Glossary

An autonomous AI program that can understand requests, make decisions, and take actions on behalf of users — more advanced than a simple chatbot.

A Power Platform feature that adds AI capabilities to your apps and flows — document processing, text analysis, prediction, and image recognition.

An IT professional who builds automations and apps using low-code/no-code tools without being a professional software developer. They follow specific guardrails set by the CoE.

The central team responsible for governing, supporting, and scaling automation across Legrand. They define standards, manage the platform, and help teams adopt automation.

A pre-built bridge between Power Platform and another service (SharePoint, SAP, Outlook, Teams, etc.). Connectors are classified by data protection policies.

Microsoft's platform for building AI-powered chatbots and virtual agents that can answer questions, automate tasks, and integrate with your systems.

Rules that control which connectors can share data with each other, preventing sensitive information from leaking to unauthorized systems.

Microsoft's cloud database used by Power Platform to store and manage data for apps and automations.

The three stages of the deployment pipeline: Development (build & test), User Acceptance Testing (validate with users), Production (live for everyone).

Microsoft's identity and access management service (formerly Azure Active Directory). It controls who can access what in your organization.

An isolated workspace where your automations, apps, and data live. Legrand uses 114 environments organized by purpose (DEV, UAT, PROD).

An automated workflow in Power Automate. A flow is triggered by an event and executes a series of actions automatically.

Generative AI — technology that can create new content (text, images, code) based on prompts. Used in AI Builder and Copilot features.

Microsoft's unified API that provides access to data across Microsoft 365 services — users, groups, mail, calendar, files, Teams, and more.

UiPath's central management console that schedules, monitors, and controls all RPA robots across the organization.

Microsoft's automation platform that lets you create workflows to automate repetitive tasks between apps and services — no coding required for basic flows.

The web portal where administrators manage environments, data protection policies, connectors, analytics, and capacity for the entire Power Platform ecosystem.

An upgraded Power Platform licence that unlocks premium connectors (SAP, Oracle, HTTP), Dataverse storage, AI Builder credits, and higher API limits.

A professional software developer who builds complex automations using code, APIs, and advanced platform features. They have elevated access and follow stricter standards.

A group of users in Entra ID that share the same access permissions. Used to control who can access environments and resources.

Microsoft's document management and collaboration platform. Used as the data backbone for the Automation Hub — storing documents, lists, and configuration data.

A container in Power Platform that packages your apps, flows, and components together so they can be moved between environments (DEV → UAT → PROD) as a single unit.

The development framework used to build custom web parts and extensions for SharePoint and Microsoft Teams. The Automation Hub is built as an SPFx application.

An enterprise RPA (Robotic Process Automation) platform that uses software robots to automate repetitive desktop tasks like data entry, file processing, and legacy system interactions.