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Is Power Pages suited for internal-facing websites? If not, what are the alternatives?

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Posted on 4 Aug 2023 14:56:38 by 115

I want to create a website, which is accessible only by the users of our organization. On this website our user must fill out a form, which updates data in a Dataverse table. I thought about using Power Pages, but I am not sure if it's suitable for that use case.

 

The docs say that Power Pages is for external-facing websites What is Power Pages? | Microsoft Learn:

Microsoft Power Pages is a secure, enterprise-grade, low-code software as a service (SaaS) platform for creating, hosting, and administering modern external-facing business websites.

 

What should I use for an internal-facing website scenario?

 

 

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  • ronaldwalcott Profile Picture
    3,625 on 12 Apr 2025 at 05:15:26
    Is Power Pages suited for internal-facing websites? If not, what are the alternatives?
    Isn't it SharePoint?
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    Tony Monserrate Profile Picture
    2 on 10 Apr 2025 at 11:29:03
    Is Power Pages suited for internal-facing websites? If not, what are the alternatives?
    Why not just use a Microsoft form and store your data in a SharePoint list?
    • Must faster and easier to set up
    • Very fast and easy to manage who has access
    • You can easily connect the list to Power BI for metrics
     
    Let me know if you need any help with this.  Always happy to help a fellow member of the MSFT community.
  • sean-astrakhan Profile Picture
    4 on 09 Apr 2025 at 04:25:54
    Is Power Pages suited for internal-facing websites? If not, what are the alternatives?
  • bp3378 Profile Picture
    114 on 27 Feb 2024 at 12:25:51
    Re: Is Power Pages suited for internal-facing websites? If not, what are the alternatives?

    Thank you for the heads up 

  • leo85 Profile Picture
    602 on 27 Feb 2024 at 12:14:54
    Re: Is Power Pages suited for internal-facing websites? If not, what are the alternatives?

    @bpw, that depends on what you want to do. I don't know your setup. If your data must be stored in Dataverse long term, you can create an automated flow which simply copies the SharePoint data to Dataverse as soon as a new item is created. But here you have to watch out, because this may be a multiplexing secenario, where you then still need to have premium licenses.

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/admin/power-automate-licensing/faqs#multiplexing

     

    If you have more questions about this, you should open a new thread, because this is starting to be off-topic here.

  • bp3378 Profile Picture
    114 on 27 Feb 2024 at 11:41:08
    Re: Is Power Pages suited for internal-facing websites? If not, what are the alternatives?

    Thanks.   I’m going to use canvas with sharepoint then.   But what do I do with the data in sharepoint afterwards? Delete them since it’s in dataverse ? 

  • leo85 Profile Picture
    602 on 27 Feb 2024 at 07:04:02
    Re: Is Power Pages suited for internal-facing websites? If not, what are the alternatives?
    Hi, if you only need to submit a form, use Forms connected to a flow. If you need something more sophisticated use a canvas app with SharePoint. This will not require premium licenses.
  • bp3378 Profile Picture
    114 on 26 Feb 2024 at 22:02:50
    Re: Is Power Pages suited for internal-facing websites? If not, what are the alternatives?

    What if I use canvas app connected to sharepoint data source.  Would users need power apps premium licensing ?  I can use power automate to get the data and add rows in dataverse. I won’t really need the data in the list afterwards perhaps I can delete them after a week to keep the list from growing too much?

  • bp3378 Profile Picture
    114 on 26 Feb 2024 at 22:00:33
    Re: Is Power Pages suited for internal-facing websites? If not, what are the alternatives?

    Thanks.  We have 2000 users that just need to submit a form only.  Why the higher number of users the cheaper it is in the volume plans for power page pricing? 

  • leo85 Profile Picture
    602 on 26 Feb 2024 at 21:51:01
    Re: Is Power Pages suited for internal-facing websites? If not, what are the alternatives?

    @bpw, Power Pages has got it's own licencing model within the Power Platform.

    You cannot access Power Pages with a free (Power Apps/Automate for Office 365) license. Internal users need a premium license (Power Apps per user, Dynamics 365, etc.).

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-pages/faq#i-m-getting-an-error-that-i-don-t-have-appropriate-license-to-access-this-website-

     

    Still internal users without a premium license should be subject to the Power Pages pricing plans as either authenticated or anonymous users of the Power Page (Power Pages Pricing | Microsoft Power Pages). So if you have a lot of users this would be cheaper than buying users a premium license, but not for "free".

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