PL-400 : Microsoft Power Platform Developer

Candidates for this course design, develop, secure, and troubleshoot Power Platform solutions. Candidates implement components of a solution that include application enhancements, custom user experience, system integrations, data conversions, custom process automation, and custom visualizations. Candidates will gain applied knowledge of Power Platform services, including in-depth understanding of capabilities, boundaries, and constraints. 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.

Job role: Developer

Preparation for exam: PL-400

Features: none

PREREQUISITES

• Candidates should have an introductory knowledge of Power Platfom
• 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

• Create a technical design
• Configure Common Data Service
• Create and configure Power Apps
• Configure business process automation
• Extend the user experience
• Extend the platform
• Develop Integrations

Module 1: Introduction to Microsoft 365 Security Metrics

In this module, you will examine all the common types of threat vectors and data breaches facing organizations today, and you will learn how Microsoft 365's security solutions address these security threats, including the Zero Trust approach. You will be introduced to the Microsoft Secure Score, Privileged Identity Management, as well as to Azure Active Directory Identity Protection.

Lessons

• Threat Vectors and Data Breaches
• The Zero Trust Model
• Security Solutions in Microsoft 365
• Introduction to Microsoft Secure Score
• Privileged Identity Management
• Introduction to Azure Active Directory Identity Protection

Lab: Tenant Setup and PIM

• Initialize your Microsoft 365 Tenant
• PIM Resource Workflows

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe several techniques hackers use to compromise user accounts through email
• Describe techniques hackers use to gain control over resources
• Describe techniques hackers use to compromise data
• Describe the Zero Trust approach to security in Microsoft 365.
• Describe the components of Zero Trust security.
• Describe and five steps to implementing a Zero Trust model in your organization.
• Explain Zero Trust networking
• List the types of threats that can be avoided by using EOP and Office 365 ATP
• Describe how Microsoft 365 Threat Intelligence can be benefit your organization
• Monitor your organization through auditing and alerts
• Describe how ASM enhances visibility and control over your tenant through three core areas
• Describe the benefits of Secure Score and what kind of services can be analyzed
• Describe how to collect data using the Secure Score API
• Know where to identify actions that will increase your security by mitigating risks
• Explain how to determine the threats each action will mitigate and the impact it has on use
• Explain Privileged Identity Management (PIM) in Azure administration
• Configure PIM for use in your organization
• Audit PIM roles
• Explain Microsoft Identity Manager
• Explain Privileged Access Management in Microsoft 365
• Describe Azure Identity Protection and what kind of identities can be protected
• Understand how to enable Azure Identity Protection
• Know how to identify vulnerabilities and risk events
• Plan your investigation in protecting cloud-based identities
• Plan how to protect your Azure Active Directory environment from security breaches

Module 1: Create a model-driven application in Power Apps

This module introduces you to creating a model-driven app in Power Apps that uses Common Data Service.

Lessons

• Introduction to model-driven apps and Common Data Service
• Get started with model-driven apps in Power Apps
• Create and manage entities in Common Data Service
• Create and manage fields within an entity in Common Data Service
• Working with option sets in Common Data Service
• Create a relationship between entities in Common Data Service
• Define and create business rules in Common Data Service
• Create and define calculation or rollup fields in Common Data Service
• Get started with security roles in Common Data Service

Module 2: Create a canvas app in Power Apps

This module introduces you to Power Apps, helps you create and customize an app, and then manage and distribute it. It will also show you how to provide the best app navigation, and build the best UI using themes, icons, images, personalization, different form factors, and controls.

Lessons

• Get started with Power Apps
• Customize a canvas app in Power Apps
• Manage apps in Power Apps
• Navigation in a canvas app in Power Apps
• How to build the UI in a canvas app in Power Apps
• Use and understand Controls in a canvas app in Power Apps
• Document and test your Power Apps application

Module 3: Master advance techniques and data options in canvas apps

This module will help you use advanced formulas, perform custom updates, performance checks and testing. It will also help you to improve user's experience, use custom connectors and focus on working with data source limits.

Lessons

• Use imperative development techniques for canvas apps in Power Apps
• Author an advanced formula that uses tables, records, and collections in a canvas app in Power Apps
• Perform custom updates in a Power Apps canvas app
• Complete testing and performance checks in a Power Apps canvas app
• Work with relational data in a Power Apps canvas app
• Work with data source limits (delegation limits) in a Power Apps canvas app
• Connecting to other data in a Power Apps canvas app
• Use custom connectors in a Power Apps canvas app

Module 4: Automate a business process using Power Automate

This module introduces you to Power Automate, teaches you how to build workflows, and how to administer flows.

Lessons

• Get started with Power Automate
• Build more complex flows with Power Automate
• Introduction to business process flows in Power Automate
• Create an immersive business process flow in Power Automate
• Understand advanced business process flow concepts in Power Automate
• Introduction to expressions in Power Automate

Module 5: Introduction to developing with Power Platform

This module is the first step in learning about platform, tools, and the ecosystem of the Power Platform

Lessons

• Introduction to Power Platform developer resources
• Use developer tools to extend the Power Platform
• Introduction to extending the Microsoft Power Platform

Module 6: Extending the Power Platform Common Data Service

This module looks at the tools and resources needed for extending the Power Platform. We'll start with looking at the SDKs, the extensibility model, and event framework. This learning path also covers when to use plug-ins. Configuration of plug-ins as well as registering and deploying plug-ins.

Lessons

• Introduction to Common Data Service for developers
• Extend plug-ins

Module 7: Extending the Power Platform user experience Model Driven apps

This module describes how to create client scripting, perform common actions with client script, and automate business process flow with client scrip. Learn about what client script can do, rules, and maintaining scripts. Discover when to use client script as well as when not to use client script.

Lessons

• Introduction to web resources
• Performing common actions with client script
• Automate business process flows with client script

Module 8: Create components with Power Apps Component Framework

This module describes how to get started with Power Apps Component Framework with an introductory module on the core concepts and components. Then it shows you how to build a component and work with advanced Power Apps Component Framework features.

Lessons

• Get started with Power Apps component framework
• Build a Power Apps component
• Use advanced features with Power Apps component framework

Module 9: Extend Power Apps portals

This module describes how to transform a content portal into a full web app interacting with Common Data Service. We will also cover the options available to customizers and developers to extend the portal functionality and integrate with Office 365, Power Platform, and Azure components.

Lessons

• Introduction to Power Apps portals
• Access Common Data Service in Power Apps portals
• Extend Power Apps portals
• Build custom Power Apps portals web templates

Module 10: Integrate with Power Platform and Common Data Service

This module describes how to integrate with Common Data Service using code by learning about Common Data Service API. Get an in-depth overview of options available with Common Data Service to integrate data and events to Azure.

Lessons

• Work with Common Data Service Web API
• Integrate Common Data Service Azure solutions