A small business owner wants to create a customer loyalty program. They want customers to earn points for purchases and redeem them for discounts. The owner has no coding experience and a limited budget. They need a mobile-friendly app for customers to check points and a backend to manage points and redemptions. What should they use?
Trap 1: Power BI, Power Automate, and Dataverse
Power BI is not for app development.
Trap 2: Power Apps, AI Builder, and Dataverse
AI Builder is not needed for point calculations.
Trap 3: Power Pages, Power Automate, and SharePoint
Power Pages requires a portal licence and custom development to build a mobile app, which exceeds the limited budget and no-coding constraint; the correct low-code alternative would be a Power Apps canvas app with a Dataverse backend. This option is tempting because Power Automate and SharePoint together can handle workflow automation and data storage, making it a viable choice for internal process automation where a public-facing mobile app is not required.
- A
Power BI, Power Automate, and Dataverse
Why wrong: Power BI is not for app development.
- B
Power Apps, Power Automate, and Dataverse
Power Apps creates the app, Power Automate processes logic, Dataverse stores data.
- C
Power Apps, AI Builder, and Dataverse
Why wrong: AI Builder is not needed for point calculations.
- D
Power Pages, Power Automate, and SharePoint
Why wrong: Power Pages requires a portal licence and custom development to build a mobile app, which exceeds the limited budget and no-coding constraint; the correct low-code alternative would be a Power Apps canvas app with a Dataverse backend. This option is tempting because Power Automate and SharePoint together can handle workflow automation and data storage, making it a viable choice for internal process automation where a public-facing mobile app is not required.