PL-400: Microsoft Power Platform Developer

Learning Path 1: Use advance techniques in canvas apps to perform custom updates and optimization

Do you want to build custom canvas apps in a more advanced way? This learning path will help you use advanced techniques in customizing and optimizing the performance of your canvas apps.

Modules:

• Use imperative development techniques for canvas apps in Power Apps
• Perform custom updates in a Power Apps canvas app
• Use Dataverse choice columns with formulas
• Reduce complexity in your data model with Dataverse table relationships
• Work with relational data in a Power Apps canvas app
• Work with data source limits (delegation limits) in a Power Apps canvas app
• Complete testing and performance checks in a Power Apps canvas app
• Optimize app load time
• Use Monitor to troubleshoot Power Apps
• Use Power Apps Instrumentation with Application Insights

Exercises:

• Using the variables and collections
• Dataverse choice columns
• Work with Dataverse relational data
• Work with relational data
• Use the Concurrent function to test performance
• Debug and collaborate with Monitor in Power Apps
• Collect and analyze telemetry data

Learning Path 2: Automate a business process with expressions and Dataverse actions using Power Automate

This learning path introduces you to how to get started with Power Automate, build basic flows, write functions and use Dataverse triggers and actions.

Modules:

• Get started with Power Automate
• Introduction to expressions in Power Automate
• Use Dataverse triggers and actions in Power Automate

Exercises:

• Create recurring flows
• Monitor incoming emails
• Share flows
• Creating a manual flow and using expressions
• Create a cloud flow with a Dataverse connector

Learning Path 3: Introduction to developing with Microsoft Power Platform

So, you want to be a Power Platform developer! This learning path is the first step in learning about platform, tools, and the ecosystem of Power Platform.

Modules:

• Introduction to Microsoft Power Platform developer resources
• Use developer tools to extend Power Platform
• Introduction to extending Power Platform

Exercises:

• Prepare development environment
• Use the Power Apps CLI
• Install and use developer tools
• Create a custom API

Learning Path 4: Extend the user experience with client scripting and command bar customization

This learning path teaches you to how to create client scripting, perform common actions with client script, and how to customize the command bar.

Modules:

• Perform common actions with client script in Power Platform
• Automate business process flows with client script
• Customize the command bar

Exercise:

• Use client script to hide a form section
• Use table data from client script
• Customize the command bar

Learning Path 5: Build basic code components with the Power Apps Component Framework

This learning path introduces you to Microsoft Power Apps component framework, teaches you how to build a custom component, create a solution package, and test and debug the component.

Modules:

• Get started with Power Apps component framework
• Build a Power Apps component

Exercise:

• None

Learning Path 6: Extending Power Platform Dataverse

Getting started with extending Power Platform Dataverse can be overwhelming. This learning path looks at the tools and resources needed for extending Power Platform. We'll start with looking at the SDKs, the extensibility model, and event framework. This learning path also covers when to use plug-ins. Configuration of plug-ins as well as registering and deploying plug-ins.

Modules:

• Introduction to Dataverse for developers
• Extend plug-ins in Power Platform
• Work with Dataverse Web API

Exercises

• Write your first plug-in

Learning Path 7: Integrate with Dataverse and Azure

This learning path provides an in-depth overview of Dataverse integration with Azure, including data and event handling. It also covers creating and deploying Azure Functions, along with exploring hosting options, bindings, and triggers.

Modules:

• Integrate Dataverse Azure solutions
• Explore Azure Functions
• Develop Azure Functions

Exercise:

• Create an Azure Function by using Visual Studio Code

Learning Path 8: Get started with custom connectors for Microsoft Power Platform

This learning path explores custom connectors in Power Platform and explains how to configure and use them with apps and flows.

Modules:

• Get started with custom connectors in Microsoft Power Platform
• Discover and use Web APIs with Power Apps
• Configure custom connectors with authenticated APIs in Microsoft Power Platform
• Configure policy templates for custom connectors in Microsoft Power Platform
• Create Microsoft Power Platform OpenAPI custom connectors

Exercises:

• Create a new connector in a solution
• Use a connector from Power Automate
• Create a custom connector from Visual Studio
• Create a custom connector from Azure API Management
• Create a custom connector from an OpenAPI document
• Test the custom connector
• Use the custom connector in Power Apps canvas app
• Use graph API from a custom connector
• Use a policy template to dynamically set the host URL
• Use OpenAPI extensions

Learning Path 9: Basic application lifecycle management in Microsoft Power Platform

In this learning path, you'll learn how to create and manage solutions, understand solution layering, and explore version control for solutions.

Modules:

• Manage solutions in Power Apps and Power Automate
• Introduction to solutions for Microsoft Power Platform

Exercise:

• Import and export solutions

Candidates for this course design, develop, secure, and troubleshoot Power Platform solutions. Candidates implement components of a solution that include application enhancements, custom user experience, system integrations, data conversions, custom process automation, and custom visualizations. Candidates will gain applied knowledge of Power Platform services, including in-depth understanding of capabilities, boundaries, and constraints. Candidates should have development experience that includes JavaScript, JSON, TypeScript, C#, HTML, .NET, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, RESTful Web Services, ASP.NET, and Power BI.

Before attending this course, students must have:

• • Candidates must have taken courses PL-7000 and PL-200 previously or have equivalent experience
  • Candidates should have an extensive knowledge of Power Platform including building Canvas apps, Model-driven apps, and Flows with Power Automate
  • Candidates should have development experience that includes JavaScript, JSON, TypeScript, C#, HTML, .NET, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, RESTful Web Services, ASP.NET, and Power BI
  • Candidates should have extensive data modeling experience and understand capabilities, system integrations, data conversions, etc