About this course
Course Overview
The Power Platform empowers organizations to automate business processes, develop their own rich app experiences, and connect with customers better and faster. In this course, students will learn to perform discovery, capture requirements, engage subject matter experts and stakeholders, translate requirements, and configure Power Platform solutions and apps. They will supplement their learnings with hands-on labs to create application enhancements, custom user experiences, system integrations, data conversions, custom process automation, and custom visualizations. Power Platform is comprised of four key products: Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, and Power Virtual Agents. In this course, we will cover these four applications in depth, with additional focus on the Common Data Service, AI Builder, connectors, and portals.Target Audience
A Power Platform Functional Consultant is responsible for performing discovery, capturing requirements, engaging subject matter experts and stakeholders, translating requirements, and configuring Power Platform solutions and apps. The Functional Consultant implements components of a solution that include application enhancements, custom user experiences, system integrations, data conversions, custom process automation, and custom visualizations.Course Objectives
- Work with an organization to gather requirements and implement Power Platform solutions
- Build model-driven, canvas, and portal apps
- Create Power Automate flows
- Design a simple chatbot using Power Virtual Agents
- Analyze data using Power BI visualizations and dashboards
Course Content
Module 1: Introduction to Microsoft Power PlatformThis module will provide the learner with background about Microsoft Power Platform and its 4 key components: Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, and Power Virtual Agents.
- Microsoft Power Platform overview
Lab : Validate lab environment
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Identify the key components of Microsoft Power Platform
In this module, students will learn about creating a data model in Microsoft Dataverse, including importing data, using tabular reporting options, and configuring security. They will also learn about creating easy AI with AI Builder.
- Work with tables
- Understand data types and behavior
- Configure security settings
Labs
- Lab : Create an app
- Lab : Create tables and columns
- Lab : Create relationships
- Lab : Additional table settings
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Understand tables, columns, rows, and relationships
- Configure a data model in Dataverse
- Work in an environment within the Microsoft Power Platform admin center
In this module, students will learn the business value of Power Apps model-driven apps. They will then learn to how to configure and design them, including user experience considerations.
- Building blocks of model-driven apps
- Design model-driven apps
- Forms and views
Labs
- Lab : Modify views
- Lab : Modify forms
- Lab : App designer
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Connect to data in Power Apps
- Build a Power Apps model-driven app
- Design an application user experience
In this module, students will learn the business value of Power Apps canvas apps. They will then learn to how to configure and design them, including user experience considerations.
- Power Apps studio
- Canvas apps capabilities
- User experience
Labs
- Lab : Build a canvas app
- Lab : Work with data and services
- Lab : User experience
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Build a Power Apps canvas app
- Configure user experience in a canvas app
- Understand the building blocks of a canvas app
In this module, students will learn the business value of Power Apps portals. They will then learn to how to access Dataverse data in a portal and how portal authentication works.
- Power Apps portals architecture
- Access Microsoft Dataverse in your portal
- Authentication and user management
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Understand how to use Dataverse data in a portal
- Recognize types of Power Apps portals for different audiences
- Register users for portal access
In this module, students will learn about business rules and when they can be used. Students will also get an overview of Power Automate.
- Business rules
- Power Automate overview
Labs
- Lab : Configure a new business rule
- Lab : Create security roles
- Lab : Create users
- Lab : Advanced business rules
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Create users and grant security roles
- Create and configure security roles
- Create and configure advanced business rules
In this module, students will learn the fundamentals of cloud flows, including triggers and flows. They will create two flows, including an approval flow.
- Fundamentals of cloud flows
- Triggers
- Actions
Labs
- Lab : Create a flow
- Lab : Build an approval flow
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Create cloud flows
- Understand the fundamentals of cloud flows
- Use triggers and actions
In this module, students will learn what desktop flows are and how they are created. Students will also learn how desktop flows are used and how to use process advisor to better understand places to streamline workflows.
- Build desktop flows
- Use desktop flows
- Process advisor
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Understand the value of desktop flows
- Identify when to use desktop flows and how process advisor can help
In this module, students will learn the value of business process flows and how to use the business process flow designer. They will also practice building business process flows and learn how they can be automated.
- Why use business process flows
- Using business process flow designer
- Automating your business process flow
Labs
- Lab : Build a branching business process flow
- Lab : Build a business process flow
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Create business process flows
- Use the business process flow designer
- Know how to add automation to a business process flow
In this module, students will learn how to automate customer interactions with a chatbot using Power Virtual Agents.
- Create a chatbot
- Configure topics
- Automate and integrate
- Configure entities
- Test and publish chatbots
Lab : Build a chatbot
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Create a chatbot
- Include a flow in a chatbot
- Create topics and entities
In this module, students will learn how to work with Power BI Desktop and Power BI Service to analyze data and create visualizations.
- Use tabular reporting options in Dataverse
- Use charts and dashboards in Dataverse
- Get started with Power BI
- Model data in Power BI
- Create visualizations and dashboards
- Publish and share in Power BI
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Create visualizations
- Consume data in Power BI
- Export data visualizations for stakeholders
In this module, students will learn how the concepts of this course pull together and how to use functional consultant skills on Microsoft Power Platform engagements. They will also learn how solutions are used in Microsoft Power Platform and will be introduced to AI Builder.
- Using solutions
- AI Builder
- Consultant skills
Labs
- Lab : Build charts
- Lab : Build dashboards
- Lab : Build delete data
- Lab : Build a Word template
- Lab : Build an Excel template
- Lab : Duplicate detection
- Lab : Import data
- Lab : Export data
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Understand how the concepts of this course work together
- Manage solutions in Microsoft Power Platform
- Use AI Builder to create and manage models
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Apply functional consultant skills
Course Prerequisites
- Experience as an IT professional or student
- Working knowledge of the Power Platform and its key components
- A knowledge of the Common Data Service and security concepts
