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Power Platform Consulting and Delivery
Waverton Consulting Group delivers Microsoft Power Platform engagements for Australian and New Zealand organisations, covering Power Apps application development, Power Automate process automation, Power BI reporting and governance, and Dataverse environment design. Our consultants work on the full delivery lifecycle: from initial environment strategy through to production applications and the governance framework that stops citizen development from becoming technical debt.
Power Platform's low-code model is a genuine advantage when it is used within a governance structure that prevents unmanaged sprawl. Most organisations that adopt Power Platform without that structure find themselves managing hundreds of unsupported flows and apps two years later. Waverton builds the delivery and governance layer that makes Power Platform valuable long term.
Power Apps development
Waverton designs and builds both canvas apps and model-driven apps on Power Apps, depending on what the use case requires. Canvas apps work well for purpose-built mobile or desktop interfaces built around a specific process. Model-driven apps suit data-heavy scenarios that need a relational data model, views, forms and business rules managed through Dataverse. We build applications against a defined requirements brief, with appropriate security roles, solution packaging, and a deployment pipeline that separates development from production environments. Applications are handed over with documentation your internal team can maintain.
Power Automate and process automation
Power Automate cloud flows and desktop flows connect Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, SharePoint, Teams and hundreds of third-party systems through connectors and custom APIs. Waverton builds flows that are structured, monitored and maintainable, with error handling, run history and alerting configured from the start. For desktop automation using Power Automate Desktop, we assess the process suitability before building, because not every process that can be automated should be. Flows are solution-packaged, version-controlled and deployed through an ALM pipeline rather than shared as personal flows.
Power BI reporting and governance
Waverton delivers Power BI implementations covering semantic model design, report and dashboard development, workspace governance, row-level security and the gateway configuration that connects to on-premises data sources. For organisations on Microsoft Fabric, Power BI sits inside the Fabric tenant using semantic models built on Fabric lakehouses or warehouses. We work through the reporting layer design with your data and analytics team, building reports that answer real business questions rather than replicating spreadsheets in a different tool. Deployment pipelines, endorsement policies and the sensitivity labels that meet information security requirements are included in every Power BI engagement.
Dataverse design and environment strategy
Dataverse is the data platform underlying model-driven Power Apps, Dynamics 365 and the broader Power Platform ecosystem. Waverton delivers Dataverse environment strategy, including the environment model that separates development, test and production, the data loss prevention policies that control which connectors can access sensitive data, and the table, column and relationship design that models the business domain correctly. For organisations with existing Dynamics 365 environments, we design Power Platform work to sit inside the same Dataverse org where appropriate, rather than creating fragmentation. Licensing guidance is included in scoping, because Power Platform licensing is complex and the cost implications of wrong choices are material.
Governance for citizen development
Citizen development without governance produces apps and flows that nobody owns, cannot be audited and cannot be modified safely. Waverton designs governance frameworks for Power Platform that define who can build what, where approved connectors are maintained, how solutions are promoted between environments and what happens when a maker leaves the business. The framework includes a Centre of Excellence Starter Kit deployment, customised to your environment, and the training and documentation that makes governance a habit rather than a policy document. We also conduct Power Platform audits for organisations that already have unmanaged sprawl and need to understand what they have before deciding what to keep.
How to engage
Defined Power Apps builds and Power BI implementations suit fixed bid delivery. Ongoing automation development, report enhancement and governance programme support run well as time and materials. Power Platform developers, Power BI specialists and solution architects can be embedded into your Microsoft or data team. For organisations wanting Waverton to manage their Power Platform environment, including governance oversight and ongoing development, the managed service model provides operational continuity.
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