Microsoft Power Platform with Arvato Systems

Microsoft Power Platform with Arvato Systems

Your low-code solution for digital transformation

Automate Business Processes Efficiently with the Microsoft Power Platform

In many companies, numerous tasks are performed manually every day, from monthly expense reports to the creation of regular reports. This ties up valuable resources and harbors the potential for errors. By using individual business applications and automation, you can make these processes much more efficient and successfully lead your company into the digital future.

 

The Power Platform: low-code solutions for everyone

The Microsoft Power Platform delivers powerful low-code and no-code tools for the fast and scalable digitalization of your business processes. Even without in-depth programming knowledge, it enables your employees to become so-called citizen developers who develop digital solutions independently.

 

Efficient collaboration through fusion development

The platform also promotes a new form of collaboration: Fusion Development Teams. This is where specialist departments and IT jointly develop customized applications. This approach ensures that your solutions are a perfect fit and meet the requirements for scalability and governance. Therefore, the Power Platform offers users and professional developers a robust foundation.

Your Benefits with the Microsoft Power Platform: Added Value for Your Company

The Microsoft Power Platform is the key to greater efficiency, innovation and employee engagement. Discover the concrete advantages that Arvato Systems offers you in the implementation:

Fast & scalable digitization

Solve business challenges in a flash. Deep integration with Microsoft 365 and a wealth of connectors mean solutions can be deployed efficiently and without overloading your IT.

Practiced governance & security

Innovation and control go hand in hand. We work with you to develop a clear governance strategy, establish a center of excellence and ensure the compliance of your applications.

Sustainable IT relief

Your IT department retains an overview and is relieved operationally, while specialist departments independently create customized solutions for specific use cases.

Increased employee motivation

Promote digital transformation from within. The simple implementation of your own ideas creates a sense of achievement and strengthens your employees' identification with digital processes.

Automated & efficient business processes

Say goodbye to manual routines. By automating recurring tasks, you reduce errors, save valuable time and increase productivity.

Solutions that can be implemented quickly

From the idea to the finished application in record time. The low-code approach and prefabricated components make it possible to adapt digital solutions quickly and flexibly to your requirements.

The Full Power of the Microsoft Power Platform

With the Microsoft Power Platform you take an important step for the Digital Transformation of your company: Fast implementation through real hands-on processes and short development cycles in the creation of solutions adapted to the specific problems of your employees. The Power Platform includes five services for your digitalization:

Power Apps
Power Automate
Power BI
Power Pages
Copilot Studio
AI Builder

A special plus: All Power Platform services access Microsoft Dataverse centrally. This powerful data platform ensures uniform, structured and secure storage of all relevant information. Thanks to role-based access control, embedded business logic and high scalability, you benefit from maximum security, data quality and performance - no matter how large your application portfolio grows.

Using SAP Data Efficiently

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With standardized connectors, SAP data can be integrated directly into the Power Platform. This allows you to create seamless processes, avoid media disruptions and accelerate decisions.

Typical Challenges - And How We Solve Them

Many companies already have the Power Platform - but are not fully utilizing its potential. The most important questions:

  • Which deployment scenarios make sense for my company?
  • How do I ensure security and control through a well-thought-out governance strategy?

 

Our answer? The Power Platform Foundation – Your tried-and-tested framework for successful implementation, management, and scaling. This allows you to use the Power Platform optimally and sustainably.

Your Path to a Successful Power Platform: Our Offer

We offer you comprehensive consulting and implementation services for the Microsoft Power Platform. Our experienced consultants support you from strategy to scaling and help you to realize the full potential for your company. Find out more about our individual service offerings:

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Power Platform Use Cases - Three Practical Examples

The Microsoft Power Platform not only impresses with its technical performance, but also with concrete, practical applications. Numerous companies are already successfully using the platform to efficiently master everyday challenges. Three exemplary use cases show how versatile and effective the use of the Power Platform can be:

Use case 1: Digital commissioning: checklists, centralized, transparent

The digital commissioning of systems is a typical example of successful process digitalization. Instead of relying on paper-based checklists or scattered Excel spreadsheets, Power Apps enable the centralized and structured collection of all relevant data directly on site. Event and time-controlled notifications in Microsoft Teams ensure that open tasks remain visible - and thus significantly increase the completion rate. In addition, PDF exports enable audit-proof documentation for authorities or internal quality controls. The result: an end-to-end digital process with higher data quality, fewer media disruptions and a noticeable increase in efficiency.

