FREE On Demand Training Course for Power Platform

Power Platform 101

In this course you will learn about Power Apps Canvas & Model-driven apps, Power Automate Cloud & Desktop flows, and Power BI. You will get overviews of how each are used in the real world and a step-by-step walkthrough to build your first app, flow, and report.

Free

Ready to replace a paper driven process or expensive application, but not sure where to begin?

Take this free course to find out how the Power Platform can help you get started!

What is Power Platform?

The course answers this question and provides key information to get started with Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power BI.
Learn Power Apps

You will learn about the Power Apps application, see some real-world apps, and then get a guided walk through of building your first app.
Learn Power Automate aka flow

Understand what Power Automate is, see business automation examples, and then learn how to build your first flow.
Learn Power BI

You will learn how to get started with Power BI, see some awesome example reports, and even build and share your first report.

Course curriculum

1. Intro and overview video
2. What is Power Apps and Power Automate - Overview and demo of apps
3. What is Power BI and a walkthrough of some awesome reports and dashboards
4. What are Model Driven Apps and why you need them
5. What is Power Automate Desktop and an Awesome Demo!
1. The different types of Power Apps you can create to start
2. Build your first Power Apps app walkthrough
1. The different types of flows you can create to start
2. Build your first flow walkthrough
1. Install Power BI and Import some data
2. Build Power BI Reports and Publish them
1. Solutions, Data Models, and creating your Tables
2. Creating the Model Driven App
3. Adding Charts and a Dashboard
1. Overview and Installing Power Automate Desktop
2. Getting Familiar with Power Automate Desktop and the Recorder
3. Build and Run the Desktop Flow
4. Wrapping up the Desktop Flow
1. That's a wrap

Self-Paced Free Training

Free
19 lessons

Reviews

Great Overview!

Theresa Savoy

This was a nice beginning to understanding Power Apps and Power Automate, and what it can do for my work.

This was a nice beginning to understanding Power Apps and Power Automate, and what it can do for my work.

Just, what I need

Lisbeth Nysom

Thanks Shane! This now makes perfect sense, and I get the good understanding of how to build Power Apps.

Thanks Shane! This now makes perfect sense, and I get the good understanding of how to build Power Apps.

Great Introduction

Sherman Woo

Good, quick, introduction to both Power Apps and Power Automate, and to get the ideas going.

Good, quick, introduction to both Power Apps and Power Automate, and to get the ideas going.

Fantastic

Joao Deuner

I really appreciate these videos, they are intuitive and great for starting this journey!

I really appreciate these videos, they are intuitive and great for starting this journey!

Intro to Power Apps

Brooke Hardy

This course WAS Awesome! thank you for taking your personal time & providing Such a valuable tool . you Are great At what you do & your passion shines!

This course WAS Awesome! thank you for taking your personal time & providing Such a valuable tool . you Are great At what you do & your passion shines!

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Charlie Johnston

This was a good introduction to not only Apps and Flow, but how they can work together. Your YouTube video's are super informative as well!

This was a good introduction to not only Apps and Flow, but how they can work together. Your YouTube video's are super informative as well!

Great basic course

Rodney Kingdom

Information about all three sections put across in an easy understandable way, thumbs up

Information about all three sections put across in an easy understandable way, thumbs up

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Jim Gootee

Awesome! Super excellent overview and quick start training on all three of these tools. Will send all my Power Platform customers here for best introduction...

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Awesome! Super excellent overview and quick start training on all three of these tools. Will send all my Power Platform customers here for best introduction to these amazing tools. Especially excited about the newly added Power BI training!! Thank you Allison & Shane!!!

Nice Job

Demos Papapanayiotou

Very helpful for getting started. Shane and his team are doing great work. Keep it up

Very helpful for getting started. Shane and his team are doing great work. Keep it up

Great survey course for beginner

Joe Sobczak

Shane did a terrific job covering essential elements of PowerApps and PowerAutomate perfectly tailored for a beginner Power Platform user.

Shane did a terrific job covering essential elements of PowerApps and PowerAutomate perfectly tailored for a beginner Power Platform user.

Comments on Shane

Marcel Meth

Shane is quite entertaining and covers just what I need

Shane is quite entertaining and covers just what I need

Great survey course for beginner

Joe Sobczak

Shane did a terrific job covering essential elements of PowerApps and PowerAutomate perfectly tailored for a beginner Power Platform user.

Shane did a terrific job covering essential elements of PowerApps and PowerAutomate perfectly tailored for a beginner Power Platform user.

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