Power Apps code apps overview (preview)

Power Apps empowers developers of all skill sets, including those building web apps in integrated developer environments (IDEs) like Visual Studio Code, to efficiently build and run business apps on a managed platform.

Code apps let developers bring Power Apps capabilities into custom web apps built in a code‑first IDE. You can develop locally and run the same app in Power Platform. Build with popular frameworks (React, Vue, and others) while keeping full control over your UI and logic.

Key features include:

• Microsoft Entra authentication and authorization
• Access to Power Platform data sources and 1,500+ connectors, callable directly from JavaScript
• Easy publishing and hosting of line-of-business web apps in Power Platform
• Adherence to your organization's Managed Platform policies (app sharing limits, Conditional Access, Data Loss Prevention, and so on)
• Simplified deployment and ALM

The managed platform accelerates safe, rapid innovation, and when ready, apps can be deployed to dedicated production environments.

Prerequisites

Code apps require several developer tools like Visual Studio Code, git, dotnet, node.js, and npm to be available on the command line.

Install the following developer tools

Use these tools while creating code apps:

• Visual Studio Code
• Node.js (LTS version)
• Git
• Power Apps CLI

Enable code apps on a Power Platform environment

Code apps can be enabled via an environment setting that Power Platform Admins and environment admins can set. The environment setting respects groups and rules set by Power Platform Admins.

1. As an admin, go to Power Platform admin center

2. Navigate to Manage > Environments > select the environment where you'll use code apps

3. Navigate to Settings > Expand the Product subsection > Select Features

   

4. Navigate to the feature Power Apps code apps and use the Enable code apps toggle for enablement.

   

5. Select Save in the settings experience.

License end-users with Power Apps Premium

End-users that run code apps need a Power Apps Premium license.

Limitations

• Code apps can invoke APIs outside of Power Platform connectors. Code apps don't yet support Content Security Policy (CSP).
• Code apps don't yet support Storage Shared Access Signature (SAS) IP restriction.
• Code apps don't support Power Platform Git integration.
• Code apps don't have a Power Platform native integration with Azure Application Insights. Azure Application Insights can be added as it would be to a generic web app but it doesn't include information recognized in the platform layer, such as app open events (to measure success/failure).
• Code apps aren't supported in the Power Apps mobile app or Power Apps for Windows.
• Code apps don't yet support PowerBI integration.

Managed Platform capability support

This table enumerates Power Platform management capabilities that work for code apps.

Related information

• Code apps architecture (preview)
• System limits and configuration