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 Duration 21 hours

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Introduction to the Microsoft Power Platform

  • Overview of the Power Platform components (Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, and Dataverse)
  • Typical use cases within industrial and engineering organizations
  • Low-Code and No-Code paradigms and their corporate benefits
  • Licensing models, environment architecture, and governance frameworks

Power Apps Core Concepts

  • Differentiating app types (Canvas vs. Model-Driven)
  • Architecture of Canvas apps: screens, components, controls, and layout structures
  • Common data sources: SharePoint, Excel, SQL Server, and Dataverse
  • Establishing connections to existing data lists and libraries
  • Implementing data validation and conditional logic

Practical exercises:

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

Workflow Automation via Power Automate

  • Categorizing flow types: automated, instant, and scheduled
  • Configuring triggers and actions to initiate flows and integrate tools
  • Integration with Power Apps (via buttons and trigger forms)
  • Implementing conditions, approval processes, notifications, and automated record-keeping
  • Best practices for developing reusable flows

Practical exercises:

  • Automating the test request process (ST) incorporating approval steps
  • Generating automatic alerts for equipment awaiting calibration
  • Automatically logging stock movements

Guided Development: Corporate Projects

  • Rapid requirements gathering sessions with participants
  • Collaborative design of real-world company screens and workflows
  • Construction of functional prototypes under instructor guidance
  • Verification, refinement, and simulated testing

Best Practices, Governance, and Ongoing Maintenance

  • Structuring environments (Development, Testing, and Production)
  • Administering permissions and data security protocols
  • Documenting and versioning applications and flows
  • Best practices for system maintenance and scalability
  • Strategic planning for solution evolution post-training

Requirements

  • Familiarity with 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 automate and digitize their workflows

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