Power Platform Primer - Power Apps

The training is aimed at students who are interested in developing fast mobile applications that address specific business problems without having specific development skills. This course is more business-oriented.

First day material

On the first day, we will build a concrete mobile application.

Power Platform overview, main features

Introduction to Power Apps

• What can it be used for? What are its limitations?
• How can we use it?
• Power Apps licence options

Types of Power Apps applications

• Canvas App
• Model-driven
• Portal

Canvas-based app creation

• Learning about controls and their properties
• Variable types and their use
• Publishing and sharing applications with others
• Use and types of connectors
• Choose the right database for your application!
• Create a "database" using Microsoft List (SharePoint Online)
• Use and main features of forms
• How to place and use Galleries
• Building search functions (LookUp, Filter, Search)
• Difference between delegable and non-delegable functions

Day two material

Building canvas-based applications (continued)

• Creating collections (Collect, ClearCollect, Clear functions)
• Creating and displaying diagrams in your applications
• Client-side validation
• Learning advanced functions

Customize SharePoint forms using SharePoint integrated canvas app

• Differences between SharePoint integrated and "normal" canvas apps
• When to use which one?

Microsoft Power Automate Primer

• Types of Power Automate processes
• Triggers and their types
• Using actions

Using Power Automate flow from Power Apps applications

The basic training does not require any prior knowledge, but it is useful to know more complex Microsoft Excel functions and how to use nested functions.