Discover the power ofLow Code + AI
Low-code development is revolutionizing how businesses create solutions, offering a powerful approach that accelerates innovation and enhances productivity.
According to a 2023 KPMG report entitled, “Shaping digital transformation with low-code platforms”, companies considering low-code critical to their success use it to:
- Make development processes more efficient and reliable (64%)
- Make developers faster (63%)
- Make IT more flexible and agile (62%)
Microsoft’s Power Platform represents a transformative technology that combines cloud computing and advanced AI capabilities. Built on robust, scalable cloud infrastructure, the Power Platform leverages intuitive visual interfaces and pre-built components to streamline the development process.
Lantern’s experts can help you harness the Microsoft Power Platform to rapidly design, deploy, and scale custom applications, driving innovation and unlocking new levels of business value through low-code solutions.
The Value of the Power Platform
Our Power Platform Services
Advisory, Strategy, Envisioning
We assess your current landscape, define governance strategies, and create a tailored roadmap for successful adoption and scaling of low-code solutions across your enterprise.
Build & Launch
We design and build powerful, scalable applications using the Power Platform, creating tailored AI-integrated solutions that drive productivity and streamline operations.
Support, Enhance, Optimize
We provide ongoing support to enhance, maintain, and optimize your Power Platform solutions, ensuring they evolve with your business needs and leverage the latest platform capabilities.
The MicrosoftPower Platform
The Microsoft Power Platform is a comprehensive suite of low-code tools for building business applications, automating processes, and analyzing data. Integrating seamlessly with over 1,000 pre-built connectors, this versatile platform empowers organizations to create custom solutions, streamline workflows, and derive actionable insights without extensive coding expertise.
The Microsoft Power Platform offers numerous advantages, including:
- Accelerated innovation through integrated low-code development tools
- Significant reduction in development costs and time
- Enhanced data unification and insights delivery across the business
- Improved collaboration between professional developers and business experts
- Enterprise-grade security and governance features built on Microsoft Azure
The Microsoft Power Platform enables organizations to streamline app development, improve productivity, and maintain robust security standards while enabling custom solutions to be built quickly and efficiently.
- What is the potential ROI of implementing Power Platform?
According to the Forrester study, organizations can achieve a 216% ROI over three years with Microsoft Power Platform. This significant return is driven by multiple factors, including reduced development costs, increased operational efficiency, and improved business outcomes. The platform’s ability to empower citizen developers and streamline processes contributes to both cost savings and revenue growth. Additionally, the study found that organizations could realize a net present value of $93.06 million over three years, demonstrating the substantial financial impact of adopting Power Platform across various business functions.
- How does the Power Platform impact business outcomes?
Power Platform can lead to improved business outcomes across multiple dimensions. The Forrester study found that it can increase revenues by up to 1% by Year 3 and improve operating margins from 12.0% to 12.5%. These improvements stem from various factors, including faster time-to-market for new products or services, more efficient business processes, and data-driven decision-making. The platform enables organizations to rapidly develop and deploy applications that address specific business needs, automate workflows to reduce manual errors and increase productivity, and provide real-time insights through advanced analytics and reporting capabilities.
- How does Power Platform impact development costs?
Power Platform can reduce development costs by up to 48% compared to traditional methods. This cost reduction is achieved through several mechanisms. First, the low-code/no-code approach allows business users to create solutions without extensive IT involvement, reducing the need for professional developers. Second, the platform’s pre-built connectors and templates accelerate development time, cutting down on labor costs. Third, it minimizes the need for expensive third-party applications by enabling in-house solution development. Lastly, the platform’s integration capabilities reduce the complexity and cost of connecting different systems and data sources.
- How does fusion development with Power Platform benefit organizations?
Fusion development in Power Platform combines the strengths of citizen developers and professional developers, offering significant advantages to organizations. This approach allows business users to rapidly create initial solutions using low-code tools, while professional developers can extend and enhance these solutions with advanced coding when needed. The benefits include faster application delivery, as citizen developers can quickly prototype and build basic functionality. It also promotes better alignment between IT and business units, as both groups collaborate closely on solutions. Fusion development leverages the domain expertise of business users and the technical skills of professional developers, resulting in more comprehensive and scalable applications. Additionally, it helps organizations address the developer shortage by maximizing the productivity of both citizen and professional developers.
- How does Power Platform help IT departments manage increasing workloads?
Power Platform helps IT departments manage increasing workloads by enabling citizen development and promoting a culture of innovation across the organization. It allows business users to create their own solutions for day-to-day challenges, reducing the backlog of IT projects. This democratization of development frees up IT resources to focus on more complex, mission-critical initiatives. Additionally, the platform’s governance features allow IT to maintain control and oversight while empowering users. It also provides tools for IT to quickly develop and deploy solutions, further increasing their capacity to meet organizational demands.
- How does Power Platform ensure security and governance in citizen development?
Power Platform provides robust security and governance features, including data loss prevention policies, environment-level controls, and integration with Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory). It allows IT administrators to set up guardrails for citizen developers, ensuring that all applications and automations adhere to corporate security standards. Additionally, the platform offers centralized management tools for monitoring and auditing all citizen development activities, helping maintain compliance with industry regulations and internal policies.
- Can Power Platform help organizations become more data-driven?
Yes, Power Platform significantly contributes to organizations becoming more data-driven by democratizing data analytics. It allows more users to create and consume data insights through tools like Power BI, which provides advanced analytics capabilities in a user-friendly interface. The platform enables the creation of custom dashboards and reports that can pull data from various sources, providing a holistic view of business operations. Additionally, Power Platform’s AI Builder feature allows organizations to easily incorporate AI and machine learning into their applications and workflows, further enhancing data-driven decision-making capabilities across all levels of the organization.
Explore our Power Platform Insights
Ready to LeadIn the Era of AI?
Take the first step toward a brighter, smarter future. Partner with Lantern and watch your business soar to new heights with the Power Platform and AI.