2nd Edition
by Matthew Weston
Learn introductory concepts and
definitions, accompanied with step-by-step examples you can build in
Power Apps for practical business scenarios
Key Features
- Building your own example app to solve real-world business scenarios
- Learn the best practices for creating apps with rich UX
- Improve productivity with business process automation using Microsoft Power Automate
Book Description
Microsoft
Power Apps provides a modern approach to building business
applications that improve how we work on mobile, tablet, browser, and
Microsoft Teams, also providing an enhanced UX for efficient workflow.
Learn
Microsoft Power Apps, 2nd Edition, starts with an introduction to
Power Apps that will help you feel comfortable with the creation
experience, before gradually progressing through app development. You
will build, set up, and configure your first application by writing
formulas that might remind you of Microsoft Excel. You'll learn to use a
variety of built-in templates and understand the different types of
apps available for a variety of business scenarios.
Then,
you’ll learn how to generate and integrate apps directly with
SharePoint, and gain an understanding of Power Apps key components such
as connectors and formulas. As you advance, you’ll be able to use
various controls and data sources, including technologies such as GPS,
and combine them to create a powerful and interactive app. Finally, the
book will help you understand how Power Apps can use Microsoft Power
Automate and Microsoft Azure functionalities to improve your
applications.
By the end of this Power Apps book, you’ll be ready to develop lightweight business applications with little code.
What you will learn
- Understand Power Apps with an initial overview
- Take your first steps building canvas apps
- Learn the functionality to make your application rich with features
- Experience new features of integration to build a unified platform
- Develop your builds complexity with model-driven apps
- Discover best practices for Power App builds and development
Who This Book Is For
This
book is perfect for business analysts, IT professionals,
non-developers, and developers new to Power Apps. If you want to meet
business needs by creating high-productivity apps, this book is for
you. This new edition will cover the essential elements for beginners,
along with examples that will begin to encompass more advanced and
complex topics. To make the most of this book, it is recommended that
you have a basic understanding of Microsoft 365 as we will be
interacting with it as we develop our apps.
Table of Contents
- Introducing PowerApps
- Creating Your First Canvas PowerApp
- Creating Apps from SharePoint
- Publishing and Leveraging PowerApps
- Exploring Controls
- Exploring Formulas
- Exploring Reusable Controls
- Working With Data
- Introducing Connectors
- Using GPS in PowerApps
- Working with Images and Barcodes
- Securing Your PowerApps
- Working Offline
- Using Power Automate with PowerApps
- Using Azure with PowerApps
- Data visualisation
- AI builder
- Power BI & Power Automate
- Dataverse
- Best practices with Power App development
- Introducing Model-Driven Apps
- Creating Model-Driven Apps
- Exploring Environments within Our Tenancy
- Assessments
