This module introduces you to creating a model-driven app in Power Apps that uses Common Data Service.

This module introduces you to Power Apps, helps you create and customize an app, and then manage and distribute it.

This module will focus on how to provide the best app navigation, and build the best UI using themes, icons, images, personalization, different form factors, and controls.

This module introduces you to Power Automate, teaches you how to build workflows, and how to administer flows.

Learn what Power BI is, including its building blocks and how they work together.

This module helps you build an AI model from the beginning and shows how you can use it in your business without writing a single line of code.

This 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.

Lessons

• Microsoft Power Platform overview

Lab : Validate lab environment

Outcome

• Identify the key components of Microsoft Power Platform
• Describe the role of a functional consultant

In this module, students will learn more about the functional consultant role and the skills required to successfully implement a Microsoft Power Platform solution for an organization.

Lessons

• Consultant skills overview
• Create and validate documentation
• Engage stakeholders
• Perform quality assurance
• Configure integrations

Outcome

• Engage stakeholders with demos
• Create table (entity) relationship diagrams
• Design integrations
• Interact with consultant and customer organization teams

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.

Lessons

• Work with the data model
• Create and manage processes
• Work with AI Builder
• Configure Dataverse settings
• Import and export data
• Use tabular reporting options
• Configure security settings

Labs

• Create an app
• Create tables and columns
• Create relationships
• Additional table options

Outcome

• 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 the three types of Power Apps. They will then learn to how to configure and design them, including user experience considerations for each type of application.

Lessons

• Make model-driven apps
• Make canvas apps
• Make portal apps

Labs

• Build dashboards
• Modify views
• Modify forms
• App designer
• Canvas app fundamentals
• Work with data and services
• User experience

Outcome

• Connect to data in Power Apps
• Build a Power App
• Design an application user experience

In this module, students will learn how to automate business processes using Power Automate flows, business process flows, and UI flows.

Lessons

• Build flows
• Build business process flows
• Build UI flows

Labs

• Build a business process flow
• Add branching to business process flow
• Build approval flow
• Create a flow
• Create users
• Create security role
• Configure a new business rule
• Advanced business rules

Outcome

• Create flows
• Create business process flows
• Understand UI flows

In this module, students will learn how to automate customer interactions with a chatbot using Power Virtual Agents.

Lessons

• Create a chatbot
• Configure topics
• Automate and integrate
• Configure entities
• Test and publish chatbots

Labs

• Create a chatbot

Outcome

• 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.

Lessons

• Get started with Power BI
• Model data in Power BI
• Create visualizations
• Create dashboards
• Publish and share in Power BI

Lab

• Build a Word template
• Build an Excel template
• Import data
• Duplicate detection
• Export data
• Bulk delete

Outcome

• Create visualizations
• Consume data in Power BI
• Export data visualizations for stakeholders

This module introduces you to creating a model-driven app in Power Apps that uses Common Data Service.

Lessons

• Introduction to model-driven apps and Common Data Service
• Get started with model-driven apps in Power Apps
• Create and manage entities in Common Data Service
• Create and manage fields within an entity in Common Data Service
• Working with option sets in Common Data Service
• Create a relationship between entities in Common Data Service
• Define and create business rules in Common Data Service
• Create and define calculation or rollup fields in Common Data Service
• Get started with security roles in Common Data Service

This module introduces you to Power Apps, helps you create and customize an app, and then manage and distribute it. It will also show you how to provide the best app navigation, and build the best UI using themes, icons, images, personalization, different form factors, and controls.

Lessons

• Get started with Power Apps
• Customize a canvas app in Power Apps
• Manage apps in Power Apps
• Navigation in a canvas app in Power Apps
• How to build the UI in a canvas app in Power Apps
• Use and understand Controls in a canvas app in Power Apps
• Document and test your Power Apps application

This module will help you use advanced formulas, perform custom updates, performance checks and testing. It will also help you to improve user’s experience, use custom connectors and focus on working with data source limits.

Lessons

• Use imperative development techniques for canvas apps in Power Apps
• Author an advanced formula that uses tables, records, and collections in a canvas app in Power Apps
• Perform custom updates in a Power Apps canvas app
• Complete testing and performance checks in a Power Apps canvas app
• Work with relational data in a Power Apps canvas app
• Work with data source limits (delegation limits) in a Power Apps canvas app
• Connecting to other data in a Power Apps canvas app
• Use custom connectors in a Power Apps canvas app

This module introduces you to Power Automate, teaches you how to build workflows, and how to administer flows.

