Apps for everyone: updates to Power Apps pricing and licensing

Ryan Cunningham, Director PM, Power Apps, den 1 juli 2021

This week we’re wrapping up our fiscal year, a year of unprecedented growth for Power Apps. It’s a good moment to reflect on how far we’ve come together as a community and what it means to take the low code movement to the next, even larger scale. Today we announced on the official Microsoft Licensing blog that we’ll be making some changes to the price of Power Apps this Fall – reducing our prices for both the Per User and Per App plans and simplifying Per User in the process.

Introducing Power Apps Ideas: AI-powered assistance now helps anyone create apps using natural language

Ryan Cunningham, Director PM, Power Apps, den 25 maj 2021

The ultimate low-code app building experience is one where you describe in plain language what you want an app to do, and in an instant that app is created for you.

Microsoft is a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Low-Code Development Platforms for Professional Developers, Q2 2021

Ryan Cunningham, Director PM, Power Apps, den 11 maj 2021

We are excited to announce that Microsoft Power Apps has been recognized as a Leader in The Forrester Wave for Application Development and Delivery Professionals, Q2 2021.

Better together: introducing Custom Pages and the Modern App Designer

Ryan Cunningham, Director PM, Power Apps, den 4 maj 2021

Today at the Microsoft Business Applications Summit, we’re showing off a big step forward for the unification of the platform. Bring the full flexibility of the Power Apps canvas – from unlimited UX control to hundreds of data sources – directly into model-driven applications as a custom page using the new App Designer.

Introducing Microsoft Power Fx: the low-code programming language for everyone

Ryan Cunningham, Director PM, Power Apps, den 2 mars 2021

Today we’re introducing the newest member of the Microsoft Power Platform family: Microsoft Power Fx, an open source formula language for low code that’s based on Microsoft Excel.

Reshape the future of work with Microsoft Dataverse for Teams—now generally available

Ryan Cunningham, Director PM, Power Apps, den 16 november 2020

Common Data Service, the sophisticated and secure backbone that powers Dynamics 365 and Power Platform, has been renamed to Microsoft Dataverse. This low-code data platform is rapidly changing the way organizations around the world build apps and innovate business processes. A fresh name is just one part of a broader effort to introduce the power of what Dataverse can do to individuals and organizations around the world.

Gartner Magic Quadrant Names Microsoft Power Apps a Leader for Low Code Application Platforms

Ryan Cunningham, Director PM, Power Apps, den 5 oktober 2020

Today, we are announcing that Microsoft is a leader in the Gartner Low Code Application Platform (LCAP) Magic Quadrant. In the report, you’ll learn about Gartner’s assessment of the products in this market and explore their features.

Now in preview: customize Teams with built-in Power Platform capabilities

Ryan Cunningham, Director PM, Power Apps, den 22 september 2020

The public preview of fully embedded Power Platform capabilities in Microsoft Teams is now open. Starting today, millions of Teams users can make and use custom tabs, personal apps, chat bots, and more using a powerful onboard database and approachable low-code tools from the Power Platform.  As the world continues to adapt to the reality of Remote Work, tailoring the digital workplace to meet the needs of rapidly transforming businesses has never been more important. That’s why we are including these new capabilities at no additional cost for millions of Teams customers.

What time is it? It’s time for a #MSFTPowerBreak

Ryan Cunningham, Director PM, Power Apps, den 22 maj 2020

Calling all of you hard-working Power-Appers who have your hands full right now at home. We see you trying to work, teach your kids, do the laundry, and keep your sanity all at the same time. We thought you’d appreciate a chance to take a minute out of your day to enjoy a quick Power Break. Connect, laugh, and learn with your Power Apps community—and maybe even win a prize along the way.

Power Apps at Build Developer Virtual Conference, 2020

Ryan Cunningham, Director PM, Power Apps, den 19 maj 2020

The Power Platform has several sessions at the Build Developer Virtual Conference including rebroadcasting of “Accelerating enterprise app development with Power Platform”. The sessions included in this post show how professional developers can harness the capabilities of a no-code/low-code platform to rapidly create applications and work with citizen developers to accelerate an organizations development efforts.