PL-400: Microsoft Power Platform Developer

Candidates for this course design, develop, secure, and troubleshoot Power Platform solutions. Candidates implement solution components that include application enhancements, customized user experiences, system integrations, data conversations, custom process automation, and custom visualizations. Candidates will gain a strong applied knowledge of Power Platform services, including a deep understanding of capabilities, boundaries, and limitations. Candidates should have development experience that includes JavaScript, JSON, TypeScript, C#, HTML, .NET, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, RESTful Web Services, ASP.NET, and Power BI.

• Using imperative development techniques in Power Apps canvas apps (9 units)

• Performing Custom Updates in a Power Apps Canvas App (6 units)

• Using Dataverse Option Columns with Formulas (6 units)

• Reducing Complexity in Your Data Model with Dataverse Table Relationships (6 units)

• Using relational data in a Power Apps canvas app (6 units)

• Working with data source limits (delegation limits) in a Power Apps canvas app (5 units)

• Performing Performance Testing and Checking on a Power Apps Canvas App (6 units)

• Optimize application loading time (6 units)

• Use Monitor to Troubleshoot Power Apps (6 Pack)

• Using Power Apps Instrumentation with Application Insights (7 units)

• Introduction to Power Automate (8 units)

• Introduction to Expressions in Power Automate (8 units)

• Using Dataverse Triggers and Actions in Power Automate (Module
  7 units)

• Introduction to Microsoft Power Platform Developer Resources (7 units)

• Using development tools to extend Power Platform (7 units)

• Introduction to Extending Power Platform (7 units)

• Working with the Dataverse Web API (10 units)

• Perform common actions with client scripts in Power Platform (8 units)

• Automate business process flows with client-side scripting (6 units)

• Introduction to Power Apps Component Framework (7 units)

• Create a Power Apps component (5 units)

• Introduction to Dataverse for Developers (5 units)

• Extending Add-ins in Power Platform (6 units)

• Integrating Azure Solutions with Dataverse (7 units)

• Exploring Azure Functions (6 units)

• Azure Functions Development (7 units)

• Introduction to Custom Connectors in Microsoft Power Platform (8 units)

• Discover and use web APIs with Power Apps (11 units)

• Configure custom connectors with authenticated APIs in Microsoft Power Platform (8 units)

• Configure policy templates for custom connectors in Microsoft Power Platform (8 units)

• Create custom OpenAPI connectors for Microsoft Power Platform (7 units)

• Managing Solutions in Power Apps and Power Automate (8 units)

• Introduction to Microsoft Power Platform Solutions (6 units)

1. Advanced techniques in canvas apps

Lesson

• Use imperative development techniques for canvas apps
• Perform custom updates in a canvas app
• Use Dataverse choice columns with formulas
• Work with relational data in a canvas app
  
• Work with data source limits (delegation limits) in canvas apps
• Performance in canvas apps

Practice labs

• Power Apps
• Lab 2: Advanced canvas app techniques

2. Automate a business process using Power Automate

Lesson

• Get started with Power Automate
• Introduction to expressions in Power Automate
• Use Dataverse triggers and actions in Power Automate
• Advanced features of cloud flows

Practice labs

• Lab 3: Power Automate

3. Introduction to developing with Power Platform

Lesson

• Introduction to Power Platform developer resources
• Use developer tools to extend the Power Platform
• Introduction to extending the Microsoft Power Platform
• Work with Dataverse APIs

Practice labs

• Introduction to developing with the Power Platform
• Lab 5: Power Platform APIs

4. Extending the model-driven app user experience

Lesson

• Performing common actions with client script
• Best practices with client script

Practice labs

• Extending the model-driven app user experience
• Lab 6: Client scripting

5. Create code components with the Power Apps Component Framework

Lesson

• Get started with Power Apps component framework

Practice labs

• Power Apps Component Framework code components
• Lab 7: Power Apps Component Framework

6. Extending Microsoft Dataverse

Lesson

• Introduction to Dataverse for developers
• Create plug-ins

Practice labs

• Extending Microsoft Dataverse
• Lab 8: Dataverse Plug-ins

7. Integrate Dataverse and Azure

Lesson

• Integrate with Azure
• Integrate with Dataverse

8. Custom Connectors

Lesson

• Get started with custom connectors
• Azure API Management and custom connectors
• OpenAPI definitions
• Policy templates
• Write code in a custom connector

Practice labs

• Azure Functions, Webhooks, and Custom Connectors
• Lab 9: Integration with Azure

9. Application lifecycle management (ALM)

Lesson

• Solutions and Application Lifecycle Management

10. Create a Technical Design

Lesson

• Technical architecture

Exercise: Evaluate configure vs code options

• Exercise: Scenario 1
• Exercise: Scenario 2
• Exercise: Scenario 3

• Candidates must have basic knowledge of Power Platform.
• Candidates should have development experience that includes JavaScript, JSON, TypeScript, C#, HTML, .NET, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, RESTful Web Services, ASP.NET, and Power BI.

• Course: English / Spanish
• Labs: English / Spanish

Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Developer Associate

Demonstrate how to simplify, automate, and transform business tasks and processes using Microsoft Power Platform Developer.

Level: Intermediate
Role: Developer
Product: Power Platform
Subject: Business applications