Pl-900: Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals

Learn about Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, the AI Builder and the Dataverse (CDS) - for Microsoft's PL-900 exam.

What you'll learn

Describe the business value of Microsoft's Power Platform

Identify the Core Components of Power Platform, including Dataverse (CDS), Connectors and AI Builder

Demonstrate the capabilities of Power BI

Demonstrate the capabilities of Power Apps

Demonstrate the capabilities of Power Automate

Demonstrate the capabilities of Power Virtual Agents

Requirements

You need to know how to use a computer, and hopefully know how to use a spreadsheet.

No prior knowledge of Microsoft's Power Platform or any of its apps are required

You need Windows 7 SP1 or above, or for other machines an internet browser (Edge or Chrome preferred) to access most of the apps used in this course.

You need Windows 8 or 10 to access Power BI Desktop; however, you can access Power BI Server on other devices.

There is a 30-day refund guarantee of this Udemy course (see Udemy's refund policy).

Why not have a look at the curriculum below and see what you can learn?

Description

This course covers the content required for the PL-900 certification exam, current as per the PL-900 exam update of 29 April 2022.What do people like you say about this course?Halima says: "Excellent delivery! This course is quite up-to-date with all the new terminologies included. It was just what I needed to pass the PL-900 exam on first attempt. Thank you : )"Vibhaw says: "Pin point course to crack Pl-900 exam. Today i write the exam and got 807 marks. Thanks for your teaching."Madeline says: "Scored a 740 out of 700 with this course and a few weeks of hands on power BI. It was my very first MS test. Thanks for the course!" This course is the foundation for the Microsoft Certificate PL-900 "Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals", and focuses on the various apps which make up the Power Platform, together with how they can be used by other programs, apps and services.We'll start off with looking at Power BI. If you have a PC, we'll download for free Power BI Desktop, and look at the various processes which you can use on the Power BI Desktop. Then, we'll look at the Power BI Service (available through any modern web browser), see what you can do with this, and how they compare. We'll then look at Power Apps. We'll get a free Developer edition and or free trial of Power Apps, and get some sample data using the Dataverse (previously known as the Common Data Service). We'll then create each of the three different types of Power Apps: Canvas, model-driven, and portals, while looking at the various types of connectors you can use to connect to different data sources.Next up is Power Automate. Using our free Developer edition, we'll create several automated flows, and the different triggers and actions you can use.The next app is Power Virtual Agents. We'll create a basic chatbot which can ask and answer a few questions. We'll then see how you can find out how well it is performing.We will have a brief look at the AI Builder, and how models such as the business card reader, object detection model, form processing model and prediction model can be integrated into Power Apps and Power Automate.We'll finish off by looking at how Power Platform can extend other business solutions, and some Power Platform administration and security.No prior knowledge is required - we'll even see how to get a free Power Platform trial!There are regular quizzes to help you remember the information, so you can be sure that you are learning.Once you have completed this course, you will have a good introductory knowledge of Power Platform and what the capacities of these different apps are. And with some practice, you could even go for the official Microsoft certification PL-900 - wouldn't that look good on your CV or resume? And if you are an American college student, you might even get college credit for passing that exam.So, without any further ado, let's have a look at how you can use Udemy interface, and then we'll have a look at the objectives for the exam and therefore the syllabus for this course.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Welcome to Udemy

Lecture 3 How to get the best out of your Udemy course

Lecture 4 Do you want auto-translated subtitles in more languages?

Lecture 5 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. The business value of Power Platform services

Lecture 6 Curriculum

Lecture 7 Resources

Section 2: Power BI Desktop - Visualizations

Lecture 8 Downloading Power BI Desktop

Lecture 9 40. Identify available types of data sources including Microsoft Excel

Lecture 10 41c. Creating our first visualization

Lecture 11 39. Describe and implement aggregate functions

Lecture 12 31. Identify and describe uses for visualization controls - basic types

Lecture 13 31. Identify and describe uses for visualization controls - advanced types

Lecture 14 32. Describe types of filters

Lecture 15 34. Describe uses for custom visuals including charts or controls

Section 3: Power BI Desktop - Managing Data

Lecture 16 Loading queries into the Power Query Editor

Lecture 17 Menus in Power Query Editor

Lecture 18 38. Clean and transform data

Lecture 19 37a. Combine multiple data sources

Lecture 20 33. Describe the Power BI Desktop Reports, Data, and Model tabs

Section 4: Power BI Service

Lecture 21 Publishing to the Power BI Service

Lecture 22 Why do I need a Work email address? And how can I get one, if I don't have it?