Lessons

• Get started with Power Automate
• Build more complex flows with Power Automate
• Introduction to business process flows in Power Automate
• Create an immersive business process flow in Power Automate
• Understand advanced business process flow concepts in Power Automate
• Introduction to expressions in Power Automate

This module is the first step in learning about platform, tools, and the ecosystem of the Power Platform

Lessons

• Introduction to Power Platform developer resources
• Use developer tools to extend the Power Platform
• Introduction to extending the Microsoft Power Platform

This module looks at the tools and resources needed for extending the Power Platform. We’ll start with looking at the SDKs, the extensibility model, and event framework. This learning path also covers when to use plug-ins. Configuration of plug-ins as well as registering and deploying plug-ins.

Lessons

• Introduction to Common Data Service for developers
• Extend plug-ins

This module describes how to create client scripting, perform common actions with client script, and automate business process flow with client scrip. Learn about what client script can do, rules, and maintaining scripts. Discover when to use client script as well as when not to use client script.

Lessons

• Introduction to web resources
• Performing common actions with client script
• Automate business process flows with client script

This module describes how to get started with Power Apps Component Framework with an introductory module on the core concepts and components. Then it shows you how to build a component and work with advanced Power Apps Component Framework features.

Lessons

• Get started with Power Apps component framework
• Build a Power Apps component
• Use advanced features with Power Apps component framework

This module describes how to transform a content portal into a full web app interacting with Common Data Service. We will also cover the options available to customizers and developers to extend the portal functionality and integrate with Office 365, Power Platform, and Azure components.

Lessons

• Introduction to Power Apps portals
• Access Common Data Service in Power Apps portals
• Extend Power Apps portals
• Build custom Power Apps portals web templates

This module describes how to integrate with Common Data Service using code by learning about Common Data Service API. Get an in-depth overview of options available with Common Data Service to integrate data and events to Azure.

Lessons

• Work with Common Data Service Web API
• Integrate Common Data Service Azure solutions

Lessons

• Define a Solution Architect
• Role of a Solution Architect on projects
• Project Methodology
• Getting to know your customer
• Group exercise – Getting to know your customer

Lessons

• How to lead the requirement collection effort
• Using fit gap analysis
• Pillars of good architecture
• Blueprinting the solution architecture
• Group exercise – Design from requirements

Lessons

• Solution Architect’s role in project governance
• Techniques for keeping a project on track
• Scenarios that could cause a project to fail
• Group exercise – Project governance and working as a team

Lessons

• Key Power Platform architecture components
• Understand how platform design and limits influence solution architectures
• Updates and feature releases
• Understand how to communicate how the platform meets customer needs

Accordion Content

Lessons

• Data model influences
• Data model strategy
• Data types
• Data relationships
• Group exercise – Data modeling

Lessons

• Planning and evaluating requirements
• Operational reporting
• Power BI
• Enterprise BI
• Pre-built insights and custom AI

Lessons

• Discuss options for apps and how to choose where to start
• Discuss app composition options
• Using components as part of your app architecture
• Considerations for including Portals as an app in your architecture
• Group exercise – Power Apps Architecture topics

Lessons

• Microsoft vision and Solution Architect’s role in ALM
• Environment strategies
• Defining a solution structure for your deliverable

Labs

• ALM Hands-on Lab

Lessons

• Discuss options for automation and custom logic
• Review considerations for using triggers and common actions
• Explore using Business Process Flows (BPF) to guide users through business processes
• Group Exercise – Evaluate scenarios for Power Automate usage

Lessons

• Solution Architect’s role in security modeling
• Discovery and learning your client’s environment
• Controlling access to environments and resources
• Controlling access to CDS Data
• Group Exercise – Security Modeling

Lessons

• Solution Architects role in Integrations
• What is an integration and why do we need it
• Platform features that enable integration
• CDS Event Publishing
• Scenarios for group discussion

Lessons

• Solution Architect’s role when deploying Dynamics 365 apps
• Architecture Considerations for primary apps
• Group Exercise – App specific working groups evaluate requirements

Lessons

• Introduction
• Chatbot options
• Chatbot concepts
• Best practices
• Integrate chatbots
• Power Virtual Agents in Microsoft Teams

Lessons

• Introduction
• Power Automate Desktop
• Recording and editing tasks
• Running desktop flows
• Process advisor

Lessons

• Solution Architect’s role with testing and go live
• Planning for testing
• Planning for go live