Course Outline
🔹 Module 1 – Introduction to Microsoft Power Platform for Government
- Overview of the Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, and Dataverse) for government use.
- Common use cases in public sector organizations.
- Low-Code / No-Code concept and its benefits for government operations.
- Licensing, environment structure, and governance strategies for government agencies.
🔹 Module 2 – Power Apps Fundamentals
- App types (Canvas vs. Model-Driven) for government applications.
- Structure of a Canvas app: screens, components, controls, and layout tailored for government workflows.
- Common data sources: SharePoint, Excel, SQL Server, Dataverse, and other government databases.
- Connecting to existing data lists and libraries within government systems.
- Data validation and conditional logic for ensuring compliance with government standards.
Hands-on exercises:
- Creating an inventory management app for government with entries, outputs, and critical level alerts.
- Creating an equipment control and calibration app for government use with expiration dates and status tracking.
🔹 Module 3 – Automation with Power Automate
- Types of flows: automated, instant, scheduled, designed to meet the needs of government processes.
- Triggers and actions: how to start flows and connect tools for efficient government operations.
- Integration with Power Apps (buttons and trigger forms) for seamless government workflows.
- Conditions, approvals, notifications, and automated records to enhance government accountability.
- Best practices for creating reusable flows in a government context.
Hands-on exercises:
- Automating the test request process (ST) with approval steps for government agencies.
- Creating automatic alerts for equipment pending calibration within government facilities.
- Automatic logging of stock movements for government inventory management.
🔹 Module 4 – Guided Development: Company Projects for Government
- Quick requirements gathering with participants from government agencies.
- Collaborative design of real government screens and flows.
- Building functional prototypes with instructor supervision, tailored to government needs.
- Validation, adjustments, and simulated tests for government applications.
🔹 Module 5 – Best Practices, Governance, and Maintenance for Government
- Organizing environments (Development, Testing, Production) to align with government standards.
- Managing permissions and data security in compliance with government regulations.
- Documentation and versioning of apps and flows for government accountability.
- Best practices for maintenance and scalability of government applications.
- Planning solution evolution after the course to meet ongoing government needs.
Summary and Next Steps
Requirements
- An understanding of business process workflows for government
- Experience with Microsoft 365 tools (e.g., SharePoint, Excel)
Audience
- Process owners and analysts in industrial and engineering organizations for government
- IT support staff and citizen developers within government agencies
- Managers seeking 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.
