MS PL-200 Microsoft Power Platform Functional Consultant

Course Length: 5 Days

Course 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 contain a 1-day Applied Workshop. This workshop will allow you to practice your Functional Consultant skills by creating an end-to-end solution to solve a problem for a fictitious company. The solution will include a Microsoft Dataverse database, Power Apps canvas app, and Power Automate flows.

Audience Profile

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.

At Course Completion

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

Prerequisites

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
PL-900 Introduction to Microsoft Power Platform is recommended but not required

Course Outline

Get started using Dataverse

Create and manage environments in Dataverse
Create tables in Dataverse
Manage tables in Dataverse
Create and manage columns within a table in Dataverse
Work with choices in Dataverse
Load/export data and create data views in Dataverse
Connect to other data in a Power Apps canvas app

Manage permissions and administration for Dataverse

Get started with security concepts in Dataverse
Get started with security roles in Dataverse
Use administration options for Dataverse

Visualize, import, and export Microsoft Dataverse data

Visualize data with Dataverse views
Use Power Query to load data in Dataverse
Use Microsoft Word and Excel templates with Dataverse
Export data from Dataverse and use Microsoft Excel to edit records
Use Azure and external tools to manipulate data

Create relationships, business rules, calculations, and rollups in Dataverse

Create a relationship between tables in Dataverse
Define and create business rules in Dataverse
Create and define calculation or rollup columns in Dataverse

Advanced Model-Driven Apps with Power Apps: Configuration, Customization, and Deployment Techniques

Configure forms, charts, and dashboards in model-driven apps
Use specialized components in a model-driven form
Solution Architect series: Evaluate Power Platform analytics and AI
Deploy and refine your app like a pro
Customize the command bar

Create a canvas app in Power Apps

Get started with Power Apps canvas apps
Customize a canvas app in Power Apps
How to build the User Interface in a canvas app in Power Apps
Navigation in a canvas app in Power Apps
Manage apps in Power Apps
Build a mobile-optimized app from Power Apps

Use the UI and controls in a canvas app in Power Apps

Navigation in a canvas app in Power Apps
How to build the User Interface in a canvas app in Power Apps
Use and understand Controls in a canvas app in Power Apps
Document and test your Power Apps application

Use basic formulas to make better Power Apps canvas apps

Create formulas to change properties in a Power Apps canvas app
Create formulas to change behaviors in a Power Apps canvas app
Author a basic formula that uses tables and records in a Power Apps canvas app

Advanced Canvas App Development in Power Apps: Mastering Formulas and Development Techniques

Create formulas that use tables, records, and collections in a canvas app in Power Apps
Use imperative development techniques for canvas apps in Power Apps