Power Platform Associates

Course outline

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Introduction to the Power Platform

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• Pillars of the Power Platform

• Why use a low-code platform

• Environments

• Solutions

• DLP

• Licensing

• Dataverse

 

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Building Power Apps applications

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• Power fx

• Core Power fx functions

• Delegation

•  Power Apps canvas applications

  • Main components of a Power Apps application​

• Exercises: 

  • Create a Dataverse database​

  • Create a Power Apps canvas application from A to Z

  • Create reusable components

  • Extend the application with Low code plug-ins

• Power Apps Model Driven Apps applications

• Exercises: 

  • Create a Power Apps Model Driven application from A to Z

• Power Apps integration with SharePoint​

• Lab:

  • Extend & replace a SharePoint form with Power Apps​

• Create responsive design Power Apps applications

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Dataverse​

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• Type of tables (standard, elastic)

• Dataverse security model

• Dataverse security roles

• Low code plug-ins

• Exercises: 

  • secure your tables​

  • extend the application logic by creating low code plug-ins

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Application security

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• Share your application with the correct audience

• Security groups, business units, teams

• Security roles

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Introduction to JSON​

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• What is JSON

• Syntax

• Arrays

• Types

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Building Power Automate flows​

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• Versions of Power Automate

• Power Automate (DPA)

  • types of cloud flows​

  • Power Automate designer

  • Exercises:​

    • Create your first flow: building a time tracking Flow

    • Interacting with your Flow on your mobile

    • Learn approvals (Part 1) - Travel Approval

    • Flow Notifications and Conditions

    • Flow control, variables, expressions

    • More advanced approvals

    • Task overdue

    • Document generation with the Word Connector

    • Interaction between Power Automate and Power Apps

    • Creating a Business Process Flow

    • Call an external API from Flow with the HTTP action

    • Create a Flow/Power Apps Custom Connector

    • Calling the Microsoft Graph

    • Calling the SharePoint API from Flow

    • Flow limitations

    • Interactions between Power Automate and Power BI

    • Improve your flow performance

• Power Automate desktop (RPA)

  • overview​

  • Demos

  • Exercises (attended RAP flows)​​

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Building Dataflows

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• Introduction to Dataflows

• Exercise:

  • Building a Dataflow​​

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Power Platform ALM (Application Lifecycle Management)

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• Test before deploying

• Overview of options

• Solutions

• Import-export solutions

• Power Platform pipelines

  • Centralized​

  • Personal

• Azure DevOps Build tools

• Exercise:

  • Deploy your solution manually​

  • Automate the deployment with a pipeline

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Create Power Pages sites

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• What is Power Pages

• Power Page architecture

• sites, lists, forms, dashboards, styling

• Templates

• Configuration

• customize and extend

• Exercise:

  • Create a Power Page site​

  • customize the site

  • Integrate database operations (forms, lists, CRUD activities)

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Use AI in your application​

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• Explore Copilot Studio

• Describe the components of Copilot Studio

• AI capabilities

• Generative AI & generative answers

• Dynamic actions

• Exercise:

  • Create a basic copilot

• Introduction to AI Builder

• Lifecycle of an AI Builder model

• Exercise:

  • Create and use an AI builder model

  • Create and use a prompt LLM model

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