Power Pages building blocks,and where code begins.
17 design studio building blocks, from forms and lists to Power BI, search and agents. What you get without code, what needs the management app, where Microsoft Learn draws the line, and what an SPA code site has to build itself.
What do you want to build?
Pick a scenario and get the recipe: which blocks to use, how far the design studio takes you, and where you'll hit a wall.
The catalogue
Every block on the same ladder: design studio, management app, code. The right column shows what a code site gets instead.
Low code or code site? Decide before you build
Most projects find their limits in the third sprint. It's cheaper to know them in the first week.
Architecture Workshop
We settle data model, roles and access model, authentication and environment strategy for your project, with a written decision document. 2 × 2 hours, about two weeks.
BUILDWeekly Coaching
Your team builds, I review the implementation and agree the next step with you every week. 90 minutes per week plus email backup, minimum three months.
How this was checked
- Every limit comes from a Microsoft Learn page, linked on the block.
- Standard and enhanced data model behave the same in design studio, so they share one ladder.
- For SPA code sites, Learn states that out-of-the-box lists and forms aren't supported and the pages workspace isn't available. Where Microsoft's Power Pages plugin documents an API instead, the right column says so.
- Preview features are marked. Part of a series with the Security Reference and the Deployment Reference.
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