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PowerApps in Practice — When It Works and When It Doesn't

Microsoft PowerApps: Dataverse, canvas apps, model-driven apps, real use cases, and the limitations nobody mentions in the demos.

15 min readpowerapps, microsoft, low-code, dataverse, power-platform, enterprise

Microsoft PowerApps is everywhere in enterprise IT. It ships with most Microsoft 365 licenses, integrates natively with SharePoint, Teams, and Dynamics 365, and promises business users the ability to build custom apps without developers. And sometimes it delivers on that promise — beautifully.

Other times, organizations discover they've built a house of cards. Apps that nobody can maintain, performance that degrades as data grows, and "citizen developers" who've created shadow IT that gives the security team nightmares.

Understanding where PowerApps shines and where it falls apart is essential if you work in or around the Microsoft ecosystem.

The Two Types of PowerApps

Canvas Apps

What: A visual app builder where you design the UI by dragging and dropping controls onto a c

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