What are Custom Pages in Power Apps?

Custom Pages are a Power Apps component that allows developers to create custom user experiences inside Model-Driven Apps using Canvas App capabilities. They are useful when the standard Model-Driven App interface does not provide the exact user experience required for a particular business process. For example, an organization could create a custom page that provides a specialized interface for: Data entry Guided business processes Dashboards Multi-step interactions Custom calculations Specialized user experiences Custom Pages can interact with Dataverse data and can be integrated into Model-Driven Apps, allowing organizations to combine the structured capabilities of Model-Driven Apps with the UI flexibility of Canvas Apps. A simplified architecture is: Model-Driven App → Custom Page → Dataverse → Business Logic/Automation The main advantage is that developers do not necessarily have to build a completely separate application when they need a more customized user interface. However, developers should consider performance, responsive design, security, navigation, maintainability, ALM, and delegation when designing custom pages. Custom Pages are particularly useful when an organization wants the business-data and process capabilities of a Model-Driven App while requiring a more flexible, tailored user experience.