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Customer + partner portals · Microsoft Power Pages low-code builder.

Microsoft Power Pages is the Microsoft low-code business website platform Malaysian SMEs use to spin up customer, partner and supplier portals in days, not six-month custom-dev quotes. Copilot writes the site from a one-line prompt, Dataverse feeds the forms and lookups from the same data your D365 and Power Apps already use, and external authentication covers Microsoft Entra External ID, B2C, Google and LinkedIn. Daxonet ships your first live portal in 12 days · governed, ALM-pipelined and Singapore-region data-resident on Day 1.

Built for · Customer portals B2B partner portals Copilot AI Dataverse-backed
What is Microsoft Power Pages?

Low-code customer + partner portals on the Microsoft stack, fed by Dataverse.

Answer

Microsoft Power Pages is the Microsoft low-code business website platform Malaysian SMEs use to ship customer, partner and supplier portals in days · the same site-builder Microsoft uses to power Dynamics 365 self-service portals, now opened up to anyone on the Power Platform license. The studio is a drag-and-drop site designer with pages, sections, components, themes and templates · the citizen developer publishes a working portal in an afternoon, the front-end designer drops in custom CSS, HTML and JavaScript when brand demands it. Embedded Microsoft Copilot for Power Pages writes the site from a one-line prompt · 'build a B2B partner portal with case tracking, knowledge base and order history' returns a styled multi-page site in under a minute, complete with navigation, hero banner, Dataverse-backed forms and a publish button. Forms, lists and lookups are Dataverse-native · the same Dataverse rows feeding D365 Sales, D365 Customer Service and your in-house Power Apps now render on the public portal without ETL or sync jobs. External authentication covers Microsoft Entra External ID for B2B partners, Microsoft Entra External ID for B2C customers (formerly Azure AD B2C), Google, LinkedIn, Facebook, local-account password sign-up and any OpenID Connect or SAML 2.0 identity provider · the portal greets the customer by name on first visit. Pages are responsive across desktop, tablet and mobile out of the box. Native integration with Power Apps, Power Automate, D365 and Microsoft Fabric runs through Dataverse · zero custom middleware. Governance covers role-based table permissions, web roles, content-snapshot publishing, custom-domain SSL and Power Platform Pipelines for ALM (Application Lifecycle Management) through dev, test and production environments. Power Pages is licensed by Authenticated user (per-user) and Anonymous user capacity (per-monthly-active-user) tiers · the right tier depends on whether your audience is signed-in B2B partners or anonymous web visitors. Daxonet, a Microsoft Solutions Partner with 10+ years on the Microsoft enterprise stack, delivers the first live portal in 12 days, with PDPA (Personal Data Protection Act 2010) consent on customer-facing forms, Singapore region Dataverse residency for Malaysian tenants and an audit trail the auditor can sign off on Day 1.

Power Apps Power Automate D365 Microsoft Entra ID Custom CSS
The portal gap Malaysian SMEs still pay for

Why does your customer service still answer "where is my order" emails by hand?

If the answer is "because the website has no portal" or "because the dev shop quoted RM 300K and six months for a custom build", Power Pages is the answer that fits both. Here is what the audit usually finds.

inbox.yourcompany.com.my/support
2,400

Your customer service drowns in "where is my order" emails.

2,400 status-check emails a month, every one routed through a real human, every one with the same three-line answer the customer could read on a portal.

Status emails per month, average MY SME
wa.me/60123456789 · partners
5 days

B2B partners ping you on WhatsApp because your site has no portal.

Distributors and dealers chase pricing, stock and PO status by WhatsApp · five-day cycle, zero audit trail, the message lost between two staff handovers.

Average partner-request cycle on WhatsApp
quote.devshop.example/portal
RM 300K

The dev shop quoted six months and RM 300K for a custom portal.

Custom React build, custom auth, custom CMS, custom hosting · six months, six-figure budget, one developer who leaves after launch and locks the platform forever.

Typical custom-portal quote, MY mid-market 2026
What Power Pages delivers

Six outcomes the portal owner reads in the first 30 days.

Each outcome maps to a Microsoft-native capability, not a third-party bolt-on.

