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One platform, three superpowers · Microsoft Power Platform for Malaysian SMEs.

Microsoft Power Platform is the Microsoft low-code, business intelligence and automation suite Malaysian SMEs use to retire eleven spreadsheets, three paper forms and one Friday-afternoon manual export job, all on one license stack. Power BI builds the dashboard the whole team trusts. Power Apps replaces the spreadsheet with a mobile app the field team opens. Power Automate runs the workflow the intern used to do by hand. Microsoft Copilot writes most of it from a one-line prompt. Daxonet wires the three products into D365, AutoCount, SharePoint, Teams, SQL and 500+ connectors with role-based security, governed data and a working Phase 1 rollout live in eight weeks.

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Power BI analytics dashboard on a laptop · live Malaysian SME data · cohort, trend, sessions-by-country and device-share tiles · the Phase 1 view Daxonet ships in eight weeks
8 wk
Phase 1 · BI + App + Flow live together
3
Products · Power BI · Power Apps · Power Automate
500+
Connectors · D365 · AutoCount · SQL · Teams
MALAYSIA · LIVE
One platform Power BI Power Apps Power Automate
Microsoft Power BI
Pillar 01
Power BI · BI
Microsoft Power Apps
Pillar 02
Power Apps · Low-code
Microsoft Power Automate
Pillar 03
Power Automate · Flow + RPA
What is Microsoft Power Platform?

Microsoft Power Platform is the Microsoft cloud low-code suite that bundles three products under one Dataverse data backbone (Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate), plus Microsoft Copilot, AI Builder and 500+ connectors. Power BI is the business intelligence layer that builds dashboards without SQL, answers plain-English questions of live data and embeds analytics inside customer apps. Power Apps is the low-code application layer that retires spreadsheets and paper forms with mobile, tablet and web apps a citizen developer drags and drops together. Power Automate is the automation layer that runs cloud flows, desktop RPA and approval workflows across Microsoft 365, D365, AutoCount, SharePoint, Teams, SQL Server and 500+ other systems. Embedded Microsoft Copilot writes the dashboard, the app and the flow from a one-line prompt. The CIO (Chief Information Officer) reads it as one governed platform with role-based security, Microsoft Purview lineage and ALM (Application Lifecycle Management) pipelines through dev, test and prod environments. The CFO reads it as one license stack instead of five SaaS subscriptions. The operations lead reads it as a working dashboard, app and flow live in eight weeks instead of a six-month custom-development quote at RM 250,000. Daxonet, a Microsoft Solutions Partner with 10+ years on the Microsoft enterprise stack, delivers a Phase 1 Power Platform go-live in eight weeks, integrated with D365 Finance, Business Central and AutoCount Accounting on Day 1, with Per-User, Per-App, Premium and Microsoft Fabric licensing chosen against your data and active-app counts, PDPA (Personal Data Protection Act 2010) consent on customer-facing apps, Singapore region Dataverse residency and an ALM pipeline the auditor can sign off.

The Monday-morning reality in 2026

Three different pains · one platform · which one is loudest in your business right now?

Every Malaysian SME has the same three loose ends · the spreadsheet sprawl, the paper form the field team will not fill in, and the Friday-afternoon manual export. Power Platform removes each one with its matching product.

11
versions

Spreadsheet hell · eleven versions of Q4 Revenue.xlsx

The finance lead emails one number. Sales emails another. The MD reads a third on WhatsApp. Power BI gives the team one governed semantic model · one dataset, one revenue definition, one dashboard the auditor can sign off.

→ Solved by Power BI
12
tabs

A 12-tab spreadsheet the field team cannot open on a phone

The macro the intern wrote in 2022 broke when she left. The field team works on paper. Power Apps replaces it with one mobile app · canvas or model-driven, photo and GPS capture, offline-ready and PDPA-aligned.

→ Solved by Power Apps
4 hr
every Friday

Four hours every Friday copy-pasting records between systems

A staffer manually exports orders from AutoCount, drops them into the Shopify CSV, emails the warehouse and re-keys the invoice in D365. Power Automate runs the cloud flow or attended RPA bot the moment a new order lands.

→ Solved by Power Automate
Six outcomes inside one quarter

What changes when the founder, the finance lead and the field team share one platform?

Six shifts the team feels within 90 days of Microsoft Power Platform going live across the SME stack.

01

One dashboard the team trusts

Power BI builds the dashboard the founder, the CFO and the operations lead all read off. Eleven versions of the same spreadsheet go in the bin.

