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Introduction:
Microsoft 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 Microsoft 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. Microsoft 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 Microsoft Dataverse, AI Builder, connectors, and portals.
Audience profile:
A Microsoft Power Platform Functional Consultant is responsible for creating and configuring apps, automations, and solutions. They act as the liaison between users and the implementation team. The functional consultant promotes utilization of solutions within an organization. The functional consultant may perform discovery, engage subject matter experts and stakeholders, capture requirements, and map requirements to features. They implement components of a solution including application enhancements, custom user experiences, system integrations, data conversions, custom process automation, and simple visualizations.
Job role: Functional Consultant
Pre-requisites:
- Experience as an IT professional or student
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Power Platform and its key components
- Knowledge of Microsoft Dataverse (or general data modeling) and security concepts
Course Objectives:
- Work with an organization to gather requirements and implement Microsoft 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 Platform |
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.
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Lab: Validate lab environment |
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Module 2: Work with Dataverse |
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.
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Lab: Create an app
Lab: Create tables and columns Lab: Create relationships Lab: Additional table settings |
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Module 3: Make model-driven apps with Power Apps |
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.
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Lab: Modify views
Lab: Modify forms Lab: App designer |
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Module 4: Make canvas apps with Power Apps |
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.
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Lab: Build a canvas app
Lab: Work with data and services Lab: User experience |
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Module 5: Make portals with Power Apps |
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.
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Module 6: Introduction to automation |
In this module, students will learn about business rules and when they can be used. Students will also get an overview of Power Automate.
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Lab: Configure a new business rule
Lab: Create security roles Lab: Create users Lab: Advanced business rules |
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Module 7: Build Power Automate cloud flows |
In this module, students will learn the fundamentals of cloud flows, including triggers and flows. They will create two flows, including an approval flow.
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Lab: Create a flow
Lab: Build an approval flow |
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Module 8: Build Power Automate desktop flows |
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.
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Module 9: Build business process flows |
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.
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Lab: Build a branching business process flow
Lab: Build a business process flow |
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Module 10: Build chatbots with Power Virtual Agents |
In this module, students will learn how to automate customer interactions with a chatbot using Power Virtual Agents.
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Lab: Build a chatbot |
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Module 11: Analyze data with Power Bi |
In this module, students will learn how to work with Power BI Desktop and Power BI Service to analyze data and create visualizations.
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Module 12: Putting it all together |
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.
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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 |
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Associated certifications and exam:
This course prepares students to write Exam PL-200: Microsoft Power Platform Functional Consultant.
On successful completion of this course students will receive a Torque IT attendance certificate.
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