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🔹 Module 1 – Introduction to the Microsoft Power Platform

  • Overview of the Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, and Dataverse)
  • Typical use cases for industrial and engineering firms
  • The low-code/no-code concept and its corporate benefits
  • Licensing structures, environment architecture, and governance

🔹 Module 2 – Fundamentals of Power Apps

  • Types of apps (Canvas versus Model-Driven)
  • Canvas app structure: screens, components, controls, and layout
  • Common data sources: SharePoint, Excel, SQL Server, and Dataverse
  • Connecting to existing data lists and libraries
  • Data validation and conditional logic

Practical exercises:

  • Building an inventory management app with input/output capabilities and critical level alerts
  • Developing an equipment control and calibration app featuring expiration dates and status tracking

🔹 Module 3 – Automation with Power Automate

  • Flow types: automated, instant, and scheduled
  • Triggers and actions: initiating flows and connecting tools
  • Integration with Power Apps (via buttons and trigger forms)
  • Conditions, approvals, notifications, and automated record creation
  • Best practices for developing reusable flows

Practical exercises:

  • Automating the test request process (ST) with approval steps
  • Setting up automatic alerts for equipment due for calibration
  • Automatically logging stock movements

🔹 Module 4 – Guided Development: Company Projects

  • Rapid requirements gathering with participants
  • Collaborative design of real-world company screens and flows
  • Building functional prototypes under instructor guidance
  • Validation, adjustments, and simulated testing

🔹 Module 5 – Best Practices, Governance, and Maintenance

  • Organizing environments (Development, Testing, Production)
  • Managing permissions and data security
  • Documentation and version control for apps and flows
  • Best practices for maintenance and scalability
  • Planning for solution evolution post-training

Summary and Next Steps

Requirements

  • A solid understanding of business process workflows
  • Familiarity with Microsoft 365 tools (such as SharePoint and Excel)

Target Audience

  • Process owners and analysts within industrial and engineering sectors
  • IT support personnel and citizen developers
  • Managers seeking to automate and digitize operational workflows
 21 Hours

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