
Power Pages is the evolution of Power Apps Portals, now offering a more streamlined, design-friendly experience. As a part of Microsoft 365, Power Pages integrates deeply with Dataverse, SharePoint, Azure AD, Power Automate, and Power BI, enabling businesses to:
Rapidly create professional websites
Manage secure external or internal access
Automate processes with built-in workflows
Display and collect data dynamically
Embed real-time dashboards and reporting
This solution empowers IT teams and non-technical users alike to build solutions that traditionally required web developers and large budgets.
Power Pages offers a drag-and-drop design studio that makes it easy to build modern, responsive sites. Users can choose from prebuilt templates or design custom pages to suit business needs—all without extensive coding knowledge.
Store, retrieve, and manipulate structured data effortlessly using Microsoft Dataverse. Power Pages can read and write data directly to Dataverse tables, making it ideal for data-driven applications like registration portals, forms, directories, and reporting tools.
Use Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), Microsoft accounts, or third-party identity providers to control who can view or contribute to your Power Pages website. This makes it easy to build external-facing websites that are both secure and personalized.
Automate processes such as approval flows, notifications, and data syncing using Power Automate. You can link website form submissions to emails, CRM systems, or backend SharePoint lists—saving countless hours of manual effort.
Easily embed Power BI dashboards within your pages to visualize trends, KPIs, or metrics. This feature transforms your site into a self-service portal where users can interact with real-time data insights.
Every Power Pages site is optimized for mobile out of the box. This ensures a consistent and accessible experience across devices, which is crucial for public-facing portals.
Allow customers to log in, view order history, submit service tickets, or update personal details—securely and conveniently. Microsoft 365 Power Pages makes building these portals fast and manageable.
Provide vendors and partners with a centralized portal for onboarding, compliance uploads, reporting, and more. Integration with SharePoint or Dataverse ensures data consistency across your systems.
Build internal portals for leave requests, payslip viewing, HR policies, and onboarding resources. Automate approvals and securely manage access via Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD).
Create public-facing websites for webinars, workshops, and conferences. Collect attendee data, issue confirmations, and link to Outlook calendars and Teams.
Allow external users to upload compliance forms, financial statements, or project documentation securely. This removes the need for back-and-forth email trails and centralizes document handling.
Non-profits can use Power Pages to create donor portals, volunteer sign-up forms, and community engagement hubs—affordably and effectively.
Traditional web development can take months. Power Pages reduces this to days or weeks, allowing businesses to launch new initiatives faster and more efficiently.
By using low-code design, Power Pages reduces the dependency on expensive web development agencies. With built-in templates and Microsoft’s familiar tools, your in-house teams can do more with less.
Power Pages inherits Microsoft’s trusted security standards, including data encryption, role-based access control, and DLP (data loss prevention) policies.
Deep integration with Power BI, Outlook, SharePoint, Teams, and Dynamics 365 means your website can function as a central node in your Microsoft 365-powered business environment.
Whether you're a small business or a large enterprise, Power Pages grows with you. Start with a single portal and expand its capabilities as your needs evolve.
Admins can activate Power Pages from the Microsoft Power Platform admin center. Once enabled, it appears in the app launcher alongside Power BI, Power Automate, and Power Apps.
Microsoft offers various starter templates like Customer Self-Service, Partner Onboarding, and Case Management. These can be customized or you can build your own from a blank canvas.
Use the drag-and-drop designer to add components like forms, galleries, text blocks, and media. You can style your site with CSS and adjust layouts responsively.
Link to Dataverse tables, SharePoint lists, or external APIs to feed data into your site. Set up permissions to control who can view or submit data.
Preview your portal across desktop and mobile devices. Once you’re satisfied, publish your site to a secure web address provided by Microsoft or map it to a custom domain.
Use Case: Vendor Compliance Portal for a Financial Institution
A South African financial services provider needed a secure portal where vendors could submit compliance documents, view approval statuses, and track their submissions.
Built using Power Pages with Azure AD authentication.
Vendors log in and upload documents, which trigger a Power Automate approval flow.
Compliance teams receive alerts and approve or reject documents.
All data stored in Dataverse and backed up via SharePoint.
Result:
Reduced manual email back-and-forth by 80%
Increased compliance turnaround time by 40%
Full audit trail of document uploads and approvals
Customers, partners, and employees expect digital self-service tools. Power Pages helps you meet those expectations quickly and professionally.
