Introduction

  • 3 minutes

Microsoft Power Platform offers a suite of low-code tools that empower organizations to build custom solutions quickly and efficiently. This module explores the business value of these services and their impact on modern enterprises.

Modern businesses run on data. Daily, users are performing tasks such as entering their time for payroll, working through existing processes, or using data to make business related decisions. In our technology-driven world, users can be empowered to gain insights from and interact with data all while automating menial or repetitive job tasks. Microsoft Power Platform enables your business to craft solutions while empowering you to unite customized technology to help everyone and to drive the business with data-driven insights.

This module focuses on Power Platform, a comprehensive suite of products. Power Platform enables users to build custom applications, create data visualizations, automate workflows, and manage business processes with ease. By the end of this module, you have a clear understanding of what Power Platform is and why it's valuable for businesses.

You explore the individual components of the platform, including Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Pages, and Microsoft Dataverse, and learn how they work together to deliver integrated solutions. The module also introduces connectors, which allow seamless integration with various data sources. It explains the importance of Dataverse as a scalable and secure data platform for building business solutions.

Also, you learn about Power Fx, the low-code programming language used within Power Platform, designed to simplify app development and customization. The module highlights Copilot, an AI-powered assistant in Power Platform, which enables users to perform tasks by providing instructions in natural language. You gain insights into how to craft effective prompts to maximize Copilot’s capabilities.

Learning objectives

In this module, you learn how to:

  • Describe Power Platform.
  • Describe the business value of Power Platform.
  • Describe connectors in Power Platform.
  • Describe using Microsoft Dataverse to organize business data.
  • Describe the value of Power Fx.
  • Describe how Power Platform services work together.
  • Describe the value of Copilots and generative AI features in Power Platform.
  • Describe how to write effective prompts for Power Platform.