Drag-and-drop site builder

Pages, sections, components and themes in a visual studio · the citizen developer publishes a working portal in an afternoon.

01 Day 1
02 Day 5

Copilot for Power Pages writes the site from a one-line prompt.

"Build a B2B partner portal with case tracking, knowledge base and order history" returns a styled multi-page site in under a minute, complete with navigation, hero banner, theme colours, Dataverse-backed forms and a publish button.

52 sec · 6 pages · live

Dataverse-backed forms + lookups

The same Dataverse rows feeding D365 Sales and your internal Power Apps render on the public portal · zero ETL, zero sync jobs.

03 Day 10
04 Day 15

External auth · B2C, social, Entra External ID

Microsoft Entra External ID, Google, LinkedIn, Facebook, OpenID Connect and SAML 2.0 · the portal greets the customer by name on first visit.

Responsive everywhere

Desktop, tablet and mobile · responsive layouts on every page out of the box. The customer reads it on the phone in the carpark, not just the office desktop.

05 Day 22
06 Day 30

Governance + ALM

Role-based table permissions, web roles, content snapshots, custom-domain SSL and Power Platform Pipelines through dev / test / prod.

Daxonet team building a Microsoft Power Pages B2B partner portal at the Petaling Jaya office
Site published · 4 hrs Daxonet · partners.demo.com.my https://partners.demo.com.my
Site builder

Build a portal in days · drag, drop, publish.

Power Pages ships with a visual studio of pages, sections, components, themes and templates. The citizen developer drops a hero banner, a Dataverse-backed form and a knowledge-base list onto a starter template, picks a theme that matches the company brand, and clicks Publish. The site is live on a Power Pages domain in 4 hours, on a custom subdomain with managed SSL by the end of the day.

  • Drag-and-drop pages, sections, components and themes
  • Starter templates · customer self-service, partner portal, community
  • Custom CSS, HTML, JavaScript, Liquid · the front-end designer ships brand
  • Custom domain with managed SSL · partners.yourcompany.com.my, end of day
Copilot for Power Pages

Build a site from a prompt · Copilot generates the pages.

Copilot for Power Pages is the embedded Microsoft Copilot inside the studio. A one-line prompt returns a styled multi-page site in under a minute · navigation, hero banner, theme colours, Dataverse-backed forms, FAQ blocks and a publish button. The marketing lead types the prompt, the studio shows the generated pages, the citizen developer tweaks the theme and clicks Publish. The portal is live the same afternoon.

  • Prompt-to-site · navigation, hero, FAQ, forms generated together
  • Generated body copy, FAQ blocks and image placeholders inside the studio
  • Dataverse table lookup · Copilot wires the form schema to existing tables
  • Theme generation · brand colours and fonts tuned by Copilot, not hard-coded
Daxonet consultant prompting Copilot for Power Pages to generate a Malaysian customer self-service portal
Copilot built this page Generated · 6 pages · 52 sec
Copilot AI · live session

What does Copilot for Power Pages actually do?

Click a tab below · each one is a real Copilot prompt, a real generated output, a real publish step. Click the tabs to switch the panel.

Tab 01 · Build Prompt-to-site in under a minute.
Prompt · Build
>Build a B2B partner portal with case tracking, knowledge base and order history
Generated · 52 seconds 6 pages · Home, Cases, Knowledge, Orders, Profile, Sign-in Top nav, hero banner, FAQ, footer · all wired Dataverse · cases, knowledge_articles, orders tables linked

Copilot reads the prompt, identifies the site archetype (B2B partner portal), generates the page tree, places hero banner + tile rows + form blocks, and wires Dataverse tables for the data backing.

Tab 02 · Theme Theme generation, not theme hard-coding.
Prompt · Theme
>Match our brand · navy primary, red accent, Manrope headings
Theme applied · 8 seconds Color tokens · navy / red / cyan applied to 6 pages Type ramp · Manrope 800 / 600 / 400 across headings Buttons + links restyled · brand-consistent

Copilot tunes the colour tokens, type ramp, button shape and link styling against the brand prompt. The result lands in the studio's theme editor · the brand team can keep adjusting.

