Power Apps and Power Automate Connector Platform

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A critical part of data integration and the suite of products it supports — Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, and Power Query — is connectivity to external data sources. Although we built the initial set of connectors ourselves, most of the connectors over the past few semesters have been built directly by our ISV partners.

During this semester, we plan to further bolster our connector platform ecosystem to make it easier for our ISV partners to create their own connectors and enable them on our applications. A few examples of our investment include providing CLI tools to ISV partners so that they can update, manage, and deploy their own connectors, and providing sample connector source code by open-sourcing a limited set of existing connectors. We also plan to invest in providing policy templates, providing more comprehensive documentation, and creating a dedicated discussion forum. Finally, we will launch a fully automated certification portal that will enable our ISV partners to submit their connectors for certification and deployment.

Along with strengthening the ISV community's ability to create their own connectors, we plan to continue to invest in enterprise-grade data connectors like SQL Server, Oracle Database, Outlook, and more. More specifically, our investments in enterprise connectivity will include support for Azure Active Directory authentication in SQL Server, support for Excel Online in Power Apps, and enhanced connectivity to Oracle databases.