Build a canvas app using Copilot in Power Apps
About this guide
Scenario
Bellows College is an educational organization with multiple buildings on campus. Campus visitors are currently recorded in paper journals. The information is not captured consistently, and there are no means to collect and analyze data about the visits across the entire campus.
Campus administration would like to modernize their visitor registration system where access to the buildings is controlled by security personnel and all visits are required to be pre-registered and recorded by their hosts.
In this guide, you will use Copilot to create a new canvas application for logging visits.
High-Level Lab Steps
You will follow the below outline to design the canvas app:
- Describe the app you want to build
- Use Copilot to modify the supporting table structure
Tasks and Job Skills
Exercise 1: Use Copilot to build a college visits application.
Objective: In this exercise, you will see how to create a canvas app by connecting to an Campus visits table.
Task 1: Create the initial application
Career Connections
The guides in this series provide foundational Power Platform knowledge, empowering roles such as Business Analyst, Citizen Developer, and Entry-Level Consultant to enhance their job performance by leveraging the platform's capabilities.
As of 2025, average U.S. salaries range from $44,000 to $80,000 for entry-level Business Analysts and $52,000 to $101,000 with five years of experience, while Citizen Developers earn around $129,348 annually. Entry-Level Consultants make approximately $65,224, with experienced consultants at top firms earning significantly higher, starting at $112,000 for undergraduates and $192,000 for MBAs. Please note that these figures are approximate, derived from online sources, and can vary based on factors such as location, industry, qualifications, and company size.
