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Create a canvas app in Power Apps

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Overview

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  • Learn how Power Apps can make your business more efficient and streamline your processes.

    This module explains how to:

    • Explore how Power Apps can make your business more efficient.
    • Use different technologies to perform different tasks in Power Apps.
    • Build an app in Power Apps in different ways.
    • Create your first app from data in an Excel workbook.
  • This module takes the learner to the next level in app development by teaching how to customize the app by adding controls, images, and logic.

    In this module, you will:

    • Change the layout of a gallery.
    • Change the data that a control portrays.
    • Modify a form control to show different data fields.
    • Learn about gallery and form controls.
    • Add a screen.
    • Learn how to modify label properties by using basic formulas.
    • Add labels.
    • Learn how to create basic screen navigation.
  • In this module, learners will learn how to build UI for their app including theming, icons, images, personalization, form factors, and controls.

    In this module, you will:

    • Understand the basics of building the UI through themes, icons, control customization, and images.
    • Use personalization in a canvas app.
    • Learn how to preview and modify an app to fit different form factors.
  • In this module, learners do an in-depth exploration of navigation in Power Apps.

    In this module, you will:

    • Gain a greater understanding of the Navigate and Back functions.
    • Learn how to use screen transitions in an app.
    • Learn how to preview and modify an app to fit various form factors.
    • Gain hands-on experience in building navigations inside an app.
    • Learn how to use other controls for app navigation.
  • Manage app versions, app sharing, and environments in Power Apps.

    In this module, you will:

    • Learn how to view and restore app versions.
    • Explore how to share an app, including permissions and notifications.
    • Learn about what environments are, how to create them, and how to manage security.
    • Find more information about Power Apps.
  • Learn about building a mobile-optimized app from Power Apps.

    In this module, you:

    • Learn about the concept of a mobile-optimized application.
    • Discover the components of a mobile-optimized canvas app.
    • Build a mobile-optimized canvas app.
    • Review the performance considerations in a canvas app.
    • Monitor the performance of a canvas app.

Syllabus

  • Get started with Power Apps canvas apps
    • Introduction to Power Apps
    • Start Power Apps
    • Exercise - Create your first app in Power Apps
    • Power Apps data sources
    • Exercise - Create an app from Excel using Copilot
    • Use Power Apps with Power Automate and Power BI
    • Designing a Power Apps app
    • Check your knowledge
    • Summary
  • Customize a canvas app in Power Apps
    • Improve your app by making basic customizations
    • Explore controls and screens in canvas apps
    • Exercise - Introduction to formulas in canvas apps
    • Exercise - Create basic screen navigation for a canvas app
    • Check your knowledge
    • Summary
  • How to build the User Interface in a canvas app in Power Apps
    • Use themes to quickly change the appearance of your app
    • Brand a control
    • Icons
    • Images
    • Personalization
    • Build for phones or tablets
    • Exercise - Create and adjust UI for a new canvas app
    • Module assessment
    • Summary
  • Navigation in a canvas app in Power Apps
    • Understanding navigation
    • The Navigate and Back functions
    • More ways to use the Navigate function
    • Exercise - App navigation practice
    • Module assessment
    • Summary
  • Manage apps in Power Apps
    • Introduction
    • Exercise - Manage app versions in Power Apps
    • Exercise - Share apps in Power Apps
    • Exercise - Understand environments in Power Apps
    • Review of managing Power Apps
    • Check your knowledge
    • Summary
  • Build a mobile-optimized app from Power Apps
    • Introduction
    • Learn about mobile-optimized apps
    • Identify components to make a canvas app mobile-optimized
    • Create a mobile-optimized app that uses responsive designs
    • Identify performance considerations for a mobile-optimized canvas app
    • Check your knowledge
    • Summary

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