Power Apps Canvas Apps Fundamentals

This course provides students with an introduction to Power Apps Canvas Apps by building a foundational understanding of the Power Apps fundamentals. This includes the skills needed to operate many of Power Apps’ key features such as creating, customizing, publishing and running a custom Canvas Application.

Students will learn important app creation skills including how to proficiently work in Microsoft Power Apps, to create custom Canvas Applications.

Audience profile

This course has been designed to apply to end users of Microsoft Power Apps.
It is recommended that attendees of this course have an existing working knowledge of Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Outlook. However, this course assumes no prior knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics 365.

At course completion

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Login to and navigate the Canvas Apps capabilities in Power Apps.
• Import data to Power Apps via a SharePoint List.
• Create a Custom application.
• Customize applications, galleries and forms.
• Publish and test custom applications.

Module 1: Introduction

This module provides an introduction to the lab environment and lab settings as well as instructions to setup your instance of Dynamics 365 (with sample data).

Lessons

• Set up a trial of Microsoft Dynamics 365
• Sign into Microsoft Dynamics 365
• Install Sample Data

Lab 1: Set up your Lab Environment

Module 2: Using Power apps

In this module, the user will learn how to use Power Apps to develop, customize and publish an application that can be used to create new lead records.

Lessons

• Login to Power Apps
• Create SharePoint List
• Create an App
• Customize an App
• Customize Gallery
• Customize Forms
• Save and Publish the App
• Run the App

Lab 1: Introduction to Power Apps 1/8

Lab 2: Introduction to Power Apps 2/8

Lab 3: Introduction to Power Apps 3/8

Lab 4: Introduction to Power Apps 4/8

Lab 5: Introduction to Power Apps 5/8

Lab 6: Introduction to Power Apps 6/8

Lab 7: Introduction to Power Apps 7/8

Lab 8: Introduction to Power Apps 8/8

Module 3: Creating Custom Canvas Apps

In this module, the user will acquire the skills needed to create a canvas application. This module will provide the user with instructions to create a custom canvas application which will read and update Dynamics 365 data.

Lessons

• Creating the App
• Customize the App
• Save the App
• Run the App

Lab 1: Create a Canvas App that reads and updates Dynamics 365 Data 1/4

Lab 2: Create a Canvas App that reads and updates Dynamics 365 Data 2/4

Lab 3: Create a Canvas App that reads and updates Dynamics 365 Data 3/4

Lab 4: Create a Canvas App that reads and updates Dynamics 365 Data 4/4

No previous experience of Power Apps is needed to sit this course. This course applies to end users and provides a foundation for subsequent learning and courses.