Training: Microsoft Power Platform Developer (PL-400)

Module 1: Use imperative development techniques for canvas apps in Power Apps

• Imperative versus declarative development
• The three types of variables in Power Apps
• Global variables
• Contextual variables
• Collections
• Additional variable concepts

Module 2: Perform custom updates in a Power Apps canvas app

• Sometimes you need something more than forms
• Use the Patch function to create and edit records
• Delete records from data sources and collections
• Use the Patch function to update a Gallery

Module 3: Use Dataverse choice columns with formulas

• Filter Dataverse choice columns with Power Fx formulas
• Modify choice and choices values

Module 4: Reduce complexity in your data model with Dataverse table relationships

• Work with one-to-many relationships
• Work with many-to-many relationships

Module 5: Work with relational data in a Power Apps canvas app

• What is relational data?
• Work with relationships in Power Apps
• Microsoft Dataverse for apps makes relationships even easier

Module 6: Work with data source limits (delegation limits) in a Power Apps canvas app

• Delegation overview
• Functions, predicates, and data sources combine to determine delegation
• Delegation warnings, limits, and non-delegable functions

Module 7: Complete testing and performance checks in a Power Apps canvas app

• The importance of thinking about performance
• Improve performance with data sources
• Testing and troubleshooting your app

Module 8: Optimize app load time

• Use Monitor to troubleshoot app start performance issues
• Optimize App.OnStart
• Data load strategies

Module 9: Use Monitor to troubleshoot Power Apps

• Identify and resolve common problems
• Collaborate by using Monitor

Module 10: Use Power Apps Instrumentation with Application Insights

• Set up an app for Application Insights
• View Application Insights data
• Custom logging with trace

Module 11: Get started with Power Automate

• Introducing Power Automate
• Create your first flow
• Troubleshoot flows

Module 12: Introduction to expressions in Power Automate

• Get started with expressions
• Notes make things easier
• Types of functions
• Write complex expressions

Module 13: Use Dataverse triggers and actions in Power Automate

• Dataverse triggers
• Query data
• Create, update, delete, and relate actions

Module 14: Introduction to Microsoft Power Platform developer resources

• Overview of Dataverse and the Common Data Model
• Extending Power Platform with Azure
• Power Platform environments

Module 15: Use developer tools to extend Power Platform

• Solutions overview
• Deploy apps with Package Deployer

Module 16: Introduction to extending Power Platform

• User experience extensibility
• Dataverse extensibility
• Determine when to configure or when to code

Module 17: Perform common actions with client script in Power Platform

• Upload scripts
• Event handlers
• Context objects
• Client scripting common tasks

Module 18: Automate business process flows with client script

• Client scripting best practices
• Debugging client script

Module 19: Customize the command bar

• Create or edit modern commands
• Work with classic commands
• Use Power Fx

Module 20: Get started with Power Apps component framework

• Power Apps component framework architecture
• Power Apps component tooling
• Component manifest
• Demo of the Power Apps code component

Module 21: Build a Power Apps component

• Create a code component solution package
• Test and debug code components

Module 22: Introduction to Dataverse for developers

• