Microsoft Power Platform: Learning Resources
As members of the Power CAT team driving customer success and adoption, we often get asked for a summary of resources to share with customers on their Power Platform journey. Below is a set of links we’ve curated to help novice, intermediate and advanced users as they take this journey with us. The shortcut for this blog post is https://aka.ms/PowerPlatformResources.
I am NEW, help me get started
- The Microsoft Power Platform: Empowering millions to achieve more – blog post by James Phillips | Satya Nadella at Inspire 2019
- Latest updates – October 2019 Virtual Launch event | Power Apps Top 10 innovation areas | Demo by Charles Lamanna
- Overview websites: Power Platform | Power Apps | Power Automate | Power BI
- Create your first: Power Apps Canvas App | Model-driven app | Microsoft Flow | Power BI dashboard
- Sign-in and explore samples and templates – Power Apps | Power Automate | Power Apps Training App Template
- Training resources: App in a Day | Flow in a Day | More Power Platform training resources
- Browse documentation – Power Apps | Power Automate | Common Data Service | Connectors
- Useful Power Apps reference – Controls and properties | Formulas
- Common Data Service – documentation | Why CDS? (presentation)
- Power Automate – more learning resources
- Power Apps for pro developers: Build 2019 announcements – blog post | customer story
I have SOME EXPERIENCE
- Release notes – April ’19 (current release) – Power Apps | Power Automate | Common Data Model and Data Integration
- 2019 release wave 2 (upcoming release Oct ’19 – Mar ’20) – Power Platform release notes
- Latest shipped features – Weekly release notes | June 2019 summary | New features – blog posts
- Power Platform sessions at conferences: Ignite 2019 | Microsoft Business Applications Summit 2019
- Microsoft Business Applications Summit 2019 conference – blog post with curated list to relevant sessions
- Power Apps How-to videos – Video gallery | Friday function series | Mr. Dang’s playlist | Shane Young’s playlist | Daniel Christian’s playlist
- Power Automate how-to videos – webinars and videos gallery
- Get expert help from partners – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/partners/
- Additional labs – Power Platform labs and challenges
- 10-tips when starting with PowerApps – blog post by community member Michal Guzowski
- Optimize app performance – performance best practices
I am an ENTERPRISE ADMIN
- Administration, governance and ALM – Documentation | Blog posts | MBAS 2019 sessions
- Hands on labs and templates – Admin in a Day lab | Center of Excellence Starter Kit
- Whitepaper: Administering a Power Apps enterprise environment – Blog | Download whitepaper
- Build a customized Admin experience using the Power Apps admin connectors – blog post with sample admin dashboard | admin connector documentation
- Additional administration and governance downloadable samples – Sample by Steve Jeffery (Microsoft PFE) | Sample by Manuela Pichler (Virgin Atlantic)
- Strategies for improving app discoverability in your enterprise – part 1 | part 2 | part 3
- Advanced techniques for automating administration of Power Apps – Defense in Depth strategy
- Security and certifications – Microsoft Trust Center
- Manage Power Apps licenses in your organization – FAQ
- Pricing and licensing – Summary | Licensing documentation
- Licensing Terms & SLA information of Microsoft Power Apps and other online Services – Online Services
- Microsoft’s approach to deploying Power Apps for all employees – blog post | Pat Dunn’s presentation at Biz Apps Summit
Show me REAL WORLD CUSTOMER STORIES
- Real world use cases – Customer stories | Power Apps Champs | MBAS 2019 presentations | MBAS 2018 presentations
- American Red Cross: training logistics and disaster services – video | customer story | MBAS 2019 presentation | MBAS 2018 presentation
- Arriva London: bus operations – customer story | video
- Autoglass (part of Belron group): call center and field technician apps – customer story | customer presentation
- Blackmores group: Extending Dynamics 365 with Power Platform – customer story
- Chevron: Power Platform Center of Excellence – MBAS presentation | COE deep dive
- Custom Air Products & Services: manage manufacturing process – customer story
- DriveTime: car buying process – customer story | Ignite 2017 presentation
- Eneco Group: room finder – customer story
- Environment Canterbury: managing project outcomes – customer story
- G&J Pepsi: customer story | video | Demo at Ignite | AI Builder demo at Inspire Corenote
- GSK: building an internal community of app makers – MBAS presentation | download presentation
- Hawkary Pharmaceuticals: doctor relationship management – customer story
- Integrated Power Services (IPS): motor repair – customer story | Demo at Ignite keynote
- Inter Pipeline: Enabling bottom up innovation – MBAS presentation | Download presentation
- Leonard Cheshire: managing care plans – MBAS presentation | Download presentation
- Leonardo Global Solutions: facility inspection – customer story
- London Heathrow Airport: video | customer story | presentation (starting at 20min mark)
- Metro Bank: greeter app – Ignite presentation with demo | Forbes article
- Microsoft: HR experiences for all 120k+ employees – customer story | Technical case study | Pat Dunn’s presentation | Demos
- Nascar: track app – customer story
- National Trust: property inspection – customer story | Demo by National Trust CIO | Ignite video
- North State Grocery: customer request management – customer story
- Partners In Health: managing gift review process – customer story | MBAS presentation
- Priceline stores (Australian Pharmaceutical Industries) – customer story
