web
You’re offline. This is a read only version of the page.
close
Skip to main content

Announcements

News and Announcements icon
Community site session details

Community site session details

Session Id :
Power Platform Community / Forums / Power Apps / Who can use a powerapp?
Power Apps
Answered

Who can use a powerapp?

(0) ShareShare
ReportReport
Posted on by 3

Checking out powerapps...who can use PowerApps? Can they be deployed on a company lan and use a local database (sql server for example)? Does one need to be enrolled in Office 365 in order to use PowerApps? If so do they basically live on the Microsoft cloud infrastructure?

Categories:
I have the same question (0)
  • Verified answer
    Pierre Andre Joubert Profile Picture
    34 on at

    PowerApps is tied to your Office 365 subscription and cannot be used as a Local app, such as a Xamarin app or UWP app.

    It is built upon Microsoft's Power Platform.  

    You do have offline capabilities to store data, but it is still Microsoft 365 based solution.  It is licensed on a per-user basis.
    You can connect to On-Premise data using 'premium' connections.

    The licensing overview can be found here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/admin/pricing-billing-skus

    I hope this helps 🙂

  • hampshire Profile Picture
    3 on at

    Yes that's the info I was after, thank you.

  • v-yutliu-msft Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at

    Hi @hampshire ,

    If you want to use PowerApps, you need to register a Microsoft account and sign in.

    Then, you could choose license of PowerApps according to your demands.

    PowerApps have three kinds of licences: trial, P1, P2. Different licenses have different functions.

    What's more, some Office 365 plans and dynamics plans also include PowerApps for Office 365.

    Here's a doc about license for your reference:

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/admin/pricing-billing-skus

     

    To sum up, people who have a microsoft account and choose a license can use PowerApps.

    PowerApps can connect with local data source like Sql Server.

    Yes, many services of PowerApps run on the Azure cloud.

     

    Best regards,

    Community Support Team _ Phoebe Liu

Under review

Thank you for your reply! To ensure a great experience for everyone, your content is awaiting approval by our Community Managers. Please check back later.

Helpful resources

Quick Links

Introducing the 2026 Season 1 community Super Users

Congratulations to our 2026 Super Users!

Kudos to our 2025 Community Spotlight Honorees

Congratulations to our 2025 community superstars!

Congratulations to the March Top 10 Community Leaders!

These are the community rock stars!

Leaderboard > Power Apps

#1
11manish Profile Picture

11manish 534

#2
WarrenBelz Profile Picture

WarrenBelz 416 Most Valuable Professional

#3
Valantis Profile Picture

Valantis 306

Last 30 days Overall leaderboard