02

Mobile apps on Day 12

Power Apps pilot app live in twelve working days. The field team opens it on the phone they already carry.

03

Friday afternoon back

Power Automate runs the export, the email, the approval and the second-system update without a human in the loop. The 4-hour task drops to zero.

04

One license stack

Per-User, Per-App, Premium and Fabric tiers · one TCO model, one invoice, one renewal.

05

Native to Teams · Outlook · SharePoint · D365 · AutoCount

500+ connectors. The team works inside the apps they already open. No new tabs to remember, no extra logins.

06

Governed · ALM-ready · PDPA-compliant · Singapore region · auditor-ready

Managed Environments, Microsoft Purview lineage, DLP connector classification, RLS on Dataverse and Power Platform Pipelines through dev / test / prod. Every dashboard, app and flow under one governance model the auditor signs off on Day 1.

The three pillars

One platform, three superpowers · Power BI · Power Apps · Power Automate.

Each product solves a distinct pain. Together, sharing the Microsoft Dataverse backbone, they retire the Monday-morning spreadsheet, the field-team paper form and the Friday-afternoon manual export · without three separate vendors.

Microsoft Power BI logo
Pillar 01 Business intelligence

Power BI

Dashboards · Q&A · embedded analytics

Drag-drop dashboards built without SQL. Plain-English Q&A against live data. Copilot writes the report from a one-line prompt. AI insights flag the revenue dip before the CFO does. Power BI Embedded drops live charts inside the customer-facing app.

  • ✓100+ visual types, drill-through, slicers
  • ✓Microsoft Fabric · DirectLake at 10M+ rows
  • ✓RLS · OLS · sensitivity labels · Purview lineage
  • ✓Pro · Premium Per User · Premium Capacity · Fabric
Microsoft Power Apps logo
Pillar 02 Low-code applications

Power Apps

Canvas · model-driven · AI Builder · Dataverse

Canvas apps for mobile, photo, GPS and ad-hoc. Model-driven apps for CRM-style process work. Copilot generates a four-screen app from a one-line prompt. AI Builder reads forms and detects defects without leaving the studio. Works offline, syncs the moment Wi-Fi returns.

  • ✓Mobile · tablet · web · Teams embed · SharePoint
  • ✓500+ connectors · D365 · AutoCount · SQL
  • ✓Per-User · Per-App · Premium licensing
  • ✓AI Builder · vision · form processing · prediction
Daxonet rollout
12 day pilot · 8 wk Phase 1
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Microsoft Power Automate logo
Pillar 03 Workflow & RPA

Power Automate

Cloud flows · desktop RPA · approvals · process mining

Cloud flows trigger off any of 500+ connectors. Desktop flows run RPA bots against legacy systems with no API. Approval workflows route through Teams and Outlook. Process Advisor mines event logs to find the next workflow to automate. Copilot drafts the flow from a plain-English description.

  • ✓Cloud flows · trigger-based, schedule-based
  • ✓Desktop RPA · attended and unattended
  • ✓Approval workflows in Teams and Outlook
  • ✓Per-User · Per-Flow · Process licensing
Daxonet rollout
2 wk first flow · 8 wk Phase 1
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Shared backbone · one data model

All three products read and write the same Microsoft Dataverse tables · build the data model once, reuse it in every dashboard, app and flow. One governance model, one ALM pipeline, one auditor sign-off.

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Universal Copilot

One prompt, three products · how Copilot writes a dashboard, an app and a flow.

Type a one-line description of the business problem. Copilot picks the right product, drafts the artefact and grounds it in your governed Dataverse schema.

You ask
Copilot delivers
Product
“Show me revenue by region for the last 12 months with the top 5 SKUs.”
Copilot
Finished Power BI report · 4 charts · 8 sec · written narrative for the board pack.
Power BI Explore
“Build me a stock-audit app with photo evidence and GPS.”
Copilot
Four-screen Power App · Dataverse table · forms · gallery · publish button.
Power Apps Explore
“When a new AutoCount sales order arrives over RM 50K, email the MD and post to Teams.”
Copilot
Cloud flow drafted · trigger · condition · approval · Teams card.
Power Automate Explore
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By the numbers

What Daxonet Power Platform customers report after Phase 1.

10×
Faster app delivery
Twelve days vs six months custom dev
−92%
Reporting time saved
Two days to twenty minutes
40 hr
Reclaimed every month
Per workflow Power Automate runs
8 wk
Phase 1 go-live
Dashboard + app + flow live together
4-stage rollout

Discover · Model · Build · Scale · how does Daxonet ship the three pillars in eight weeks?

