Microsoft Power Platform App Maker Training (PL-100)

This 3-day Power Platform App Maker course will teach you how to build apps with low-code techniques to simplify, automate, and transform business tasks and processes using Microsoft Power Platform. This course may contain a 1-day Applied Workshop that is in preview. This workshop will allow you to practice your App Maker skills by creating an end-to-end solution to solve a problem for a fictitious company. The solution will include a Microsoft Dataverse database, Power Apps canvas app, and Power Automate flows.

Microsoft Power Platform App Maker Training (PL-100) Benefits

• In this Microsoft Power Platform App Maker training, you will learn how to:

  • Design business solutions using Power Platform App Maker.
  • Analyze and visualize data using Power BI.
  • Create business solutions using Power Platform App Maker.

• PL-100 Course Prerequisites

  Attendees in this course should have experience with Power Platform at the level of Learning Tree Course 8571, Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals Training (PL-900) in addition to:

  • Basic data modeling, user experience design, requirements analysis, and process analysis skills.
  • Possesses a personal growth mindset and is comfortable using technology to solve business problems.
  • Keep an understanding of the operational need and a vision of the desired outcome. They approach problems with phased and iterative strategies.

• PL-100 Certification Information

  This course can help you prepare for the following Microsoft role-based certification exam — Exam PL-100: Microsoft Power Platform App Maker.

Power Platform App Maker Training Outline

Module 1: Describe the business value of the Microsoft Power Platform

Learn about the components of Microsoft Power Platform, the business value for customers, and how the technology works with other Microsoft products.

In this module, you will:

• Examine Microsoft Power Platform.
• Describe the business value of the Power Platform.
• Explore connectors in Power Platform.
• Review using Microsoft Dataverse to organize business data.
• Examine how Power Platform works together with Microsoft 365 apps and services.
• Explore solutions using Power Platform Microsoft Teams.
• Describe how Power Platform works with Dynamics 365.
• Describe how Power Platform solutions can consume Azure Services.
• Explore how Power Platform apps work together to create solutions.

Module 2: How to build your first model-driven app with Dataverse

Do you want to build apps with little to no code quickly? This module focuses on the building blocks of Dataverse and model-driven apps. These key components will help you build quick business apps in your organization.

In this module, you will:

• Discover the value and critical features of Dataverse.
• Learn about the value and critical features of model-driven apps.
• Explore sample model-driven template apps.

Module 3: Create tables in Dataverse

Dataverse lets you securely store and manage data used by business applications. Standard and custom tables within Dataverse provide a secure and cloud-based storage option for your data.

This module explains how to:

• Create tables with Dataverse
• Import data into a Dataverse database

Module 4: Get started with model-driven apps in Power Apps

Model-driven app design is an approach that focuses on quickly adding components to your apps. These components include dashboards, forms, views, and charts. With little or no code, you can make simple or complex apps.

In this module, you will:

• Learn about model-driven app design
• Create a model-driven app

Module 5: Create and manage columns within a table in Dataverse

Do you want to create new data columns or use existing standardized columns for your business solutions? This module will show you how to manage or create new columns within a table in Dataverse.

In this module, you will:

• Learn what a column is in Dataverse.
• Learn about the types of columns that are available in Dataverse.
• Add a column to a table.
• Learn what a primary name column is in Dataverse.
• Identify restrictions that are associated with columns.
• Create an auto-numbering column.
• Create an alternate key.

Module 6: Get started with security roles in Dataverse

Do you want to use security roles to limit user permissions? This module will show you how to set permissions to limit access to an environment. Or limit which users can view, edit, or delete data in an environment within Dataverse.

In this module, you will:

• Learn about security roles and apply them to users in an environment.
• Learn how to add users to an environment.
• Understand security concepts in Dataverse.
• Identify default security roles.
• Create a custom role.
• Create a custom security role and assign it to entities and users.
• Learn how to configure Dataverse teams for security
• Learn how to configure Dataverse group teams for security

Module 7: Document and test your Power Apps application

In this module, you'll learn best practices around testing and documenting your Power Apps application.

In this module, you will:

• Learn about the different types of test plans and the components of a good test plan
• Identify and discuss optimization tools and performance tuning
• Learn about the benefits of documenting your application

Module 8: Get started with Microsoft Dataverse for Teams

Microsoft Dataverse for Teams is a built-in, low-code data platform for Microsoft Teams that lets users build custom apps, workflows, chatbots, and dashboards in Teams by using Microsoft Power Apps, Power Virtual Agents, and Power Automate. Dataverse for Teams provides relational data storage, rich data types, enterprise-grade governance, and one-click solution deployment to the Teams app.

In this module, you will:

• Learn how to build apps, workflows, chatbots, and dashboards.
• Learn how to provision Dataverse for Teams and then create a table for your data.

