It’s often thought that having a disability limits one’s potential. Oftentimes, individuals with disabilities are fearful that their disability can negatively impact their personal relationships and professional career. The good news is that disabilities doesn’t define us, and can instead be a true superpower. Join Dona Sarkar & Dux Raymond Sy in this interactive session and learn how Samit Saini, Heathrow Airport security officer with Dyslexia learnt and used PowerApps to digitize some of the paper-based processes at Heathrow Airport, saving more than 11,000 sheets of paper, 850 hours of time, and $460K potential custom app costs.

1. #HumansofIT with Tech Superpowers: How
Heathrow's Security Officer Launched 12 #PowerApps
https://youtu.be/a8N7qR74uB0

3. Empower every developer to do more.
Power Apps Mission
Citizen Developers.
Pro Developers.
IT Developers.

4. Microsoft Power Platform
Power BI
Business analytics
Power Apps
Application development
Power Automate
Process automation
Power Virtual Agents
Intelligent virtual agents
The low-code platform that spans Office 365, Azure, Dynamics 365, and standalone applications
Innovation anywhere. Unlocks value everywhere.
Common
Data Service
Data
connectors AI Builder

5. Power
Platform
Azure
services
Azure / Office
Data Services
Every
Developer
(Low Code)
Pro
Developer
(Code First)
Azure
DevOps
Pro Developers + Power Platform = No Limits
Visual
Studio
Visual
Studio
Code
Develop faster than ever before with the Microsoft Platform
Power BI Power Apps Power Automate Power Virtual Agents
API
Management
Azure
Functions
AKS Cognitive
Services
Logic
Apps
Bot
Services
Analysis
Services
SQL Azure Cosmos DBSQL Data
Warehouse
Microsoft
Graph

6. Power Apps: a low-code approach to building apps

7. Power Apps

8. Put your data to work with the Common Data Service
 “Out-of-the-box” data store for your apps
 Advanced security, business logic and rules
 Jumpstart apps with the Common Data
Model
 Dynamics 365, Office 365, and Azure data is
available, augmented by industry partners
 Extend to your own needs and integrate
across your apps and services
@samitsaini01 @donasarkar @meetdux #MSIgniteTheTour #HumansOfIT

9. AI Builder: intelligent apps and processes
Bring your data from CDS, ADLSv2 or 230+
pre-built connectors and custom connectors
Predictions available in Common Data Service
for Power Platform and Dynamics
Low code AI solutions for Power Platform
leveraging the power of Microsoft AI
Customize Dynamics 365 AI offerings to specific
schema and processes with AI Builder
Pro-Dev extensibility and governance
@samitsaini01 @donasarkar @meetdux #MSIgniteTheTour #HumansOfIT

11. ‘I have dyslexia’

12. Neurodiversity is the diversity
of human brains and minds,
the infinite variation in
neurocognitive functioning
within our species.
@samitsaini01 @donasarkar @meetdux #MSIgniteTheTour #HumansOfIT

14. Heathrow Security Officer Extraordinaire
@samitsaini01 @donasarkar @meetdux #MSIgniteTheTour #HumansOfIT

15. My First Power App: The Language App

16. Passenger Reduce Mobility App
@samitsaini01 @donasarkar @meetdux #MSIgniteTheTour #HumansOfIT

17. PRM App leverages the Power Platform
Gateways and connectors
SharePoint Online is used to store data
• Read/write data from
SharePoint Online lists
• Runs on mobile devices
• Flows connected to SharePoint Online lists
• Used to send notifications for key events
(e.g. higher than expected wait time)
• Numerous Power BI reports
connected to SharePoint Online lists
Supporting Power AutomatePRM App Power BI Dashboard

18. Digital Mentor

19. Empower every developer to do more.
PowerApps Mission
#LessCodeMorePower
http://techcommunity.microsoft.com/
#PowerAddicts

20. Gracias
Merci
Ευχαριστώ

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