PL-900: Power Platform Fundamentals Series

6 guides
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Finish the entire series in just 1 hour

New to building apps? These Cloudguides follow labs associated with the PL-900: Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals Certification and provide a starting point for business users and aspiring app makers wanting to automate tasks. You’ll be introduced to the capabilities of Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power BI. Learn how to connect data sources to the Power Platform and create simple business applications and automations. Turn data into interactive Power BI reports and dashboards. You’ll even see how to create an app using Copilot. Get started building apps today!

Target Audience: Beginner Series Type: Fundamentals, learn the basics


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Guide 1: Data modeling in Power Apps
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8 minutes to complete

In this guide, you’ll see how to create a table for storing expense report data entered by employees at the fictitious Bellows College. Working in Power Apps, you’ll walk through the steps to configure the data model and then enter a sample record into the table.


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Guide 2: How to build a canvas app in Power Apps
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6 minutes to complete

In this guide, you’ll see how to build a canvas app in Power Apps that can be used by staff at the fictitious Bellows College to report expenses. You’ll walk through the steps of creating a Power App from a Dataverse table and of customizing the look of the app.


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Guide 3: How to build a model-driven app in Power Apps
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10 minutes to complete

In this guide, you’ll design a model-driven app for the fictious Bellows College. First, you’ll see how to customize views and forms for the tables that will be used in the app, and then you’ll see how to create and test the app.


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Guide 4: Build a canvas app using Copilot in Power Apps
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5 minutes to complete

In this guide, you'll see how to use Copilot to create a canvas application for logging campus visits at the fictitious Bellows College. The app is intended to streamline visitor registration and improve campus security.


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Guide 5: How to build an automated solution with Power Automate
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8 minutes to complete

In this guide, you'll see how to create a Power Automate flow that sends a customized email notification to employees at the fictitious Bellows College when they submit an online expense report.


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Guide 6: How to build a simple dashboard with Power BI
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6 minutes to complete

In this guide, you'll see how to build a Power BI report and dashboard that visualizes data about campus visits at the fictitious Bellows College.