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[Music] thank you hello and welcome to our Microsoft powerapps course I'm Cynthia and I'll be your instructor for this class in this course we'll be covering everything you need to know about creating powerful and intuitive applications using Microsoft power apps from getting started and signing in to using an Excel data source and creating your first app we've got you covered we'll start by getting you familiarized with the dashboard and showing you how to connect to different data sources we'll then walk you through the process of creating your first app including an overview of the app Tree View editing properties inserting a new item and inserting a new screen we'll also cover how to use different actions and explore additional options available to you once you've created your app we'll show you how to save and distribute it and how to download it onto your mobile device by the end of this course you'll have a basic understanding of Microsoft power apps and be able to start creating your own apps with your own data so if you're ready to get started let's Dive In foreign [Music] so the first thing we're going to do is sign up to powerapps.microsoft.com we can see that we can start for free you will need to enter your email create your account and finally confirm your details alternatively we can sign in straight away if we have a Microsoft 365 account to sign in with an existing account we go to the website address https semicolon slash make Dot powerapps.com note that powerapps currently doesn't support personal email addresses so you will need to sign in with your business or work email once signed in you will land on the powerapps home page here we will find that we can start building apps from sample apps templates or simply start from scratch with a blank app all the applications you've developed as well as those created by others and shared with you can be found in this section here on the Home tab we have an overview of all the options within our dashboard we have the app starting points here at the top we also have our learning resources here and some templates that we can begin with and customize to our needs the most important tabs to focus on starting of with power apps are the create learn and apps tabs when we select the create in the side menu we are presented with the different starting points when creating an app so as we mentioned you can start from scratch with a blank app and consequently select your data or we can choose to start an app with a particular data source such as the dataverse SharePoint Excel or an SQL data source we can even start the app by uploading an image and powerapps will make an attempt to replicate what is in the image or we can use a format from a well-known interface tool called figma if we scroll down we can see there are options to start from a template and these can be either model driven apps that uses the dataverse or we can choose a canvas app template that when created allows you to dive into the various design options and uncover ideas that can be utilized while crafting your unique canvas apps each example demonstrates a real life situation although the data employed is fictional we are now ready to create an app but we are going to have to create a data source we are going to start with an Excel data source note however that it is better practice to use a SharePoint list or the dataverse to store data for learning purposes it is easy to start with Excel as most of us are familiar with this so first thing we'll do is create our Excel sheet as our data source to do this we simply go to https semicolon office.com and choose the Excel application from the App Launcher menu we can go ahead and create our Excel workbook by clicking on blank workbook our data source is going to collect data about students so we will collect a student's first name last name email address and class so let's set that up okay so we have our four columns also referred to as Fields setup but you can easily add your own or alter them as you see fit for example you may want to add a column for student number date of birth or even student Mentor so with our column set up let's add some data into our rows then finally to prepare our data properly for powerapps to access we need to set it up as a table we do this by selecting all our cells click on insert and select table we see here that the option that indicates the table has headers is selected by default for me but if you don't have that set by default then go ahead and select that I then click on OK it is a good idea to give your table a suitable name and I do this by clicking on table design which allows me to rename this table over here so I'll change the default table one to students our data source is now ready to go we will now go back to powerapps and connect this data source [Music] before we hop over to the PowerApp Studio take note at the columns we have created shortly we will create our app and connect our data source and we'll see that these columns or Fields will be pulled into our app we are going to choose to start from an Excel file to create a three screen app we then create a new connection and we'll scroll down to search for OneDrive for business select that and click create it will ask us to sign in so I will pick my work account here I then just need to confirm that we allow access to OneDrive for business earlier when we created the Excel workbook I never named the file when saving it so it defaulted to book.xlsx we can easily change this by going back to my file open in this tab I click here in the top left corner which will allow me to rename my file I will rename this file to school app when I go back to my power apps tab I just need to refresh this page to see the changes to the file name now I just need to select my OneDrive for business connection again and select my Excel file name school app inside of this file recall our table named students I select this table and I will click on connect our app and its connections will then be spun up so you have to give it a moment to get things ready you will see this welcome screen that allows you to choose to preview the app but we'll just click on skip it