Lecture 23 A quick look around the Power BI Service

Lecture 24 Power BI Terminology

Lecture 25 36. Compare and contrast Power BI Desktop and Power BI Service

Lecture 26 42. Design a Power BI Dashboard

Lecture 27 35, 44. Compare and contrast and publish reports, dashboards and workspaces

Lecture 28 41. Shared datasets and template apps

Lecture 29 41c. Create a Power BI report

Lecture 30 41b. Describe options for viewing Power BI reports and dashboards

Lecture 31 36b. Describe using Power BI in mobile apps

Section 5: Installing Power Apps and Environments

Lecture 32 45. Introduction to Power Apps, incl. canvas and model-driven apps

Lecture 33 Signing up for PowerApps

Lecture 34 Creating our first canvas Power App

Lecture 35 14. Describe Environments

Section 6: The Dataverse (Common Data Service)

Lecture 36 The Power Apps User Experience

Lecture 37 19. Tables

Lecture 38 19, 23. Columns and Relationships, and describing people, places, things

Lecture 39 18a. The difference between databases and Dataverse

Lecture 40 18b. The difference between Dataverse and Dataverse for Teams

Lecture 41 20. Solutions

Lecture 42 21. Business Rules

Lecture 43 21. Real-time workflows and actions

Lecture 44 22. Dataflows

Section 7: Creating PowerApps canvas app

Lecture 45 49, 51. Templates, including types of data sources and multiple data sources

Lecture 46 26, 50. Connect to data by using connectors, and premium licensing options

Lecture 47 27. Identify use cases for custom connectors

Lecture 48 What does the end-user see?

Lecture 49 52. Use controls to design the user experience

Lecture 50 Components

Lecture 51 48. Formulas

Lecture 52 54. Publish and share an app

Lecture 53 Revert to an earlier version

Lecture 54 53. Embedding into Microsoft Teams

Section 8: Building a basic model-driven app

Lecture 55 60. Modify views

Lecture 56 60. Modify forms

Lecture 57 Charts and Dashboards

Lecture 58 Creating a model-driven app

Lecture 59 59. Creating our first model-driven app, incl. adding tables to app navigation

Lecture 60 61. Publish and share an app

Section 9: Power Automate - connectors, triggers and actions

Lecture 61 24, 62, 63, 64: Introduction, incl. flow types, templates, connectors, triggers

Lecture 62 25, 68, 69: Creating, modifying and running an instant (button) flow

Lecture 63 66, 68: Creating an automated flow template with a condition and expression

Lecture 64 65, 68. Creating a scheduled flow, using an Apply to Each loop

Lecture 65 65, 70. Other flow controls, such as Switch and Do Until

Lecture 66 Update

Lecture 67 67. Approvals and Business Processes

Lecture 68 66a. Describe the Power Automate portal and mobile

Lecture 69 66a. Describe the Power Automate Desktop

Section 10: Power Virtual Agents

Lecture 70 74, 78. Uses and where you can publish chatbots, creating our first chatbot

Lecture 71 81. Test a chatbot

Lecture 72 75, 77, 80. Topics, entities and actions

Lecture 73 Looking at topic conversation flowcharts

Lecture 74 76, 79. Creating a topic, using nodes, conditions, and trigger phrases

Lecture 75 81. Publish a chatbot

Lecture 76 72. Describe use cases for Power Virtual Agents within Microsoft Teams

Section 11: Other Power Platform Topics

Lecture 77 28, 29, 30. AI Builder

Lecture 78 30a. Consuming AI Builder in Microsoft Teams and SharePoint

Lecture 79 10a. How Power Platform can consume Azure Cognitive Services

Lecture 80 12. Power Platform Security

Lecture 81 12. Azure Identity Services and Access Management (IAM)

Lecture 82 13, 15. Manage apps and users, and where to perform specific admin tasks

Lecture 83 16. Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies

Lecture 84 17. Privacy and accessibility guidelines

Lecture 85 17a. Privacy and accessibility capabilities

Lecture 86 17b. Power Platform governance capabilities

Lecture 87 7. Dynamics 365 and Power Platform

Lecture 88 8, 9. Microsoft 365 and Power Platform

Lecture 89 10, 11. Microsoft Azure, Third-party apps, and Power Platform

Lecture 90 11a. AppSource

Lecture 91 11b. How Microsoft Power Platforms apps works together

Lecture 92 17c. Analytics

Section 12: Congratulations

Lecture 93 What's Next?

Lecture 94 Well done

Section 13: Bonus Section

Lecture 95 No longer needed for PL-900 exam

Lecture 96 43. Power BI - Design data layout and mapping

Lecture 97 22. The Common Data Model (CDM)

Lecture 98 23a. The Native Dataverse connector

Lecture 99 83, 84. Power Virtual Agents - Monitor chatbot usage and performance

Section 14: Bonus - Creating PowerApps portal

Lecture 100 Power Pages

Lecture 101 55. Provision and create our first portal using the Portal from blank template

Lecture 102 55. Other Portal templates

Lecture 103 56, 58. Describe common portal customizations, including themes

Lecture 104 57. User authentication

Section 15: Bonus Lecture

Lecture 105 Bonus Lecture

This course is for you if you want to understand what is available on Microsoft's Power Platform.,By the end of this course, after entering the official Practice Tests, you could enter (and hopefully pass) Microsoft's official PL-900 exam.,Wouldn't the "Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Fundamentals" certification look good on your CV or resume?