Long tail of manual processes
Approvals, registers, inspections and requests that live in email and spreadsheets because no system owns them.
Microsoft practice · Power Platform
Automate and digitise processes faster on Power Platform
Power Platform lets organisations replace paper, spreadsheets and email-driven processes in weeks rather than quarters. BD-S delivers enterprise-grade apps, automation, portals and agents, and puts the governance in place so the platform scales without becoming a risk.
Business outcomes
What this solves
Power Platform engagements solve the process problems that never make it onto the enterprise roadmap.
Shadow IT and ungoverned apps
Makers have built useful things with no ALM, ownership or security review.
Slow delivery of small change
Traditional development cannot justify the small, high-volume improvements teams need.
Copilot without a runway
Agents and automation need clean data, connectors and governance before they are safe to deploy.
What we deliver
Power Platform services
Power Apps
Canvas and model-driven apps for line-of-business processes, on Dataverse where data matters.
Power Automate
Cloud flows, approvals, RPA and process orchestration across Microsoft 365 and external systems.
Power Pages
Secure external portals for lodgement, self-service and partner collaboration.
Copilot Studio
Agents grounded in your data and connected to your systems, governed and measured.
Health check and governance
Environment strategy, DLP, ALM, Centre of Excellence and platform health reviews.
Dataverse, AI Builder and Power BI
The data, AI and reporting layer underneath, covered below.
Microsoft technologies
Platforms and products we work with
Also covered here
More of the Power Platform portfolio
Dataverse
The data platform under model-driven apps, Dynamics 365 and Copilot Studio. Using it well is the difference between a departmental app and an enterprise one.
- Data modelling, security roles and business rules
- Environment and solution strategy
- Migration from SharePoint lists and Access
- Integration through dataflows, virtual tables and Azure
AI Builder
Document processing, prediction and GPT prompts inside apps and flows without custom AI development.
- Invoice, form and ID document extraction
- Classification and prediction on Dataverse data
- Prompt actions inside Power Automate
- Governed alongside Copilot Studio agents
Power BI
Reporting over Dataverse, Dynamics 365 and Azure data so process improvements are measured, not assumed.
- Operational dashboards for apps and automations
- Semantic models over Dataverse and Fabric
- Row-level security aligned to platform roles
- Delivered with the Azure Data and AI practice for larger estates
How BD-S helps
From strategy through to ongoing support
Advisory
Platform strategy, environment design, licensing and use-case prioritisation.
Implementation
Enterprise app, automation, portal and agent delivery by BD-S engineers.
Integration
Custom connectors and Azure services where standard connectors run out.
Modernisation
Replacing Access databases, InfoPath, Lotus Notes and legacy forms.
Adoption
Centre of Excellence, maker enablement and citizen development with guardrails.
Managed services
Platform operations, app support and enhancement capacity under a service agreement.
Typical engagements
Where we usually start
Power Platform health check
Environments, DLP, apps, flows and licensing reviewed with a risk-ranked plan.
Governance and CoE setup
Environment strategy, policies, ALM pipelines and CoE toolkit.
Enterprise app delivery
A scoped application built, tested and transitioned.
Automation program
A backlog of processes automated in priority order.
Legacy modernisation
Access, InfoPath or paper processes replaced.
Managed platform
Ongoing operations, support and enhancements.
Power Platform pages and related capabilities
- Power AppsEnterprise Power Apps delivery: canvas and model-driven apps on Dataverse, built, governed and supported by BD-S.
- Power AutomateProcess automation with Power Automate: approvals, orchestration, RPA and integration across Microsoft 365 and external systems.
- Power PagesSecure external portals on Power Pages for lodgement, self-service and partner collaboration, connected to Dataverse and Dynamics 365.
- Copilot StudioGoverned agents built in Copilot Studio, grounded in your data and connected to your systems, engineered and supported by BD-S.
- Power Platform Health Check and GovernancePower Platform health checks, environment strategy, DLP, ALM and Centre of Excellence setup so the platform scales safely.
- AzureIntegration and data services when connectors are not enough.
- Business ApplicationsDynamics 365 on the same Dataverse foundation.
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