Digital transformation "wrestling", this low-code platform helps enterprises to fully fire

In recent years, we often hear the word "low-code", especially for friends in the technology circle, everyone gets together to talk about low-code-related technical topics. We know that with the advancement of the global digitalization process, the digital transformation needs of enterprises are constantly escalating, especially in the context of the increasing complexity of multi-technology stacks and hybrid cloud products, traditional development has long been unable to keep up with digital transformation and customized development. Business needs. As customers face higher costs and corresponding security challenges, low-code platforms that can be developed quickly and can reduce traditional programming work have gradually become the first choice for more and more industries to deal with complex dilemmas.

Some people may ask: Why is low-code so popular in recent years? Did it burst into flames? In fact, looking back at the development process of low-code, we will find that in the past few decades, the evolution speed of low-code has been continuously evolving with the drive of cutting-edge technologies, and its development to the "fast forward" stage is precisely in Last few years.

As early as the 1980s, people have been doing low-code. The earliest IBM development tool RAD is a kind of (Low-Code), which has the ability of rapid development and can be used for rapid application delivery with a small amount of code. In the nearly 40 years since, low-code has gradually developed the concept of visual low-code, zero-code through fourth-generation programming languages. It was not until 2015-2018 that the low-code market officially began to heat up. At this time, global technology giants including Amazon, Google, and Microsoft “players” have entered the game one after another, making efforts in this field one after another.

By 2021, a complete zero-code and low-code ecosystem in China will gradually take shape. Among them, Microsoft, which is rooted in China and has always been a leader in technological change, with its technical advantages, the Microsoft Power Platform low-code platform launched in the industry is "late-comer" in the industry, and has attracted market attention because of its powerful functions and personalized services. .

Today, the Microsoft Power Platform low-code platform has officially entered into the second year. In the context of the global epidemic industry transformation, Microsoft Power Platform is using its complete technology stack advantages and one-stop development platform to meet its scenarios in all walks of life appeals to empower the domestic low-code ecosystem.

This year coincides with the 10th anniversary of Sifu. In the previous Q&A activity on the 10th anniversary topic, we received the expectations and expectations of the next decade of technology from community developers, including low-code and other related technologies. As an "old friend" of Sifu, Microsoft's Power Platform platform technology has also attracted the attention and mention of many developers in the Sifu community.

N Reasons You Have to Learn Microsoft Low Code

I believe that for any friends in the technical circle, everyone has a heart of curiosity and learning, not to mention that the low-code technology that is almost "out of the circle" must be more attractive to everyone.

1: Integrated cloud-integrated platform

Today, various industries are showing a general trend of "cloud-intelligence-edge" coordinated development, and the surge and constant changes in enterprise business demand are becoming the norm. In the past, the "barriers" of "performing their own duties" in the traditional development model can be well resolved with the introduction of low-code platforms, and the problem that development resources cannot meet business needs can also be easily dealt with.

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The Microsoft Power Platform low-code platform based on Microsoft Cloud Azure, with the advantages of a complete technology stack, realizes business continuity through predictive and proactive financial operations, and provides a consistent and open technical architecture for the development process. flexibility and scalability.

Two: Uncompromising "interconnected tools"

The Microsoft Power Platform low-code platform is scalable and can be described as an uncompromising "interconnected tool", flexible and unified, and can be expanded infinitely, enabling large-scale acceleration and automation with intelligence and ease of use. "Personalized" development needs, it can provide developers with an environment for easy collaboration.

Microsoft Power Platform takes enterprise applications and workflows to the next level with secure, cloud-based identity and access management services; enables business continuity with predictive and proactive financial operations; easily Connect your data and automate across 1st and 3rd party apps and services (400+), no API required. Simplify complex data projects and integrate data from common data services (Dataverse) for a holistic view of the entire business.

Microsoft Power Platform includes powerful components such as Power BI, Power Apps and Power Automate, which can be seamlessly integrated with Microsoft Office 365, Dynamics 365, Azure and third-party applications, improving the ability of enterprises to quickly build solutions. Not only does Power Platform work with Microsoft cloud services, hundreds of business applications, and other data sources through a library of connectors, but it also provides professional developers with built-in connectivity to services like GitHub and AI Builder. As requirements grow, it's easy to switch between tools when building applications that cover complete complex requirements.

Three: A more automated and modern platform

Meanwhile, Microsoft Power Platform "modernizes" legacy tasks and processes using a secure, low-code platform. Automate legacy software with SaaS-based Robotic Process Automation (RPA) using RPA and screen scraping (no APIs); drive intelligent operations across your organization by injecting artificial intelligence into automated workflows across on-premise software and cloud services ; Extend and innovate legacy systems while easily connecting proprietary data sources.

Four: strong applicability

Of course, the Microsoft Power Platform has great adaptability to quickly adapt to changing business needs with built-in solutions. Increase agility across your organization to scale faster by rapidly building low-code applications and process automation; save time and money by quickly building custom solutions with low-code technologies; use low-code backends, built-in logic and business rules , enabling developers to increase productivity and scalability.

