Microsoft has developed this aPaaS concept as the Microsoft Power Platform, an end-to-end business application platform that includes the Common Data Service, PowerApps, Power BI, and Flow technologies, and now underpins the Dynamics 365 applications (formerly called “CRM”) that many organizations already know. Together, these technologies fulfill the promises of aPaaS, enabling business and technology partners to:
- Rapidly create custom, containerized, no-code / low-code applications that meet different business and user group needs;
- Integrate all data natively on the platform – no custom components required – and make that data available to any other application;
- Employ “No Cliffs” development with tools that are easily extensible by professional developers and readily integrated with Azure cloud services.