Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals

Learn the business value and product capabilities of Microsoft Power Platform. Create simple Power Apps, connect data with Dataverse, build a Power BI Dashboard, and automate processes with Power Automate.

Course Objectives

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Describe Microsoft Power Platform components

• Describe Microsoft Dataverse and connectors

• Describe cross-cloud scenarios across M365, Dynamics 365, Microsoft Azure and 3rd party services

• Identify benefits and capabilities of Microsoft Power Platform

• Identify the basic functionality and business value Microsoft Power Platform components

• Implement simple solutions with Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power BI

Target Audience

Candidates for this exam are users who aspire to improve productivity by automating business processes, analyzing data to produce business insights, and acting more effectively by creating simple app experiences.

Pre-requisites

Must have a general understanding of the concepts around cloud computing and networking. Must have a basic knowledge of the industry or any experience in a technology environment.

Course Outline

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

• Explore Microsoft Power Platform

• Describe the business value of the Power Platform

• Explore connectors and Microsoft Dataverse

• Use Artificial Intelligence to increase productivity

• Explore the business value of the Power Fx

• Describe how Power Platform works with Microsoft 365 apps and services

• Explore how Power Platform works with Microsoft Teams

• Describe how Power Platform works with Microsoft Dynamics 365 apps

• Explore how Microsoft Power Platform apps work together

• Describe how Power Platform solutions consume Microsoft Azure services

Module 2 - Identify foundational components of Microsoft Power Platform

• Describe Power Platform administration

• Describe Power Platform security and governance

• Explore Microsoft Dataverse

• Examine Power Platform connectors

Module 3 - Describe how to build applications with Microsoft Power Apps

• Describe Power Apps

• Explore canvas applications

• Explore model-driven applications

• Differentiate between canvas apps and model-driven apps

• Build a basic canvas app

• Build a basic model-driven app

Module 4 - Describe building automation with Microsoft Power Automate

• Describe the capabilities of Power Automate

• Explore the different Power Automate apps

• Describe the components of a cloud flow

• Consider Power Automate scenarios

• Describe process mining

• Build a basic Power Automate cloud flow

• Build a cloud flow with Copilot

• Build a Desktop flow

• Describe the business value of Power Automate

Module 5 - Describe the capabilities of Microsoft Power BI

• Describe using Power BI to build data-driven analytics

• Explore the different Power BI elements

• Describe cleaning and transforming data in Power BI Desktop

• Describe using AI Insights to spot trends and anomalies

• Build a basic dashboard

• Consider the business value of Power BI

Module 6 - Demonstrate the capabilities of Microsoft Power Pages

• Explore Power Pages

• Describe the business value of Power Pages

• Build a Power Pages site

• Use cases to use Copilot to streamline the process of building a Power Pages site

Module 7 - Describe the AI authoring experience in Power Platform

• Explore Copilot Studio

• Describe the components of Copilot Studio

• Create a basic copilot

• Describe use cases for Generative AI bots

• Describe AI Builder

• Describe the lifecycle to create an AI Builder model