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Learn Microsoft PowerApps

By : Matthew Weston
Book Image

Learn Microsoft PowerApps

By: Matthew Weston

Overview of this book

Microsoft PowerApps provides a modern approach to building business applications for mobile, tablet, and browser. Learn Microsoft PowerApps will guide you in creating powerful and productive apps that will add value to your organization by helping you transform old and inefficient processes and workflows. Starting with an introduction to PowerApps, this book will help you set up and configure your first application. You’ll explore a variety of built-in templates and understand the key difference between types of applications such as canvas and model-driven apps, which are used to create apps for specific business scenarios. In addition to this, you’ll learn how to generate and integrate apps directly with SharePoint, and gain an understanding of PowerApps 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 an iterative app. Finally, the book will help you understand how PowerApps can use several Microsoft Power Automate and Azure functionalities to improve your applications. By the end of this PowerApps book, you’ll be ready to confidently develop lightweight business applications with minimal code.
Table of Contents (25 chapters)
Free Chapter
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Section 1: Getting Started with PowerApps
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Section 2: Developing Your PowerApp
11
Section 3: Extending the Capabilities of Your PowerApp
18
Section 4: Working with Model-Driven Apps
21
Section 5: Governing PowerApps

Summary

In this chapter, we looked at the various types of apps that can be created using Microsoft PowerApps and the differences between the canvas apps and the model-driven apps. We explored the ways in which we can get started, whether that's by using a blank app or by using one of the excellent templates that are provided by PowerApps.

As we explored the left-hand side menu, we came across connectors, data models in the form of entities, and Microsoft Power Automate, which is our business logic platform. We can combine all of these to create a powerful app without having to write any code.

We also looked at the key elements of PowerApps Studio, which is the key development tool on your PowerApps journey. We looked at various menus and how they can be used to apply basic styling and configuration to our app and components. We investigated the insert menu and the types of controls that can be added through those menus, which range from screens to media controls.

Then, we looked...