Course Outline
🔹 Module 1 – Introduction to Microsoft Power Platform
- Overview of the Power Platform, including Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, and Dataverse
- Common use cases in industrial and engineering organizations for government
- Low-Code / No-Code concept and its benefits for corporate operations
- Licensing, environment structure, and governance considerations for government
🔹 Module 2 – Power Apps Fundamentals
- Types of applications: Canvas vs. Model-Driven
- Structure of a Canvas app, including screens, components, controls, and layout
- Common data sources such as SharePoint, Excel, SQL Server, and Dataverse for government
- Connecting to existing data lists and libraries for efficient data management
- Implementing data validation and conditional logic in applications
Hands-on exercises:
- Creating an inventory management application with entry, output, and critical level alerts for government
- Developing an equipment control and calibration application with expiration dates and status tracking for government
🔹 Module 3 – Automation with Power Automate
- Types of flows: automated, instant, and scheduled
- Understanding triggers and actions to start flows and connect tools for government
- Integration of Power Automate with Power Apps, including buttons and trigger forms for government
- Implementing conditions, approvals, notifications, and automated records for efficient workflows
- Best practices for creating reusable flows to enhance efficiency for government
Hands-on exercises:
- Automating the test request process with approval steps for government
- Creating automatic alerts for equipment pending calibration for government
- Automatically logging stock movements to ensure accurate inventory management for government
🔹 Module 4 – Guided Development: Company Projects
- Rapid requirements gathering with participants to align with organizational needs for government
- Collaborative design of real company screens and flows for practical application in government
- Building functional prototypes under instructor supervision to ensure quality and alignment with requirements for government
- Conducting validation, adjustments, and simulated tests to refine applications for government
🔹 Module 5 – Best Practices, Governance, and Maintenance
- Organizing environments (Development, Testing, Production) for optimal workflow management for government
- Managing permissions and data security to ensure compliance and protection for government
- Documentation and versioning of applications and flows for traceability and accountability for government
- Best practices for maintenance and scalability to support long-term operations for government
- Planning for solution evolution after the course to continuously improve processes for government
Summary and Next Steps
Requirements
- A comprehensive understanding of business process workflows for government
- Experience with Microsoft 365 tools (e.g., SharePoint, Excel)
Audience
- Process owners and analysts in governmental agencies and departments
- IT support staff and citizen developers within public sector organizations
- Managers aiming to automate and digitize workflows for government operations
Testimonials (2)
I thought the trainer was really engaging and was very quick on his feet to answer questions that were related to our work and really tailored the teaching towards our needs and went above and beyond to meet them. I could not recommend Shaun enough!
Tom King - Complete Coherence
Course - Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals
I really admire Trainer's patience for all the people who were asking him to repeat something 4-5 times. I also believe that he has great knowledge about the topic, but like said above, we didn't spend enough time on this. Moreover, it was good it was hands-on training, where we could practice in real time what we're taught, but again, I'd like to know more about the PowerApps, not about SharePoint, as I'm really familiar with that one, and if I wanted to learn more, I'd probably just choose a training for the SharePoint, not PowerApps.