- R3 Retail Development: project portfolio tracking – Ignite presentation
- Regal Beloit: apps for sales and marketing – MBAS presentation | Download presentation
- Reliable Electric: work order estimation – customer story
- Schlumberger: Hundreds of apps with thousands of monthly users – customer story | MBAS presentation | Presentation PDF
- SNCF: train maintenance & repair – customer story | Video
- Standard Bank: Center of excellence for PowerApps – customer story | MBAS presentation | Ignite demo
- State of Hawaii: legislative tracking – case study on wonderlaura.com
- Swiss Federal Railway (SBB): Hundreds of forms converted to apps – MBAS presentation | Presentation PDF
- Tacoma Public Schools: Assistant principal built apps – video | customer story | demo
- TransAlta: hydro monitoring – customer story | Ignite presentation
- University of Oulu: attendance recording – case study on Oulu.fi website
- Ward Services: benefits scheduling – Ignite presentation
- Virgin Atlantic: quick wins for mobile workforce – customer story | video and case study
Customer story videos
- Summary – https://aka.ms/PowerPlatformVideos
- American Red Cross – video
- Arriva London – video
- Autoglass (part of Belron group) – video 1 | video 2
- Brian Dang – video
- G&J Pepsi – video
- London Heathrow Airport – video 1 | video 2
- SNCF – video
- Tacoma Public Schools – video
- Virgin Atlantic – video
How do I GET INVOLVED and STAY CONNECTED
- Ways to collaborate with the Power Apps team – blog post
- Stay updated – product team blog | webinars
- Community sites – main community page | forums | community blog | best practices & app gallery
- Get support – blog post | support page
- Submit an idea
I am a MICROSOFT PARTNER
- Start at https://powerapps.microsoft.com/partners/
- Power Apps Partner Program PDF – download
- Register in the Power Apps partner directory
- Let customers test drive your apps on AppSource
- You can also sign-up to deliver trainings that will be listed here
- Questions: PowerApps_Partners@microsoft.com
CONNECTORS AND DATA INTEGRATION
- Power Platform connectors – documentation | Power Automate connectors list
- Data integrator – documentation
- Power Query – documentation
- On-premises data gateway – documentation
- Common Data Model – documentation and printable CDM poster
- Open Data Initiative – Satya Nadella talk at Ignite 2018
- Common Data Service and Power BI – Ignite 2018 talk
- Introduction to the Microsoft Common Data Model – Ignite 2018 talk
I use SHAREPOINT, how can I integrate with PowerApps
- SharePoint welcomes Power Apps and Flow
- Power Apps, the successor to InfoPath
- Power Apps integration with SharePoint – Ignite presentation
- Custom list forms in SharePoint with Power Apps – blog post | demo | documentation
- Reinvent business processes in SharePoint – blog post | Ignite talk
- Pro tips for transitioning from InfoPath to Power Apps – part 1 | part 2
- Embed Power Apps in SharePoint pages – blog post
I use ACCESS WEB APPS, how can I leverage PowerApps
- Introduction to Microsoft PowerApps for Access web apps developers
- Access Services in SharePoint Roadmap
- Updating the Access Services in SharePoint Roadmap
I am a PRO DEVELOPER, how can I leverage PowerApps
- PowerApps for pro developers: Build 2019 announcements – blog post | 20 Power Platform sessions
- PowerApps for enterprise developers – documentation
- Register and use custom connections – documentation
- Use a custom connection to upload images to Azure blob storage – blog post
- Build and certify your own connector – blog post | documentation
- Connect to an Azure function using a custom connector – blog post
- Register and use custom connectors in PowerApps
- Grow your SaaS business with Azure
LABS, COURSES & BOOKS
- Summary list of labs and training content – community site
- Hands-on-lab – https://aka.ms/appinaday: (3 hours) Build a device ordering app that connects to either Common Data Service or SharePoint and Create an approval flow connected to these data sources
- EdX course: Free 6-week course on developing business applications with PowerApps and Flow
- Lynda.com courses: Learning PowerApps, Learning Microsoft Flow by Gini von Courter
- Book: Beginning PowerApps: The Non-Developers Guide to Building Business Mobile Applications
BEST PRACTICES & COMMON USE CASES
- Community content – community apps gallery | working with data | design discussion
- UX/UI design tips – video | UX patterns | managing fonts and colors
- Performance best practices – documentation | blog post by Mehdi
- PowerApps accessibility guidelines – blog post
- Customize list forms in SharePoint with PowerApps – blog post | demo | documentation
- Access web apps migration to PowerApps – whitepaper
- Approval workflows – blog post |documentation | guided learning
- Using the on-premises gateway – overview | installation & FAQ | proxy configuration
- Build an offline app – blog post
- Creating dialogs in PowerApps – blog post | video
- Display a map using the Image control – step-by-step walkthrough | video
- Send an email from your PowerApps app – video
- Connect to Microsoft Cognitive Services – video
- Implement role-based security – blog post
- Build a customized interactive calendar – step-by-step guide
- Notify user that new data is available – step-by-step guide | push notifications feature
- Deep link into an app using URL parameters – step-by-step guide
- Audit scenario solution – blog post from community member
PRODUCT PAGES
PowerApps
- Website | Blog | Documentation | Community | Suggest Ideas | Webinars
- Product updates
- Guided Learning | YouTube playlist
- Licensing / Pricing
- Support – known issues | view/report issues | create a support ticket