Absolute Beginner's Guide to the Power Platform

Course Intro (5 Minutes)

• Welcome

Power Platform Overview (1 Hours)

In this first module we will introduce you to the Power Platform and its moving parts. You'll learn about the types of apps and automation available and view a demo of a full stack solution using the Power Platform.

• Power Platform Overview

• Full Demo of Platform Solution

• Components Info Sheets

• Assignment

Getting Started with the Power Platform (1 Hours)

In this module you will begin your journey to becoming a maker in the Power Platform. You will see the different admin centers and learn what types of actions you should be completing in each of them. And then there's a short quiz.

• Power Platform Admin

• Admin Center Tour

• Create an Environment

• Tour of the Maker Portal

• Glossary of Terms

• Test Your Knowledge

Microsoft Dataverse (2 Hours)

Microsoft Dataverse is a relational database that you can use as a data source for your Power Apps. It really is much more than just a database, but let’s start there. Dataverse grew from Microsoft’s CRM product, it became casually known as xRM, then CDS (Common Data Service) and now it is named Microsoft Dataverse.

• Microsoft Dataverse

• Data model overview

• Solutions

• Create a Solution

• Key Dataverse Data Modeling Componenets

• Create Tables

• Create Columns

• Additional Fields

• Relationships

• Dataverse Security

• Glossary of Terms

• Assignment

• Take your skills to the next level

Building Model-driven Apps (1.5 Hours)

Model-driven apps have been part of Microsoft for more than a decade. These apps evolved from Dynamics CRM and are what the Power Platform was first built on. The idea of a model-driven app is that you know you have data, it’s relational data, and you need an effective way to surface that to your users. Model-driven apps come with loads of features and automation out of the box, and they come with a quick and easy way to compose an app from the components you’ve made.

• Model-driven apps

• Introduction

• Examples of Model-driven Apps

• Our model app

• Forms

• Views

• Business Rules

• Business Process Flow

• Compose your app

• Scavenger Hunt

• Take your Model-Driven app skills to the next level.

Building Canvas Apps (2 Hours)

Canvas apps are Power Apps that allow you to build pixel-perfect apps connected to hundreds of potential data sources.

• Canvas app overview

• Planning

• Canvas app designer

• Controls

• Data sources and controls

• Gallery basics

• Filter search

• Related data

• Forms navigation

• Saving

• More canvas info

• Exercise

• Take your Canvas skills to the next level

Midpoint Capstone (1.5 Hours)

This is your half-way point! We've got an assignment for you. And a reward.

• Capstone Assignment

Building Power Apps Portals (1 Hours)

Power Apps portals are another way to expose data to users, these users are often external stakeholders.

• What are Portals?

  What are Portals? Brief intro to Power Apps portals and what and why portals are used in business applications.

• Provision a Power Apps portal

  Demo on how to provision a Power Apps portal.

• Create and Edit Web Pages

  How to portal pages are created

• Demo - Create and Edit Portal Web Pages

  Demo on editing content and creating Power Apps portals pages.

• Work with Dataverse on Portals

  How to work with Dataverse information on a Power Apps portal.

• Demo - Work with Dataverse on Portals

  Demo on how to create a List and Form component on a Power Apps portal.

• Power Apps portals authentication

  How to provide access to a portal.

• Demo - Provide Access to a Power Apps portal

  Demonstration on adding portal users to a portal and how they relate to Dataverse contacts.

• Protect Portal Content

  Overview on how portal content is protected.

• Demo - Protecting Portal Content and Dataverse Rows

  Demo on how portal content and Dataverse data is protected.

• Power Apps portals Scavenger Hunt

  Power Apps portals Scavenger Hunt

• Take your Portal skills to the next level

Platform Automation (0.5 Hours)

• Power Automate Basics

• Creating Flows

• Leveraging Cloud Flows

• Power Automate Desktop

• Build a Desktop Flow

• Working with Variables

• Working with UI Elements

• Working with Other Apps

• Putting it all together

Power Virtual Agents (0.5 Hours)

• PVA Overview

• Topics

• Leveraging Power Automate

• Working with Entities

• Testing a Bot

• Fallback Topics

• Publishing a Bot