The no-/low-code platform with which you can quickly convert your business needs into digital solutions. Read in this blog what the Power Platform is and how other companies benefit from it Microsoft Development Services .

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Seeing the world of business applications change, Microsoft developed the Microsoft Power Platform . A so-called no-/low-code platform, with which anyone with knowledge of Excel and/or PowerPoint can make business applications themselves. In other words: a platform for ' Citizen Developers' and professional app developers with Microsoft Consulting Firm.

Why a no/low-code platform? Standardized applications often do not meet the specific needs of the business, but special custom-made applications cost a lot of money, time and resources. In between is a world of business applications that you can create quickly and easily using the Microsoft Power Platform. Using the no-/low-code platform, the citizen developer can, for example, very quickly replace paper forms with digital tools and automate manual processes, in order to increase their own productivity.

But the Microsoft Power Platform is not just for the citizen developer. IT and development can also use the platform. To develop business-critical solutions faster that affect more people within the organization.

Anticipate the market immediately with the Power Platform

Continuously changing markets require agile organizations that quickly respond and anticipate these changes and developments. The business in particular strives to switch quickly and needs business applications to work more efficiently. But in practice it often turns out to be a significant organizational challenge to convince IT of this. After all, they already have their hands full with existing applications. This is not unwillingness, but force majeure. The wishes of the business end up on the (long) to-do list, among other, more everyday questions and challenges. The business wants to act quickly, but is mainly concerned with waiting.

Using the Microsoft Power Platform, the business is now able to quickly translate its wishes and ideas into digital solutions by building apps using the no-/low-code platform. In other words: every business manager can create their own apps, based on available data.

Thanks to the Microsoft Power Platform, there is no longer any loss of time, because IT support is not required immediately. If the IT department facilitates the no-/low-code platform, the business is able to switch quickly and independently, without IT managers losing the overview. They also comply with the compliance and governance guidelines, matters that the department should not lose sight of for a moment. BNG Bank is also aware of this, for example , which built a secure compliance application on the Microsoft Power Platform within three days.

The no-code/low-code platform therefore offers advantages not only for citizen developers, but also for IT professionals. Due to its user-friendly character, the platform strengthens the innovative power within your entire organization.

The Microsoft Power Platform in practice

Some appealing examples where business applications make the difference:

BNG Bank . Managing risks, mitigating measures and monitoring these measures. This risk management and measures monitoring was designed faster and more cost-efficiently with the help of the Power Platform. Read more.

BAM . Plan office capacity worldwide, using a business application that was up and running within three days. Read more.

Tata Steel . Reduce the workload of your employees by digitizing administrative processes as much as possible with the help of business applications. At Tata Steel, 80,000 work permit applications are now being processed via an application on the Microsoft Power Platform. Read more.

What does the Microsoft Power Platform consist of?

Today, applications are expected to be intelligent, that they both collect and return information and that 'everyone' can build them. To meet this expectation, the Microsoft Power Platform consists of:

Power Apps including canvas apps (end-user mobile applications)

Power Automate (automate repetitive tasks and processes as much as possible)

Power BI (interactive data visualization tool)

Power Virtual Agents (easy development of intelligent chatbots)

Via the data layer, known as Dataverse, you link these functionalities with, among other things, Dynamics 365 and countless external business applications. Think of Salesforce, SAP and Oracle. A mobile business application, such as a canvas app, is able to retrieve data from various sources via the CDS and bring it together in the app.