Twelve Reasons to use Power Apps Common Data Service Instead of a Database

When to use stand-alone Power Apps with CDS over SharePoint or a database is a common source of confusion for new Power Apps professional and citizen developers. Here are twelve great reasons to use CDS over a traditional database or SharePoint lists. Short and sweet with many links.

1. Solutions framework (DevOps)
2. Model-driven design and metadata-driven architecture
3. Portals!
4. Security roles
5. Record ownership
6. Secure field profiles and DLP
7. Business process flows
8. Server side code
9. Web API/Web Resources
10. Industry accelerators ie: healthcare entities in healthcare accelerator
11. Segmented CDS environments
12. Share with Office 365 Groups.

What is the difference between CDS entities and SharePoint lists? Watch this 3 minute explanation.