Use Case 2: Manage mobile devices easily: portal instead of mail ping-pong

Many companies face the challenge of efficiently providing, managing and exchanging mobile devices such as smartphones or tablets. With the Power Platform, a customized application and exchange portal was implemented in a very short time. Using Power Apps and Power Automate, device requests can be structured, approved based on roles and seamlessly integrated into existing intranet and IT systems. Employees benefit from clear user guidance, automated approvals and greater transparency. At the same time, the IT department is relieved as manual processes are reduced and standard requests can be processed automatically.

Use case 3: Efficient maintenance documentation: mobile, offline, intelligent

Fast, reliable processes are crucial, especially in technical field service. The digitalization of maintenance documentation with the Microsoft Power Platform enables frontline workers to record changes and work carried out directly on site using mobile devices. Geo-tagging and QR codes are used to uniquely identify assets. Even if there is no network connection, access to relevant information is maintained thanks to offline functionality. Power Automate ensures the automatic storage and forwarding of data, while Power BI enables transparent analysis. The benefits: better planning, reduced sources of error and traceable, auditable documentation of all measures - directly from the field.

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Success stories from the field: supplier management at OGE

Integrated supplier management with the Power Platform creates transparency and efficiency across all specialist areas.

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Why Arvato Systems?

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As a multiple award-winning Microsoft Solutions Partner with over 500 certified experts, we support you in the successful introduction and use of the Microsoft Power Platform - from strategy to scaling. With our experience and technical expertise, you can implement secure, efficient and future-proof solutions for your digital transformation.

Frequently Asked Questions About the Microsoft Power Platform

  • The best way to get started as a business with the Microsoft Power Platform is to focus on quick wins. Start by identifying a specific business problem in a specialist department that you can solve with little effort.

    For example, think of an app for digitizing expense reports in Power Apps or automating routine email notifications in Power Automate. The aim is to make the added value of the Power Platform quickly visible.

    Involve the relevant specialist departments at an early stage to understand their daily challenges and develop a suitable solution together. Once this initial, functioning solution has been implemented, you can expand it step by step to promote acceptance and use throughout the company.

  • The Power Platform offers numerous connectors to third-party systems and can be seamlessly embedded in the Microsoft 365 ecosystem. Legacy systems can also be integrated via interfaces such as >RPA (Robotic Process Automation)>>. Arvato Systems supports you with the integration into your existing infrastructure - secure and scalable.

  • Decentralized app development increases the speed of innovation, but can lead to shadow IT. A clearly defined governance strategy - including security guidelines, role models and monitoring - provides the necessary control and data security.

  • In the Admin Center of your Power Platform, you have the option of adding a database under Environments. You can then make settings for the language, currency and security group.

  • Some components such as Power Apps or Power Automate are already included in Microsoft 365 plans (E1/E3/E5). Extended functions - such as premium connectors, larger app capacities or special automation tools - require additional license models. We will be happy to advise you on the optimum licensing strategy for your company.

  • With the AI Builder, AI functions such as predictions, image recognition or document automation can be implemented without any in-depth programming knowledge. Integration with Power Apps and Power Automate makes it easy to add intelligent functions to existing processes.

  • Microsoft Dataverse is a central data platform of the Power Platform. It enables the structured, secure and scalable storage of information from various sources. This data is directly available for apps, automated workflows and analyses. Thanks to integrated business logic, role-based access control and security guidelines, Dataverse forms a reliable basis for efficient and standardized digital business processes.

  • Fusion Development Teams consist of IT specialists and employees from the specialist departments who work together to develop digital solutions. The combination of technical expertise and specialist know-how results in tailor-made, scalable applications. The Microsoft Power Platform optimally supports this approach with low-code tools, shared workspaces and governance functions.

Your Contact for Digital Workplace Solutions

Arvato Systems | Tim Seebrandt
Tim Seebrandt
Expert for Power Platform