Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals

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6 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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6 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

162 reviews

Beginner level

Recommended experience

Flexible schedule

3 weeks at 10 hours a week

Learn at your own pace

92%

Most learners liked this course

What you'll learn

How to create simple apps, visualize data, automate a business process and build a chatbot
How to describe the business value of Power Platform
How to identify the core components of Power Platform and how to demonstrate the capabilities of Power BI
How to describe the capabilities of Power Apps, and how to demonstrate the business value of Power Virtual Agents

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There are 6 modules in this course

In this course, you will learn the business value and product capabilities of Power Platform. You will create simple Power Apps, connect data with Microsoft Dataverse, build a Power BI Dashboard, automate a process with Power Automate, and build a chatbot with Power Virtual Agents.

By the end of this course, you will be able to: • Describe the business value of Power Platform • Identify the core components of Power Platform • Demonstrate the capabilities of Power BI • Describe the capabilities of Power Apps • Demonstrate the business value of Power Virtual Agents Microsoft's Power Platform is not just for programmers and specialist technologists. If you, or the company that you work for, aspire to improve productivity by automating business processes, analyzing data to produce business insights, and acting more effectively by creating simple app experiences or even chatbots, this is the right course to kick-start your career and learn amazing skills. Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals will act as a bedrock of fundamental knowledge to prepare you for the Microsoft Certification: Power Platform Fundamentals - PL900 Exam. You will be able to demonstrate your real-world knowledge of the fundamentals of Microsoft Power Platform. This course can accelerate your progress and give your career a boost, as you use your Microsoft skills to improve your team’s productivity.

In this module, you will explore the core components of Microsoft Power Platform and how they support business solutions. You will also learn basic Dataverse concepts and how data connections can be used across Power Platform applications. This module sets expectations for how Power Apps can help organizations create simple applications and support business needs.

What's included

12 videos15 readings4 assignments1 discussion prompt1 plugin

12 videosTotal 49 minutes

An overview of Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals 5 minutes
Introduction to Power Platform in Business Analysis 4 minutes
Microsoft Certified: Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals3 minutes
What is Microsoft Power Platform?6 minutes
Data connectors4 minutes
Pulling it all together3 minutes
Microsoft Dataverse4 minutes
Understand relationships3 minutes
Environments in Dataverse4 minutes
What is Microsoft Power Apps?4 minutes
What Power Apps can do for you5 minutes
Introduction to Power Platform: Module summary5 minutes

15 readingsTotal 78 minutes

Exam PL-900: Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals 5 minutes
Course syllabus: Power Platform in Business Analysis8 minutes
How to be successful in this course5 minutes
Custom connectors5 minutes
Data loss prevention, compliance, privacy, and accessibility5 minutes
Microsoft Power Platform lesson summary5 minutes
Microsoft Power Platform: Additional resources5 minutes
Overview of Dataverse5 minutes
Business rules5 minutes
Microsoft Dataverse lesson summary5 minutes
Microsoft Dataverse: Additional resources5 minutes
Customer case study - Heathrow Airport5 minutes
Power Apps lesson summary5 minutes
Power Apps: Additional resources5 minutes
About the Introduction to Power Platform graded assessment5 minutes

4 assignmentsTotal 84 minutes

Introduction to Power Platform module quiz: exam preparation30 minutes
Microsoft Power Platform knowledge check18 minutes
Microsoft Dataverse knowledge check18 minutes
Power Apps knowledge check18 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 5 minutes

Meet and greet5 minutes

1 pluginTotal 5 minutes

Power Apps in action5 minutes

In this module, you will learn how Power Apps supports the creation of custom business solutions. This module introduces canvas apps and model-driven apps, including how they are built and customized with little or no code. You will focus on the key concepts behind choosing and using these app types for common business scenarios.

What's included

10 videos13 readings6 assignments1 discussion prompt

10 videosTotal 46 minutes

Introduction and learn basic elements5 minutes
Build a canvas app: Create your account and install4 minutes
Customize the app7 minutes
Get started with functions and share an app7 minutes
Introduction to model-driven apps3 minutes
Design of model-driven apps4 minutes
Business logic3 minutes
Creating model-driven apps8 minutes
Control security and share model-driven apps4 minutes
Custom solutions module summary3 minutes

13 readingsTotal 140 minutes

Generate and Explore the app5 minutes
Exercise: Build your first canvas app30 minutes
Practice using functions in Power Apps5 minutes
Exercise: Practice using functions in Power Apps30 minutes
Canvas app lesson summary5 minutes
Canvas app additional resources5 minutes
Building blocks of model-driven apps5 minutes
Prepare to create a model-driven app5 minutes
Exercise: Create a model-driven app30 minutes
Types of predefined security roles5 minutes
Model-driven app lesson summary5 minutes
Model-driven app: Additional resources5 minutes
About the custom solutions graded assessment 5 minutes

6 assignmentsTotal 84 minutes

Custom solutions module quiz: Exam preparation30 minutes
Exercise Review: Build your first canvas app6 minutes
Exercise Review: Using functions in Power Apps6 minutes
Canvas app knowledge check18 minutes
Exercise Review: Create a model-driven app6 minutes
Model-driven apps knowledge check18 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 5 minutes

What canvas app would you like to build next?5 minutes

In this module, you will examine how Power Pages and Power Automate support business process solutions. This module covers how internal and external audiences can interact with data from Microsoft Dataverse or Dynamics 365. You will also learn how automated flows can support repeatable processes and simplify routine tasks.

