Course Outline
🔹 Module 1 – Introduction to Microsoft Power Platform
- Overview of the Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, and Dataverse).
- Common use cases within industrial and engineering companies.
- Low-Code/No-Code concepts and their corporate advantages.
- Licensing, environment structure, and governance.
🔹 Module 2 – Power Apps Fundamentals
- Application types (Canvas vs. Model-Driven).
- Canvas app structure: screens, components, controls, and layout.
- Common data sources: SharePoint, Excel, SQL Server, and Dataverse.
- Connecting to existing data lists and libraries.
- Data validation and conditional logic.
Hands-on exercises:
- Creating an inventory management app with entries, outputs, and critical level alerts.
- Developing an equipment control and calibration app with expiration dates and status tracking.
🔹 Module 3 – Automation with Power Automate
- Flow types: automated, instant, and scheduled.
- Triggers and actions: how to initiate flows and connect tools.
- Integration with Power Apps (buttons and trigger forms).
- Conditions, approvals, notifications, and automated record creation.
- Best practices for building reusable flows.
Hands-on exercises:
- Automating the test request process (ST) with approval steps.
- Setting up automatic alerts for equipment due for calibration.
- Automatically logging stock movements.
🔹 Module 4 – Guided Development: Company Projects
- Rapid requirements gathering with participants.
- Collaborative design of real company screens and flows.
- Building functional prototypes under instructor supervision.
- Validation, adjustments, and simulated testing.
🔹 Module 5 – Best Practices, Governance, and Maintenance
- Organizing environments (Development, Testing, Production).
- Managing permissions and data security.
- Documentation and versioning of apps and flows.
- Best practices for maintenance and scalability.
- Planning for solution evolution after the course.
Summary and Next Steps
Requirements
- A foundational understanding of business process workflows.
- Experience with Microsoft 365 tools (e.g., SharePoint, Excel).
Audience
- Process owners and analysts in industrial and engineering sectors.
- IT support staff and citizen developers.
- Managers aiming to automate and digitize workflows.
Testimonials (3)
Practical and hands on labs on report developmemt using Power BI The labs were excellent and the trainer offered very good hands on sessions
Sinzala Sichaanji - Bank of Zambia
Course - Mastering Power Platform: Power Apps, Power Automate, DataVerse, Power BI, and Power Virtual Agents
We did quite complex examples, so we could get a feeling of how the real work with Power Automate Desktop can look like in the real world scenario.
Michal Strnad - MicroNova AG
Course - Microsoft Flow/Power Automate
Knowledge of the application and its uses
Jose Everardo Hernandez Esmeralda - Comercializadora NIMMKA
Course - Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals
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