Five: Security, Compliance, and Transparency

In addition, Microsoft Power Platform also has strong security, management and compliance, which can avoid customers' security worries. The Microsoft Power Platform low-code platform combines low-code application development, workflow automation, AI bot development, and data analytics with extensive connectivity through Microsoft Dataverse to provide businesses with robust data security, compliant applications across all domains management and transparent data access.

+1 reason to learn low code: less code, stay away from overtime

As we all know, the so-called low-code platform usually refers to aPaaS products. By providing developers with a visual application development environment, it reduces or eliminates the need for native code writing in application development.

At present, the domestic market has shown a sense of competition in terms of low-code technology, but because the low-code development platform "players" have relatively "uneven" backgrounds, some rely on BI and process to start, and some are based on SaaS transformation and exploration, Most of the differences are not particularly large, so the entire industry is still in the stage of "making the cake bigger". However, for some cloud computing "big factories" entering the platform, the chance of "sudden emergence" in the process is still quite large.

The Microsoft Power Platform low-code platform that integrates powerful functions, based on the above advantages, can not only promote the rapid development of enterprises' business through intelligent data analysis, rapid application construction, and process automation, but also through "less code, more empowerment" "To help customers achieve rapid transformation, so as to finally implement the vision of "low-code development for all".

At present, the Microsoft Power Platform low-code platform has been successfully applied in various industries around the world. According to official data, 97% of the world's top 500 enterprises are using Power Platform. For example, in the B2B field, Power Platform can be used to realize the end-to-end full life cycle process of enterprises.

Microsoft's low-code "big killer": helping you fire up your workplace

For a long time, the outside world has paid more attention to the annual salary of the IT industry, but technical experts who have obtained relevant certifications will have an advantage in salary. According to Global Knowledge's "2021 Global IT Certification Salary Survey Report", "programmers working in network security and cloud architecture are far ahead in the IT industry," and among them, the average Microsoft-certified solution experts The annual salary is nearly 900,000 RMB.

For a long time, Microsoft has planned a variety of professional certification courses for IT industry technical workers in different positions. After completing the course study and passing the professional exam, they can obtain the certified skill certificate issued by Microsoft. Through this, we can help everyone improve their professional skills. Help everyone in the career path to rise and raise wages.

Recently, Microsoft has launched the entire Power Platform course for Dynamics 365 business users and low-code enthusiasts to help relevant practitioners improve productivity, optimize basic business processes, and improve data analysis efficiency through the functions of Microsoft Power Platform. Below is the detailed class schedule:

The "Free Technology Open Course" is divided into three courses: " Basic Knowledge ", " Rapid Application Construction " and " Business Process Automation ". The upcoming " Basic Knowledge " class is from 19:00-22:00 on September 6, with a total duration of 180 minutes. Developers who want to obtain relevant certifications should not miss it!

(Click here to start the class: https://chinaevent.microsoft.com/Events/details/60893267-d9f3-4bd9-93ee-0403bf23d999/?channel_id%3d50%26channel_name%3dPaid-SF )

The " Basics " free course of the Microsoft Power Platform Online Technical Open Course can meet current and future needs while expanding your career opportunities. And you can learn how Power BI, Power Apps and Power Automate work together to help you Analyze data, build custom apps, and automate workflows, no matter your level of expertise. After you complete the Fundamentals training, you'll be eligible to take the Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals Certification exam for free.

" Build Apps Faster ," the Microsoft Power Platform Online Technical Open Course, to gain the skills you need to build apps quickly, and learn how Microsoft Power Apps, Microsoft Dataverse, and Microsoft Teams work together to build, secure, and manage an app framework data, and share group-specific information and capabilities to improve workflow and output.

" Automating Business Processes ," the Microsoft Power Platform Online Technical Open Course, can help you understand how to run your business more efficiently, how to use Microsoft AI Builder and Power Automate to optimize your workflow, and use these tools together to help you simplify repetitive Sexual tasks and go paperless with desktop, web, and mobile apps so you can focus on other areas of your business.

In addition, the October Power Platform Day webinar will invite Power CAT from Microsoft headquarters and Power Platform market and technical experts from Microsoft China to share the value strategy, usage guidelines and best practices of Microsoft Power Platform to all low-code enthusiasts in the community. For more event details and progress and more free educational resources about Microsoft Power Platform, see: https://chinaevent.microsoft.com/landingpage/landing-page/index?pf_uid=5407_3&id=3439

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In the context of the global epidemic, the "shortcomings" of many enterprises in digitalization have gradually become prominent. In order to maintain business operations and meet the needs of employees and customers, the imminent digital transformation of enterprises urgently requires more flexible and cost-effective solutions. New apps to fill in the gaps.

As a low-code technology that has been verified by industry cases, it just meets the current industry digital development needs, and the advanced low-code platform of Microsoft Power Platform, with its technical advantages of "cloud-smart-edge", is redefining the present and future of enterprises digitization method.