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Microsoft Power Platform · Module 1 of 10

What Power Platform is

Microsoft's low-code tools for apps, automation, reports and chatbots.

📖 Key ideas

  1. Power Platform lets people build business solutions with little code.
  2. Power Apps builds apps, Power Automate automates workflows, Power BI makes reports, Copilot Studio builds chatbots and agents.
  3. Dataverse is the shared database behind many solutions.
  4. It connects to Microsoft 365 (Excel, SharePoint, Outlook, Teams) and hundreds of other services.
  5. Free developer plans let you practise.
💡 Real-life example: Like LEGO for office software: ready blocks you snap together into the tool your team needs.
Low-codeBuilding software mostly with visual tools
Power AppsTool for building business apps
Power AutomateTool for automating workflows
DataversePower Platform's data store