is a good idea at this stage to save our project so up here in the top right I will click on the save icon and give my app a name I'm going to call it school app our browse screen allows us to browse the data from our data source but we can see here that we currently have no records showing even if we try to preview the app by clicking on this play button we don't see anything in fact I'm going to save this app and leave the app to show you two things firstly we'll look at how to get back to this app from our dashboard we click on the apps tab then click on these three dots then choose play from the pop-up menu so the second thing for us to note is this error that has popped up here at the top the error reads failed to load students students being our Excel sheet table the error also states that the resource is locked and this is because we have our Excel sheet open in another tab in other words if someone is working on this file our app will not be able to write data to it we wouldn't have this limitation however working with a different type of data source like a SharePoint list for example so let's close this tab that has the worksheet open if we now refresh the page we see that that error is gone and that the app now loads in the data from our Excel sheet finally if we want to edit our app again we go back to the dashboard click the three dots and choose edit this time this will load the PowerApp Studio again now that our data is properly being called into the app let's have a look at the three screens here on the left you have What's called the tree view you have the browse screen the detail screen and the edit screen with the browse screen selected I'm going to preview the app there are four items showing up and we can click this arrow symbol to view the item's details this is the details screen we can then click on the pen symbol here at the top which will bring us to the edit screen where we can edit this particular record I'm going to change Jim's first name to Jimmy to save this I click the check mark symbol in top right this brings me back to the details screen and I can see it has updated my record I'll click on this left icon to bring me back to the browse screen if I want to add a record I click this plus symbol and then I fill out each field with the necessary details when done click the check mark symbol this brings us back to the browse screen and we can see that Sue's record has been added again we can edit this record by clicking on this right icon if I now reopen the Excel sheet I can see that the new record Sue O'Donnell has been added note also that powerapps added this additional unique ID column which cannot be deleted so that brings us to the end of this video in the next video we'll have a look at how to navigate the app that we have just generated now that our basic app is created let's go back to the studio and explore three important panes the three panes each have a unique function the left pane displays a hierarchical view of all the controls on each screen or a thumbnail for each screen in your app this helps you to easily navigate through the different screens in your app and to keep track of the controls used on each screen so note how each corresponding element is highlighted as I select them in either the tree view or on the canvas app the middle pane displays the canvas app that you're working on this is where you'll create the layout and design of your app by adding removing and manipulating different controls the right pane is where you can customize options such as layout properties and data sources for certain controls this pane provides you with a high level of control over the visual appearance and functionality of your app by utilizing these three panes you'll have full control over every aspect of your app's design and functionality let's have a look at how to change the label here at the top on our browse screen I'll change this to mentors now if I change it back to students note the different locations that are updated we can essentially edit this label three different ways I can change it back to mentors here under properties and this will also then update in our canvas app we can also click on the advanced tab to edit properties for each element our records are shown here in what's called a gallery we can select each of the fields to see what is being pulled in if I click the top field we can see this is labeled class this one is pulling in the email address and the bottom one is pulling in the first name this Arrow has an action attached to it that will call the selected record in the next screen let's preview the app and see what it does we can see that when we click on the right icon it brings us to the edit screen with the corresponding record selected if we click on the left icon we come back to the browse screen and as we've seen in the last video the plus icon will allow us to add another record we don't necessarily need to click the preview button to test the functionality of these buttons in fact on our canvas app we can hold down the ALT key on a Windows or the option key on a Mac to navigate the app the same way in the next video we'll take a look at the different screens and the controls on each screen [Music] although we have looked at some of this already in this lesson we will cover a bit more on the app authoring menu and the app authoring options the app authoring menu is an essential part of app authoring that allows you to switch between different data sources and insert options it provides you with an easy way to navigate through the different parts of your app and helps you to quickly access the data sources and options that you need to access the app authoring menu simply click on the menu button located in the top left hand corner of the app authoring screen this will open up the menu and as we've seen already the first is the tree view the tree view is a feature in the app authoring environment that provides a tree view of all screens and controls in the current APP this feature makes it easy for you to navigate and manage your app's content by using the tree view you can quickly jump to any screen or control in your app and make any necessary changes insert is a another essential