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Microsoft Power Apps Beginner

Learn how to build business apps fast with Microsoft's Power Apps platform
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Course: On-Demand
Beginner Provider Devan Walton  6 chapters ·  18 Lessons ·  1h 36m  in English 

Course Description

Organizations often want customized business apps, but need more development resources and bigger budgets to develop complex custom software. How can you empower any user to build feature-rich apps without coding expertise? The topics covered in this beginner course will teach you how to harness the rapid app development capabilities of Microsoft's Power Apps platform.

In this course, you will learn how to build canvas apps, model-driven apps, and Power Pages sites that are optimized for workflows, data access, and UI flexibility. The course provides hands-on experience with Power Apps' intuitive low-code tools that allow you to build apps fast without being a professional developer. Lessons will cover core concepts like drag-and-drop app building, connecting apps to data sources, publishing finished apps, and sharing apps with others. We’ll also concentrate on specific skills including designing canvas apps from scratch with customized UIs, generating model-driven apps automatically from data sources like SharePoint, and using prebuilt templates in Power Pages to create external sites.

By the end of this course, learners will know how to take advantage of the Power Apps platform to rapidly build apps that improve productivity, task management, data collection, and more. The emphasis is empowering nontechnical developers to address business challenges through easy low-code development.

What You'll Learn

  • Understand low-code development with Microsoft Power Apps
  • Build canvas apps using drag-and-drop and connections to data sources
  • Create model-driven apps automatically from data sources like SharePoint
  • Develop external sites with Power Pages using prebuilt templates
  • Customize app UIs, forms, and views from scratch
  • Share and publish finished canvas and model-driven apps

Key Takeaways

  • Power Apps lets nontechnical users build feature-rich business apps without coding expertise using low-code tools.
  • Canvas apps can be designed from scratch with customized UIs and connected to data sources, then shared and published.
  • Model-driven apps can be generated automatically from data sources such as SharePoint.
  • Power Pages uses prebuilt templates to create external-facing sites.
  • The course gives hands-on experience to rapidly build apps that improve productivity, task management, and data collection.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is this course for?

It is a beginner course aimed at nontechnical developers and any user who wants to build feature-rich business apps without coding expertise.

What will I learn to build?

You will learn to build canvas apps, model-driven apps, and Power Pages sites optimized for workflows, data access, and UI flexibility.

Do I need to be a professional developer?

No. The course uses Power Apps' intuitive low-code tools so you can build apps fast without being a professional developer.

What skills does this course cover?

It covers drag-and-drop app building, low-code development platform (LCDP) concepts, and web publishing, including connecting apps to data, publishing, and sharing apps.

What topics are included in the lessons?

Lessons cover the Power Apps interface and terminology, Power Pages controls, layouts and templates, building and managing canvas apps, and planning, creating, and customizing model-driven apps.