What's included

15 videos13 readings6 assignments1 discussion prompt1 plugin

15 videosTotal 67 minutes

Power Apps portals and what they can do for you7 minutes
Get started with portals4 minutes
Use themes in portals2 minutes
Overview of portals security4 minutes
Introduction to Power Automate6 minutes
Overview of Power Automate5 minutes
Introduction and creating a flow from a template6 minutes
Build recurring flows4 minutes
Build an approval request: solution walk-through4 minutes
Customize an approval request3 minutes
Business process flows4 minutes
Adding conditions to a business process flow5 minutes
Adding a business flow to a model driven app4 minutes
Edit a business process flow3 minutes
Build an automated solution module summary5 minutes

13 readingsTotal 115 minutes

Overview of templates in portals5 minutes
Overview of core components of portals5 minutes
Portals lesson summary5 minutes
Portals additional resources5 minutes
Customer case study: TruGreen5 minutes
Power Automate lesson summary5 minutes
Power Automate additional resources5 minutes
Build a button flow5 minutes
Exercise: Build an approval request30 minutes
Exercise: Build a business process flow30 minutes
Automated solution lesson summary5 minutes
Automated solution additional resources5 minutes
About the automated solution graded assessment5 minutes

6 assignmentsTotal 96 minutes

Build an automated solution module quiz: Exam preparation30 minutes
Portals knowledge check18 minutes
Power Automate knowledge check18 minutes
Exercise Review: Build an approval request6 minutes
Exercise Review: Build a business process flow6 minutes
Automation solution knowledge check18 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 5 minutes

How can you use business process flows to create efficiencies?5 minutes

1 pluginTotal 5 minutes

Power Automate in action5 minutes

In this module, you will learn the basic concepts behind Power BI and how it supports data analysis and visualization. This module introduces reports, dashboards, and interactive visuals as ways to present business data. You will also explore how organizations use Power BI insights to support business decisions.

What's included

11 videos15 readings6 assignments1 discussion prompt2 plugins

11 videosTotal 54 minutes

What is Power BI?3 minutes
Power BI concepts5 minutes
Power BI Reports and Dashboards7 minutes
Data modeling and visualizations4 minutes
Clean data6 minutes
Work with Aggregates7 minutes
Security and administration in Power BI3 minutes
Introduction and Connect to data4 minutes
Visualize data4 minutes
Build a dashboard and collaborate and share6 minutes
How to build a simple dashboard module summary6 minutes

15 readingsTotal 130 minutes

Install a template app5 minutes
Types of visualizations in Power BI5 minutes
Custom visuals5 minutes
Exercise: Data modeling and visualizations (Optional for MAC Users)30 minutes
Exemplar: Data modeling and visualizations (Optional for MAC Users)10 minutes
Power BI: Lesson summary5 minutes
Power BI: Additional resources5 minutes
Customer case study – Miami Heat5 minutes
Power BI: security lesson summary 5 minutes
Power BI: Security additional resources5 minutes
Transform data (Optional for MAC users)5 minutes
Exercise: Build a dashboard30 minutes
Build a dashboard lesson summary5 minutes
Build a dashboard: Additional resources5 minutes
About the graded assessment5 minutes

6 assignmentsTotal 87 minutes

How to build a simple dashboard module quiz: Exam preparation30 minutes
Exercise Review: Data modeling and visualizations6 minutes
Power BI knowledge check18 minutes
Security and administration knowledge check9 minutes
Exercise Review: Build a dashboard6 minutes
Build a dashboard knowledge check18 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 5 minutes

How will you use dashboards to create a data-driven organization?5 minutes

2 pluginsTotal 9 minutes

Miami Heat's amazing transformation with Power BI3 minutes
Power BI in action6 minutes

In this module, you will learn key chatbot concepts and how Power Virtual Agents can support customer engagement across channels. This module introduces the value and capabilities of chatbots for business scenarios. You will also explore how guided, no-code tools can be used to create bot solutions.

What's included

7 videos12 readings6 assignments1 discussion prompt

7 videosTotal 30 minutes

Introduction & what is Power Virtual Agents?6 minutes
Entities, actions and publishing6 minutes
Introduction & create a chatbot3 minutes
Create and work with topics5 minutes
Ending Branching and testing 4 minutes
Publish and Analyze a chatbot5 minutes
Build a basic chatbot module summary3 minutes

12 readingsTotal 115 minutes

Topics in Power Virtual Agents5 minutes
Power Virtual Agents lesson summary5 minutes
Power Virtual Agents: Additional resources5 minutes
Exercise: Build and test your first chatbot30 minutes
Exemplar: Build and test your first chatbot10 minutes
How to build a basic chatbot: Lesson summary5 minutes
How to build a basic chatbot: Additional resources5 minutes
Publish a chatbot5 minutes
Exercise: Analyze a chatbot30 minutes
Publish and analyze a chatbot lesson summary5 minutes
Publish and Analyze a chatbot: Additional resources5 minutes
About the graded assessment5 minutes

6 assignmentsTotal 93 minutes

Build a basic chatbot module quiz: Exam preparation30 minutes
Power Virtual Agents knowledge check18 minutes
Exercise Review: Build and test your first chatbot6 minutes
How to build a basic chatbot knowledge check18 minutes
Exercise Review: Analyze a chatbot6 minutes
Analyze a chatbot knowledge check15 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 5 minutes

Discuss the challenges you encountered while building your first chatbot.5 minutes

In this module, you will review the main concepts covered across the course and prepare for the certification exam. This module helps you revisit Power Platform, Dataverse, Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, and Power Virtual Agents at a high level. You will also use a practice exam to check your readiness.