Building efficient, secure, and integrated portals with Microsoft 365 Power Pages can play a central role in your digital strategy—helping to automate manual processes, improve data quality, and increase agility.
With intuitive design tools and deep integration into the Microsoft ecosystem, Power Pages allows your teams to take ownership of their solutions—no need to wait for external vendors.
While Power Pages is designed for low-code development, advanced users can extend functionality with custom JavaScript, Liquid templates, and web APIs. This opens the door to complex scenarios like:
Custom validations and conditional UI behavior
Dynamic content loading via JavaScript APIs
Integration with external systems through secure APIs
Tailored user experiences based on roles or profiles
This hybrid approach means developers aren’t limited by what’s available out-of-the-box—they can push the limits when needed.
Microsoft 365 Power Pages supports global businesses by offering multilingual site capabilities. Administrators can localize content into multiple languages, ensuring a seamless and inclusive user experience across borders. Language toggles are built into the framework, and content managers can use the design studio to translate forms, text, and labels with ease.
Accessibility is a core feature in Power Pages. The platform adheres to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) standards, making your sites more usable for people with disabilities. Features include:
Screen reader compatibility
Keyboard navigation support
High contrast themes and scalable fonts
Additionally, businesses in regulated industries can use Power Pages to create compliance-friendly solutions, thanks to robust audit logs, role-based access control, and data retention policies integrated through Microsoft Purview.
Power Pages’ biggest strength lies in how well it connects to the Microsoft 365 universe. Here are a few high-impact integrations:
Use Power Pages to serve up data directly into Microsoft Teams via tabs or embedded URLs. Internal users can interact with the site without leaving their communication hub. You can also surface portals in Viva Connections to unify access for frontline workers.
Customer data collected from Power Pages (e.g. service requests or feedback forms) can flow directly into your Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement environment. This means no duplication of effort and a more complete 360° view of your customers.
While Dataverse is the default data source, many businesses still use SharePoint for document management. Power Pages supports embedding SharePoint document libraries, surfacing list data, or triggering document workflows via Power Automate.
Power Pages is licensed separately from standard Microsoft 365 business plans. There are two main models:
Authenticated Users – Charged per user/month. Suitable for scenarios where users log in to access personalized content (e.g., employee portals or customer accounts).
Anonymous Users – Charged per page view/month. Best for public-facing websites with general information or registration pages.
Microsoft also offers capacity add-ons if your usage grows, providing flexibility and scalability.
Pro tip: For internal-only sites, authenticated user licensing is often more economical. For campaigns or event registration pages, anonymous usage can be cost-effective.
If you're new to Power Pages, keep these best practices in mind:
Start with a well-scoped problem. Are you collecting data? Automating workflows? Displaying dashboards? Clarity upfront helps design better portals.
Microsoft’s prebuilt templates save hours of development time. Customize them to suit your branding and structure.
Design your Dataverse tables and permissions before building pages. A solid foundation reduces rework.
Simulate what different users will see—admins, contributors, guests. Fine-tune access to avoid exposure of sensitive data.
Use caching options, limit unnecessary plugins, and compress images to keep pages loading fast.
Microsoft continues to invest heavily in Power Pages. Upcoming roadmap items include:
AI-powered form suggestions and layout design
Deeper GitHub and Azure DevOps integration for CI/CD pipelines
Enhanced theming and UX customization tools
Native integration with Microsoft Fabric and Copilot Studio
This means building on Power Pages today isn’t just solving a problem—it's preparing your organization for what’s next in digital transformation.
Microsoft 365 Power Pages stands at the intersection of simplicity, scalability, and security. It offers a unique proposition: enabling non-developers to build impactful, data-connected websites, while still allowing developers to extend and innovate.
Whether you’re solving a business problem, building community engagement platforms, or digitizing internal workflows, Power Pages delivers the tools to do it—quickly, securely, and beautifully.
By embracing Microsoft 365 Power Pages, you're not just creating a website. You're building a modern, integrated digital experience that speaks the language of your business, your users, and your future.
Microsoft 365 Power Pages is more than a website builder—it’s a digital transformation engine. From secure data portals to integrated dashboards, Power Pages empowers businesses to solve real problems faster and more effectively. With the backing of Microsoft’s ecosystem, world-class security, and low-code simplicity, you can scale operations, improve customer satisfaction, and automate internal workflows with ease.
Whether you're a startup, NGO, government entity, or global enterprise, Microsoft 365 Power Pages offers the tools you need to deliver powerful web-based solutions—today and into the future.
