Can Microsoft PowerApps create public facing apps

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Is it possible to publish apps build with PowerApps for use by the general public i.e. people not in my organisation.

If so, do they scale well - to 10,000s of users?

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FYI, we just had a meeting with Microsoft about licensing & governing. It seems that every public user would also need to pay licensing fees. As such, I don't think this is meant to be used for the general public.

user_17205500

How about:

  • Setting up an Azure instance with a kick ass domain name
  • Develop PowerApps
  • Spin off subdomains as needed for each "project"
  • Sell per-user seats for each PowerApp

You'd have to bootstrap the distribution (no app store presence) somehow manage a ridiculous Azure AD and separately bill your customers but... its possible (notice I didn't use the word scalable) :P

user_59760330

Update for 2021

You can create a PowerApps Portal app (not canvas or model-driven) that allows external users to access it without signing in (public) and can be scaled to any need.

It's basically a website that you can pull data into using a Microsoft Dynamics 365 form.

It does require the data source to be Microsoft Dataverse (formerly Microsoft Common Data Service) and publicly available data.

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