PowerApps Documentation

- Get started
- I'm an app user
  - App users can find and run apps created by them or by others on a phone, tablet or web browser.
  - Find and run apps
    
    In a web browser
    
    On mobile device (Canvas app)
    
    On mobile device (Model-driven app)
    
    On SharePoint (Canvas app)
    
    In Microsoft Teams (Canvas app)
    
    From AppSource
  - Use model-driven apps
    
    Unified Interface
    
    Navigation and basics
    
    Create a record
    
    Search records
    
    Import data from Excel
    
    Export data to Excel
    
    Use Flow to automate processes
- I'm an app maker
  - App makers can manage their organization's mission-critical data by quickly creating custom business apps without writing code. You can create two types of apps in PowerApps: Canvas app and Model-driven app. CDS for Apps is the data platform that lets you securely store and manage data used by business apps. More information: Create apps.
  - Canvas apps
    
    What are canvas apps?
    
    Generate an app automatically
    
    Build an app yourself
    
    Customize a sample app
    
    Customize a SharePoint form
    
    Connectors
    
    Apply business logic
    
    Controls reference
    
    Formula reference
    
    Share an app
  - Model-driven apps
    
    What are model-driven apps?
    
    Create an app
    
    Understand app components
    
    Create and design app forms
    
    Apply business logic
    
    Create and manage app views
    
    Use charts
    
    Use dashboards
    
    Use custom controls
    
    Use themes for branding
    
    Share an app
    
    Distribute an app
  - CDS for Apps
    
    What is CDS for Apps?
    
    Entities
    
    Entity relationships
    
    Fields
    
    Apply business logic
    
    Solutions
    
    Build Power BI reports from CDS for Apps data
- I'm an admin
  - Admins can use the PowerApps and Power Platform Admin centers to secure data, manage environments, and monitor usage.
  - Environment and security
    
    Administer environments
    
    Configure environment security
    
    View apps in your environment
  - Data integration and DSR
    
    Integrate data into CDS for Apps
    
    Respond to Data Subject Rights (DSR) requests
  - Licensing and purchase
    
    Licensing overview
    
    License requirements for entities
  - Power Platform Admin center
    
    Administer Power Platform
    
    Get Help + Support
    
    CDS for Apps analytics
    
    Manage environments
- I'm a developer
  - Developers are app makers who can use code to extend business apps and create client applications that connect to CDS for Apps.
  - Get started
    
    CDS for Apps: Developer overview
    
    Model-driven apps: Developer overview
    
    Canvas apps: Developer overview
    
    Common Data Model
  - Extend canvas apps
    
    Custom connectors
    
    Integrate into websites and other services
    
    Develop offline-capable apps
    
    Test drive your app on AppSource
  - Extend model-driven apps
    
    Customize entity forms
    
    Customize entity views
    
    Customize visualizations and dashboards
    
    Apply business logic using client scripting
    
    Customize commands and ribbon
    
    Use web resources
    
    Create, manage, and publish app
  - Work with CDS for Apps data
    
    Use Web API
    
    Use Organization service
    
    Query data using FetchXML
    
    Detect duplicate data
    
    Use optimistic concurrency
    
    Best practices
  - Work with CDS for Apps metadata
    
    Get started with metadata
    
    Browse your environment metadata
    
    Entity metadata
    
    Attribute metadata
    
    Entity relationship metadata
    
    Best practices
  - Apply business logic
    
    Plug-ins (CDS for Apps)
    
    Workflow extensions (CDS for Apps)
    
    Client scripting (Model-driven apps)
    
    Best practices: Plug-ins and workflow extensions
    
    Best practices: Client scripting
  - Integrate data with CDS for Apps
    
    Virtual entities
    
    Azure integration
    
    Webhooks
    
    Import data
    
    Data export service
    
    Data synchronization
  - Package and distribute apps/extensions
    
    Using solutions
    
    SolutionPackager tool
    
    Package Deployer tool
    
    Publish your app on AppSource
  - Create client applications for CDS for Apps
    
    Authentication
    
    Discover user organizations
    
    Build Windows client applications using XRM tooling
  - Best practices
    
    CDS for Apps
    
    Model-driven apps
    
    Canvas apps
  - Reference
    
    Entity Reference
    
    Web API Reference
    
    Organization service Reference
    
    Client API Reference
  - Samples
    
    Quickstart: Web API sample
    
    Quickstart: Organization service sample
    
    Quickstart: Client API sample
    
    Web API samples
    
    Organization service samples