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 Microsoft Power Automate, Azure can provide additional processing power to your PowerApps 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 Azure, some standard and others premium, which allow you to extend the functionality you have available to you within PowerApps.
There's also a growing number of connectors in preview, such as connectors that have pre-general availability 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 PowerApp. The most common resources that are employed alongside PowerApps are as follows:
- AAD
- Azure Automation
- Azure Functions
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