Overview
Discover Microsoft Certified: Power Platform App Maker Associate.
This PL-100T00: Microsoft Power Platform App Maker training course will teach you how to build apps with low-code techniques to simplify, automate, and transform business tasks and processes using Microsoft Power Platform.
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Skills Covered
- Design apps and automate workflows
- Create apps and automate workflows
- Analyze and visualize data in context of an app or automated workflow
- Implement and manage apps and automated workflows
Who Should Attend
The Power Platform App Maker builds solutions to simplify, automate, and transform tasks and processes for themselves and their team where they have deep expertise in the solution business domain. They have basic data modeling, user experience design, requirements analysis, and process analysis skills. The App Maker creates and enforces business processes, structures digital collection of information, improves efficiency of repeatable tasks, and automates business processes.
The App Maker uses the Maker tools of Power Platform to solve business problems. They may use advanced features of Microsoft apps and third-party productivity tools. The App Maker is aware of the capabilities and limitations of available tools and understands how to apply them. The App Maker is self-directed, and solution focused. They may not have formal IT training but are comfortable using technology to solve business problems with a personal growth mindset. They understand the operational need and have a vision of the desired outcome. They approach problems with phased and iterative strategies.
This Microsoft Official training course also prepares students for the Microsoft Certified: Power Platform App Maker Associate certification exam.
The PL-100 exam measures your ability to accomplish the following technical tasks: design solutions; create solutions; analyze data; and implement and manage solutions.
Course Curriculum
Prerequisites
- Basic data modeling, user experience design, requirements analysis, and process analysis skills.
- A personal growth mindset and are comfortable using technology to solve business problems.
- An understanding of the operational need and have a vision of the desired outcome. They approach problems with phased and iterative strategies.
New to Power Platform? Give yourself the power to solve business issues by gaining an understanding of all that Power Platform products can do. From advanced data analysis and automating processes to easy app building and even chatbots, become familiar with it all. Recommended for early career business and technology professionals and aspiring students. Learn more about the Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Fundamentals certification.
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Course Modules
Learn about the components of Microsoft Power Platform, the business value for customers, and security of the technology.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Learn the components and features of Microsoft Power Platform
- Identify when to use each Microsoft Power Platform component application to create business solutions
- Understand connectors
- Learn the value of using Microsoft Power Platform to create business solutions
Do you want to quickly build apps with little to no code? This module will focus on the building blocks of Dataverse and model-driven apps. These key components will help you build quick business apps in your organization.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Discover the value and key features of Dataverse.
- Learn about the value and key features of model-driven apps.
- Explore sample model-driven template apps.
Prerequisites
A basic understanding of Power Apps and Dataverse
Dataverse lets you securely store and manage data that’s used by business applications. Standard and custom tables within Dataverse provide a secure and cloud-based storage option for your data.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Create tables with Dataverse
- Import data into a Dataverse database
Prerequisites
- A Microsoft Power Apps account. If you don’t already have a Power Apps account, select the Get started free link on powerapps.com.
Model-driven app design is an approach that focuses on quickly adding components to your apps. These components include dashboards, forms, views, and charts. With little or no code, you can make apps that are simple or complex.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Learn about model-driven app design
- Create a model-driven app
Prerequisites
A Microsoft Power Apps account. If you don’t already have a Power Apps account, select the Get started free link on the Power Apps home page.
Do you want to create new data columns or use existing standardized columns for your business solutions? This module will show you how to manage or create new columns within a table in Dataverse.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Learn what a column is in Dataverse.
- Learn about the types of columns that are available in Dataverse.
- Add a column to a table.
- Learn what a primary name column is in Dataverse.
- Identify restrictions that are associated with columns.
- Create an auto-numbering column.
- Create an alternate key.
Prerequisites
A basic understanding of what a database is and its role within a software solution.
Do you want to use security roles to limit user permissions? This module will show you how you can set permissions to limit access to an environment. Or limit which users can view, edit, or delete data in an environment within Dataverse.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Learn about security roles and apply them to users in an environment.
- Learn how to add users to an environment.
- Understand security concepts in Dataverse
- Identify default security roles.
- Create a custom role.
- Create a custom security role and assign it to entities and users.