feature in the app authoring environment that allows you to add different controls to the screen with insert you can add anything from text boxes and buttons to media and charts this feature provides you with a wide range of options to customize your app and make it more functional data is an essential component of any app and the app authoring environment provides you with the ability to add or remove data such as tables that the app connects to by using the data feature you can manage your app's data sources and ensure that your app is always up to date media is another important aspect of app development and the app authoring environment provides you with the ability to insert or remove media from the app with media you can add anything from images and videos to audio files and animations this feature provides you with a wide range of options to make your app more engaging and Visually appealing power automate is a powerful tool that allows you to add a flow using the power automate pane with power automate you can automate tasks and processes in your app making it more efficient and effective Advanced tools is an essential feature in the app authoring environment that allows you to access the Monitor and test tools to debug and test your app with Advanced tools you can ensure that your app is running smoothly and that any issues are quickly identified and resolved finally search is a powerful feature that allows you to select to search for media formulas text and more in your app with search you can quickly find and replace any content in your app making it more efficient and effective we will select the tree view to show the screens available in the app I can click on these arrows to expand and collapse all screens with their child nodes we can create a new screen by clicking up here this gives us two options create a blank screen or create a screen based on a given template we can see our examples here such as the scrollable screen a screen with a list a screen with a form Etc we'll go ahead and click on this tutorial screen currently the screen's name defaulted to screen 2 so let's give this an appropriate name if I wanted this screen to be seen on load I can move it up to the top of our tree view click the three dots and move upwards let's preview this we can see that this is a basic tutorial with Carousel like Navigator where we can go left and right between each step going back to our studio screen note when we select the tutorial Navigator control and we take a look at the properties list for the items we can see the text for each step for demo purposes let's change the text inside of the double quotes let's change step 0 to this is a tutorial screen step one we will change to this is a second tutorial screen and so on if we Now preview the app we can see our updates tutorial text that brings us to the end of this part we now know how to navigate between the different screens and how to create a screen from a template next we'll take a look at the properties pane [Music] in this lesson we'll guide you through the step-by-step process of accessing and utilizing the powerapps properties pane this powerful feature empowers you to effortlessly manage object properties and customize your app to Perfection let's begin by exploring the properties tab located within the properties pane it offers a convenient way to adjust fundamental attributes of selected objects such as their name color size and position this tab provides you with quick modifications to suit your preferences for instance in the tree view if we select our screens we can see in our properties pane under our properties tab that we can change things like the fill which is the background color we can even put in an image as our background and then position that image the way we see fit let's take a closer look at individual controls on the tutorial screen by clicking on a specific control in the tree view such as the label skip we can select the corresponding label on the canvas similarly we can select icons like the next icon to view their names in the tree view such as icon next to using the properties Pane and the properties list in the top right we can customize the selected controls for example we can change the text of the label skip to next similarly I can just update this directly on our canvas so I'll change it back to skip this corresponds not only in the properties pane but also up here in the top right in our properties list while I have the desired control selected here up the top left corner we can click the properties list and search for text to assign the value next in the formula bar I'll select the next label and customize some of the properties we can customize things like our font let's select Courier new I'll increase the font size to 24 and I can also change the font style to bold and italic align text to left Center and right and most of us would be familiar with this as it's just like the features found in word processors if I select the next icon I can see there is a whole list of other icons that I can choose from based on action types let's try a few others add check and I can even do a search let's search for next the one we had before was actually called write so I'll put it back to that under the browse screen we have a commonly used control named a gallery a gallery control displays multiple records from a data source each containing various types of data so in our case you can use a gallery control to Showcase multiple student details with each item revealing class name and email address this Gallery is pulling in the different fields from our Excel sheet we have the controller named Title 1 which pulls in the class information subtitle 1 is pulling in the student's email address and the body is pulling in the student's first name if we select our Gallery we can change the layout under the properties tab this allows us to choose how many fields are being pulled in if we choose just title we can see only the class names are coming in we also have title and subtitle we will set it back to what we had the color property allows us to change the background color of our Gallery we'll set it to light blue and then back to white again if I click the edit Fields