Create custom UIs with PowerApps

 The user interface (UI) is everything in business applications. It can make or break an app, and with PowerApps, Microsoft enables the creation of their custom UIs without writing any code. You can quickly create an app that looks and feels exactly the way you want it to. The best part about PowerApps is that it’s not just for developers. Any business user can create an app with PowerApps.

In this blog, we’re going to take a look at what PowerApps is and PowerApps Studio to create custom UIs.

What is PowerApps?

PowerApps is a part of the Microsoft Power platform, which also includes Power BI and Power Automate (formerly known as Microsoft Flow). PowerApps is extremely user-friendly and doesn’t require any coding knowledge to use. However, because PowerApps is such a powerful tool, there is a bit of a learning curve.

PowerApps Studio is a Windows app that you can use to create and edit PowerApps. To get started, simply download PowerApps Studio from the Microsoft Store. Once you have PowerApps Studio installed, you can use it to create a new app or edit an existing app. To create a new app, click on the “New App” button in the PowerApps Studio. It will open the “Choose an app type” screen. Here, you can choose to create a “Canvas app from data” or a “Canvas app from blank.” If you choose to create a “Canvas app from data,” you will be prompted to select a data source.

There is a wide range of PowerApp data sources, including SharePoint, SQL, and Azure. Once you have selected a PowerApp datasource, you will be taken to the PowerApps canvas. The PowerApps canvas is where you design and build your app.

Creating custom UIs with PowerApps

PowerApps gives you the ability to create custom UIs for your unique business applications. With PowerApps, you can create an app that looks and feels exactly the way you want it to. And, because PowerApps is part of the Microsoft Power platform, you can also use it to create custom UIs for other Microsoft products like Dynamics 365 and SharePoint.

PowerApps provides a drag and drop interface that makes it easy to create custom UI and a wide variety of pre-built controls that can be used to create them.

Conclusion

Simply put, PowerApps can empower businesses, making it easy for anyone to develop applications. The best part of it is that you don’t need months and years of learning how to write code. When you subscribe to Microsoft Office 365, you get everything it has to offer, making it a simple and effective solution to scale up your business.