15 years too late but it's finally here: server-side logic in Power Pages.
What does it change in practice?
- Unlike Azure Functions, it's just another Power Pages asset that can be added to Power Platform ALM.
- Perfect for anything that is logic-lite/secret-heavy. Think payments and integrations that need secrets. Server-side logic avoids awkward workarounds using plugins, Power Automate, etc. just to keep keys safe.
- Re-use your Javascript skills though it's not lift-n-shift from the client-side exercise. Just couple new objects to learn: HTTP client for external calls and a Dataverse object for CRUD operations.
- There are plenty of scenarios where client-side Web API is better, like interaction with external services requiring callbacks, for example.
As Nick succulently summed it up:
It doesn't make anything possible we couldn't do before. It just makes doing a lot of things we did do before a lot easier.
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