Microsoft Power Fx for Power Platform

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Microsoft Power Fx for Power Platform

asked Mar 4, 2021 in Announcements by Mohamed El-Qassas
edited May 28, 2021 by Mohamed El-Qassas

At Microsoft Ignite 2021, Microsoft announced a new member to Power Platform Family that is Microsoft Power Fx.

What's Microsoft Power Fx?

Microsoft Power Fx is an open-source low-code language that will be used across the Microsoft Power Platform.

Power Fx_ the Programming Language for Low Code and what it means for Developers

Microsoft Power Fx Features

It is a general-purpose, strong typed, declarative, and functional programming language.
It is used for both declarative and imperative logic
It is based on Microsoft Excel.
It binds objects together with declarative spreadsheet-like formulas that recalculate automatically just like a spreadsheet does.
It is expressed in a human-friendly text.
It is a low-code language that makers can work with directly in an Excel-like formula bar or Visual Studio Code text window.
It can be stored in YAML source files that are easy to edit using Visual Studio Code.
It is currently integrated into canvas apps where you can experience it today.

Microsoft is in the process of extracting Microsoft Power Fx from Power Apps and uses it in other Power Platform products like

Microsoft Power Automate.

Microsoft Power Virtual Agents . (End of 2021)

Model-drieven Apps in Power Apps. (June 2021)

AI Bulder. (End of 2021)

DataVerse.