Advanced Power Platform: Connectors, Components & Automation

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13 hours 38 minutes
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Take your Power Platform development skills to the next level with this advanced, hands-on course. Build enterprise-ready canvas and model-driven apps, design powerful workflows using Power Automate, and create secure, scalable business solutions with Microsoft Dataverse and custom APIs. You’ll begin by exploring advanced Power Apps features—working with Power Fx, variables, multi-screen navigation, and connecting to data sources like Dataverse, SharePoint, and Excel. You'll also build both canvas and model-driven apps, implement business rules, and manage app security using roles and field-level access. Next, you’ll automate business processes using Power Automate. Design dynamic workflows with conditions, expressions, error handling, and performance optimization. Real-world scenarios include approval flows, email triggers, notifications, and integrations with SharePoint and Outlook. In the final module, you'll apply custom business logic using Power Fx, JavaScript, and plug-ins. Build client scripts, register them in model-driven forms, and write secure plug-ins and APIs in C#. By the end of this course, you will be able to: - Develop advanced apps using Power Apps and Dataverse - Automate processes using Power Automate with real-world connectors - Implement secure business logic with Power Fx, JavaScript, and plug-ins - Build scalable and production-ready components with best practices Disclaimer: This course is an independent educational resource developed by Board Infinity and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or officially associated with Microsoft corporation or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates. This course is not an official preparation material of Microsoft corporation. All trademarks, service marks, and company names mentioned are the property of their respective owners and are used for identification purposes only.

Syllabus

Building and Customizing Power Apps

In Module 1, learners gain hands-on experience developing powerful Power Apps starting with Canvas Apps. They explore advanced layout and control techniques, learn to craft complex Power Fx expressions, manage variables and collections, and integrate with multiple data sources such as Dataverse, SharePoint, and Excel. Next, the focus shifts to Model‑Driven Apps, where learners create and customize Dataverse tables and relationships, design views and forms, and implement business rules and automated workflows for real-world use cases. The module rounds out with Dataverse essentials for developers, where students design schema relationships (1:N, N:1, N:N) and configure security roles and field-level permissions. Through practical labs—like building multi-screen canvas apps and model-driven prototypes—and targeted quizzes, participants build the skills required to meet PL‑400 exam goals around Power Apps enhancements, Dataverse modeling, and app security as described in Microsoft’s official study guide

Automating Business Processes with Power Automate

In Module 2, learners explore how to design and build business process automation using Power Automate. Starting with foundational concepts, they create automated, scheduled, and instant flows, working with connectors, triggers, actions, conditions, loops, expressions, and variables. They then progress to advanced flow techniques, including configuring error handling via Run After settings and scope blocks, constructing parallel branches, delays, Do Until loops, switch controls, and optimizing flow performance. The module culminates in real-world automation scenarios, such as approval workflows integrated with Dataverse, SharePoint, and Outlook; managing flow ownership and sharing; and enforcing flow security governance.

Business Logic and Client Scripting

In Module 3, participants advance their Power Platform development skills by embedding custom business logic and scripting within applications. Learners start by applying Power Fx expressions and workflow logic in Canvas Apps and Power Automate to dynamically manage UI behavior and automate data handling. Next, they explore client-side scripting in Model‑Driven Apps using JavaScript or TypeScript, focusing on the Dataverse Client API object model—writing and registering event handlers, manipulating fields dynamically, and invoking the Web API to implement logic that goes beyond built-in business rules. The module then transitions to server-side extensibility, teaching learners to design and develop Dataverse plug‑ins using C#. They explore execution pipeline contexts (including pre- and post-images), custom API actions, and plugin registration using Dataverse tools. Hands-on labs reinforce this learning, guiding students to script UI behaviors, configure event handlers and plug-ins, and invoke custom API actions—directly targeting PL‑400 exam domains like Extend the user experience and Extend the platform.