Microsoft Power Platform Learning Plan
Who is learning plan for: anyone wanting to learn to create an application to support processes and store data on Microsoft Power Platform low code tools.
- The learning plan below focuses on the Microsoft Power Platform’s components for building apps including: Dataverse, Power Fx, Power Apps (Canvas and Model driven), and Power Automate.
- Other features like Power BI, Power Pages, and Artificial Intelligence is less emphasized
- Resources are two types: official Power Platform documentation and Microsoft Learn courses
Microsoft Learn Courses
Section titled “Microsoft Learn Courses”Good for beginners, guided courses with exercises and estimates on how long to complete a course (usually 30-60+ minutes)
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Power Apps - Canvas Apps, Dataverse, Model-Driven App Learning Paths - Microsoft Learn
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PL-900: Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals - Microsoft Learn - Covers:
- Business use case of Power Platform
- Power Platform overview, administration, architecture
- Dataverse
- Power Fx
- Connections with Microsoft and other products
- Power Apps - Canvas, model-driven app
- Power Automate, cloud and desktop automation
- Power BI (optional)
- Power Pages (optional)
- Artificial Intelligence: Copilot Studio, AI builder (optional)
Official Microsoft Power Platform Documentation
Section titled “Official Microsoft Power Platform Documentation”Good for reading of features in a sequence. Can read it in chunks for learning. Includes how to steps and can be used as a reference as things change over time and browsing features you may want to learn.
- Power Apps - Microsoft Learn Documentation
- Power Automate - Microsoft Learn Documentation
- Microsoft Power Fx overview - Power Platform | Microsoft Learn
- Official Microsoft Power Platform documentation - Power Platform | Microsoft Learn - links to all features of Power Platform like Power Pages, Power BI, Microsoft Copilot Studio