One Dataverse data model, finance-led UAT and a working dashboard, app and flow ready by week 5. The fourth stage scales waves into multi-entity, multi-country and embedded-portal coverage.

Daxonet engineers running a Microsoft Power Platform rollout workshop with a Malaysian SME team
Discover Model Build Scale
01
Week 1–2

Discover · pillars · Dataverse model

Score the loudest pain across the three pillars. Workshop the Dataverse data model. Size Per-User, Per-App, Premium and Fabric license tiers. Hand over TCO model and governance plan.

02
Week 3–4

Model · connectors · DLP · RLS

Build the Dataverse schema. Wire AutoCount, D365, SharePoint and SQL connectors. Set DLP connector classification. Configure row-level security. Spin up dev, test, prod environments.

03
Week 5–7

Build · BI · app · flow · Copilot tune

Three live artefacts in parallel · the first dashboard, the pilot app and the headline flow. Copilot prompt-tuning. AI Builder model training. Customer-portal embed scaffolding.

04
Week 8 +

Scale · cutover · ALM · wave plan

Go-live with daily standups in week 1. ALM pipeline sign-off. RLS sign-off. Hand over wave plan for the next two pillars and the multi-entity rollout.

Daxonet team configuring Microsoft Power Platform Managed Environments and ALM pipelines for a Malaysian SME client
Environment Managed
DEV
TEST
PROD
ALM pipeline · auditor-ready
Governance · ALM · PDPA

Will citizen-developer apps and flows survive the auditor?

The CIO worries about citizen developers shipping ungoverned apps and flows to production. Power Platform Admin Centre, Managed Environments, DLP connector classification and Microsoft Purview lineage cover that on Day 1. Managed Environments adds sharing limits, weekly digests, solution checker enforcement and pipeline gates. ALM runs through Power Platform Pipelines · dev, test and production with automated solution promotion. The auditor reads a working trail, not a slideshow.

  • ✓Managed Environments · sharing limits, solution checker, weekly digests, pipeline gates · the safety net citizen developers do not feel.
  • ✓DLP · Microsoft Purview · sensitivity labels · connector classification, lineage and access trail across every dashboard, app and flow.
  • ✓Singapore region · PDPA · RLS · Malaysian tenant data residency, consent on customer-facing apps, row-level security on Dataverse.
Why Daxonet for Microsoft Power Platform

A Microsoft Solutions Partner that wires BI, apps and automation against your AutoCount and your D365.

10+ years on the Microsoft enterprise stack. Power Platform is delivered against the same Dataverse and the same accounting data the rest of your business already runs on · not a generic Microsoft demo.

Daxonet team delivering a Microsoft Power Platform implementation for a Malaysian SME
10+ years
Microsoft Solutions Partner · Power Platform delivery
Daxonet · Power Platform delivery

Microsoft Solutions Partner

10+ years on Power Platform, D365, Microsoft Fabric and the broader Microsoft enterprise stack. Working references at Panasonic, Novelis, Raco Industries and Sorento.

10+ years

Three-pillar wiring against AutoCount and D365

Native connectors against AutoCount Accounting, D365 Finance, Business Central and other Malaysian accounting databases. Build the Dataverse model once, reuse across BI, apps and flows.

500+ connectors

Bilingual · PDPA · Singapore region

English and 简体中文 delivery. PDPA-aligned consent on customer-facing apps. Singapore region Dataverse residency. ALM trail the auditor accepts.

PDPA-ready
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FAQ

Questions Malaysian founders, finance leads and IT managers ask before signing.