- Learn how to configure Dataverse teams for security
- Learn how to configure Dataverse group teams for security
Prerequisites
Understand the points covered in the Get started with Dataverse learning path
In this module, you’ll learn best practices around testing and documenting your Power Apps application.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Learn about the different types of test plans and components of a good test plan
- Identify and discuss optimization tools and performance tuning
- Learn about the benefits of documenting your application
Prerequisites
None
Microsoft Dataverse for Teams is a built-in, low-code data platform for Microsoft Teams that lets users build custom apps, workflows, chatbots, and dashboards in Teams by using Microsoft Power Apps, Power Virtual Agents, and Power Automate. Dataverse for Teams provides relational data storage, rich data types, enterprise-grade governance, and one-click solution deployment to the Teams app.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Learn how to build apps, workflows, chatbots, and dashboards.
- Learn how to provision Dataverse for Teams and then create a table for your data.
Prerequisites
None
Today’s business problems increasingly require modern digital solutions. With a low-code platform, anyone with a great idea can build a digital app. Dataverse for Teams allows you to build modern digital apps and deploy them to help you and your team solve those problems.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Create an app by using the hero template.
- Customize and publish your app.
- Install templates.
Prerequisites
Familiarity with Microsoft Teams
Do you want to create apps to help make your business more efficient? Then this path is for you. It introduces you to Power Apps, helps you create and customize an app, and then manage and distribute it.
This learning path can help you prepare for the Microsoft Certified: Microsoft Power Platform App Maker Associate certification.
This learning path helps prepare you for Exam PL-400: Microsoft Power Platform Developer, Exam PL-100: Microsoft Power Platform App Maker, Exam PL-200: Microsoft Power Platform Functional Consultant, Exam MB-200: Microsoft Power Platform + Dynamics 365 Core.
Prerequisites
- Familiarity with OneDrive, SharePoint, and Excel.
App users can only navigate through the navigation options provided by an app developer, and this module is designed to help you build a good navigation experience for your canvas app.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Understand how navigation works in a canvas app
- Use the Navigate and Back functions
- Understand the different ways these functions can be invoked
Prerequisites
A basic understanding of how to create a Power Apps canvas app and some experience working with controls in Power Apps is helpful but not required.
Do you want to build a better UI for app users? This module helps you do that using themes, icons, images, personalization, different form factors, and controls.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Understand the basics of building the UI through themes, icons, control customization, and images.
- Use personalization in a canvas app
- Understand the differences between the Tablet and Mobile form factors
Prerequisites
A basic understanding of how to create a Power Apps canvas app. General knowledge of Controls is also helpful but not required.
Controls help create a better experience for the user and collect the appropriate data. This module will help you understand and use Controls.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Understand how to use controls in a canvas app
- Use the different types of controls
- Understand how Galleries and Forms related to controls
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of how to create a Power Apps canvas app.
Power Automate is an online workflow service that automates actions across the most common apps and services.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Create a flow that automatically saves email attachments
- Learn how to create a button flow to send yourself a reminder
Prerequisites
- Signed up for Power Automate
- Have a OneDrive for Business account
- Have or create a Mailchimp account
Tenant and environment admins use the Power Automate Admin center to manage data policies and environments for Power Automate deployments.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Learn about the Admin center
- Learn how to import and export flows
- Learn how to share flows
Prerequisites
- Signed up for Power Automate and a working mobile device with the Power Automate mobile app loaded
Do you want to create business process flows? This module will discuss what business process flows are and how to use them to solve business solutions. You will discover why automating the business process is important to organizations and how to build business process flow solutions by using Microsoft Power Platform and Dataverse. Additionally, you will learn how business process flows differ from regular Power Automate workflows and when to use each.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Discover why standardizing business process flows is important and valuable to an organization.
- Learn about the difference between a workflow and a business process.
- Find out about how business process flows are used within Microsoft Power Platform and Dataverse.
Prerequisites
A basic understanding of how to model a business process as a set of stages, steps, and branching concepts and a familiarity with Microsoft Power Platform.
Do you want to learn about how to help secure and govern Microsoft Power Platform apps like Power Automate and Power Apps? This module focuses on introducing Microsoft Power Platform environments and their role in creating Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies by using examples and use cases. A brief introduction and overview of tools will also be discussed, including Microsoft Power Platform and Power Automate Admin experiences and Microsoft Power Platform Center of Excellence (COE) toolkit.
This module helps prepare you for Exam PL-500: Microsoft Power Automate RPA Developer, Exam PL-500: Microsoft Power Automate RPA Developer.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Access Microsoft Power Platform admin experiences.
- Create simple environment and tenant-wide DLP policies.
- Discover and identify the differences between the Business data group and the No-business data group.
- Learn about the differences between out-of-the-box Power Automate Admin experiences and Microsoft Power Platform Center of Excellence toolkit.