Tab 03 · Form Forms wired to Dataverse, end-to-end.
Prompt · Form
>Add a Submit-a-case form with attachment, priority and category fields
Form generated · 12 seconds 5 fields · Subject, Category, Priority, Description, Attachment Wired to Dataverse table · cases Power Automate flow · email notification on submit

Copilot generates the form schema, places the fields in the right order, sets validation rules and wires the submission to the cases Dataverse table · the same table D365 Customer Service reads.

Tab 04 · Publish Live in 4 hours, not 6 months.
Prompt · Publish
>Publish to partners.demo.com.my with managed SSL
Live · 4 hours Custom domain · partners.demo.com.my CNAME validated SSL certificate issued + bound · auto-renew enabled ALM pipeline · dev → test → prod recorded

One Publish click stages the site through dev / test / prod via Power Platform Pipelines, validates the custom-domain CNAME, issues + binds a managed SSL certificate, and goes live.

ROI

What does Power Pages actually save against a custom-dev quote?

Four numbers Daxonet measures on every Malaysian deployment, baselined against the typical RM 300K custom-React-portal quote.

−86%portal build time

Build cycle compression

Six-month custom-dev cycle compresses to under 4 weeks, end-to-end · the marketing lead reads it as the campaign hitting the date.

34×faster than custom dev

Time-to-first-page

First working page in studio · 8 minutes with Copilot vs 4-5 hours of React boilerplate. The citizen developer ships the same day.

RM 240Ksaved per portal

Capex avoided

RM 300K custom-React quote drops to ~ RM 60K Daxonet implementation · saved RM 240K covers two years of Power Pages license at the typical MAU footprint.

12 daysto first live portal

Time-to-live

Discovery + Build + Theme + Launch · 12 working days from kick-off to a portal live on a custom Malaysian subdomain with managed SSL.

Daxonet methodology

How long does a Power Pages rollout take with Daxonet?

Twelve working days from kick-off to a live portal on a custom Malaysian subdomain. The diamond below is the rhythm.

01 Day 1–3

Discover

Audience map, page tree, Dataverse table inventory, license-tier sizing, brand audit.

02 Day 4–7

Build

Copilot prompt-to-site, Dataverse forms, External ID auth, role permissions, web roles.

03 Day 8–10

Style

Brand theme, custom CSS, JavaScript components, responsive QA across desktop, tablet and mobile.

04 Day 11–12

Launch

Custom domain, managed SSL, ALM pipeline, hypercare and weekly Copilot review.

12 d to first live portal
Why Daxonet

Why pick Daxonet over a generic Microsoft partner?

Four trust stamps around one Malaysia delivery photo · the same passport every Daxonet client sees.

Generic Microsoft partner

The gap most partners leave behind.

  • Generic stack, no AutoCount or D365 lineage
  • Outsourced delivery teams, no local presence
  • Long sales cycles, no Malaysia-resident data story
  • English-only docs, no Mandarin or BM demos
Daxonet

The local stack a Malaysian portal owner trusts.

  • 10+ years D365 across Panasonic, Novelis, Raco, Sorento
  • Microsoft Solutions Partner · Business Apps, Data + AI, Modern Work
  • PDPA-aligned consent + Singapore region Dataverse residency
  • EN, BM and 简体中文 delivery · Mandarin demos for 林老板
Microsoft Solutions Partner
Daxonet Malaysia delivery team launching a Microsoft Power Pages portal at the Petaling Jaya office
Daxonet · PJ + JB
10+ yearsD365 delivery
PDPA-alignedSG residency
BilingualEN · BM · 中文
FAQ

Questions Malaysian founders, IT managers and customer-service heads ask before signing.

