. In terms of protection, you also get top-notch security which is of certified enterprise-grade. This is carried out easily because all identity and access are managed through Azure Active Directory, ensuring rich policies and multi-factor authentication for all users.
Interestingly, PowerApp has built-in support for all things related to Microsoft Azure, a feature that is similar to that of Power BI. This helps PowerApp act as the IT guardian, and solve the problems related to competence, performance, and permanence. When it comes to digital transformation, it helps companies to track data, and its presence on the cloud ensures that you don’t have to worry about losing any important Excel spreadsheet or some other vital data.
Moreover, it is also extremely user-friendly, which is another attractive feature for companies who are just starting off with digital transformation. It helps data collected from external data sources in being exposed as lists and libraries in the portal, further making it easy to preview, display and share. In addition to that, these lists and libraries can also act as a data source to power business operations for the enterprise.
Moving on, PowerApps allows a business to customize its own apps, thereby streamlining business processes. For instance, it heightens customer relations as you can use it to track crucial business information for each customer, which includes contact information, addresses, order information, invoices, and payments. Rest assured, the information stays up-to-date and secured as it is in the Azure cloud and team members can access and update it whenever needed. This helps small businesses adoption of digital transformation and ensures that employees enter data accurately and consistently, so your data is much cleaner than before.
If producing business-friendly solutions is one of the goals, the use of PowerApp will prove to be highly beneficial for you.
