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Video Summary
- Massive Demand for Apps: By 2028, 1 billion new applications will need to be built, according to IDC’s April 2024 report. Traditional methods won’t suffice to meet this demand.
- Traditional Development Challenges: The old process involves lengthy meetings, documentation, and coding, often resulting in apps that don’t fully meet business needs and require constant maintenance.
- Low-Code Advantage: With low-code platforms like Power Platform, business users can directly build apps, dashboards, and workflows without heavy reliance on developers, speeding up the process and reducing errors.
- Developer Benefits: Developers can focus on more challenging and exciting projects instead of repetitive tasks, making their work more enjoyable and impactful.
- Power Platform’s Strengths: Microsoft leads in low-code application platforms, business intelligence, and process mining. It’s the most complete solution, offering a unified suite of products that boosts productivity and has seen significant user growth.
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Video Transcript
Why should you care about getting a Power Platform credential? Let me start with an interesting low-code opportunity. A very recent report from IDC, published in April 2024, states that one billion new applications will need to be built by 2028. I feel like I should say this in a dramatic movie voice—”One billion new applications”—because it’s such a massive number. Let’s be honest, I believe that number is real, and I believe we can reach it, but we cannot achieve that goal if we continue following the same processes as before.
If we look at how applications were traditionally built, everything starts with an idea or a business need. We need an app to accomplish something, and then we have tons of boring meetings where business users explain their requirements to business analysts. The business analysts document what they understand and pass it on to the developers, who then start working on the app. At this point, you almost forget you even requested it, and a few months later, you receive an app that may or may not be what the business user actually wanted. Traditionally, these applications have been built entirely through code. Everything was manually coded, meaning that we had to maintain and upgrade it, and every time we needed to add a feature, we had to bring in another team of developers.
Now, it’s time for a bit of developer humor. Coming from an IT Pro background, I always say—and I’m sure a lot of you have heard this before—that E = mc². But in IT, it means “Error = More Code, Power²” because the more code you have, the more chances you have for errors and bugs. And don’t listen to developers who tell you, “Vlad, it works on my machine”—it’s always a lie! It might work on their machine, but not necessarily anywhere else. Since this is a Power Platform discussion, we should really say, “Vlad, it works in my Dev environment.”
But what if, with low code, we could change this process? Instead of going straight to developers, the business user could directly start building an app themselves, whether it’s a dashboard, a mobile app, or a workflow. They would have a simple, no-code interface to build and launch it. Developers would still be involved if needed, but they wouldn’t be required for every single application. This would make life more enjoyable for developers because they wouldn’t have to keep working on the same repetitive applications that every department needs. Instead, they could focus on more challenging and exciting projects.
So why the Power Platform? Some people have strong opinions about the Gartner Magic Quadrant—some love it, some hate it—but Microsoft is a leader in three key areas: low-code application platforms, business intelligence platforms, and process mining. While Power Platform may not be the absolute best in every category, what makes it unique is that it is the most complete solution. It is the only platform that appears in all three categories. You don’t want to use ten different applications to meet different business needs; having a single suite of products helps you be more productive.
The growth of the Power Platform has been remarkable, increasing from 33 million monthly active users last year to 48 million this year. That’s an incredible jump! Sorry, the coffee just kicked in, and I’m getting a little too excited here. But the growth has been truly amazing.
