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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

Lab 2

In this lab, we are going to create a list within Microsoft SharePoint, and then generate an app to replace the list form. In this list form app, we are going to communicate to the user that we want them to use the canvas app that we are going to continue building throughout this book.

Activity 1: Creating the SharePoint list

In this first activity, we are going to create the SharePoint site, lists, and fields for us to start working with:

  1. Navigate to https://portal.office.com and log in using your credentials.
  2. From the app launcher in the top left of the screen, select SharePoint, which will load the SharePoint home screen:

    Figure 3.18: The SharePoint home screen
  3. Click on + Create site and, in the site creation blade that appears on the right of the screen, select Team site:

    Figure 3.19: Choosing a new Team site
  4. Create a new Team site named My Groceries:
Figure 3.20: Creating a new Team site

Follow the remainder of the site creation wizard, and then you will be presented...