Canvas app award journey
A guided multi-step app supported registration, evidence capture, application progress, and assessment stages.
Case Studies / National Award Platform Rebuild
National Award Platform Rebuild
on Azure and Power Platform
A national arts and education award programme needed its ageing digital platform rebuilt to support a complex multi-stage application journey, assessment process, automated certificates, and scalable asset delivery.
The problem behind the work
The award programme involved registration, evidence submission, multi-stage assessment, review, certificate generation, and digital badge issuance. The existing system could no longer support the data complexity, application volume, or administrative needs of the programme.
Certificate and badge issuance involved manual effort, and the platform lacked the scalability needed for future growth.
Ageing platform
The existing solution struggled with the data model, workflow complexity, and applicant volume.
Complex award journey
Applicants and reviewers moved through multiple stages without a sufficiently structured digital workflow.
Manual award issuance
Certificates and digital badges were generated and issued manually.
Scalability limits
The platform could not reliably grow with increasing programme demand.
What was delivered
The platform was rebuilt using Power Apps Canvas for the user experience, Azure SQL for the data layer, Logic Apps for orchestration, and Blob Storage for generated assets.
Azure SQL data layer
A relational database supported award records, assessment relationships, applicant history, and programme scale.
Logic Apps automation
Workflow orchestration routed applications, triggered assessment activity, and handled downstream automation.
Blob Storage asset management
Certificates and digital badges were generated and stored for secure distribution.
Automated award issuance
Award outputs were created dynamically based on confirmed criteria and award level.
Scalable architecture
Azure-backed services provided a platform capable of supporting higher volumes and future change.
What changed
Automated award outputs
Certificates and digital badges can be generated and issued without manual preparation.
Clear applicant journey
The Canvas App guides users through each required step and evidence point.
Reduced admin load
Automation removes repetitive manual tasks from the award team.
Improved reliability
A modern architecture replaced the constraints of the ageing platform.
Scalable foundation
The programme can grow without immediate architectural rework.
Better data structure
Assessment and applicant records are held in a more robust relational model.
Platform components
Power Apps (Canvas)
Entra ID
Microsoft 365
Azure Logic Apps
Azure SQL- Azure Blob Storage
A platform that has outgrown its design?
If volume or complexity has outrun the system behind a programme, tell us how it works today and we will explain how we would approach a rebuild.