Microsoft PowerApps: How to create an App in PowerApps (Part 1)

In this blog we will learn how to create an app using Microsoft PowerApps. Before we get started let’s find out what are PowerApps?

Introduction to PowerApps

Microsoft PowerApps is a service that lets you build business apps that run in a browser or on a phone or tablet, and no coding experience is required.

Connectors

PowerApps supply a wide area of data sources to connect to.Connectors provide connectivity for many popular services and on-premises data sources including Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Office 365, Google Drive, OneDrive, SQL Server, Salesforce, Dynamics AX, Dynamics CRM and many more.

How PowerApps works?

Start creating a PowerApp

To create an App you first Sign in to PowerApps studio web.powerapps.com

First of all we need to add data source connection

Here we are going to create connection with Microsoft dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations.

Go to Data -> Connections -> New connections

From the list select Dynamics 365 for Operations. In the dialog box click Create and sign in with your account. You will see that the connection will be added in your connection list. In the same way you can connect with the different data sources.

We will learn how to create an App in the second part of this post : How to create an App in PowerApps (Part 2)