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 Duration 21 hours (3 days)

Course Outline

Introduction to Microsoft Power Platform

  • Survey of the Power Platform ecosystem (Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, and Dataverse)
  • Typical applications within industrial and engineering enterprises
  • Exploring Low-Code / No-Code paradigms and their corporate benefits
  • Licensing models, environment architecture, and governance frameworks

Power Apps Fundamentals

  • Distinguishing between app types (Canvas vs. Model-Driven)
  • Analyzing the architecture of Canvas apps: screens, components, controls, and layout design
  • Integrating common data sources: SharePoint, Excel, SQL Server, and Dataverse
  • Linking to existing data lists and libraries
  • Implementing data validation and conditional logic

Practical exercises:

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

Automation with Power Automate

  • Categorizing flow types: automated, instant, and scheduled
  • Understanding triggers and actions for initiating flows and connecting tools
  • Seamless integration with Power Apps (including buttons and trigger forms)
  • Configuring conditions, approval processes, notifications, and automated record-keeping
  • Best practices for developing reusable flows

Practical exercises:

  • Automating the test request process (ST) by incorporating approval stages
  • Setting up automatic alerts for equipment requiring calibration
  • Automating the logging of stock movements

Guided Development: Corporate Projects

  • Rapid requirements gathering facilitated by participants
  • Collaborative design of actual corporate screens and workflows
  • Construction of functional prototypes under instructor guidance
  • Conducting validation, adjustments, and simulated testing

Best Practices, Governance, and Maintenance

  • Structuring environments (Development, Testing, Production)
  • Administering permissions and data security protocols
  • Maintaining documentation and version control for apps and flows
  • Applying best practices for ongoing maintenance and scalability
  • Strategizing solution evolution beyond the course duration

Requirements

  • Familiarity with business process workflows
  • Practical experience with Microsoft 365 tools (such as SharePoint and Excel)

Target Audience

  • Process owners and analysts working in industrial and engineering sectors
  • IT support personnel and citizen developers
  • Managers aiming to automate and digitize operational workflows

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