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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 3

Within this lab, we are going to install and configure the Power Apps mobile app so that we can experience using our Power App as we build it throughout this book. This lab assumes that you have completed Lab 1, and therefore have created the Groceries phone app.

However, you can follow these steps for any other app that you create. First, we will install the Power Apps app, and then we can refer to the above section to pin the Groceries app to the home screen.

Let’s install the mobile app.

Activity 1: Installing the mobile app

This first activity will allow us to install and configure the Power Apps mobile app onto our chosen device. The screenshots in this lab have been taken from an iOS device:

  1. On your mobile device, open the app store that’s relevant to your device.
  2. Search for Power Apps.
  3. Select Power Apps from the search options and select to install it:

Figure 4.25: Power Apps in search options

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