From Dataverse to Power Pages: Re-using Legacy Customizations with less code

Many organizations assume that moving to Power Pages means starting from scratch. In reality, a large portion of existing Dataverse customizations already contain critical business logic implemented through Business Rules and web resources. The challenge is that this logic doesn’t automatically surface in Power Pages and is often manually duplicated, leading to increased complexity and maintenance overhead.

In this session, we’ll introduce practical ways, strategies, and supporting tooling that help bridge that gap. You’ll learn how teams can reuse existing Dataverse Business Rules and web resources in Power Pages without rewriting logic or duplicating client-side code. We’ll walk through how these approaches work, the problems they solve, and the architectural patterns they enable when extending internal Dataverse solutions to public-facing websites.

Topics include:
- Ways to reuse legacy Dataverse Business Rules in Power Pages
- Strategies for translating Business Rule logic into deterministic, client-side execution
- Practical tooling used to safely reuse existing JavaScript web resources across forms and pages
- Understanding Power Pages limitations and common edge cases
- How to decide when reuse is appropriate—and when refactoring is the better option
- Real-world modernization patterns that avoid disrupting production systems

Takeaways:

Attendees will leave with a clear understanding of practical tooling used to extend existing Dataverse investments into Power Pages—faster, cleaner, and with far less duplication—while maintaining control, predictability, and long-term maintainability.