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Ensure data security, application management, and simultaneous access to information across all platforms within the company.
What is the Power Platform?
The Microsoft Power Platform is becoming increasingly prevalent in the daily operations of businesses. This is not only due to its ease of use but also its ability to create applications—whether for enterprise or corporate use—without the need for complex coding. These tools enable us to implement significant activities quickly, automating and enhancing business strategies.
With the Power Platform, you can ensure data security, compliant application management, and simultaneous access to information from all company platforms. According to Microsoft itself, the tool “combines low-code application development, workflow automation, creation of AI (Artificial Intelligence) bots and data analysis with broad connectivity. All of this designed to work with cloud services.”
Within the Power Platform set there are: Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Pages and Power Virtual Agents. Each of these solutions meets a specific business need and, together, they are capable of enhancing companies in their data analysis, problem solving and process simplification through automation.
In relation to Power Apps, Power Pages and Power Automate, the main focus is on creating applications, websites and automating processes, respectively. Power Apps is used to generate Microsoft applications with little code, allowing the creation of forms and programs in a simplified way. Power Pages is a web page creation tool that offers users a simple and intuitive way to create dynamic websites and web pages. Power Automate is dedicated to automating workflows, avoiding the execution of repetitive tasks within the company. Both tools offer a series of ready-to-use connectors and templates, making implementation and everyday use easier.
Power BI is a data analysis platform from Microsoft that allows users to visualize and share insights from diverse data sets. And Power Virtual Agents is a chatbot creation tool from Microsoft that allows users to create and deploy chatbots without the need for advanced programming skills.
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Advantages of Using the Power Platform
Power Apps:
- Agile App Creation (Desktop and Mobile): With a user-friendly and easy-to-use interface, creating applications becomes a quick and secure task.
- Offline Functionality: Applications can be used without the need for an internet connection, providing flexibility to users.
- Accessible to Everyone: No coding expertise is required. Simply explore the tool’s features and replicate them on the platform, democratizing app creation.
- Intuitive Interface: Features are presented in a simplified and intuitive manner, making the production process easy to start.
Power Pages:
- Ease of Use: Power Pages is an intuitive and user-friendly tool, allowing even users with no advanced knowledge of design or programming to create web pages quickly and efficiently.
- Customizable Templates: The platform offers a variety of pre-designed templates and customizable elements that allow users to create pages that meet their specific needs.
- Integration with Other Microsoft Services: Power Pages easily integrates with other Microsoft applications and services, such as Microsoft 365 and SharePoint, enabling efficient collaboration and an integrated user experience.
- Team Collaboration: Users can easily collaborate on the creation and editing of web pages, allowing teams to work together on projects and share information effectively.
- Automatic Updates: Pages created in Power Pages are automatically updated as changes are made, ensuring that users always have access to the latest information.
- Security: Power Pages provides robust security features, ensuring that users’ information and data are protected against unauthorized access.
Power Automate:
- Reduction of Repetitive Tasks: Automating routine tasks such as approvals, email sending, and document creation frees up time to focus on business strategies.
- Process Optimization: Allows mapping and recording processes, receiving recommendations to create well-defined flows, improving operational efficiency.
- Automation of Operations: Applies security and reliability to operations, reducing technical failures and saving time and effort for the team. It is important to highlight that these advantages can be maximized with the support of a company specialized in these tools, ensuring flawless implementation and optimized use.
Power BI:
- Advanced Data Visualization: Power BI offers a wide range of data visualization options, from simple charts to interactive dashboards and geographic maps. This allows users to present their data in a more meaningful and understandable way.
- Data Connectivity: Power BI can connect to a variety of data sources, including on-premises databases, cloud services, CSV files, and more. This provides users with the ability to consolidate and analyze data from various sources in a single dashboard.
- Advanced Analysis: With advanced analysis features such as trend analysis, data segmentation, and forecasting, Power BI allows users to explore their data in depth and identify important patterns and insights.
- Collaboration and Sharing: Power BI offers robust sharing and collaboration features, allowing users to easily share reports and dashboards with team members, clients, or other stakeholders. This promotes a collaborative data culture and helps ensure that everyone has access to the information needed to make informed decisions.
Power Virtual Agents:
- Ease of Use: Power Virtual Agents offers an intuitive and user-friendly interface, allowing users without programming experience to create conversation bots quickly and easily.
- Integration with Other Microsoft Services: Power Virtual Agents seamlessly integrates with other Microsoft services and applications such as Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Teams, facilitating the incorporation of bots into existing workflows.
- Advanced Customization: Users can easily customize bots according to the specific needs of their organizations, defining responses, conversation flows, triggers, and more, without the need for complex programming skills.
- Analytics and Insights: Power Virtual Agents provides advanced analytics and reporting features, allowing users to monitor the performance of their bots, identify areas for improvement, and gain valuable insights into user behavior.
Power Platform in Practice
Using these tools is simpler and more practical than developing a solution from scratch. The platform offers an intuitive, low-code experience with predefined templates and drag-and-drop components, making the creation process easier.
To start using the Power Platform:
- Validate the necessary licensing with Microsoft before starting the project.
- Access the resources on the Microsoft portal, available on mobile and desktop applications, by logging in with your credentials.
- Understand the creation needs by clearly mapping out what needs to be developed and where it will be applied in the business.
- Begin developing your first application, taking advantage of all the simplicity and functionality offered by the Power Platform.
Remember: after creation, the applications are not available for download on Android and iOS platforms. You need to install the Power Apps feature on the mobile or desktop version to access them.
After creating the applications, managing them becomes simple and easy.
However, as data and information increase, system maintenance and development can become more complex. This is where an expert in the platform can make all the difference, guiding and evolving everything appropriately.
At Kinix, we offer guidance on priority activities, identifying and resolving difficulties that arise along the way, with expertise in agile development and using advanced technologies. Count on us to guide you on this journey of creation in the Power Platform.
