Service · Power Apps
Stop running your business in spreadsheets built ten years ago.
Microsoft Power Apps lets us build the bespoke business applications your team is currently faking with Excel and email — Canvas, Model-driven, or the new pro-code Code Apps experience. Same Microsoft tenant. Same licensing.
What it is
The application platform inside your Microsoft licensing.
Power Apps is Microsoft's platform for building custom business applications without standing up new infrastructure. It runs on the same Power Platform that hosts Power Automate and Power BI & Fabric — so apps, automations and analytics share data, identity and governance out the box.
Historically Power Apps shipped in two flavours — Canvas apps for pixel-perfect UX, and Model-driven apps for data-heavy operational systems. In 2025 Microsoft added a third: Code Apps — a pro-code experience that lets engineers build apps in React and TypeScript while still hosting them on the Power Platform, behind the same connectors, licensing and governance.
For most South African businesses we work with, Power Apps is already included in their existing Microsoft 365 / Power Platform licensing. The gap is engineering capacity. That's where we come in.
Three app types · one platform
We pick the right tool for the problem
Power Apps is no longer a single thing. Choosing the right app type upfront saves months of rebuild later.
Canvas Apps
When the UX matters most
Pick when you need pixel control, mobile-first design, offline capability or device features (camera, GPS, signature). Built with a drag-and-drop designer and Power Fx — Excel-like formula language.
Model-Driven Apps
When the data model matters most
Pick when you have a rich relational data model and need consistent forms, views, dashboards and role-based security across many entities. The UI is generated from your Dataverse schema.
Code Apps
When you've outgrown low-code
Pick when low-code hits its limits — complex UX, custom rendering, third-party React libraries, advanced state. Write in TypeScript / React, host on Power Platform, keep the connectors and governance.
Capabilities
What we build with Power Apps
Canvas Apps
Pixel-precise apps for phone, tablet and desktop. Drag-and-drop UI with Power Fx logic, offline support, camera, GPS, barcode and signature capture. Ideal for field teams, inspections and bespoke internal tools.
Model-Driven Apps
Data-first applications on Dataverse — relational schemas, role-based security, business process flows, dashboards and forms generated from your model. The right fit for complex operational systems with many entities and users.
Power Apps Code Apps
The new pro-code experience: build apps in React + TypeScript using your own IDE, then host them on the Power Platform with native Dataverse, connector and governance integration. No more low-code ceiling on serious projects.
Dataverse Engineering
Custom tables, relationships, calculated columns, business rules and plugins. Dataverse gives your apps a managed, governed SQL-grade backend with enterprise security baked in — no separate database to manage.
Custom Connectors
We wrap your existing REST and SOAP APIs as Power Platform connectors, making them callable from every Power App, flow and Copilot in your tenant — once, reusably, governed.
AI & Copilot Inside Apps
Embed AI Builder, Azure OpenAI and Copilot Studio agents directly into your apps — natural-language search, document extraction, recommendations and in-app assistants that understand your business.
Canvas Apps
Pixel-perfect, mobile-first, ready offline
Canvas apps are designed screen-first. You start with a blank canvas, drop in controls, wire them up with Power Fx — Microsoft's Excel-like formula language — and bind to any of 1,000+ connectors. The result is a custom app that runs on iOS, Android, Windows and the browser from a single build.
- Device features — camera, GPS, barcode, signature, biometric login
- Offline-first data collection that syncs when the device reconnects
- Embeddable in Teams, SharePoint, Outlook and Dynamics
- Responsive layouts with the modern container system — one app, every form factor
Model-Driven Apps
When the data model is the product
Model-driven apps invert the design: you start with the data model in Dataverse — tables, relationships, business rules, security roles — and the UI is generated from it. The result is a consistent, enterprise-grade application that scales to hundreds of entities and thousands of users without bespoke screen-by-screen design work.
This is the right shape for case management, complex CRM, project management, regulatory tracking and any system where the data and process matter more than pixel-perfect UX. It's the same engine that powers Microsoft Dynamics 365.
- Dataverse backend
- Business process flows
- Role-based security
- Solution lifecycle
Code Apps · NEW
When low-code stops being enough
Power Apps Code Apps is Microsoft's new pro-code experience for the Power Platform. Engineers build applications in React and TypeScript using their normal toolchain — VS Code, npm, Git, modern component libraries — and host the finished app on the Power Platform behind the same connectors, Dataverse access, identity, DLP policies and licensing as Canvas and Model-driven apps.
This is what we reach for when low-code hits its ceiling: complex client-side state, custom rendering, charting libraries, advanced UX patterns or genuinely product-grade interfaces — but the business still needs Power Platform governance, connectors and tenant-level security.
- Your IDE, your stack — TypeScript, React, your component library of choice, Git-based workflow
- Native Power Platform connectors and Dataverse SDK — no separate auth, no separate backend
- Tenant governance — Managed Environments, DLP, Entra identity, audit logs all apply automatically
- Same licensing model — Code Apps run on Power Apps Premium licences your tenant already meters
Use cases
What we've already built for clients
See real outcomes in our case studies.
How we work
A delivery model built for production, not demos.
01
Discovery
We map the process the app will support, the users who'll use it and the systems it must connect to. Output: a clear scope and the right app type — Canvas, Model-driven or Code Apps.
02
Design
We design the data model, app architecture, UX flows and security model. You approve the blueprint before a single screen is built.
03
Build
We engineer the app in your Microsoft tenant on your existing Power Platform licensing. Version-controlled solutions, environment promotion via deployment pipelines, automated testing where applicable.
04
Adoption
We train your users, configure monitoring and DLP policies, and stay on for hyper-care so the app actually gets used — not just shipped.
Pairs well with
Apps are rarely an island
Most engagements combine Power Apps with one or more of the surfaces below. Explore the broader Power Platform service catalogue.
Power Automate
Trigger workflows, approvals and integrations from inside your app — submit a form, fire a flow.
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Power BI & Fabric
Embed live dashboards inside your apps so users see and act on the same data in one place.
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Microsoft Copilot
Embed Copilot agents into your apps — natural-language search, guidance and in-app assistants grounded in your data.
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Have an app idea in mind?
Tell us the process or spreadsheet you'd retire first. We'll come back with the right Power Apps shape — Canvas, Model-driven or Code Apps — a delivery timeline and an estimate of the hours you'll recover.