option and then select our controls in the gallery we can see how our data is labeled for example we have our title 3 is pulling in the class subtitle 2 is pulling in the email address and body one is pulling in the first name let's temporarily change body 1 to last name if I wanted to have the full name showing there are several ways to do this firstly I'm going to copy and paste the body 1 control I'll move it over to the right note that it populates this automatically across all our records if we now edit the fields we can see it has named it body 1 underscore one I can update this to show the last name however there is a better way to do this we will select body one and up here in the formula bar we can append our last name onto the first name we do this using the Ampersand symbol it adds the last name but we need a space between the two name types so we will append a space enclosed in quotation marks we'll change the font color note that Andrea Sweetman is on two lines different compared to the other names to fix this I need to extend the controller occasionally you will find that you are regularly working with a particular controller if the name of the controller is not self-evident it is a good idea at this point to give it a more meaningful name so for example I will change the control named lbl app name1 to lbl brow students I'll also update the text title to browse students that brings us to the end of this lesson next we will look at adding controls in this lesson we will explore different types of controls available in power apps and how they can be used to enhance user experience a control is a UI element that produces an action or shows information powerapps offers a variety of controls including labels text input boxes drop-down lists navigation elements and More in order to insert a control we have to ensure we have the desired screen selected which as we have seen already we can do here in the tree view to insert a control we simply click on the insert tab here at the top and as we can see the insert tab offers a wide range of control types to choose from organized in categories by its type let's take a brief look at each at the top of the list we have the most commonly used controls including elements such as text labels and edit form text input vertical galleries the rectangle shape for design a date picker and a button input controls and power apps are components or elements that allow users to provide data or interact with the app these controls are used to capture user input such as text numbers dates and selections they facilitate data entry and enable users to interact with the app's function finality display controls and power apps are used to present and show data to users in a user-friendly and Visually appealing manner these controls are responsible for displaying information retrieved from data sources or calculated within the app layout controls in power apps are used to organize and structure the visual arrangement of other controls within an app's user interface they help to control the positioning alignment and grouping of controls allowing you to create well-structured and Visually appealing app layouts media controls and power apps are used to incorporate multimedia elements such as images audio and video into your app these controls allow you to display play and interact with media content to enhance the user experience and provide rich media capabilities icon controls and power apps allow you to add and display graphical icons within your app's user interface icons are visual representations of actions objects or concepts and can be used to enhance the usability and visual appeal of your app shape controls and power apps allow you to add and display various geometric shapes within your app's user interface these controls enable you to enhance the visual design provide visual cues and create custom graphics or illustrations within your app charts and power apps are visual representations of data that allow you to present information in a graphical format at the bottom of this list we also see we can add a power bi tile power bi is part of the Microsoft Power Platform it is a business analytics service that provides powerful data visualization and Reporting capabilities by adding a power bi tile in a chart control you can display a specific power bi visualization such as a report or a dashboard within your power app finally we have the mixed reality controls mixed reality controls and power apps allow you to incorporate augmented reality and virtual reality experiences into your apps these control enable you to create immersive and interactive experiences by overlaying digital content on the real world or by placing users in Virtual environments we're now going to insert a question mark icon on our browse page that will link to our tutorial screen I'll search for it under the icons list and simply drag it over to my desired location on the canvas note that there is a search bar in the insert tab so if we know what we are looking for we can type it in here and drag it over as before I'll delete this one by pressing delete on my keyboard as we don't need it here this question mark icon is a little hard to see so I'm going to change the color of it to White I'll make it a little smaller and align it nicely with the rest if I wanted to move the question mark to where the sort by icon is I could try to delete it but this brings up errors this is because there are other controls that are dependent on this so I'll undo that by pressing Ctrl and Z on a Windows and command and Z on a Mac for Simplicity what we can do instead is hide the sort icon in the properties panel to do this we can turn this visibility switch to off I can then go ahead and drag it over to where I want it as we will use this icon to navigate to the browse screen I will rename it to something more meaningful in the next lesson we will look at how to add an action to a control in this video we will have a look at how to use functions using Power FX Power FX is the low code language that is used across the Microsoft Power Platform it's a powerful human friendly language that enables makers and developers to work together seamlessly regardless of their experience