In this chapter, we looked at one of the most important aspects of any app development—the ability to secure our app and its data. We covered the topic of security by looking at three areas in particular—securing the app, securing the data, and creating in-app security.
While securing the app, we saw how we have the ability to choose who we share the app with and to determine whether they are users of the app or co-owners. App owners are able to invite individual users, AAD security groups, or everyone within the organization. By inviting AAD security groups, you lose the ability to see who has access to the site within PowerApps.
While it does secure the data, PowerApps is still just a user interface for a data source, and therefore security should always be considered regarding the data source itself. There are some data sources, such as SQL Server, that have the username and password defined in the connection, and therefore these will be used for all users. Other...
