A development team is deciding whether to run its new internal web interface as a Power Apps code app or to host it independently in Azure App Service. Which benefit does the code app option provide that independent hosting would not provide on its own?
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Short Explanation
Think of a code app as renting a spot in a managed building: security at the door, utilities hooked up and building rules enforced, while you still decorate your own unit. You get Entra sign-in, connectors and governance without building them yourself. The trap is believing it's free to run; your users still need the right license.
Full Explanation
Power Apps code apps let a team keep a code-first web application while the platform supplies capabilities that would otherwise have to be built and operated separately. The app is published to and hosted in a Power Platform environment, users authenticate with Microsoft Entra ID, and the app can call Dataverse and more than a thousand connectors directly from JavaScript through the client library. It also inherits managed platform controls such as app sharing limits, Conditional Access on individual apps, data policy enforcement at launch, app quarantine and health metrics, and it moves through environments with platform ALM. An independently hosted site must implement authentication, connector-equivalent integrations and governance on its own. Code apps do not remove licensing: end users need a Power Apps Premium license or an equivalent such as pay-as-you-go or an app pass. The platform does not convert React code into a canvas app; the code remains the source of truth. Neither code apps nor any other client receives direct SQL access to Dataverse; data access goes through supported APIs and connectors, which remain subject to service protection limits. Exam caveat: code apps have limitations, such as no support in Power Apps for Windows, so check them against requirements. Operational check: publish a test build and confirm that sharing limits and the environment's data policies apply to it.