Rajeev Pentyala – Technical Blog on Power Platform, Azure and AI

PowerApp is a service from Microsoft Business Application Platform (BAP) for creating business applications that can run in a browser or on a phone or tablet, and no coding experience is required.

Its a 3 step approach to create an App

• Connect to a Data Source; It can be your Dynamics 365, Azure SQL/SQL On premise, API, etc…
• Build the UI forms and add business logic using Workflows (i.e., Microsoft Flow, Azure Functions etc..)
• Publish the App

In this article, I am going to walk you through the steps to subscribe to Microsoft PowerApps and getting started with your first App.

Steps to connect to PowerApp Studio:

• Connect to PowerApps portal

• Click ‘Sign up free’ if you don’t have account already
  • Note: You can sign in with your 30 days trail account, if you already have one.
• Click ‘Sign In’ if you have an account
• Once you login to the Portal
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  • Select ‘Apps’ from the Menu
  • Choose ‘Design Mode’
    • Canvas : This mode allows to create the app by dragging and dropping elements onto a canvas, just as you would design a slide in PowerPoint. This mode is apt if your requirement is to build a custom forms with rich UI.
    • Model-driven: Model-driven app design is a component-focused approach to app development. Example of this mode is creating ‘Apps’ in D365.
• Click on ‘Create an App’ button

• Pick your App style
  • If you are beginner, go with Canvas ‘Tablet Layout’

PowerApp IDE’s:

There are 2 ways to build the Apps

• PowerApp Studio – Web : In this option, you can build and Publish the App from the browser.
• PowerApp Studio – Desktop App: You can also download the PowerApp desktop application from Here

In the next article, lets see how to create a simple Calculator App.

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