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 Duration 21 hours

Course Outline

Introduction to Microsoft Power Platform

  • Overview of the Power Platform components (Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, and Dataverse).
  • Common use cases within industrial and engineering sectors.
  • The Low-Code / No-Code concept and its organizational benefits.
  • Licensing models, environment architecture, and governance frameworks.

Power Apps Fundamentals

  • Differentiating between app types (Canvas vs. Model-Driven).
  • Anatomy of a Canvas app: screens, components, controls, and layout structures.
  • Key data sources: SharePoint, Excel, SQL Server, and Dataverse.
  • Connecting to existing data lists and libraries.
  • Implementing data validation and conditional logic.

Practical exercises:

  • Building an inventory management app featuring entries, outputs, and critical level alerts.
  • Developing an equipment control and calibration app with expiration date management and status tracking.

Automation with Power Automate

  • Categorizing flow types: automated, instant, and scheduled.
  • Triggers and actions: mechanisms for initiating flows and integrating tools.
  • Synchronizing with Power Apps through buttons and trigger forms.
  • Implementing conditions, approval workflows, notifications, and automated record-keeping.
  • Strategies for designing reusable flows.

Practical exercises:

  • Automating the ST test request process including approval steps.
  • Generating automatic alerts for equipment awaiting calibration.
  • Implementing automatic logging for stock movements.

Guided Development: Company Projects

  • Rapid requirements gathering sessions with participants.
  • Collaborative design of real-world company screens and flows.
  • Constructing functional prototypes under instructor supervision.
  • Validation, refinement, and simulated testing.

Best Practices, Governance, and Maintenance

  • Organizing environments (Development, Testing, Production).
  • Administering permissions and ensuring data security.
  • Maintaining documentation and version control for apps and flows.
  • Best practices for ongoing maintenance and scalability.
  • Planning the evolutionary path of solutions post-course.

Requirements

  • A foundational understanding of business process workflows.
  • Familiarity with Microsoft 365 tools (e.g., SharePoint, Excel).

Target Audience

  • Process owners and analysts in industrial and engineering organizations.
  • IT support staff and citizen developers.
  • Managers seeking to automate and digitize workflows.

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