Microsoft
Power Apps
As a company at the forefront of providing productivity software to meet the demands of various tech evolutions, industry giant Microsoft provides a way for organisations and businesses to create their own apps through their Power Apps interface.
However, you may prefer some guidance or to outsource the Power App development…
“Speed of development, with easier low code app creation, and being immediately mobile ready are just some of the benefits Power Apps offer businesses looking to create in-house apps.”
Karen Harding
Head of Marketing, Objective
Power Apps development
Power Apps is part of the comprehensive Office 365 productivity suite and enables users – even those with a modicum of software development experience – to undertake their own Power Apps development using very user-friendly drag and drop functionality.
A diverse range of Power Apps can be developed and a search for ‘power apps Microsoft’ would yield many and varied examples of different apps created by Power Apps in use.
Use Power Apps with existing data sources and tech
Along with being familiar enough to design through the user friendly interface, Power Apps development is made even easier through seamless integration with other popular Microsoft tech including Excel and other online or on premises data sources, or using the business’s Common Data Service (where various data sources are pulled together ‘under one roof’ to provide a data store).
Power Apps Microsoft: mobile and browser friendly
Since they use a trusted interface that integrates well with other popular software, apps built using Power Apps by nature feature a responsive design and can run in a PC browser and on smartphones and tablets.
Power Apps development with no coding required
Power Apps development ‘democratises’ custom app building since the developer doesn’t have to know coding – in many ways they’re like the way many non-experts build their own template-driven websites using platforms such as WordPress using a highly intuitive, graphical interface.
Professional app development expertise still important
The above may make it look as though using Microsoft Power Apps development means the specialised skills of bespoke app developers is not required, but this wouldn’t be entirely the case.
To start with, having a full idea of exactly what your bespoke app should achieve is vital before even starting out – and ideally some concept of how it may extend and adapt in the future to meet changing needs stemming from, for example, a change in business activity, increased growth or meeting new challenges generally.
This is an area where help from a Power Apps development company experienced in planning app development so businesses and organisations ‘start off on the right foot’ could be highly beneficial.
Also, it could be worth outsourcing the initial build and working in partnership with Microsoft Power Apps consultants to ensure the app is fit for purpose. This way you have confidence and can resume the maintenance and any alterations in house to fine tune the app to fully meet its set objectives.
An experienced Power Apps development company is able to provide as much or as little help as is required, and the investment in their services would likely be more than offset by the business deriving the maximum benefit from their Power Apps development through possible improvements in productivity, sales and thus increased revenue and profit.