Prerequisites
A basic understanding of Power Apps and Power Automate, including their purpose and how these tools are used within an organization.
By using automated and scheduled flows, you can build powerful workflows inside of Microsoft Teams and increase productivity in your Microsoft Teams work.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Build a flow to respond to changes in Teams.
- Extend an app in Microsoft Power Apps to trigger a flow.
- Schedule a flow to complete routine tasks.
Prerequisites
None
Learn what Power BI is, including its building blocks and how they work together.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Learn how Power BI services and applications work together.
- Explore how Power BI can make your business more efficient.
- Learn how to create compelling visuals and reports.
How can you find, collect, and clean data from different sources? Power BI is a tool for making sense of your data. You will learn tricks to make data-gathering easier.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Explore the data-centric features and tools of Power BI.
- Explore ways to find data.
Prerequisites
Access to Power BI Desktop
Build your reports with Microsoft Power BI and Dataverse for Teams. This module explains how to import a dataset, create a report, edit reports, and share reports with others.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Import a Microsoft Dataverse dataset into Power BI.
- Create a new Power BI report based on the dataset.
- Edit a report.
- Share a report with others in Teams channels, chats, or meetings.
Prerequisites
Appropriate Power BI license to build and share Power BI reports. For more information about Power BI licenses, see the links that are provided in the Summary unit at the end of this module.
This self-paced module helps you build an AI model from the beginning and shows how you can use it in your business without writing a single line of code.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Explore how AI Builder can help improve your business performance.
- Learn how to use different AI technologies to enhance your processes.
- Create your first model.
- Learn how to use your models in Power Apps and Power Automate.
Prerequisites
- A Power Apps or Power Automate license
- Access to Microsoft Dataverse
- An AI Builder add-on or trial
Employees who have quick access to information make better decisions, reduce errors, and save money. Chatbots create a personalized experience that simplifies how employees get information. Power Virtual Agents and Dataverse for Teams create intelligent chatbots to quickly respond to employee needs without building high-code solutions.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Learn how to create a chatbot.
- Discover how the chatbot can call Microsoft Power Automate actions to retrieve data from Dataverse for Teams.
- Publish the chatbot to your team or the whole company.
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Training Options
- VILT: Virtual Instructor-Led Training
- ILT: Instructor-Led Training
Exam & Certification
Microsoft Certified: Power Platform App Maker Associate.
If you’re a business professional with deep expertise in your solution domain who wants to leverage your passion for building Microsoft Power Platform solutions, this certification is designed for you. You can use your skills in key technical business analyst tasks, such as data modeling, basic UX design, requirements analysis, and process analysis. Your responsibilities include:
- Designing and creating apps and automating workflows.
- Analyzing and visualizing data in context of an app or automated workflow.
- Implementing and managing apps and automated workflows.
Training & Certification Guide
If you’re a business professional with deep expertise in your solution domain and you want to use your passion for building Microsoft Power Platform solutions to simplify, automate, and transform tasks and processes for your team, this certification is designed for you. You must have the skills to accomplish key technical business analyst tasks, such as data modeling, basic UX design, requirements analysis, and process analysis.
You fit the profile for the app maker role if you’re self-directed and solution-focused, and you work with the maker tools of Microsoft Power Platform to solve business problems. You might have experience with Visual Basic for Applications, Excel PivotTables, Teams, and other tools. Although you might not have formal IT training, you’re comfortable working with IT administrators and Microsoft Power Platform developers using technology to solve business problems
You’re responsible for:
- Designing and creating apps and automating workflows.
- Analyzing and visualizing data in context of an app or automated workflow.
- Implementing and managing apps and automated workflows.
The candidate envisions and creates solutions to simplify and automate tasks and processes for themselves and their team. They understand the data that they are working with, the issues that they need to resolve, and the required processes and app experiences. The candidate may not have formal IT training but are comfortable using technology to solve business problems.
The candidate is self-directed, and solution focused. They may connect to and use features of apps including Microsoft Teams, Microsoft 365 apps and services, and third-party solutions. The candidate has a desire to understand the capabilities and limitations of available tools and understands how to apply them. The candidate is an advocate for Power Platform solutions.
This exam measures your ability to accomplish the following technical tasks: Design solutions, Create solutions, Analyze data, Implement and manage solutions.
- Design solutions (10-15%)
- Create solutions (50-55%)
- Analyze data (5-10%)
- Implement and manage solutions (15-20%)
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