Build data-driven business solutions with the Microsoft Power Platform KEY FEATURES ● Expert-led training to learn and create a wide range of custom business applications. ● Include Microsoft Power Automate in your workflow to streamline business procedures. ● Take advantage of Microsoft Power BI to uncover hidden business opportunities. DESCRIPTION With "Microsoft's Power Platform A Deep Dive," you can learn more about how Microsoft's Power Platform creates and fosters opportunities for users to enhance their technical skills and boost their productivity. In a short amount of time and with minimal effort, readers of this book can create a wide range of practical and effective custom business applications, automated business processes, reports, dashboards, virtual bots, etc. Microsoft's most valuable and effective products—Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, and Power Virtual Agents—are included in this book. You can make educated, confident business decisions by granting everyone access to data-driven insights into Microsoft Power BI. With Microsoft Power Virtual Agents, you can make chatbots in a short period of time to interact with your customers and employees. This book simplifies the process of learning and mastering business intelligence and app development abilities, allowing readers to create any unique app on any Power Platform. Using Microsoft's Power Apps, you can get equipped with the tools necessary to build custom applications that solve pressing business problems. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN ● Get every edge of Power Apps to design dynamic solutions for your clients. ● With Power BI, create interactive reports and dashboards from raw data. ● Using Power Automate, learn to automate, schedule, and create business workflows. ● Using Power Virtual Agent, develop an AI-powered solution to answer frequent client and organizational challenges. ● Gain knowledge of implementing and managing the Power Platform's administrative tasks. WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR Anyone interested in learning more about how to create a suite of bespoke applications using the Power Platform is the most likely user of this book. Readers who want to get skilled in using Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, and Power Virtual Agents would also benefit from this book. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction to Power Apps and Build Your First App 2. Power Apps Designer Understanding 3. Power Apps Functions and Formulas 4. Various Controls in Power Apps 5. Working with SharePoint List in Power Apps and Examples 6. Model-Driven App in Power Apps 7. Introduction to Power Automate and Create Your First Flow 8. Flow Templates, Connectors, Actions and Triggers 9. Understanding Flow Expressions and Functions 10. Working with Approval Flow 11. Various Flow Examples with SharePoint 12. Introduction to Power BI 13. Handling Data with Power Query Editor and Data Model 14. Power BI Visualizations and Formatting 15. Power BI Report and Dashboard with SharePoint 16. Working with Power BI DAX 17. Manage Data Security in Power BI 18. Power Virtual Agents

With Microsoft's Power Platform A Deep Dive, you can learn more about how Microsoft's Power Platform creates and fosters opportunities for users to enhance their technical skills and boost their productivity. --

Gain expertise in solution architecture and master all aspects of Power Platform, from data and automation to analytics and security Key Features Become a full-fledged Power Platform expert and lead your solutions with conviction and clarity Adopt a consistent, systematic, and advanced approach to solution architecture Work on practical examples and exercises to develop expert-level skills and prepare for certification Book DescriptionIf you’ve been looking for a way to unlock the potential of Microsoft Power Platform and take your career as a solution architect to the next level, then look no further—this practical guide covers it all. Microsoft Power Platform Solution Architect’s Handbook will equip you with everything you need to build flexible and cost-effective end-to-end solutions. Its comprehensive coverage ranges from best practices surrounding fit-gap analysis, leading design processes, and navigating existing systems to application lifecycle management with Microsoft Azure DevOps, security compliance monitoring, and third-party API integration. The book takes a hands-on approach by guiding you through a fictional case study throughout the book, allowing you to apply what you learn as you learn it. At the end of the handbook, you’ll discover a set of mock tests for you to embed your progress and prepare for PL-600 Microsoft certification. Whether you want to learn how to work with Power Platform or want to take your skills from the intermediate to advanced level, this book will help you achieve that and ensure that you’re able to add value to your organization as an expert solution architect.What you will learn Cement the foundations of your applications using best practices Use proven design, build, and go-live strategies to ensure success Lead requirements gathering and analysis with confidence Secure even the most complex solutions and integrations Ensure compliance between the Microsoft ecosystem and your business Build resilient test and deployment strategies to optimize solutions Who this book is for This book is for solution architects, enterprise architects, technical consultants, and business and system analysts who implement, optimize, and architect Power Platform and Dataverse solutions. It will also help anyone who needs a detailed playbook for architecting and delivering successful digital transformation projects that leverage Power Platform apps and the Microsoft business apps ecosystem. A solid understanding of Power Platform configuration and administration, Power Automate processes, Power Apps Portals, Canvas Apps, Dataverse Plugins, and Workflow Capabilities is expected.

