Skip to content
 

Microsoft Power Platform

Achieve More Through Smarter Ways of Working

Microsoft Power Platform is your secret weapon for creating custom business apps, automating workflows, and analysing data without needing to be a coding wizard. Recognised as a top 1% Microsoft Partner, CPS takes Microsoft Power Platform to the next level, pushing beyond its default features.

If you’re after heightened productivity, personalised user experiences, and a competitive edge in tech, let’s chat.

No strings attached.

What is Microsoft Power Platform?

The Power Platform is a suite of low-code tools from Microsoft designed to empower users to build custom business applications, automate workflows, and analyse data without needing extensive coding knowledge.

This powerful suite includes five key applications: Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Pages, Power BI and Copilot Studio.

Each of these tools plays a crucial role in helping organisations streamline their business processes, gain valuable insights, and create innovative solutions. Whether you’re looking to automate repetitive tasks, build intelligent virtual agents, or develop data-driven applications, the Power Platform has you covered.

Why CPS?

We get it — your business is unique, with its own challenges and needs. Our collaborative approach ensures we understand and embrace your business objectives. We offer proactive maintenance, performance assessments, and regular updates to keep your systems in top shape, preventing problems before they arise.

Our goal is to give you peace of mind, knowing your applications are in capable hands. This lets you focus on driving your business forward and fostering growth. Partner with CPS to ensure your technology empowers your business – discover next generation apps as you’ve never experienced before.

Get the Most from Power Platform

The Microsoft Power Platform is more than the sum of its parts. Connect Microsoft Power Apps together — and to Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, Microsoft Azure and hundreds of other apps — and you can build robust end-to-end business solutions for your organisation with the help of a trusted Microsoft partner. Microsoft Dynamics 365 integrates seamlessly with tools like the Microsoft Power Platform, underscoring its functionality in providing solutions tailored to different industry needs.

Microsoft Power BI can visualise trends, identify patterns, and make informed decisions, fostering a data-driven approach for effective business strategies.

Create Microsoft Power Apps tailored to your specific needs, boosting efficiency and adaptability across your business processes; automate workflows and create your own solutions with custom applications.

Streamline operations by automating reoccurring tasks and connecting different systems for enhanced productivity and maintaining a singly data source of truth.

Create and manage enterprise-level websites seamlessly, ensuring compatibility across various web browsers and devices for a robust online presence.

Leverage artificial intelligence to automate tasks, analyse data, and make intelligent decisions. Develop chatbots for customer service, predictive models for business forecasting, personalised recommendation systems for e-commerce and more!

What You'll Achieve

Rapid Application Development

With Power Apps, you can quickly and easily build custom business applications tailored to your specific needs, without requiring extensive coding knowledge.

Process Automation

Power Automate enables you to automate workflows and streamline repetitive tasks, significantly improving business productivity and efficiency.

Data Analysis and Forecasting

Power BI provides interactive real-time dashboards and insights, allowing you to make informed decisions and drive business growth.

Build Intelligent Chatbots

Copilot Studio allows you to build intelligent chatbots that can engage conversationally with customers and employees, enhancing customer service and support.

Integration

The Power Platform seamlessly integrates with Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, and other Microsoft products, enabling you to leverage your existing investments and extend the capabilities of your applications.

CPS showed exactly what the system could do for us and how good the cost case was. We see how Project Online would work alongside Power Automate, enabling us to build out Power Apps to make our project management flexible and responsive, and that Power BI could provide insightful reports and forecasts.

Emeka Vishal Onyearugbulem
Project Manager & PMO Team Leader

Power Platform’s Common Data Model

The Power Platform uses a common data model to facilitate data sharing across applications and business processes. This model adds intelligence to your data, making it actionable and insightful. By using metadata definitions, it ensures interoperability across applications, solutions, and teams, saving time, lowering costs, and boosting productivity.

Customising and Extending Power Platform

The Power Platform is highly customisable to meet your business needs. With Power Apps, build custom applications; with Power Automate, automate workflows; and with Power BI, analyse data for insights. It offers APIs and connectors for seamless integration with Microsoft products like Dynamics 365 and Microsoft 365. The Power Platform community provides pre-built templates, connectors, and tools for customisation.

Building a Centre of Excellence

A Centre of Excellence (CoE) can drive innovation by instilling standards, consistency, and governance into IT processes. As consultants, we help design and develop strategies for embracing the platform, focusing on Power Apps, Power Automate, and Copilot Studio. Whether for a proof of concept, pilot, or full rollout, we support your digital transformation. Dataverse provides a secure platform for data management and integration, centralising data for insights. Microsoft Dynamics 365 integrates seamlessly with the Power Platform, offering tailored solutions for various industries.

CPS employee pointing at an electronic whiteboard

Unlock Power Platform’s Key Features for Your Business

By partnering with CPS, you can unlock the full benefits of the features available. These include:

  • AI Builder: A turnkey solution that allows developers to easily add intelligence to workflows and apps. Predict outcomes that help improve business performance without writing code.
  • Microsoft Dataverse: Securely store and manage data from multiple sources and integrate that data into business applications, enabling the components of Microsoft’s Power Platform to work together.
  • Connectors: Connect apps, data, and devices in the cloud. There are more than 275 connectors for Microsoft’s Power Platform, enabling all your data and actions to connect cohesively. Examples of popular connectors include Salesforce, Office 365, X (formerly Twitter), Dropbox, Google services, and more.
CPS expert sitting at a desk working on a laptop with a coworker standing behind engaging in conversation

Power Platform Security and Governance

Security and governance are paramount when it comes to managing your applications and data. The Power Platform provides robust security features to ensure your data is protected:

  • Data Encryption: The Power Platform encrypts data both in transit and at rest, safeguarding sensitive information.
  • Access Controls: Role-based access controls allow you to manage who can access your applications and data, ensuring that only authorised users have access.
  • Compliance: The Power Platform complies with various industry standards and regulations, including GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI-DSS, helping you meet regulatory requirements.
  • Auditing: Auditing capabilities enable you to track changes to your applications and data, maintaining data integrity and supporting compliance efforts.

By leveraging these security and governance features, you can confidently manage your applications and data, knowing that they are secure and compliant with industry standards.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Dataverse Part of Power Platform?
Is Dynamics 365 Part of Power Platform?
How does Power BI help in decision-making?
What can I do with Power Apps?
How does Power Automate enhance productivity?
What is the role of Power Pages?
How does Copilot Studio improve communication?