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Learn Microsoft Power Apps - Second Edition

By : Matthew Weston, Elisa Bárcena Martín
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Book Image

Learn Microsoft Power Apps - Second Edition

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By: Matthew Weston, Elisa Bárcena Martín

Overview of this book

Microsoft Power Apps provides a modern approach to building low-code business applications for mobiles, tablets, browsers, and Microsoft Teams. The second edition of Learn Microsoft Power Apps will guide you in creating well designed and secure apps that transform old processes and workflows. Learn Microsoft Power Apps starts with an introduction to Power Apps to help you feel comfortable with the creation experience. Using screenshots from the latest UI, you will be guided through how to create an app, building your confidence to start developing further. This book will help you design, set up, and configure your first application by writing simple formulas. You'll learn about the different types of apps you can build in Power Apps and which one applies best to your requirements. In addition to this, you’ll learn how to identify the right data storage system for you, with new chapters covering how to integrate apps with SharePoint or Dataverse. As you advance, you’ll be able to use various controls, connectors, and data sources to create a powerful, interactive app. For example, this book will help you understand how Power Apps can use Microsoft Power Automate, Power BI, and Azure functionalities to improve your applications. Finally, you will be introduced to the emerging Power Apps Copilot tool, which uses artificial intelligence to accelerate the app building process. By the end of this Power Apps book, you’ll be ready to confidently develop lightweight business applications with minimal code.
Table of Contents (27 chapters)
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Index
Appendix

Introducing Microsoft Dataverse

We have already mentioned Microsoft Dataverse in past chapters, but we have not yet expanded all the features that this data storage offers us. During this chapter, we will not deal as much with Power Apps, but we will provide a solid background so that in the next two chapters we can learn how to make model-driven applications.

In November 2020, Microsoft announced that the Common Data Service (CDS) would be rebranded, changing its name to Dataverse. From then until now a lot of changes have been implemented, but to give more insights into it, we must first know what Dataverse offers us.

Microsoft Dataverse is a low-code relational database that allows users to work with data models and store their data in a scalable and secure environment, without requiring advanced technical knowledge. Among all the utilities of Dataverse for companies, examples that stand out are the abilities to establish automatic workflows and to create applications in...