Microsoft Power Apps launches MCP server, enabling business applications to be directly invoked by AI agents

ME News Report, April 16 (UTC+8), according to Beating Monitoring, Microsoft has released a set of AI updates for the low-code development platform Power Apps, with the core being the Power Apps MCP server (officially launched on May 4): Business applications built with Power Apps can expose data entry, query, visualization, and other capabilities through the MCP protocol for external access, allowing Copilot and custom agents to call directly, following the same permissions and business rules as human users.
This achieves a two-way integration between applications and AI.
Internally, Microsoft 365 Copilot has officially launched in Power Apps model-driven applications (canvas apps are in public preview), enabling users to search data with natural language, automatically convert emails into form fields, and generate activity history summaries within the app.
Externally, the application’s business logic is output via MCP as tools callable by agents.
Microsoft provides an example: a Power Apps application that has accumulated years of recruitment policies can now drive an AI recruitment agent that adheres to the same rules and permissions, eliminating the need to rewrite logic from scratch.
Simultaneously, the “Agent Feed” (officially launching in May) addresses agent supervision issues: administrators set approval thresholds, low-risk operations are automatically completed in the background, while high-impact actions (such as sending emails) prompt manual confirmation.
The approval interface is embedded within the business application itself, eliminating the need for separate monitoring tools.
Previously, the MCP protocol was mainly used in developer tools and AI programming assistants; Microsoft introducing it into enterprise business software marks a step toward expanding the protocol into broader enterprise scenarios.
(Source: BlockBeats)