Taking advantage of the craze for codeless / low code solutions, Microsoft today released power pages, a stand-alone product in the company's power platform portfolio for creating commercial websites Power pages used to exist as a component of power apps, called power apps portal, but it has been split and redesigned with a new user experience.
As a new independent product, power pages provides an effective platform for anyone, regardless of their technical background, to create a data driven, modern and secure website. In addition to low code, the function of power pages is far beyond the previous power apps portal, enabling organizations of any size to safely establish websites, with exciting new aesthetic features, advanced customization capabilities, and pro development scalability.
There are many web design startups on the market. But Microsoft is touting the integration of power pages with its existing services as a key differentiator. For example, power pages and visual studio Code, GitHub, power platform command line interface and azure Devops are connected to enable more advanced users to automate the development workflow and use CI / CD practice.
Power pages also allows users to realize role-based access control and web application firewall through azure, and collect and share business information with website visitors through Microsoft's dataverse platform. Other highlights include the power pages design studio, which provides tools for designing, configuring and publishing layouts and pages with text, videos, images, and business data tables and lists. The template center provides ready-made websites for use cases such as scheduling, registration and application submission, while the "Learning Center" provides guidelines and tutorials on how to build websites, business data modeling and use code components.
Power pages is an enterprise class platform for building solutions and optimizing business workflow with external audiences such as customers, partners and community members. Power pages originated from the power apps portal. From sales to government services, power pages has been used by customers all over the world. Although the market is saturated, there is still a strong demand for web design tools. According to a recent survey by top design firms, although 28% of small businesses do not have a website, 44% plan to create a website in 2021.