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Introduction to the Microsoft Power Platform

  • An overview of the Power Platform ecosystem, including Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, and Dataverse
  • Typical use cases relevant to industrial and engineering enterprises
  • The Low-Code and No-Code paradigm and its strategic benefits for corporations
  • Licensing models, environment architecture, and governance principles

Power Apps Essentials

  • Differentiating between app types (Canvas versus Model-Driven)
  • Anatomy of a Canvas app: screens, components, controls, and layout design
  • Commonly integrated data sources: SharePoint, Excel, SQL Server, and Dataverse
  • Establishing connections to existing data lists and libraries
  • Implementing data validation rules and conditional logic

Practical Exercises:

  • Developing an inventory management application featuring data entry, output displays, and critical stock alerts
  • Building an equipment control and calibration tracker with expiration date monitoring and status logging

Process Automation via Power Automate

  • Categorizing flow types: automated, instant, and scheduled
  • Utilizing triggers and actions to initiate flows and integrate various tools
  • Seamless integration with Power Apps (via buttons and trigger forms)
  • Implementing conditions, approval workflows, notifications, and record automation
  • Best practices for designing reusable and efficient flows

Practical Exercises:

  • Automating the test request (ST) process including multi-step approvals
  • Generating automated alerts for equipment requiring calibration
  • Automating the logging of inventory movements

Guided Development: Corporate Project Implementation

  • Rapid requirements gathering sessions with participants
  • Collaborative design of actual company screens and workflow flows
  • Constructing functional prototypes under the supervision of the instructor
  • Conducting validation, refining adjustments, and running simulated tests

Best Practices, Governance, and System Maintenance

  • Structuring environments (Development, Testing, and Production)
  • Oversight of permissions and data security protocols
  • Maintaining documentation and version control for apps and flows
  • Strategic best practices for ongoing maintenance and scalability
  • Planning for solution evolution and continuous improvement post-training

Requirements

  • A solid grasp of business process workflows
  • Proficiency with Microsoft 365 tools (such as SharePoint and Excel)

Target Audience

  • Process owners and analysts within industrial and engineering sectors
  • IT support personnel and citizen developers
  • Managers seeking to drive workflow automation and digital transformation
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