Module 9: Build your first app with Power Apps and Dataverse for Teams

Today's business problems increasingly require modern digital solutions. With a low-code platform, anyone with a great idea can build a digital app. Dataverse for Teams allows you to build modern digital apps and deploy them to help you and your team solve those problems.

In this module, you will:

• Create an app by using the hero template.
• Customize and publish your app.
• Install templates.

Module 10: Create a canvas app in Power Apps

Do you want to create apps to help make your business more efficient? Then, this path is for you. It introduces you to Power Apps, helps you create and customize an app, and manages and distributes it.

Module 11: Navigation in a canvas app in Power Apps

App users can only navigate through the navigation options provided by an app developer, and this module is designed to help you build a good navigation experience for your canvas app.

In this module, you will:

• Understand how navigation works in a canvas app
• Use the Navigate and Back functions
• Understand the different ways these functions can be invoked

Module 12: How to build the UI in a canvas app in Power Apps

Do you want to build a better UI for app users? This module helps you use themes, icons, images, personalization, different form factors, and controls.

In this module, you will:

• Understand the basics of building the UI through themes, icons, control customization, and images.
• Use personalization in a canvas app
• Understand the differences between the Tablet and Mobile form factors

Module 13: Use and understand Controls in a canvas app in Power Apps

Controls help create a better experience for the user and collect the appropriate data. This module will help you understand and use Controls.

In this module, you will:

• Understand how to use controls in a canvas app
• Use the different types of controls
• Understand how Galleries and Forms related to controls

Module 14: Get started with Power Automate

Power Automate is an online workflow service that automates actions across the most common apps and services.

In this module, you will:

• Create a flow that automatically saves email attachments
• Learn how to create a button flow to send yourself a reminder

Module 15: Use the Admin center to manage environments and data policies in Power Automate

Tenant and environment admins use the Power Automate Admin center to manage data policies and environments for Power Automate deployments.

In this module, you will:

• Learn about the Admin center
• Learn how to import and export flows
• Learn how to share flows

Module 16: Introduction to Microsoft Power Platform security and governance

Do you want to learn how to help secure and govern Microsoft Power Platform apps like Power Automate and Power Apps? This module introduces Microsoft Power Platform environments and their role in creating Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies using examples and use cases. A brief introduction and overview of tools will also be discussed, including Microsoft Power Platform and Power Automate Admin experiences and the Microsoft Power Platform Center of Excellence (COE) toolkit.

In this module, you will:

• Access Microsoft Power Platform admin experiences.
• Create a simple environment and tenant-wide DLP policies.
• Discover and identify the differences between the Business and No-business data groups.
• Learn the differences between out-of-the-box Power Automate Admin experiences and the Microsoft Power Platform Center of Excellence toolkit.

Module 17: Build your first workflow with Power Automate and Dataverse for Teams

Using automated and scheduled flows, you can build powerful workflows inside Microsoft Teams and increase productivity in your Microsoft Teams work.

In this module, you will:

• Build a flow to respond to changes in Teams.
• Extend an app in Microsoft Power Apps to trigger a flow.
• Schedule a flow to complete routine tasks.

Module 18: Get started building with Power BI

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

In this module, you will:

• Learn how Power BI services and applications work together.
• Explore how Power BI can make your business more efficient.
• Learn how to create compelling visuals and reports

Module 19: Get data with Power BI Desktop

How can you find, collect, and clean data from different sources? Power BI is a tool for making sense of your data. You will learn tricks to make data gathering easier.

In this module, you will:

• Explore the data-centric features and tools of Power BI.
• Explore ways to find data.

Module 20: Create reports with Power BI and Dataverse for Teams

Build your reports with Microsoft Power BI and Dataverse for Teams. This module explains how to import a dataset, create a report, edit reports, and share reports with others.

In this module, you will:

• Import a Microsoft Dataverse dataset into Power BI.
• Create a new Power BI report based on the dataset.
• Edit a report.
• Share a report with others in Teams channels, chats, or meetings.

Module 21: Get started with AI Builder

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

In this module, you will:

• Explore how AI Builder can help improve your business performance.
• Learn how to use different AI technologies to enhance your processes.
• Create your first model.
• Learn how to use your models in Power Apps and Power Automate

Module 22: Create a chatbot with Power Virtual Agents and Dataverse for Teams

Employees with quick access to information make better decisions, reduce errors, and save money. Chatbots create a personalized experience that simplifies how employees get information. Power Virtual Agents and Dataverse for Teams create intelligent chatbots to quickly respond to employee needs without building high-code solutions.

In this module, you will:

• Learn how to create a chatbot.
• Discover how the chatbot can call Microsoft Power Automate actions to retrieve data from Dataverse for Teams.
• Publish the chatbot to your team or the whole company.