Microsoft Power Pages is a feature in Microsoft Power Platform that delivers a secure, enterprise-grade platform for creating, hosting and administering modern external-facing business websites.
Power Pages empowers anyone, regardless of their technical skills, to build engaging and interactive web experiences using data from various sources, such as Microsoft Dataverse, SharePoint, Excel and more. It allows organizations to create websites that can be shared with external users either anonymously or through the login provider of their choice, such as X/Twitter, LinkedIn, Gmail, Microsoft Entra ID, etc. There is also an option to invite users to your website using invitation codes.
Power Pages works by providing a drag-and-drop interface where users can add and customize various components, such as text, images, buttons, forms, charts, maps and more. Users can also employ formulas and expressions to add logic and functionality to their pages, including validating inputs, performing calculations or displaying conditional content. Users can also connect their pages to various data sources and services like Microsoft Dataverse, SharePoint, Excel, Outlook, Teams and others to access, display and manipulate data in real-time.
Power Pages Capabilities
Power Pages is powered by Microsoft’s AI and cloud services and integrates seamlessly with Microsoft 365 and other popular tools.
- Low-Code Development: The intuitive drag-and-drop interface simplifies the development process, allowing you to focus on design and content rather than complex code. Microsoft also provides a range of templates for users to get started.
- AI-powered content: You can enrich your website with AI-generated headlines, captions, summaries and recommendations. You can also use AI to optimize your website for SEO, accessibility and performance.
- Security and Compliance: With built-in security features, Power Pages helps ensure that your data is protected. It offers secure data management and user access controls that can be easily configured.
- Integration Capabilities: You can integrate your website with Microsoft 365 and other popular tools, such as Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Power BI, Dynamics 365 and more. This connectivity ensures that your website can serve as a powerful hub for your business operations.
- Scalability: Power Pages is designed to grow with your business. Whether you’re starting with a simple site or scaling up to a complex enterprise application, it offers the flexibility and scalability needed to adapt to changing business demands.
Power Pages Benefits
- Ease of Use: Power Pages simplifies the website development process with its low-code environment. This ease of use accelerates the time to market, allowing you to launch your website faster and with fewer technical hurdles.
- Cost-Effectiveness: By reducing the need for extensive coding and development resources, Power Pages can significantly lower your web development costs. The low-code nature of the platform also reduces the reliance on specialized developers, making it cost-effective.
- User-Friendly Content Management: Power Pages offers an intuitive way to manage and update your site’s content with a user-friendly content management system (CMS). This feature allows for real-time updates and ensures that your site always reflects the latest information.
- Accelerated Development and Deployment: Power Pages leverage a low-code/no-code development approach, which dramatically speeds up the creation and launch of your website. This means you can go from concept to live site much faster compared to traditional web development methods.
Power Pages is integrated with Microsoft Power Platform, which means users can leverage the capabilities of other Power Platform products (Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, and Power Virtual Agents) to enhance their web pages and apps. For example, users can embed Power Apps or Power BI components into their pages or trigger Power Automate flows or Power Virtual Agents bots from their pages. Users can also use Power Platform connectors to integrate their pages with hundreds of external services and applications, including Twitter, Facebook, Mailchimp and Salesforce.
Power Pages is a game-changer for any organization that wants to create web pages that are data-driven and dynamic. Whether you want to create a landing page, a portfolio, a data-driven website a blog, a survey or anything else, Power Pages can help you do it faster and easier than ever before.
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Power Pages Examples
As an example, organizations have used Power Pages to create websites for scheduling, self-service, tracking, invoicing, interactivity and information gathering.
- Grant application portal
- Scheduling portal
- Customer self-service portal
- Partner self-service portal
- Supplier invoicing portal
- Application for services
- Issue tracking portals and many more
Power Pages Licensing and Power Pages Pricing Overview
Power Pages licensing is based on two user types, authenticated users per website/month and anonymous users per website/month. Sufficient user capacity must be assigned to the environment to cover the total number of unique users who access the website/month.
Power Pages Authenticated User Subscriptions
Authenticated user subscription licenses are offered for the number of unique, authenticated users accessing a website. These licenses are offered through capacity packs with 100 users per capacity pack.
| Capacity Pack Tiers | Capacity Packs Minimum Purchase | Total Number of Users (1 Capacity Pack = 100 Users) | Pricing |
| Tier 1 | 1 Capacity Pack | 100+ Users | $200/Pack |
| Tier 2 | 100 Capacity Packs | 10,000+ Users | $75/Pack |
| Tier 3 | 1,000 Capacity Packs | 100,000+ Users | $50/Pack |
Power Pages Anonymous User Subscriptions
Anonymous user subscription licenses are offered for the number of anonymous users who access a website and do not log in. These licenses are offered through capacity packs with 500 users per capacity pack.
| Capacity Pack Tiers | Capacity Packs Minimum Purchase | Total Number of Users (1 Capacity Pack = 100 Users) | Pricing |
| Tier 1 | 1 Capacity Pack | 500+ Users | $75/Pack |
| Tier 2 | 20 Capacity Packs | 10,000+ Users | $37.50/Pack |
| Tier 3 | 200 Capacity Packs | 100,000+ Users | $25/Pack |
Power Pages Pay-as-you-go Meters
With the Power Pages pay-as-you-go meters, customers can post pay based on the actual number of authenticated and/or anonymous users who have accessed a website.
Please note: Power Pages subscription licenses cannot be used in a pay-as-you-go environment.
Power Pages Authenticated User Meter
The authenticated pay-as-you-go meter enables customers to pay-as-you-go based on the actual number of authenticated users who have accessed a website in a month.
Power Pages authenticated pay-as-you-go meter definition: A measure of the number of unique authenticated users per website per month.
Power Pages Anonymous User Meter
The anonymous user pay-as-you-go meter enables customers to pay-as-you-go based on the actual number of anonymous users who have accessed a website in a month.
Power Pages anonymous pay-as-you-go meter definition: A measure of the number of unique anonymous users per website per month.
Power Pages Use Rights Included with Power Apps and Dynamics 365 Licenses
Power Pages use rights within Power Apps and Dynamics 365 Enterprise Apps are limited to the same environment as the Power Apps and Dynamics Enterprise Apps. Dynamics 365 Enterprise Apps are granted use rights for Power Pages, however, restricted tables and the associated Dynamics 365 license requirements for users who create, update or delete data stored within these tables remain in place.
| License | Power Pages Use Rights |
| Power Apps per App | Run 1 Power App or access 1 website |
| Power Apps Premium | Unlimited Power Apps and Power Pages websites |
| Dynamics 365 Team Members | None |
| Dynamics 365 Operations – Activity | None |
| Dynamics 365 Apps1 | None |
| Dynamics 365 Enterprise and Premium Apps2 | Power Pages websites that map to the same environment as the licensed Dynamics 365 application Unlimited Power Pages websites |
| Microsoft 365/Office 365 | None |
In summary, Microsoft Power Pages is a powerful, low-code platform that enables businesses to create secure and scalable websites with ease. Its AI capabilities, integration with Microsoft tools and flexible licensing options can make it a cost-effective solution for businesses of many sizes
Author: Shriya Dhar | [email protected]
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