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What the Power Platform is good for
With Power Apps you build screens for jobs the ERP does not cover, such as a warehouse checklist, a site inspection or a quick expense capture. Power Automate moves data and decisions between systems: an approval in Teams, a document filed in SharePoint, an alert when stock falls below a level. Power Pages publishes a secure portal for customers or suppliers on the same data.
All three use the same connectors and security as Dynamics 365. So they are usually the quickest and cheapest way to close a gap without custom code in the ERP itself. That is where Power Platform consultants earn their place.
Work clients bring to Power Platform consultants most
Approvals
Purchase orders, credit limits, expenses and price overrides approved in Teams or Outlook, with the decision written back to the ERP.
Mobile apps
Simple apps for inspections, deliveries, stock counts or time capture, working on the phones your team already has.
Document automation
Invoices, orders and contracts filed, named and shared automatically, with links stored against the record.
Alerts
Notifications go to the person who can act when a customer passes a credit limit, a job runs late or an order gets stuck.
Portals
Customer or supplier portals on Power Pages for orders, cases or documents, with sign-in and permissions.
Governance
Environments, data policies and a register of every app and flow, so automation stays owned and supportable.
Dataverse tables
Tables for data the ERP does not hold, such as inspection results or equipment checklists, secured the same way as Dynamics 365.
Rescuing old flows
Apps and flows built by former staff reviewed, moved into solutions and handed to named owners.
How Power Platform consultants keep automation safe
- ✓Every flow has a named owner and runs under a service account, not a person
- ✓Environments separate development, test and production
- ✓Data loss prevention policies stop sensitive data leaving approved connectors
- ✓Errors alert a person instead of failing silently
- ✓A short register you keep documents each app and flow
- ✓Changes reach production as solutions, never by editing a live flow
Questions for Power Platform consultants
Is the Power Platform included with Dynamics 365?
Dynamics 365 licenses include rights to use Power Apps and Power Automate within the context of the Dynamics 365 application. Standalone apps and premium connectors can need separate licenses, which we check before building. Dynamics 365 subscriptions also add Dataverse storage capacity to a pool shared across your tenant.
Can our own staff build apps afterwards?
Yes, and we encourage it. We set up the environments, data loss prevention policies and naming rules first, then coach the people who will maintain and extend what we build. That way your own makers work inside guardrails, and IT can still see every app and flow in the tenant.
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