Microsoft Power Platform Services

Embrace low-code/no-code business applications at scale without the need for extensive coding or IT resources.

Businesses often face several challenges when deploying Power Platform tools. One key challenge is ensuring that the tools are used effectively and consistently across the organization. Because Power Platform is a low-code/no-code platform, it can be easy for individuals or departments to create custom applications or workflows without following established guidelines or best practices. This can lead to fragmentation, redundancy, and inconsistency across the organization, as well as a lack of standardization and governance.

To address the challenges of Power Platform deployments, businesses need to establish clear governance policies and best practices for using Power Platform tools, as well as invest in security and compliance measures. They should also work closely with IT teams to ensure their Power Platform deployments are properly architected, scalable and aligned with their overall IT strategies and goals.

Why Embrace Microsoft Power Platform?

Microsoft Power Platform can help your organization to rapidly build and deploy custom business applications, without the need for extensive coding or IT resources. The outcome is a more consistent, secure, scalable, and user-friendly environment that supports business growth and helps achieve business goals more effectively.

Consistency and Efficiency

Ensure that your Microsoft Power Platform deployments are consistent and efficient, reducing redundancy, errors, and miscommunication by following established best practices and governance policies.

Security and Compliance

Ensure that your Microsoft Power Platform deployments meet relevant security and compliance requirements, reducing the risk of data breaches, regulatory violations, and reputational damage by adhering to best practices and working closely with IT security teams.

Scalability and Flexibility

Create a more scalable and flexible business application environment that can support the ever-growing needs over time by aligning Microsoft Power Platform deployments with overall IT strategies and business goals.

User Adoption and Satisfaction

Increase organizational adoption and satisfaction with Microsoft Power Platform tools by providing training and support for business users, as they can leverage the full potential of the tools and work more effectively.

Faster Time to Value

Ensure that your Microsoft Power Platform applications and workflows are developed efficiently and achieve business goals more quickly and with greater accuracy by following a clear development and deployment process.

Maximize Return on Investment

Maximize return on Power Platform investment by monitoring the performance of your business applications and workflows and continuously improving your Microsoft Power Platforms deployments.

Adastra’s Microsoft Power Platform Craftsmanship

Power Apps

Power Apps provides a range of pre-built templates and connectors, making it easy to create apps that integrate with other data sources and services.

Power Automate

Improve productivity, streamline repetitive tasks, and integrate with business applications through automated workflows.

Power BI

Get to know your performance metrics with Power BI – with any data, at any time, on any device.

Power Platform Success Stories

Adastra’s Microsoft Power Platform Methodology

We help organizations effectively manage and scale their Power Platform deployments, while ensuring that they meet security and compliance requirements, align with IT strategies, and enable users to work more efficiently and effectively by mastering the following strategic areas:

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Establish a Development and Deployment Process

Define a clear process for the development and deployment of Power Platform applications and workflows, which includes requirements gathering, development, testing, and deployment. Ensure that applications meet user requirements and organizational goals.

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Establish Governance and Best Practices

Create clear guidelines and best practices for the use of Microsoft Power Platform tools, including standards for application development, data governance, and security. This can help ensure that applications and workflows are created consistently and meet compliance requirements, while also providing a framework for managing their growth and evolution over time.

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Improve Security and Compliance

Ensure that your organization’s Microsoft Power Platform deployments meet security and compliance standards, including data encryption, identity and access management, and compliance. This can involve partnering with IT security experts or using third-party security solutions to ensure that sensitive data is properly secured and managed.

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Align IT Strategies and Goals

Ensure that their Microsoft Power Platform deployments are scalable and can support their growing needs, we work closely with IT teams to ensure that they are properly architected and integrated with other systems and applications. This can involve establishing clear integration points and APIs, creating backup and disaster recovery plans, and ensuring that the deployment aligns with overall IT strategies and goals.

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Monitor and Optimize Performance

Monitor and optimize the Power Platform environment for maximum efficiency and effectiveness. This can involve tracking usage metrics, identifying areas for improvement, and adjusting as needed.

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Provide Training and Support

To ensure that Power Platform tools are used effectively and consistently across the organization, we provide training and support for users, including working sessions, tutorials, helpdesk support and documentation. This can help ensure that users can leverage the tools’ full potential while adhering to established guidelines and best practices.

Frequently Asked Questions

The Power Platform CoE is responsible for developing and implementing clear governance policies and best practices for the use of Power Platform tools, as well as establishing a clear development and deployment process. The CoE also provides training and support for users, works closely with IT security experts to ensure compliance with relevant regulations, and monitors and optimizes the performance of Power Platform applications and workflows.

Some key best practices for Power Platform deployment include aligning deployments with overall IT strategies and goals, following a clear development and deployment process, providing training and support for users, adhering to security and compliance standards, and monitoring and optimizing the performance of applications and workflows. It’s also important to establish clear governance policies that promote consistency and efficiency, and to work closely with IT and other relevant departments to ensure that deployments are aligned with the organization’s overall objectives.

Power Apps: This low-code development platform allows users to create custom apps that can be used on desktop and mobile devices. Power Apps provides a range of pre-built templates and connectors, making it easy to create apps that integrate with other data sources and services.

Power Automate: This platform allows users to automate workflows and processes, reducing the need for manual data entry and improving overall efficiency. Power Automate provides a range of pre-built connectors and templates, making it easy to create custom workflows that integrate with other services.

Power BI: This business intelligence platform allows users to create custom dashboards and reports that can be used to track and analyze data. Power BI provides a range of pre-built connectors and templates, making it easy to create reports that integrate with other data sources.

Azure Active Directory: This cloud-based identity and access management solution provides a range of security features that can be used to protect Power Platform deployments, such as multi-factor authentication and conditional access policies.

Azure API Management: This cloud-based solution allows users to create, manage, and secure APIs, making it easier to integrate Power Platform applications with other data sources and services.

Microsoft Teams: This collaboration platform provides a range of features that can be used to improve communication and collaboration within Power Platform projects, such as real-time chat, file sharing, and video conferencing.

Embrace No-Code Business Value Now

By implementing a best practices approach to Microsoft Power Platform deployments, we help organizations ensure that their deployments are consistent, secure, scalable, and user-friendly. This can help businesses achieve their goals faster and with greater accuracy, while also improving employee engagement and satisfaction.