An emerging trend in digital transformation efforts has been the rise of low-code development platforms. Of course, these low-code platforms must be grounded in best-of-breed governance capabilities which include security and compliance features. Without strong governance, the full benefits of low-code development cannot be realized. It’s only natural that any low-code platform chosen by an organization must have strong security and compliance capabilities. Microsoft has developed the Power Platform which includes Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Virtual Agents, and Power BI to serve our customer’s needs for a robust low-code development platform that includes app development, automation, chatbots, and rich, detailed data analysis and visualization. We previously reported on the fundamental security and compliance capabilities offered with Microsoft Flow which was renamed Power Automate. In this blog, we’re going to discuss the integrated security and compliance capabilities across the Power Platform and provide an update on the new capabilities we’ve launched.
Foundations of governance
As the number of developers grows, governance becomes a key criterion to ensure digital transformation. As such, IT must create stronger guardrails to ensure the growing numbers of developers and the assets they create all remain compliant and secure. The Power Platform’s governance approach is multi-step with a focus on security, monitoring, administrative management, and application lifecycle management (figure 1). Check out our detailed governance and administration capabilities. The Power Platform also offers a Center of Excellence Starter Kit which organizations can use to evolve and educate employees on governance best practices. The Power Platform comes equipped with features that help reduce the complexity of governing your environment and empowers admins to unlock the greatest benefits from their Power Platform services. We’re reporting some of our newest capabilities to protect your organization’s data with tenant restrictions and blocking email exfiltration. We’re also announcing new analytics reports available for the robotic process automation (RPA) capability recently launched with Power Automate.