Utilizing Azure resources
Azure allows you to create resources that you can call to provide additional processing resources, store data, or manage areas of your tenancy, such as AAD. Much like Power Automate, Azure can provide additional processing power to your Power Apps through a number of Platform as a Service (PAAS), Software as a Service (SAAS), or Infrastructure as a Service (IAAS) offerings. There are a large number of connectors available to leverage Azure, some standard and others premium, which allow you to extend the functionality you have available to you within Power Apps.
There's also a growing number of connectors in preview, and therefore can be used for testing, which means that Microsoft is increasing the number of Azure resources that you have directly available within your Power App. The most common resources that are employed alongside Power Apps are as follows:
- Azure Active Directory (AAD)
- Azure Automation
- Azure Functions
We will begin by looking at the identity...