level we will create a function for our question mark icon so that when we click it it will bring us to the tutorial screen first let's have a look at some example formulas of the existing properties of our controls by selecting the plus icon we can edit the properties in the formula bar the current property selected is on select and we can see in the formula bar the actions linked to it the formula new form with edit Form 1 in Brackets and navigate with edit screen 1 in Brackets performs two actions new form resets the form identified as edit Form 1 to a blank State allowing the user to enter new data or make edits navigate navigates to the screen identified as edit screen 1 which is the first parameter in the brackets and the second parameter none indicates that it will navigate to edit screen 1 without passing any parameters this typically means switching to a different screen for viewing or editing data if we now click on the right arrow icon we see that the formula for the on Select Property changes to select parent this formula is used to access the parent or container control of the current control or item it is commonly used within a gallery or a data card to reference the parent control or container that holds the current control selecting the reload icon we see the refresh function which refreshes the data source table named students if we select the question mark we can see we have false which means there is no action attached to the on Select Property we will assign a navigation function to our question mark so let's have a look for this in the Microsoft Power FX documentation let's search for navigate we'll learn how to change which screen is displayed in a powerapps app using the back and navigate function most apps contain multiple screens and we can use these functions to navigate between them to change the screen when a user selects a button we can set the on Select Property of the button to a formula that includes a navigate function we can also specify a visual transition such as Fade to control how one screen changes to another it's important to note that back and navigate only change which screen is displayed screens that aren't currently displayed continue to operate behind the scenes if we scroll down to the bottom we find a step-by-step guide on how to use this function with an example formula that we can copy and paste into our own solution I'll make sure I have the question mark selected when we paste it in we will get an error because the code we pasted in is generic and we need to amend this with the correct parameters for our context if we select this x we see we have two options edit in Formula bar and get help for this error let's get some help on this on the right here it shows us that the issue is to do with the name in other words screen one isn't correct we can see in the formula bar that this has been underlined with a squiggly Red Line we need to change this so that it navigates to our tutorial screen when we start typing tutorial the autocomplete menu appears and so we can go ahead and pick the first from the menu I can test this directly in the studio by holding down the ALT key on Windows and the option key on Mac while clicking on the question mark icon this brings us to the tutorial screen Let's test it out using the preview option and we see the same result here clicking the question mark icon now navigates us to the tutorial screen let's take a deeper look at the Syntax for the navigate function I'm going to paste in the syntax again that we got from the documentation if we hover the cursor over the navigate function in the code editor a tooltip appears showing an example usage so just to recap on some of these Target specifies the Target screen we want to navigate to it can be either a screen name or a screen object transition is optional it defines the transition effect between screens it can be set to None Fade cover or uncover as an optional third argument you can pass a record that contains the context variable for the Target screen in this example we are using the navigate function to move from the current screen to screen 2 with a cover transition effect with this effect the new screen slides into view moving right to left to cover the current screen let's change this to fade and see what that looks like the fade effect is quite subtle so the video here is slowed down slightly next we'll have a look at building the formula using the FX drop down menu it provides a range of functions and operators that can be used to create Dynamic formulas and expressions with the FX drop down menu you can perform mathematical operations handle text manipulation apply logical conditions and access data from different sources we can find the navigation function under the action category I'll double click on this we can now build our formula with the help of the tooltip and the autocomplete let's choose the cover right transition and see what that looks like nice note that when we navigate to our tutorial screen we currently don't have any way to navigate back there are multiple ways to implement this but for the sake of this lesson we'll create a button that brings us back I go to my insert Tab and search for button I'll select and drag it over we can drag it around our canvas to place it where we want I'll change the text from button to browse again we use the navigate function and we will choose the browse screen to navigate to when the button is selected when we preview this and click the browse button we can see that it brings us to the browse student screen if we wanted to learn more about the use of specific functions we can access the documentation easily from within powerapps simply click on the FX drop down menu and click learn more here at the bottom this brings us to the Power FX formula reference page because I selected new form it brings me straight to the letter N in our index where I can find navigate and new form if I click on new form I will find the relevant information for that function now let's give our app a final test I'll click on the preview clicking the question mark brings us to the tutorial page I can scroll through the tutorials by clicking the right arrow browse is going to bring us back to