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Introduction to the Microsoft Power Platform

  • Exploration of the Power Platform landscape, including Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, and Dataverse
  • Typical use cases within industrial and engineering organizations
  • The Low-Code / No-Code paradigm and its strategic benefits for corporations
  • Licensing models, environment architecture, and governance frameworks

Foundations of Power Apps

  • Differentiating app types (Canvas vs. Model-Driven)
  • Anatomy of a Canvas app: screens, components, controls, and layout structure
  • Connecting to common data sources: SharePoint, Excel, SQL Server, and Dataverse
  • Linking applications to existing data lists and libraries
  • Implementing data validation rules and conditional logic

Practical exercises:

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

Workflow Automation with Power Automate

  • Categorizing flow types: automated, instant, and scheduled
  • Understanding triggers and actions: initiating flows and integrating tools
  • Seamless integration with Power Apps (buttons and trigger forms)
  • Utilizing conditions, approval chains, notifications, and automated record-keeping
  • Strategies for designing reusable and maintainable flows

Practical exercises:

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

Guided Development: Corporate Project Applications

  • Rapid requirements gathering sessions with participants
  • Collaborative design of real-world company screens and workflows
  • Constructing functional prototypes under instructor guidance
  • Conducting validation, refinements, and simulated testing

Best Practices, Governance, and Maintenance

  • Structuring environments (Development, Testing, Production)
  • Administering permissions and ensuring data security
  • Documenting and versioning applications and automated flows
  • Adopting best practices for ongoing maintenance and scalability
  • Planning the future evolution of solutions post-training

Requirements

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

Target Audience

  • Process owners and analysts working in industrial and engineering sectors
  • IT support teams and citizen developers
  • Managers seeking to enhance workflow automation and digitization
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