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Practical articles on Microsoft Power Platform, Fabric, and operational technology — written for engineering, construction, and infrastructure organisations.
Power Apps for Construction: What's Actually Possible
Most construction companies encounter Power Apps through a Microsoft 365 licence they already own. This article answers the harder question: what can it actually do for us, specifically?
Field apps, timesheets, plant tracking, H&S, subcontractor management, offline capability, and integration with your existing systems — based on what we've built, not what Microsoft's marketing says.
Read Article →Building a Resource Forecasting Platform on Microsoft Power Platform
Resource forecasting in most engineering organisations lives in a collection of Excel workbooks with no single view of capacity, demand, or recruitment need.
What a connected resource forecasting platform looks like — Power Apps for data capture, Dataverse for storage, Power BI for visibility, Power Automate for alerts — and how it connects to your scheduling tools.
Read Article →Microsoft Fabric for Engineering Organisations: From Data Chaos to Operational Intelligence
Most engineering organisations have a data problem that doesn't look like one. The data exists — in ERPs, scheduling tools, field apps, and spreadsheets. The problem is it's fragmented.
What Fabric is, what it's useful for, and why it's particularly relevant for organisations with multiple disconnected operational systems.
Read Article →Replacing Excel in Construction: A Practical Roadmap
Excel is the universal language of construction. Replacing it isn't about finding a better spreadsheet — it's about solving the specific problems that make Excel dangerous at scale.
Why Excel persists, where it fails at scale, and a practical framework for targeted replacement without disrupting operations.
Read Article →Connecting Your ERP to Microsoft Power Platform: Closing the Operational Data Gap
Every organisation running an ERP faces the same problem: critical data exists in the system, but it's inaccessible to the people who need it, when they need it.
How ERP integration with Power Platform works in practice, what becomes possible when it's done properly, and what to consider before starting.
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