Mark Smith
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Harnessing Managed Environments & Premium Connectors

This post was originally published in 2023. Some details may have changed since then.
The most agreed-with benefit of Managed Environments & Premium Connectors on the Power Platform?
1. Increased security and/or visibility around data connectors. 91% agree.
2. Improved IT governance. 81% agree.
3. Improved collaboration between professional developers and citizen developers. 78% agree.
This is according to the Forrester Total Economic Impact report from surveyed companies using these premium capabilities.
The big problem they faced before using Managed Environments and Premium Connectors?
Companies couldn't easily use Power Platform across their entire businesses.
They struggled to access important data within their Power Platform setup without:
- Spending a lot of money
- Risking security
- Affecting performance
- Affecting visibility
When trying to combine complex data or intricate processes with Power Platform, it was tough and could lead to problems in managing the data structure.
Without these additional features of the Power Platform, data was not ready to use in Dataverse. Sometimes it needed reformatting to work properly, causing mistakes and wasted time.
After utilising the Managed Environments & Premium Connectors they could:
✅ Access better governance tools
✅ Manage integration & logic complexity
✅ Repurpose code, applications & flows
✅ Have better collaboration between developers
✅ More
Have you used these?
What’s been the most helpful about it?
Let me know below.
The source for this info is the Forrester Total Economic Impact Report.
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Mark Smith
Principal AI Strategist · Microsoft MVP
Helping people build practical AI skill in the Intelligence Age.
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