{"id":992,"date":"2014-11-27T06:33:25","date_gmt":"2014-11-27T06:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.purpleconnect.com\/website\/?page_id=992"},"modified":"2021-11-27T14:15:10","modified_gmt":"2021-11-27T14:15:10","slug":"mspowerplatform","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.purpleconnect.com\/website\/our-services\/mspowerplatform\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Power Platform"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fl-module fl-module-rich-text fl-node-5d498124e3337\" data-node=\"5d498124e3337\">\n<div class=\"fl-module-content fl-node-content\">\n<div class=\"fl-rich-text\">\n<p>Unless you\u2019re a Microsoft partner or system administrator, we wouldn\u2019t be surprised if you hadn\u2019t heard of Microsoft Power Platform.<\/p>\n<p>The title itself doesn\u2019t exactly explain its purpose, or the impact it could have on you as a user or business owner.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fl-col-group fl-node-5d497bba6682c fl-col-group-nested\" data-node=\"5d497bba6682c\">\n<div class=\"fl-col fl-node-5d497bba66ad6 fl-col-small\" data-node=\"5d497bba66ad6\">\n<div class=\"fl-col-content fl-node-content\">\n<div class=\"fl-module fl-module-rich-text fl-node-5d49803fb29f4\" data-node=\"5d49803fb29f4\">\n<div class=\"fl-module-content fl-node-content\">\n<div class=\"fl-rich-text\">\n<p>This could be because unlike Microsoft Word, SharePoint, or Dynamics, Power Platform isn\u2019t a product in its own right. Rather, it\u2019s a range of integrated tools that is designed to unlock the potential of your other Microsoft applications.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s built around 3 primary solutions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>PowerApps\u00a0<\/strong>for building custom applications<\/li>\n<li><strong>Power BI<\/strong>\u00a0for analytics and reporting<\/li>\n<li><strong>Microsoft Power Automate\u00a0<\/strong>for business processes and workflows<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Aside from Microsoft posing Power Platform as a suite of \u201cno code needed\u201d solutions, the real draw is that it can integrate with hundreds of data sources through various connectors, including\u00a0<strong>Common Data Service<\/strong>, to maximise the usefulness of your data<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>What is Common Data Service?<\/strong><br \/>\nCommon Data Service is the storage service for any data held within Power Platform. More importantly, for users of online versions of Microsoft Dynamics 365, the Common Data Service already holds all of your data. This makes Power Platform the optimal solution for working with your data for the purposes mentioned above.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PowerApps<br \/>\n<\/strong>A PowerApp can be a mobile phone or tablet application (published on iOS, Android, and Windows application stores) or a browser-based application (published as a web site).<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft categorise PowerApps into 3 different types when building them:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Model-driven Apps<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 start with the data source(s), and bring in the design afterwards (most useful for Dynamics 365 data sources)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Canvas Apps<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 start by designing the look and feel of the app, and connect to data source(s) as you go (most useful for other data sources)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Portals<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 for creating web portals, allowing customers, employees, partners, or wider communities to interact with you via a dedicated application<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.purpleconnect.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/powerapps-2-1280x721.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1869\" src=\"http:\/\/www.purpleconnect.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/powerapps-2-1280x721-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"powerapps-2-1280x721\" width=\"783\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.purpleconnect.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/powerapps-2-1280x721-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.purpleconnect.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/powerapps-2-1280x721-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.purpleconnect.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/powerapps-2-1280x721-783x441.jpg 783w, https:\/\/www.purpleconnect.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/powerapps-2-1280x721-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.purpleconnect.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/powerapps-2-1280x721-575x323.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.purpleconnect.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/powerapps-2-1280x721-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.purpleconnect.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/powerapps-2-1280x721.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 783px) 100vw, 783px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \">\n<div class=\"avia_textblock  \">\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><strong>Power BI<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \">\n<div class=\"avia_textblock  \">\n<ul>\n<li>Connect to all your data and get a consolidated view across your business through a single pane of glass.<\/li>\n<li>Create ad-hoc analysis, live dashboards, and interactive reports that are easy to consume on the web and across mobile devices.<\/li>\n<li>Build smart apps by infusing insights from your data and drive action with the power of the Power platform.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.purpleconnect.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Power-BI.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1870\" src=\"http:\/\/www.purpleconnect.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Power-BI-1024x384.png\" alt=\"Power-BI\" width=\"783\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.purpleconnect.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Power-BI-1024x384.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.purpleconnect.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Power-BI-300x112.png 300w, https:\/\/www.purpleconnect.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Power-BI-783x293.png 783w, https:\/\/www.purpleconnect.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Power-BI-575x215.png 575w, https:\/\/www.purpleconnect.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Power-BI-1200x450.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 783px) 100vw, 783px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \">\n<div class=\"avia_textblock  \">\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><strong>Power Automate<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \">\n<div class=\"avia_textblock  \">\n<ul>\n<li>Automate and model business processes across your apps and services.<\/li>\n<li>From simple automations to advanced scenarios with branches, loops, and more.<\/li>\n<li>Trigger actions, grant approvals, and get notifications right where you work.<\/li>\n<li>Automate legacy, on-prem and cloud-based applications and services.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<h2>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.purpleconnect.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/powerautomate.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1871\" src=\"http:\/\/www.purpleconnect.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/powerautomate-1024x684.png\" alt=\"powerautomate\" width=\"783\" height=\"523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.purpleconnect.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/powerautomate-1024x684.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.purpleconnect.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/powerautomate-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.purpleconnect.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/powerautomate-783x523.png 783w, https:\/\/www.purpleconnect.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/powerautomate-575x384.png 575w, https:\/\/www.purpleconnect.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/powerautomate-1200x801.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.purpleconnect.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/powerautomate.png 1205w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 783px) 100vw, 783px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Using this technology would definitely increase your customer satisfaction beyond measure. Here at PurpleConnect, we strongly believe that every business, in the essence, is about it\u2019s people. If customers were able to contact someone within the company when they needed help, and that person were able to give accurate information in a timely and effective manner, there really would be no reason for a customer to not be satisfied. Highly engaging systems to increase customer satisfaction and even give your most esteemed loyal customers a feeling of royalty ensuring that you receive competitive advantage!<\/p>\n<p><strong>How we can help?<\/strong><br \/>\nThe time and effort you would have to go through to setting up the virtual assistant technology can be minimized. Our team at PurpleConnect, live to set records. Every job more efficient and accurate than the previous. Continuously learning, understanding and deployed better practices, they truly are experts in the industry.<br \/>\nPurpleConnect was initially launched by experts in CRM\u2019s (Customer Relations Management) which goes to prove that customer relations is truly our fort\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>Talk to us, we\u2019ll be happy to help!<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Microsoft Power Platform connects Office 365, Dynamics 365, Azure, and hundreds of other apps allowing you to build end-to-end business solutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1867,"parent":984,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purpleconnect.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/992"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purpleconnect.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purpleconnect.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purpleconnect.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purpleconnect.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=992"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.purpleconnect.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1903,"href":"https:\/\/www.purpleconnect.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/992\/revisions\/1903"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purpleconnect.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/984"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purpleconnect.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purpleconnect.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}