Microsoft Power Apps allows users of any technical level to improve business processes. These apps are built using your existing skills and knowledge and without writing traditional, managed code. These apps offer the ability to create highly flexible solutions built for different devices and to consume data from a multitude of sources.

Now that you have completed this lesson, you should be able to:

• Explain the difference between Canvas, Model-driven, and Portal apps.

• Design apps that pull data from various data sources and include artificial intelligence.

• Build an app using 'Start from data' or 'Templates' to become more familiar with what is possible.

Key takeaways

Here are the four key takeaways:

1. Power Apps is a no-code/low-code platform that allows you to build apps with your business knowledge and existing skills.

2. Power Apps has different offerings to meet your needs. Canvas apps, Model-driven apps, and Portal's each have their own unique properties.

3. Power Apps helps you build and deploy customized apps that work across web and mobile, embedded or standalone, on any device.

4. You can build apps that follow your business processes instead of making your business process follow the software.