Course Outline
Introduction
Overview of Microsoft Power Platform Features
- Core components of the Power Platform
- Integration with Office 365, Dynamics 365, and third-party applications
- Data sources and connectors
Getting Started with the Microsoft Power Platform
- Fundamentals of Microsoft Dataverse (formerly Common Data Service (CDS))
- Tables and columns
- Relationships and environments
- Business rules
- Power Platform admin center
Building Simple Applications with Power Apps
- Connecting to common data sources
- Various app types
- No-code artificial intelligence (AI)
- Security, governance, and reporting capabilities
- Power Apps Portals
Creating Diverse Applications with Power Apps
- Developing a canvas app
- Basic elements and functions
- Connecting to a data source
- Creating a model-driven app
- Building blocks (data, user interface, logic, visualization)
- Creating a form
- Security and access control
Automating Processes with Power Automate
- Types of flows
- Flow templates
- Scheduled flows
- Button flows
- Approval requests
- Business process flows
Generating Reports and Dashboards with Power BI
- Power BI parts, concepts, and capacities
- Components (workspaces, datasets, reports, dashboards)
- Template apps
- Visualizations (charts, KPIs, maps, matrices, etc.)
- Data filters and buttons
- Data transformation and cleaning
- Working with aggregates
- Security and administration
- Constructing a simple dashboard
Creating Chatbots with Power Virtual Agents
- Key components
- Creating a chatbot
- Managing topics
- Testing and publishing
- Analyzing a chatbot
Exploring Advanced Power Platform Topics
- Administration guide
- Application lifecycle management
- Power Platform best practices
- AI Builder
Troubleshooting
Summary and Conclusion
Requirements
- A foundational understanding of Microsoft Office 365 and Dynamics 365 concepts
- Familiarity with app development, workflow automation, and data analysis
Target Audience
- Business staff
- Managers
- Developers
- Data analysts
Testimonials (4)
Dynamic, adaptive, and informative
Marcia - Complete Coherence
Course - Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals
Answered all our questions. Led course based on our areas of interest and regularly checked in to make sure we are following.
- Complete Coherence
Course - Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals
I really likes Shauns personability and knowledge - he took questions and sent us some useful information to answer our questions as they were specific to the business.
Katie Smith - Complete Coherence
Course - Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals
I thought the trainer was really engaging and was very quick on his feet to answer questions that were related to our work and really tailored the teaching towards our needs and went above and beyond to meet them. I could not recommend Shaun enough!