• Work with an organization to gather requirements and implement Power Platform solutions
• Build model-driven, canvas, and portal apps
• Create Power Automate flows
• Design a simple chatbot using Power Virtual Agents
• Analyze data using Power BI visualizations and dashboards

A Power Platform Functional Consultant is responsible for performing discovery, capturing requirements, engaging subject matter experts and stakeholders, translating requirements, and configuring Power Platform solutions and apps. The Functional Consultant implements components of a solution that include application enhancements, custom user experiences, system integrations, data conversions, custom process automation, and custom visualizations.

Module 1: Introduction to the Power Platform

This module will provide the learner with background about the Power Platform and its 4 key components: Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, and Power Virtual Agents.

Lessons

• Power Platform overview

Lab: Validate lab environment

Module 2: The Functional Consultant role

In this module, students will learn more about the functional consultant role and the skills required to successfully implement a Power Platform solution for an organization.

Lessons

• Consultant skills overview
• Create and validate documentation
• Engage stakeholders
• Perform quality assurance
• Configure integrations

Module 3: Work with Dataverse

In this module, students will learn about creating a data model in Microsoft Dataverse, including importing data, using tabular reporting options, and configuring security. They will also learn about creating easy AI with AI Builder.

Lessons

• Work with the data model
• Create and manage processes
• Work with AI Builder
• Configure Dataverse settings
• Import and export data
• Use tabular reporting options
• Configure security settings

Lab: Create an app

Lab: Create tables and columns

Lab: Create relationships

Lab: Additional table options

Module 4: Make Power Apps

In this module, students will learn the business value of the three types of Power Apps. They will then learn how to configure and design them, including user experience considerations for each type of application.

Lessons

• Make model-driven apps
• Make canvas apps
• Make portal apps

Lab: App designer

Lab: Modify forms

Lab: Modify views

Lab: Build dashboards

Lab: Canvas app fundamentals

Lab: Work with data and services

Lab: User experience

Module 5: Build Power Automate flows

In this module, students will learn how to automate business processes using Power Automate flows, business process flows, and UI flows.

Lessons

• Build flows
• Build business process flows
• Build UI flows

Lab: Create users

Lab: Create a security role

Lab: Configure a new business rule

Lab: Advanced business rules

Lab: Create a flow

Lab: Build an approval flow

Lab: Build a business process flow

Lab: Add branching to business process flow

Module 6: Work with Power Virtual Agents

In this module, students will learn how to automate customer interactions with a chatbot using Power Virtual Agents.

Lessons

• Create a chatbot
• Configure topics
• Automate and integrate
• Configure entities
• Test and publish chatbots

Lab: Create a chatbot

Module 7: Analyze data with Power BI

In this module, students will learn how to work with Power BI Desktop and Power BI Service to analyze data and create visualizations.

Lessons

• Get started with Power BI
• Model data in Power BI
• Create visualizations
• Create dashboards
• Publish and share in Power BI

Lab: Build a Word template

Lab: Build an Excel template

Lab: Duplicate detection

Lab: Import data

Lab: Export data

Lab: Bulk delete