the browse screen and the other functions such as the plus icon were already built automatically when we connected our data let's add a new record by clicking on the right arrow for more details on this record we can go in and edit the details for that record by clicking on this pen icon I'll change the name to Joe blogs and update it to delete the record click on the right arrow and then the bin icon that brings us to the end of this lesson in the next lesson we will go over some of the other features in our app Studio dashboard that we haven't spoken about yet in this lesson we will look at the other options in the powerapps studio that we haven't covered yet up the top here we have the dynamic command bar by Dynamic we mean that it will show a different set of commands based on the control that's selected in the previous lessons we worked with the insert controls menu bar and saw how to add our different UI elements with our tutorial screen selected next in the menu is the add data option here we can select any existing tables from the current environment and we can search and select a connector such as SharePoint or SQL Server we saw how to add new screens from the Tree View and we can see we can do it from here too in the theme menu we can select any default theme from the available presets for example the currently selected theme is called Coral which comes with red colored UI elements like our red browse button we can change the background color and even add a background image like a company brand image at the end here we have our setting tab that allows us to configure the app's general settings and finally the three dots show two other options app version history and open if I now select the button control the command bar will show options related to that control such as the text formatting options or button background color I'm going to change the background color of this button to Blue we can see that the command bar is mostly the same for the other controls on this screen except for our image it makes sense that we don't have the same options as the controls that have text in them we have now covered most aspects of the powerapps studio interface in the next lesson we will learn how to save and publish our working app [Music] in this lesson we will explore how you can save and publish your app to make it available to others when working with a canvas app and powerapps saving your changes is an important step once you've made changes to your app they are automatically saved but only for yourself and those with edit permissions to make your changes visible to everyone the app is shared with you need to explicitly publish them to save your changes go to the app actions menu here in the top right here you have several options the disk save icon saves all recent and unsaved changes you made to the app each time you save a new version is created ensuring you can track your progress to the right we have more save options if you want to add additional information about the updates you've made you can choose the save with version notes option it allows you to save the changes along with specific notes sometimes you may want to create a duplicate of your app with a different name the save as option enables you to do just that if you wish to have a local copy of your app you can use the download a copy option to download it I'm going to click on save with version notes and I'll write first version for our notes when we click on Save we are presented with the option to publish our app so I'll click this option alternatively we have the dedicated publish button here in the very top right corner clicking on the back button will bring me to the powerapps homepage I'm going to leave powerapps studio and because we have just saved and published the app I am safe to choose leave here in the left pane if I click on apps I will be able to see all my available apps if we click on the three dots we can see we have all our app options so at the top for example I can go back to edit the app [Music] to ensure that your app is optimized for mobile devices it's important to test it in the same form factor as your users we will do this by installing the powerapps mobile app which we'll cover in this lesson we are going to demo it on an Android phone but the procedure is the same across all phone types I'll go ahead to the App Store in this case Google Play and search for power apps I'll go ahead and install it once downloaded we can go ahead and open it and sign in using your username and password now that we are signed in we can see our school app we'll go ahead and click on that first we are presented with some general instructions on using the app and then we are presented with our first screen the tutorial screen I can scroll through the screens as previously demonstrated if I press the browse button I am redirected to the browse students screen where I have the gallery listing of all student details I'll go ahead and press the right arrow for Paul Smith which brings me to the details screen for that particular record if I press the pen icon I can edit the details for Paul Smith as shown in the tutorial when opening the app I can close the app by swiping to the right from the left edge of the screen I'll go ahead and close it when using apps in powerapps Mobile you get the most out of your device's capabilities for example you can use camera controls and GPS location in your apps this allows you to take advantage of the full potential of your mobile device when using your apps you now know how to access your apps on your mobile device using the powerapps mobile app [Music] powerapps also integrates well with other Technologies such as power automate power bi power pages and power virtual agents which further enhance the functionality and user experience of your apps one of these Technologies is power automate power automate is a powerful tool that allows you to build automated workflows to receive notifications run processes collect data and more with power automate you can create logic that performs one or more tasks when an event occurs in a canvas app for example you can configure a button to execute a flow to create an item in a list send an email or meeting request