PL-200T00 Microsoft Power Platform Functional Consultant

Course Length: 4 Days

Delivered: Virtually

OVERVIEW:

This course will teach you to use Microsoft Power Platform solutions to simplify, automate, and empower business processes for organizations in the role of a Functional Consultant. A Microsoft Power Platform Functional Consultant is responsible for creating and configuring apps, automations, and solutions. They act as the liaison between users and the implementation team. The functional consultant promotes utilization of solutions within an organization. The functional consultant may perform discovery, engage subject matter experts and stakeholders, capture requirements, and map requirements to features. They implement components of a solution including application enhancements, custom user experiences, system integrations, data conversions, custom process automation, and simple visualizations This course may earn a Credly Badge.

COURSE PREREQUISITES:

Before attending this course, students must have:

• Experience as an IT professional or student
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Power Platform and its key components
• Knowledge of Microsoft Dataverse (or general data modeling) and security concepts

TARGET AUDIENCE:

A Microsoft Power Platform Functional Consultant is responsible for creating and configuring apps, automations, and solutions. They act as the liaison between users and the implementation team. The functional consultant promotes utilization of solutions within an organization. The functional consultant may perform discovery, engage subject matter experts and stakeholders, capture requirements, and map requirements to features. They implement components of a solution including application enhancements, custom user experiences, system integrations, data conversions, custom process automation, and simple visualizations.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Work with an organization to gather requirements and implement Microsoft Power Platform solutions
• Build model-driven, canvas, and portal apps
• Create Power Automate flows
• Design a simple chatbot using Power Virtual Agents
• Analyze data using Power BI visualizations and dashboards

COURSE CONTENT:

1 - Module 1: Introduction to Microsoft Power Platform

• Microsoft Power Platform overview

2 - Module 2: Work with Dataverse

• Work with tables
• Understand data types and behavior
• Configure security settings

3 - Module 3: Make model-driven apps with Power Apps

• Building blocks of model-driven apps
• Design model-driven apps
• Forms and views

4 - Module 4: Make canvas apps with Power Apps

• Power Apps studio
• Canvas apps capabilities
• User experience

5 - Module 5: Make portals with Power Apps

• Power Apps portals architecture
• Access Microsoft Dataverse in your portal
• Authentication and user management

6 - Module 6: Introduction to automation

• Business rules
• Power Automate overview

7 - Module 7: Build Power Automate cloud flows

• Fundamentals of cloud flows
• Triggers
• Actions

8 - Module 8: Build Power Automate desktop flows

• Build desktop flows
• Use desktop flows
• Process advisor

9 - Module 9: Build business process flows

• Why use business process flows
• Using business process flow designer
• Automating your business process flow

10 - Module 10: Build chatbots with Power Virtual Agents

• Create a chatbot
• Configure topics
• Automate and integrate
• Configure entities
• Test and publish chatbots

11 - Module 11: Analyze data with Power BI

• Use tabular reporting options in Dataverse
• Use charts and dashboards in Dataverse
• Get started with Power BI
• Model data in Power BI
• Create visualizations and dashboards
• Publish and share in Power BI

12 - Module 12: Putting it all together

• Using solutions
• AI Builder
• Consultant skills