Learning Microsoft Power Apps

Chapter 12. Power Apps with Microsoft Teams

As of 2023, there were more than 300 million monthly active users who use Microsoft Teams to create, collaborate, and connect.¹ With so many employees working remotely and meeting and collaborating via Microsoft Teams, there is a lot of interest in developing low-code and no-code applications that can make remote work easier and more effective.

Microsoft Dataverse for Teams brings the power of Microsoft Dataverse and Power Platform to Microsoft Teams. It is a built-in low-code data platform for Teams that enables you to build custom apps, flows, and chatbots in Teams by using Power Apps, Power Automate, and Copilot Studio. It also offers relational data storage, rich data types, enterprise-grade governance, and one-click solution deployment.

The following are a few real-life business use cases:

• Create an app to connect and share with people in your organization with similar interests and skills.

• Create an app for employees for company announcements and communications.

• Create an idea app for employees to share ideas and suggestions.

• Create a helpdesk app for organization employees to enter a ticket for issue reporting.

• Create an appraisal app for organization employees to manage the end-to-end appraisal process.

• Create an app to keep track of project activities, initiatives, and progress.

You can download sample app templates for use in Teams from Microsoft’s Official GitHub page. On Microsoft’s Customer Stories page, you can ...