Is SharePoint a database for Power Apps? @ShanesCows

Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

Is SharePoint a database? I fear no other question is more polarizing, so we attempt to get to an answer. We look at columns, relationships, security, performance, and more.

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0:00 Is SharePoint a Database?
0:42 Add SharePoint as a data source
2:51 Column Types
4:35 Lookup columns and relationships
6:39 Limits, Scale, Performance, Index Columns
9:06 Security
10:28 ALM & SLDC
11:26 Not using data normalization
13:13 Final thoughts

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