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Power Apps is a new service for building and using custom business apps that connect to your data. It also works across the web and mobile - without the time and expense of custom software development. Today's blog will walk you through the process of generating an app using a trial version of Dynamics 365 online.
Let's start off with a little background. Power Apps connects to existing data sources and services including Dynamics 365, OneDrive, Microsoft Azure, SharePoint, Salesforce, Excel, Google Drive, and Dropbox, to automatically generate a meaningful business app for your business. You can instantly publish apps via web and mobile including laptops, tablets, and phones (Android, iOS, and Windows). It also allows you to work in a visual designer to customize a fully-functional app and build apps that use device capabilities including cameras, GPS, and pen control. And the best part is that you get all of this without having to code!
Power Apps Works for Employees and Developers
Perks for employees:
Perks for developers and IT professionals:
Generating an App Automatically
You can quickly generate apps using data sources such as:
Open Microsoft PowerApps and Select New
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Select Dynamics 365 |
Select New Connection
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Select Dynamics CRM Online & Select Connect
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Select Power Objects (Note: this will connect to the Dynamics CRM Instance associated with you Power Apps login) Displays all entities for the CRM instance |
Select an Entity & select Connect (Note: for this blog, I have chosen the contacts entity) |
Building the Phone App Templates |
Screen Configurations Power Apps OOB display 3 Screen templates
Each Template will have multiple corresponding Screen Layouts.
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Layout Configuration Fields can be added to the Detail Screen layout by drag and drop Entity Fields Individual Fields can be formatted
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You can add a variety of controls to your app, and configure their properties directly, from the toolbar, or in the formula bar. You can also add any control in a variety of categories by clicking the Insert tab of the toolbar and selecting any of the following categories.
And there you have it! For more information on PowerApps, check out the Microsoft resources below. |
Happy CRM'ing!