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PL-100: Microsoft Power Platform App Maker

Prepare to pass the PL-100: Microsoft Power Platform Apps Maker Certification Exam in a 4-day course.

Microsoft Certified: Power Platform App Maker Associate

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.

Course Outline

Design business solutions (35-40%)

Create a high-level design
 identify required data sources for a business solution
 describe real-world objects as tables
 describe the expected user experience for targeted devices and describe the differences between Microsoft Power Platform app types
 create a high-level data model including source, volume, and intended uses

Identify Microsoft Power Platform components
 determine the required Power Apps app type
 determine when to use Dataverse for Teams
 map a problem domain to Microsoft Power Platform tools
 identify options for implementing business logic
 describe connectors
 describe unmanaged solutions
 describe uses cases for desktop flows
 describe use cases for chatbots

Design data models
 determine required tables
 identify relationships between tables
 identify columns and data types

Design the user interface (UI) for a business solution
 identify opportunities for component reuse
 apply UI standards
 identify the model-driven forms and Dataverse views that are needed

Design reporting
 define data output requirements
 define visualizations for Power BI dashboards
 define visualization requirements for model-driven dashboards

Create solutions (45-50%)

Manage Microsoft Power Platform development environments
 create a solution
 add existing apps and flows to a solution
 run solution checker and interpret results

Create model-driven apps
 compose model-driven apps
 create a site map
 create and configure Dataverse table forms
 create and configure Dataverse table views
 embed model-driven apps in Microsoft Teams channels
 embed a canvas app on a form in a model-driven app
 manage versions of canvas apps
 publish and share canvas apps
 share model-driven apps

Create canvas apps
 create canvas apps
 connect to data sources in canvas apps
 build canvas apps screens
 compose Microsoft Power Fx formulas
 implement collections and variables
 interpret App checker results
 add canvas app assets and components to screens

Configure Microsoft Dataverse
 create tables and table columns based on a data model
 link tables by using lookups or relationships
 load or create data records for testing and development
 publish customizations
 create Dataverse business rules
 configure security roles

Create Microsoft Power Automate flows
 create business process flows
 create cloud flows
 configure triggers
 build scheduled, automated, and instant flows
 configure flow steps
 test a flow
 implement common expressions and loops
 create adaptive cards for Microsoft Teams
 create and monitor approvals from Power Automate, Microsoft Teams, and SharePoint
 share flows

Create Microsoft Power Virtual Agents chatbots in Microsoft Teams
 create a chatbot
 test a chatbot
 publish a chatbot

Analyze and visualize data (15-20%)

Create Microsoft Power BI reports
 create Power BI report by using Power BI Desktop
 create Power BI report by using Power BI service
 embed canvas apps in Power Bi reports and dashboards
 share Power BI reports and dashboards

Implement other reports
 merge data from a data source into a Microsoft Word or Excel template
 create model-driven dashboards
 embed Power BI content in Power Apps

Describe AI Builder models
 identify model types including prebuilt and custom models
 describe the process for preparing data and training models
 use a model from within Power Automate or Power Apps

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