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Microsoft Power Platform is a low-code development platform from Microsoft designed to help organizations build and extend business applications. It brings together tools for data analytics, app development, process automation, and AI-powered chatbots, enabling both professional developers and business users to create solutions with minimal coding.

The platform comprises four main products: Power BI for data analytics and visualization; Power Apps for building custom, low-code applications; Power Automate for automating workflows and tasks; and Power Virtual Agents for creating intelligent chatbots without coding.

Dataverse, the platform's data store, provides a common data model and secure storage, while connectors give access to data across Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, Azure, and hundreds of third-party services. AI Builder offers AI capabilities to automate analysis and insights.

Governance and security features include environment segmentation, data loss prevention policies, and management via the Power Platform Admin Center, with role-based access controls and policy settings to help organizations meet compliance requirements.

Licensing typically includes per-user or per-app plans for Power Apps, plus separate licenses for Power BI (Pro or Premium) and Dataverse storage; many organizations combine licenses with Microsoft 365 or Dynamics 365 subscriptions.

History and context: Microsoft introduced the Power Platform in 2018, combining PowerApps and Microsoft Flow (later rebranded as Power Automate) with Power BI and Dataverse; it is designed to empower citizen developers and accelerate digital transformation within enterprises.

Usage and impact: widely adopted across industries for internal process automation, data-driven decision making, and customer-facing solutions; integration with Microsoft Teams and other Microsoft services is a common deployment pattern.