What is Microsoft Power Pages and who is it for?
Microsoft Power Pages is the Microsoft low-code business website platform that lets a Malaysian business stand up a customer, partner or supplier portal in days, not the six-month custom-dev quote.
How is Power Pages licensed · Authenticated user vs Anonymous user capacity?
Power Pages is licensed in two commercial tiers plus seeded entitlements. The Authenticated user plan is per-named-user · the right tier when your audience is a known set of B2B partners, suppliers, dealers or members who sign in with Microsoft Entra External ID, Google, LinkedIn or a local account. The Anonymous user capacity plan is sized by monthly active users (MAU) · the right tier for a public marketing or product-information site that anyone on the internet can hit. Many Malaysian deployments combine both · an anonymous landing page that funnels prospects into an authenticated B2B portal. A limited Power Pages entitlement is seeded inside several Dynamics 365 plans (Customer Service, Sales) so existing D365 customers often start without a separate Power Pages bill. Daxonet builds a tier-by-tier TCO model before contract.
What does Copilot for Power Pages actually do, and what are the prerequisites?
Copilot for Power Pages writes the site from a one-line prompt · 'build a B2B partner portal with case tracking, knowledge base and order history' returns a styled multi-page site in under a minute, complete with navigation, hero banner, theme colours, Dataverse-backed forms and a publish button. It also generates page text, FAQ blocks, image placeholders and form schemas inside the studio. Prerequisites · a Power Pages environment in a supported region, an English-language site (other languages added by manual edit at time of writing), Copilot enabled at the tenant Power Platform Admin Centre and a Dataverse with the tables Copilot will lookup. Daxonet tunes the prompt patterns and the Dataverse table inventory so Copilot generates pages grounded in your business definitions, not generic Microsoft demos.
Can we use a custom domain with SSL on a Power Pages portal?
Yes. Power Pages supports custom domain names · portal.yourcompany.com.my, partners.yourcompany.com.my, customers.yourcompany.com.my · with managed SSL certificates issued and renewed automatically by Power Pages. The DNS team adds a CNAME record pointing at the Power Pages site, the Power Pages admin portal validates the record, and the certificate is issued and bound. Daxonet handles the DNS choreography with your IT team and configures the certificate in the discovery week.
How does Power Pages integrate with D365, Power Apps and Power Automate?
Power Pages is Dataverse-native · the same Dataverse tables feeding D365 Sales, D365 Customer Service, D365 Field Service and your in-house Power Apps render on the public portal without ETL or middleware. A Dataverse case row that customer service edited in D365 shows up on the customer portal the same second. A Power Apps form your team designed for an internal tablet runs as a portal page with the same logic. A Power Automate flow triggers on portal-form submission, runs the approval, posts to Microsoft Teams and writes back to Dataverse · the portal user reads the status on refresh. Daxonet wires the table permissions, web roles and form security in the discovery week.
What external authentication methods are supported · B2C, social, Entra External ID?
Power Pages supports Microsoft Entra External ID for B2B partners, Microsoft Entra External ID for B2C customers (formerly Azure AD B2C), Google, LinkedIn, Facebook, local-account password sign-up, and any OpenID Connect or SAML 2.0 identity provider. Multi-factor authentication, password reset, account verification email and account lockout are configured in the External ID tenant. Daxonet provisions the Entra External ID tenant, configures the social providers, sets the consent screen text and ties the authenticated user back to a contact row in Dataverse so D365 sees the customer the moment they sign in.
Is Power Pages governed, ALM-ready and PDPA-compliant for a Malaysian business?
Yes. Power Pages runs role-based table permissions, web roles and column-level security against Dataverse and the Microsoft Power Platform Admin Centre. Content publishing is snapshot-based · the editor stages changes in dev, the admin promotes to production with one click. Managed Environments adds sharing limits, weekly digests and pipeline gates. ALM (Application Lifecycle Management) 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 forms and hands the auditor a working ALM trail on Day 1.
Can our front-end designer add custom CSS, HTML and JavaScript to the portal?
Yes. Power Pages exposes Liquid templating, custom CSS files, custom JavaScript, web templates and a code-editor view alongside the drag-and-drop studio. The brand team drops in the company stylesheet, the developer adds a custom React or Vue component for the product configurator, and the marketing editor keeps editing pages in the visual studio · all on the same site. Source-controlled deployment via Power Platform CLI is supported for teams that prefer Git workflows. Daxonet sets the studio-vs-code split so non-technical editors and front-end developers each get the surface they want.

Ready to ship your first portal in 12 days?

Daxonet runs a free 60-minute Microsoft Power Pages discovery for Malaysian founders, marketing leads, customer-service heads and IT managers. We come back with a TCO model, a license-tier recommendation, an audience map and a 12-day pilot plan you can take to the team this week.

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