{"id":48204,"date":"2025-01-21T14:33:07","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T14:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/?p=48204"},"modified":"2026-02-21T07:25:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T07:25:28","slug":"how-to-utilise-microsoft-power-platform-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/how-to-utilise-microsoft-power-platform-in-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Utilise Microsoft Power Platform in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Microsoft Power Platform<\/strong><\/a> provides a complete environment to automate business processes, draw value from data, and build custom solutions for your business needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is the big umbrella covering several low-code and AI-driven solutions such as Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Pages, and Copilot Studio, each designed to solve specific business problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since many businesses run on Microsoft ecosystems, these products are often readily available. This article is designed to help you understand the each of the Power Platform products is used for and how you can use them in your business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Power Platform helps businesses streamline operations, make better decisions, and drive innovation with no code required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Small, medium, and large businesses alike benefit from Power Platform because it provides the highest-quality solution at a manageable cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Microsoft Power BI<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Do you run management reports in your company?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the answer is yes, pay attention to this particular Power Platform solution, called Power BI<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Example of a Power BI management report<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Power BI is a business analytics tool that allows you to automate management reporting and improve the quality of data visualization which uncovers more insights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These insights can then be used to make better data-driven business decisions that improve your operations, maximize profit, and give you an edge over your competitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most businesses don\u2019t get the highest returns from their data because they don\u2019t use Power BI anywhere near its full potential\u2014They don\u2019t have the time, in-house skills, or Power BI experience to turn their Power BI into the \u2018insight machine\u2019 they need. If you are one of these businesses, we recommend speaking to a professional Power BI consultants<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Microsoft Power Apps<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Application development is no longer reserved for the programming gurus thanks to Power Apps<\/strong>.Microsoft Power Apps<\/a> provides a drag-drop-click interface (similar to familiar Microsoft tools like PowerPoint) that allows you to build custom apps for your specific needs without coding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Time tracking Power App<\/a> example<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is important to note that Power Apps can only be used to develop internal applications because everyone using Power Apps needs a Microsoft license. If you want to develop customer-facing applications, Power Apps is not a good fit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Power Apps are a good fit for designing applications that allow employees to submit overtime requests<\/a> or enter data on inventory management.<\/a> These are all examples of workflows where only internal stakeholders with Microsoft licenses are involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Power Apps, you can create internal web applications faster, standardize your processes and automate workflows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even though you can create Power Apps without coding, you still need to know your way around the interface. If you want to develop Power Apps faster, consider working with a Power Apps consultancy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Microsoft Power Automate<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

When you hear the term \u2018Power Automate\u2019<\/strong>, what comes to mind?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, you got it\u2014Automation! Which involves creating systems to replace repeatable processes and reduce manual intervention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This can range from small tasks like scraping data from an received email to larger ones like automating word document production<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All can be handled by Microsoft Power Automate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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