Power Apps Types | Canvas Vs Model Driven Vs Portals | Beginner Tutorial

In this step-by-step Power Apps beginner tutorial, you will learn all about the different App Types in Power Apps. Canvas Power Apps Vs Model-driven Apps Vs Power Apps Portals. You will learn how to create your first Canvas PowerApp, Model-driven App & Portal, understand the differences between the App types - features, licensing, data sources etc. with demos of PowerApps & more.

Power Apps is a suite of apps, services, and connectors, as well as a data platform, that provides a rapid development environment to build custom apps for your business needs. Using Power Apps, you can quickly build custom business apps that connect to your data stored either in the underlying data platform (Microsoft Dataverse) or in various online and on-premises data sources (such as SharePoint, Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, SQL Server, and so on)

In this video you will learn about:
✅ What is Power Apps?
✅ Different Types of Power Apps - Canvas Apps, Model Driven Apps and Portals
✅ When to use what?
✅ Feature Comparison - Licensing, External Access, Data Sources, etc.
✅ How to build a Canvas App?
✅ How to build a Model-driven App?
✅ How to build a Power Apps Portal?

🔗 Links
What is Power Apps?

Microsoft PowerApps documentation:

Power Apps Licensing Guide:

Microsoft Dataverse Introduction:

My Power Apps Playlist:

Power Apps for beginners Playlist (Get started with Power Apps):

Timeline:
00:00 - Introduction
00:32 - What is Microsoft Power Platform?
01:22 - What is Microsoft PowerApps?
01:58 - Types of Power Apps - Canvas Vs Model Driven Vs Portals
03:54 - What is Canvas Apps?
07:11 - Types of Canvas Power Apps
11:10 - When to start with Canvas Apps?
12:13 - Build your first Canvas App for beginners & demos
15:20 - What are Model-driven Apps?
17:06 - When to start with Model driven Apps?
18:42 - Build your first Model driven App for beginners & demos
24:05 - What are Power Apps Portals?
25:19 - When to use Power Apps Portals?
25:42 - Build your first Power Apps Portal for beginners & demos
29:00 - Feature comparison of Canvas Apps vs Model-driven Apps Vs Portals Vs Dataverse for Teams
37:53 - Subscribe to Reza Dorrani channel

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[spen]

💥💥Thanks Reza. Its clear a LOT of work has gone into this.

[robcan]

This was a perfect video telling IT people exactly what we needed to know a out this platform. Awesome. More of this type please. Quick, here is everything with working real world examples. Perfect!!!!

[crisgath]

This is the most concise description of the Power Platform features sans Power BI that I have seen yet.... Thanks as always!

[juandavila]

Model driven, omg, thanks Reza, a lot of people showed me these screens and I didn't known how. Now I knew how to create my first app. From my point of view it is the perfect solution for management the data

[pavelsheludkov]

Thank you Reza!
That's great walk through the types of apps. And what I like on top of everything else is that you are clearly articulating around licensing implications. Many don't. That's gold!

[anildamodaran]

This is easily the best beginner video for Power Apps on the web.

[naderhayek]

Finally a clear and short explanation after so much confusion. Thanks Reza =)

[pranavkahol]

Thank You Reza for guiding us in Microsoft Power Platform!!!

All the things that I have learnt related Power Apps and Power Automate till now is because of you only!!!

Thanks A Lot❣️

[dougydoe]

Very detailed summary walkthough of the types of PowerApps. Excellent delivery. Thank you

[peterhober]

Without a doubt the best summary and explanation of all these types. Thanks a lot Reza for making my week way easier to endure.

[johng]

Thanks in a million Reza! Very well explained. This is the nth time that I am watching this again. Great content. Awesome. I couldn't find this explanation--simply put anywhere else. “Great teachers are hard to find”. Grade: A++ 💥

[adajatobi]

Thank you Reza. This has really helped me understand the foundation of Power Apps

[tunein]

Thank you Reza, as usual your Power platform content is unmatched in YouTube or anywhere else. 👌

[vtan]

Greatest Info till date.

Reza: Waiting for "Power Automate Types"

[akashguntuk]

Thanks Reza. This is I'm searching for in YouTube.

[slstewart]

Great insights on the Model-Driven apps and Portals, Reza!

[hassanwaheed]

Great!!! you are a life saver ... this is exactly what i need to make some strategic development descisions

[PhilippeStefano]

Very comprehensive and accessible video. Thanks a lot for your work !

[anwar]

Amazing info and you summaried very well. Even the Microsoft decks doesn't provide this level of clarity.

[Cryogen]

Amazing tutorial Reza ! Thank you for all the info!