Five tools. One platform. Built for the way business actually works.
Microsoft Power Platform is already part of most Microsoft 365 and Dynamics 365 licences. It gives every person in your business — not just developers — the ability to build apps, automate repetitive work, analyse data, create portals, and deploy AI agents. No lengthy development projects. No waiting for IT.
What is Microsoft Power Platform?
Microsoft Power Platform is a suite of five interconnected products from Microsoft — Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, Power Pages, and Copilot Studio. Each product addresses a different business challenge: building custom applications, automating manual workflows, making sense of data, creating secure external portals, and deploying intelligent AI agents. Used individually, each tool delivers clear value. Used together, they let businesses build end-to-end solutions that span every department and connect every system.
Power Platform sits on top of Microsoft Dataverse — a secure, scalable cloud database that acts as a shared data layer across all five products and connects natively to Dynamics 365, Microsoft 365, Azure, and hundreds of third-party applications. Because of this shared foundation, a flow built in Power Automate can trigger a Power Apps notification, pull data into a Power BI report, and update a record visible on a Power Pages portal — all without stitching systems together manually.
The five products
Power Apps
Build custom apps without a development team.
Power Apps lets your business create purpose-built applications that work exactly the way your processes work — connecting to your existing data sources and deploying on web or mobile in days, not months.
- •Purchase approval app with mobile sign-off
- •Field engineer job card and completion app
- •Expense submission app connected to finance systems
- •Custom data entry screens for warehouse teams
Power Automate
Stop doing manually what can run automatically.
Power Automate connects your apps and services and runs workflows in the background — routing approvals, sending alerts, syncing data, and triggering actions without anyone manually initiating them.
- •Invoice approval workflow routed by value threshold
- •New order alert sent to Teams channel automatically
- •Weekly report emailed to management every Monday morning
- •Contract expiry reminder 30 days before renewal date
Power BI
Turn your data into decisions.
Power BI connects to your existing data sources — spreadsheets, databases, cloud apps — and turns them into live dashboards your leadership team can act on. No more waiting for month-end exports.
- •Live financial performance dashboard
- •Sales pipeline and forecast tracking
- •Inventory and stock level monitoring
- •Cross-department KPI scorecard
Power Pages
Give customers and partners a self-service portal.
Power Pages builds secure, data-connected external websites and portals — without a development agency. Let customers, suppliers, or partners access the information and processes they need through a branded portal you control.
- •Customer portal showing order status and history
- •Supplier onboarding and document submission portal
- •Employee self-service HR and leave request portal
- •Event registration and management portal
Copilot Studio
Build AI agents that work alongside your team.
Copilot Studio lets you design and deploy custom AI agents — without writing code — that answer questions, handle requests, and complete multi-step tasks using your business data. Deploy in Teams, on your website, or inside any app.
- •AI agent answering product and stock queries
- •HR assistant handling leave requests and policy questions
- •Customer-facing chatbot managing support triage
- •Internal finance assistant retrieving reports on request
Why businesses choose Power Platform
Already in your licence
Most Microsoft 365 Business Premium and Dynamics 365 licences include Power Platform capabilities — you may already be paying for tools you are not using.
Fast to build, fast to change
A Power Automate flow or Power BI dashboard can be live in days. When requirements change, updates take hours — not a development sprint.
Connects to everything
Over 1,100 pre-built connectors cover Microsoft products, Salesforce, SAP, Google Workspace, DocuSign, and hundreds more. Custom connectors cover the rest.
Built for non-developers
Business users — not just IT — can build and maintain Power Platform solutions. Copilot in Power Apps and Power Automate now lets anyone describe what they need in plain English.
Enterprise security built in
Power Platform inherits Microsoft's enterprise security, compliance, and governance controls — including data loss prevention policies, role-based access, and full audit trails.
Proven ROI
A Forrester Total Economic Impact study found organisations deploying Power Platform reported an average 502% return on investment over three years.
Power Platform and Business Central
Business Central connects natively to all five Power Platform products — giving every BC user access to automation, custom apps, advanced reporting, external portals, and AI agents without additional infrastructure.
Your ERP data, unlocked.
Business Central stores your financial, operational, and customer data. Power Platform is how you put that data to work beyond the boundaries of the ERP. The Business Central connector — built and maintained by Microsoft — gives all five Power Platform products direct, secure access to BC data in real time. No middleware. No exports. No manual syncing.
The result: your finance team gets live Power BI dashboards built from BC data. Your operations team gets a mobile Power App that reads and writes to BC directly. Your management team gets a Copilot Studio agent that answers BC data questions in plain English. None of this requires modifying BC or adding custom code to the ERP.
Power Apps + BC
Build custom screens that read and write BC data — purchase approvals, job cards, stock takes — without modifying the ERP.
Power Automate + BC
Trigger automated workflows from BC events — new orders, posted invoices, low stock — and connect them to Teams, email, or any other system.
Power BI + BC
Connect directly to BC data for live financial dashboards, sales reports, and inventory views — updated in real time without manual exports.
Power Pages + BC
Give customers, suppliers, or partners a branded portal that surfaces their BC data — order status, invoices, delivery tracking — securely and without IT involvement.
Copilot Studio + BC
Build AI agents that answer questions using BC data — stock levels, order status, customer balances — deployed in Teams or on your website.