Microsoft PowerApps for End Users 55265A

What if you could build enterprise-grade apps without writing a single line of code? With Microsoft PowerApps, anyone can design low-code apps that streamline business processes, connect to real data, and integrate with Microsoft 365, all without writing a single line of code.

The 55265 Microsoft PowerApps Training course equips students to create professional-grade apps that connect with data sources like Excel, SharePoint, and Azure SQL. Through guided instruction and hands-on labs, you'll learn how to build canvas and model-driven apps, apply branding, write formulas, and embed your apps in tools like Teams and SharePoint Online

This course offers value for every level of user, from beginners looking to customize SharePoint data entry forms, to advanced users who want to apply complex formulas and create highly tailored app functionality.

• Understand when and how to use Microsoft PowerApps
• Build apps from data sources like SharePoint, Excel, or Azure SQL
• Customize app screens, controls, formulas, and user experience
• Use both canvas apps and model-driven apps effectively
• Connect PowerApps with other Office 365 services including Teams and SharePoint Online
• Start workflows with Power Automate
• Administer, manage, and monitor PowerApps across environments
• Describe when PowerApps should be used
• Know how to access PowerApps
• Make design decisions based on PowerApps licenses
• Understand that there are two type of app
• Be able to use sample apps

Module 2: Getting Started with PowerApps

To begin our journey through the PowerApps product, we will begin by looking at some of the templates that are available to view and edit. Microsoft’s templates are a good starting point to discover what the product is capable off and how it can be achieved. We will also take the chance to have a tour of the editor so that students are familiar with the interface that they will be using over the two-day course. We will then build our first app from a static data source, showing students how to test their changes in the app instantly without the need to publish. We will also discuss how to configure your apps settings and how to access the app once it has been saved and shared.

• Build a useful app using wizards in minutes
• Make simple changes to existing apps
• Know how formulas are used in PowerApps
• Be able to test an app before it is shared
• Restore a previous version of an app in the event of a problem
• Use the mobile app

Module 3: Branding and Media

In our next module, we will look at the options available to designers that allow them to implement their business branding. Not only will this deal with the aesthetics of your app, it will also introduce time-saving tips to help keep your branding consistent. We will also be discussing how to embed media into your app which can be useful if you are planning on an app that might promote video content.

• Customize apps backgrounds with images and color
• Add images and logos to an app
• Use times to show and hide controls
• Align and size controls

Module 4: PowerApps Controls

So far in the course, we would have covered the basics of adding, editing and removing controls from our applications. The drive behind this module is to provide more depth on the categories of controls which can be used on a form. Your instructor will take you through each control and discuss its purpose and configuration. Tackling the wide selection of controls will help students recognize when to use the right control.

• Use a wide range of controls to give users the best data entry experience
• Edit control properties
• Use formulas to all multiple controls to interact with each other
• Present information using charts

Module 5: Data Sources and Logic

To help maintain and view essential business information, organisations often have a diverse selection of locations to keep different types of data. This could range from databases to file storage locations. PowerApps offers connections to a wide selection of data sources. We will show students to build their PowerApps to bring in data from a variety of sources as well as how they can utilise the common data source, a storage location unique to PowerApps.

• Connect to many data source including cloud and on premises
• Understand the financial costs of working with different datasources
• Understand which data sources can work with large amount of data
• Display data using controls

Module 6: Model-Driven Apps

Module one to five discussed how to work with the original type of PowerApp known as a Canvas App, Microsoft have now introduced a second type of app known as a model-driven app. Model driven apps involve a different development process to canvas apps. We will review this development process during this module. Model-Driven apps can be quicker to build than canvas apps, but they are less customizable and typically have a higher cost, knowing which type of app to use is not always a simple decision, we will show you the pros and cons of each.

• Describe the difference between a canvas app and a model-driven app
• Access model-driven apps
• Edit model-driven apps

Module 7: PowerApp Integration

PowerApps is designed to easily connect to other business systems to read and update information. In this module we will discuss some simple ways to integrate PowerApps with key Office 365 systems including Teams, SharePoint Online and Flow. The result is the ability to use a combination of systems to create solutions for a variety of business requirements.

• Know how to make PowerApps available for users via Teams and SharePoint Online
• Understand the benefits of using PowerApps with Flow

Module 8: Administration and Maintenance of PowerApps

In our last module for Microsoft PowerApps, we will be looking at how a business can manage their existing apps. This could be using analytics to discover usage trends. We will discover how to export and import apps, so they can be reused in other locations. Finally, we will discuss how Office 365 administrators can shape the PowerApps experience with high-level settings that help ensure data segregation and security.

• Identify who is using PowerApps in your organization
• Prevent specific users from using the PowerApps service
• Reuse or move existing apps

Before attending this course, students must have:

• Attendees must understand basic concepts of data such as Excel tables and basic knowledge of SharePoint but no previous experience of Flow is required.