Microsoft Power Platform: Learning Resources

Saurabh Pant, Principal Program Manager, den 1 april 2020

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
Introducing Microsoft Dataflex – low code data platform for Microsoft Teams – blog post
Microsoft Dataflex Pro (previously Common Data Service) – About | documentation
Browse documentation – Power Apps | Power Automate | Power Virtual Agents | Power BI | Microsoft Dataflex | Connectors
Sign-in and explore samples and templates – Power Apps | Power Automate
Useful Power Apps reference – Controls and properties | Formulas
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/
Understanding Power Platform licensing – documentation

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
Power Apps Component Framework (PCF) gallery – community 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 – documentation | 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
Armanino: customer story
Arriva London: customer story | video
Autoglass (part of Belron group): customer story | customer presentation
Blackmores group: customer story
Capitol Records: customer story
City of Kobe: 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 | AI Builder demo at Inspire Corenote | MBAS presentation
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
Kelly Roofing: customer story
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
Microsoft Operations: Intelligent launch assistant
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
Paypal: customer story
Priceline stores (Australian Pharmaceutical Industries): customer story
Pinnacle Group: customer story | slide deck
Purdue University: blog post with template
R3 Retail Development: Ignite presentation
Regal Beloit: MBAS presentation | Download presentation
Reliable Electric: customer story
Schlumberger: customer story | MBAS presentation | Presentation PDF
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
Team Rubicon: blog post | Mechanics demo
Telstra: customer story | MBAS presentation (25mins) | MBAS presentation (5 mins) | Ignite presentation
T-Mobile: MBAS presentation video
Total Solar (France): customer story
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
T-Mobile – 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

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
Power Apps Component Framework (PCF) – documentation | community gallery
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

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