This 4-day hands-on Microsoft Power Platform Functional Consultant training covers the four essential products within Power Platform: Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, and Power Virtual Agents, with an additional focus on Microsoft Dataverse, AI Builder, connectors, and portals.
You will learn to perform discovery, capture requirements, engage subject matter experts and stakeholders, translate requirements, and configure Microsoft Power Platform solutions and apps. In addition, the hands-on labs will allow you to create application enhancements, customise user experiences, systems integrations, data conversions, custom process automation, and custom visualisations.
PL-200 Delivery Methods
PL-200 Course Benefits
Work with an organisation to gather requirements and implement Power Platform solutions
Build model-driven, canvas, and portal appsCreate Power Automate flowsDesign a simple chatbot using Power Virtual Agents
Analyse data using Power BI visualisations and dashboards
PL-200 Training Outline
Recommended Experience:
Attendees in this course should have experience with Power Platform at the level of Learning Tree Course 8571, Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals Training (PL-900), and:
- Experience as an IT professional or student.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Power Platform and its key components.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Dataverse (or general data modelling) and security concepts.
Who should attend?
A Microsoft Power Platform Functional Consultant is responsible for creating and configuring apps, automation, and solutions. They act as the liaison between users and the implementation team. The functional consultant promotes the 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.
Exam Information
This class prepares an individual for Exam PL-200: Microsoft Power Platform Functional Consultant.
In this Module, you will learn how to:
- Identify the key components of Microsoft Power Platform
- Describe the role of a functional consultant
Lessons
- Microsoft Power Platform overview
Lab: Validate lab environment
In this Module, you will learn how to:
- Engage stakeholders with demos
- Create table (entity) relationship diagrams
- Design integrations
- Interact with consultant and customer organisation teams
Lessons
- Consultant skills overview
- Create and validate documentation
- Engage stakeholders
- Perform quality assurance
- Configure integrations
In this Module, you will learn how to:
- Understand tables, columns, rows, and relationships
- Configure a data model in Dataverse
- Work in an environment within the Microsoft Power Platform admin center
Lessons
- Work with the data model
- Create and manage processes
- Work with AI Builder
- Configure Dataverse settings
- Import and export data
- Use tabular reporting options
- Configure security settings
Lab: Create an app
Lab: Create tables and columns
Lab: Create relationships
Lab: Additional table options
In this Module, you will learn how to:
- Connect to data in Power Apps
- Build a Power App
- Design an application user experience
Lessons
- Make model-driven apps
- Make canvas apps
- Make portal apps
Lab: Build dashboards
Lab: Modify views
Lab: Modify forms
Lab: App designer
Lab: Canvas app fundamentals
Lab: Work with data and services
Lab: User experience
In this Module, you will learn how to:
- Create flows
- Create business process flows
- Understand UI flows
Lessons
- Build flows
- Build business process flows
- Build UI flows
Lab: Build a business process flow
Lab: Add branching to business process flow
Lab: Build approval flow
Lab: Create a flow
Lab: Create users
Lab: Create a security role
Lab: Configure a new business rule
Lab: Advanced business rules
In this Module, you will learn how to:
- Create a chatbot
- Include a flow in a chatbot
- Create topics and entities
Lessons
- Create a chatbot
- Configure topics
- Automate and integrate
- Configure entities
- Test and publish chatbots
Lab: Create a chatbot
In this Module, you will learn how to:
- Create visualisations
- Consume data in Power BI
- Export data visualisations for stakeholders
Lessons
- Get started with Power BI
- Model data in Power BI
- Create visualisations
- Create dashboards
- Publish and share in Power BI
Lab: Build a Word template
Lab: Build an Excel template
Lab: Import data
Lab: Duplicate detection
Lab: Export data
Lab: Bulk delete