or add a file to OneDrive power automate can handle complex business logic such as the approval workflows and transform your app from a point solution to a fully featured Business Solution another technology is power bi power bi is an Analytics tool within the Microsoft Power Platform Suite that allows you to connect data from sources and transform it into graphical visualizations to gain insights it allows you to utilize many different visualizations to build comprehensive reports and dashboards powerapps and power bi have two options for seamless integration you can embed a power bi tile in a powerapps app or you can embed a powerapps app in a power bi dashboard these Integrations provide users with a better overall experience when using the solution power pages is a feature within powerapps that allows you to create custom responsive web pages for your apps with power Pages you can design and publish web pages that are tailored to your organization's branding and requirements these Pages can contain Rich content such as images videos and interactive elements providing a more engaging experience for your app users power Pages seamlessly integrate with your power apps app allowing you to create a cohesive user interface and navigation flow power virtual agents is another powerful tool that can be integrated with powerapps it enables you to build and deploy AI powered chat Bots without the need for extensive coding with power virtual agents you can create conversational chat bot experiences that can handle common customer inquiries Provide support and automate tasks by integrating power virtual agents with your powerapps app you can enhance user interactions improve customer service and automate repetitive tasks ultimately saving time time and improving productivity by leveraging power pages and power virtual agents alongside power apps power automate and power bi you can create comprehensive solutions that address a wide range of business needs whether you want to provide interactive web pages or conversational AI chat bot capabilities these additional Technologies can extend the functionality of your power apps app and deliver a more powerful and user-friendly experience in conclusion Microsoft power apps together with power automate power bi power pages and power virtual agents offers a suite of tools that can Empower you to build robust and feature-rich apps for your organization by strategically selecting and integrating these Technologies based on your specific use cases and requirements you can create powerful solutions that drive efficiency enhance user experience and unlock valuable insights from your data before we go I want to mention one more important thing that you can do on the Power Platform in relation to managing power apps for your organization and that's the Power Platform admin Center the Microsoft Power Platform admin Center allows you to Define and manage different environments to house your power apps this is incredibly useful as you can have separate environments for development and production apps ensuring that changes and updates don't affect live users until they're ready you can also Define data connections and manage environment roles and data policies ensuring that your data is always secure and accessible to the right people if you want to learn more about best practices for managing your power apps with the Microsoft Power Platform admin Center be sure to check out the best practices for admin and governance thank you congratulations on completing this beginner's powerapps course you have embarked on a journey that will Empower you to create powerful and innovative business solutions as we conclude this course I want to take a moment to reflect on what we have accomplished and share some final thoughts we have explored the fundamentals of power apps and delved into its features functionalities and possibilities we started with the basics understanding the concept of low code development and how powerapps fits into the Microsoft Power Platform ecosystem throughout this course you have learned how to build a canvas app design user interfaces connect to data sources and leverage formulas to create Dynamic experiences you have grasped the concept of the powerapps formula language enabling you to customize your apps and Implement business logic powerapps empowers you to transform ideas into reality providing opportunities for process automation data visualization and user-friendly applications by completing this course you have taken your first step towards becoming a proficient powerapps developer As you move forward on your powerapps journey remember that learning is a continuous process keep exploring explore experimenting and expanding your knowledge stay up to date with the latest features attend webinars join communities and connect with fellow power apps enthusiasts the powerapps ecosystem is thriving and there are endless possibilities waiting for you I encourage you to take what you have learned and apply it in real world scenarios identify areas where power apps can bring value to your organization or personal projects collaborate with colleagues or fellow students to solve challenges and unlock opportunities together remember powerapps is not just a tool it's a catalyst for Innovation and efficiency before we conclude I want to express my gratitude for your dedication and enthusiasm throughout this course your eagerness to learn and willingness to embrace new technologies is truly inspiring I have no doubt that each of you has the potential to make a significant impact in your respective Fields as we bring this course to a close I want to leave you with one final thought you now possess the power to create transformative of solutions let your creativity flourish let your ideas take shape and let power apps be your canvas to build a better future thank you once again for joining us on this incredible journey I wish you the best of luck in all your power apps Endeavors remember the sky is not the limit it's just the beginning farewell and may your power apps Creations shine brightly [Music] thank you

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Length: 47min 49sec (2869 seconds)

Published: Tue Jul 18 2023