Understand the basics of flow and learn how to implement guidelines in real-life scenarios, including Robotic Process Automation (RPA) capabilities. This book covers the evolution of flow and how it is transformed to a full-fledged RPA (such as Power Automate). The book starts with an introduction to flow and its transformation to Process Automation. You will learn how to create a Power Automate environment and demonstrate different types of flows within it. Author Goloknath Mishra takes you through various types of cloud flows and their best practices. Desktop Flows (RPA) or Power Automate Desktop (PAD) is discussed and the author teaches you its architecture, installation steps, and how to manage, schedule, and share a desktop. You will learn about Business Process Flow, Process Advisors, and AI Builder. You also will go through licensing considerations in Power Automate and AI Builder, and demonstrate all of your learnings through a mini project. After reading the book, you will have gained expertise in Power Automate and be able to implement its guidelines and solve problems at your organization. What Will You Learn Know the difference between Intelligent Process Automation (IPA) and Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Understand the different types of flows in Power Automate Create various types of cloud flows, Desktop flows, Business Process flows, and AI Builder models Study common use cases and be aware of Power Automate best practices Who This Book Is For Business executives, citizen developers, IT professionals, and computer scientists who wish to efficiently automate monotonous work

This book enables you to design tailor-made enterprise solutions using the latest models, methodologies, and patterns for your projects. It harnesses the capabilities of the Power Platform, Azure, and Dynamics 365 to create robust solutions. In this new edition, you can work with the latest technologies such as Dataverse and Power Portals to take your solutions to the next level. Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in PDF format. Expert insights "This book provides a solid understanding of how Microsoft 365 and Power Platform work together and offers detailed information on the architecture. It blends a theoretical approach with real-world scenarios to bring the theories to life and demonstrates how architecture operates in practice." —Mary Angiela Cerbolles, Dual Microsoft MVP, productivity analyst "What I really like about this book is that it is well structured and easy to follow, using practical examples to illustrate key concepts throughout. I highly recommend it!" —Thomas Rice, 16x Microsoft Certified Solutions Architect Key FeaturesDesign solution architecture utilizing the full Microsoft ecosystem, now with diagrams to explain the Microsoft cloud structureDevelop solutions with a wide range of customization tools and techniques, updated for the best practices regarding APIs and plug-insOptimize solution architecture using the latest ALM best practices and integration models, following example enterprise requirementsAbout the book This book is for enterprise architects and decision makers who design solutions for complex business requirements. It teaches you how to use architectural best practices and methodologies to optimize an enterprise-grade solution. You'll gain an understanding of the tools available in the Power Platform suite and how to integrate them seamlessly with various Microsoft 365 and Azure components to create a tailor-made solution. Progressing through the book, you'll discover how to address application lifecycle management, security, extensibility, and data migration. This includes Power BI, which often requires a separate approach to the rest of the Power Platform. This book provides you with practical, essential, and concise information. It follows a complete, end-to-end example in every chapter, with diagrams that illustrate the intricacies of Microsoft cloud structure. It has been created by an experienced enterprise architect who actively creates solutions using Microsoft technology. By the end of this book, you'll have the strategic perspective of an enterprise architect to make accurate architectural decisions for your complex Power Platform projects. Who this book is for If you're an enterprise architect or technical decision maker looking to design complex solutions using Microsoft Power Platform, this is the book for you. Familiarity with Microsoft Power Platform and Azure services will be required to follow along.

Publisher's Note: This edition from 2020 is outdated and is not compatible with the new standards of Microsoft Power Platform. A new Second edition has been published to cover the latest patterns, models, and methodologies leveraging the Microsoft ecosystem to create tailor-made enterprise applications. It combines the powers of Power Apps, Power BI, Azure, and Dynamics 365 to create enterprise applications. Who this book is for This book is for enterprise architects and technical decision makers who want to craft complex solutions using Microsoft Power Platform to serve growing business needs and to stay competitive in the modern IT world. A basic understanding of Microsoft Power Platform will help you to get started with this book.

Learn how to extend the capabilities of Power Apps by building code components using Power Apps Component Framework Key FeaturesUnderstand how to extend Power Apps' capabilitiesEnhance your skills with the help of practical code components used throughout the bookOvercome common challenges, avoid pitfalls, and improve your codeBook Description Power Apps Component Framework is used by professional developers to extend the capabilities of model-driven and canvas apps. Extending Microsoft Power Apps with Power Apps Component Framework will take you through the basic as well as advanced topics using practical examples. The book starts by helping you understand the fundamentals of the framework, its lifecycle, and the tools that you'll use to build code components using best practices and file management guidelines. You'll then learn how to extend Power Apps step by step and apply the principles and concepts covered in the book to build code components for field type attributes. The book covers different ways of debugging code components and guides you through the process of building code components for datasets. You'll also explore the functions and methods provided by the framework to enhance your controls using powerful sets of libraries and extensions. As you advance, you'll get to grips with creating and managing authentication profiles, discover different ways of deploying code components, and configure code components in model-driven and canvas apps. Finally, you'll learn some of the important features of the framework and learn modern web development practices. By the end of this Power Apps book, you'll be able to build, debug, enrich, and deploy code components confidently. What you will learnUnderstand the fundamentals of Power Apps Component FrameworkExplore the tools that make it easy to build code componentsBuild code components for both a field and a datasetDebug using test harness and FiddlerImplement caching techniquesFind out how to work with the Dataverse Web APIBuild code components using React and Fluent UI controlsDiscover different deployment strategiesWho this book is for This book is for developers who are looking to build advanced skills for extending the capabilities of Power Apps. Basic knowledge of Power Apps and web development is necessary to get started with this book.