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
- Overview websites – Power Platform | Power Apps | Power Automate | Power BI | Power Virtual Agents
- Create your first – Canvas App | Model-driven app | Flow | Dashboard | Chatbot
- Training labs – App in a Day | Flow in a Day | Power Virtual Agents in a Day | More Power Platform labs
- Browse documentation – Power Apps | Power Automate | Power Virtual Agents | Power BI | Common Data Service | Connectors
- Sign-in and explore samples and templates – Power Apps | Power Automate
- Useful Power Apps reference – Controls and properties | Formulas
- Common Data Service – About CDS | documentation
- Power Automate – learning resources
- Community – Power Apps community | Power Automate community | Power Virtual Agents community | AI Builder community
- COVID-19 response support
- Get expert help from partners – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/partners/
- 10-tips when starting with PowerApps – blog post by community member Michal Guzowski
I have SOME EXPERIENCE
- Latest updates – April 2020 Virtual Launch event | COVID-19 response support | Demo by Charles Lamanna
- 2019 Release wave 2 (current release) – Power Platform release notes
- 2020 Release wave 1 (Apr 2020 – Sep 2020) – Power Platform release notes
- Latest shipped features – Weekly release notes | Power Apps – Apr 2020 summary | Power Automate – RPA General Availability
- Conference sessions – Power Platform Online Conference 2020 | 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
- Additional labs – Power Platform labs and challenges | Power Platform labs
- Optimize app performance
I am an ENTERPRISE ADMIN
- Administration, governance and ALM – Documentation | Blog posts | MBAS 2019 sessions | Managing and supporting Power Apps and Power Automate at Scale (Ignite 2019) | | New Data Loss Prevention capabilities
- Establishing a Center of Excellence – Center of Excellence Starter Kit | Establishing a CoE (Ignite 2019)
- Admin and Governance Best Practices – Establishing an Environment Strategy
- Hands on labs Admin in a Day lab | ALM hands on lab
- 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 | Licensing Guide | Planning and managing licensing and capacity (Ignite 2019)
- 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 – MBAS 2020 presentations | Customer stories | Power Apps Champs | MBAS 2019 presentations | 30 stories in 60 minutes – podcast
- Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance: MBAS presentation
- American Red Cross: video | customer story | MBAS 2019 presentation | MBAS 2018 presentation
- Arriva London: customer story | video
- Autoglass (part of Belron group): customer story | customer presentation
- Blackmores group: customer story
- Capitol Records: customer story
- Coca-Cola United: MBAS presentation
- Chevron: MBAS presentation | Center of Excellence deep dive
- Custom Air Products and Services: customer story | presentation | demo
- DriveTime: customer story | Ignite 2017 presentation
- Ecolab: MBAS presentation
- Eneco Group: customer story
- Environment Canterbury: customer story
- G&J Pepsi: customer story | video | Demo at Ignite | AI Builder demo at Inspire Corenote
- GSK: MBAS presentation | download presentation
- Hawkary Pharmaceuticals: customer story
- Hexion: customer story
- illimity Bank: MBAS presentation (12:55min mark)
- Integrated Power Services (IPS): customer story | Demo at Ignite keynote
- Inter Pipeline: MBAS presentation | Download presentation
- Leonard Cheshire: customer story | blog | news article | MBAS presentation | Download presentation
- Leonardo Global Solutions: customer story
- Loblaws: MBAS presentation (12:00min mark)
- London Heathrow Airport: video | customer story | presentation (starting at 20min mark)
- Metro Bank: Ignite presentation with demo | Forbes article
- Microsoft Sales: customer story | MBAS presentation (15:30min mark)
- Microsoft HR: customer story | Technical case study | Pat Dunn’s presentation | Demos
- Nascar: customer story
- National Trust: customer story | Demo by National Trust CIO | Ignite video
- North State Grocery: customer story
- Partners In Health: customer story | MBAS presentation
- Priceline stores (Australian Pharmaceutical Industries): customer story
- Pinnacle Group: customer story | slide deck
- R3 Retail Development: Ignite presentation
- Regal Beloit: MBAS presentation | Download presentation
- Reliable Electric: customer story
- Schlumberger: customer story | MBAS presentation | Presentation PDF
- Total Solar (France): customer story
- SNCF: customer story | Video
- Standard Bank: customer story | MBAS presentation | Ignite demo
- Swiss Federal Railway (SBB): MBAS presentation | Presentation PDF
- Tacoma Public Schools: video | customer story | demo
- Telstra: customer story | MBAS presentation (25mins) | MBAS presentation (5 mins) | Ignite presentation
- T-Mobile: MBAS presentation video
- Toyota: customer story
- TransAlta: customer story | Ignite presentation
- University of Oulu: case study on Oulu.fi website
- Ward Services: Ignite presentation
- Virgin Atlantic: 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
- You can also sign-up to deliver trainings for our customers
- 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
- Common Data Service and Power BI – documentation
- Introduction to the Microsoft Common Data Model – Ignite 2019 talk
I use SHAREPOINT, how can I integrate with Power Apps
- SharePoint welcomes Power Apps and Flow
- Integrate Power Apps with SharePoint Online
- The Power Platform for SharePoint people (Ignite 2019)
- Power Apps, the successor to InfoPath | Modernize InfoPath forms with Power Apps
- Custom list forms in SharePoint with Power Apps – blog post | demo | documentation
- Reinvent business processes in SharePoint – blog post
- Pro tips for transitioning from InfoPath to Power Apps – part 1 | part 2
- Embed Power Apps in SharePoint pages – blog post
- SharePoint Online document libraries supported in Canvas apps – blog post | documentation
I use ACCESS WEB APPS, how can I leverage Power Apps
- Introduction to Microsoft Power Apps for Access web apps developers
- Access Services in SharePoint Roadmap
I am a PRO DEVELOPER, how can I leverage Power Apps
- Power Apps for pro developers: Build 2019 announcements – blog post | 20 Power Platform sessions
- Power Apps 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
- Calling Azure AD protected Azure Functions using a Custom Connector – blog post | documentation
- Register and use custom connectors in Power Apps
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 Power Apps 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 app and component 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
- Power Apps accessibility guidelines – blog post
- Customize list forms in SharePoint with Power Apps – blog post | demo | documentation
- Access web apps migration to Power Apps – 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 Power Apps – blog post | video
- Display a map using the Image control – step-by-step walkthrough | video
- Send an email from your Power Apps 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
Power Apps
- 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