What is Microsoft Power Platform and who is it for?
Microsoft Power Platform is the Microsoft cloud low-code suite that bundles Power BI (business intelligence), Power Apps (low-code apps) and Power Automate (workflow and RPA), all sitting on the Microsoft Dataverse data platform with Copilot, AI Builder and 500+ connectors. Daxonet implements it for Malaysian SMEs running 5 to 500 staff across trading, retail, manufacturing, services and tech-led businesses · founders, finance leads and operations managers who want one platform instead of five disconnected SaaS tools.
How is Power Platform different from buying Power BI, Power Apps and Power Automate separately?
The three products are sold separately by license, but they share one Dataverse data backbone, one Power Platform Admin Centre, one ALM pipeline through dev, test and prod environments, one Microsoft Purview lineage map and one set of 500+ connectors. A dashboard built in Power BI reads the same Dataverse table that the Power Apps mobile app writes to and that the Power Automate cloud flow triggers off. Buying them as a platform means one governance model, one security model and one Copilot layer, not three. Daxonet builds the shared Dataverse data model first, then layers BI, apps and automation on top.
How does Power Platform license · Per-User, Per-App, Premium, Microsoft 365 seeded?
Each product has its own license tier on top of a shared Microsoft 365 seeded entitlement. Power BI runs Pro per user, Premium Per User, Premium Capacity or Microsoft Fabric. Power Apps runs Per-User, Per-App or Premium (which adds Dataverse, AI Builder credits and premium connectors). Power Automate runs Per-User, Per-User with attended RPA, Per-Flow and Process (unattended RPA). A limited seeded entitlement inside many Microsoft 365 plans covers basic apps and flows over SharePoint, Teams and Outlook data without an extra license. Daxonet builds a tier-by-tier TCO model against your active-user, active-app and flow-run counts before contract.
What does Copilot for Power Platform actually do?
Copilot writes most of the platform from a one-line prompt. In Power BI, it builds a finished report page with charts, slicers and a written narrative. In Power Apps, it generates a four-screen mobile app with Dataverse tables, forms and gallery views in under a minute. In Power Automate, it drafts a multi-step cloud flow from a plain-English description of the business process. It also explains why a number moved, rewrites a screen from a follow-up prompt and writes the descriptions that go on the published dashboards, apps and flows. Copilot runs on Premium tiers across the platform. Daxonet tunes the Dataverse schema and the prompt patterns so Copilot answers grounded in your business definitions, not generic Microsoft demos.
How does Power Platform integrate with AutoCount, D365 and the Microsoft 365 stack?
Power Platform ships with 500+ certified connectors. D365 Finance, Business Central, Sales, Customer Service and Field Service connect through Dataverse and Microsoft Dataverse Link with zero ETL needed. AutoCount Accounting connects through the AutoCount SQL database via the SQL Server connector. SharePoint, Outlook, Microsoft Teams and OneDrive use built-in standard connectors and run on seeded Microsoft 365 license. SQL Server, Excel, Salesforce, Twilio, ServiceNow, Shopify and 500+ others are also covered. The same connectors work across Power BI, Power Apps and Power Automate · build the data model once, reuse it everywhere. Daxonet wires the AutoCount connector with the right on-premise gateway and security model.
Is Power Platform governed, ALM-ready and PDPA-compliant for a Malaysian business?
Yes. The Power Platform Admin Centre, Managed Environments, DLP (Data Loss Prevention) connector classification and Microsoft Purview track lineage, classification and access across every dashboard, app and flow. Role-based security and row-level security against Dataverse give each user only their authorised slice of data. ALM runs through Power Platform Pipelines (dev, test and production environments with automated solution promotion). Daxonet provisions Singapore region Dataverse residency for Malaysian tenants, sets PDPA-aligned consent on customer-facing apps and hands the auditor a working ALM trail on Day 1.
How long does a Power Platform rollout take with Daxonet?
Phase 1 go-live runs eight weeks for one Malaysian entity covering one dashboard, one app and one workflow. Discovery, data sources audit, KPI tree and process mapping takes 1 to 2 weeks. Dataverse data model build, connector wiring against AutoCount, D365 or SQL, Copilot tuning and the first working dashboard, app and flow run 4 to 5 weeks. UAT with finance, operations and IT leads, training, ALM pipeline setup and the offline mobile rollout takes 1 to 2 weeks. Cutover and a 4-week hypercare period closes Phase 1. Multi-entity, multi-country and embedded-portal rollouts add waves on the same template.
Should we start with Power BI, Power Apps or Power Automate first?
Start with the pillar that solves the loudest pain. If the team is drowning in eleven versions of the same Excel spreadsheet and asks for one dashboard, start with Power BI. If the team is still on paper forms or has a 12-tab spreadsheet the field team cannot open on a phone, start with Power Apps. If the team has accurate data and clean apps but the operations lead spends Friday afternoon manually copying records between systems, start with Power Automate. Daxonet runs a 2-hour discovery call, scores the three pains, recommends the entry pillar and lays out the 12-month rollout sequence for the other two.
Related solutions

Where Power Platform leaders go next on daxonet.com.

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Ready to retire the spreadsheet, the paper form and the Friday-afternoon export · in one quarter?

Daxonet runs a free 60-minute Microsoft Power Platform discovery for Malaysian founders, finance leads and IT managers. We come back with a pain score across the three pillars, a TCO model, a license-tier recommendation and a phased rollout plan you can take to your CFO and your operations lead together.

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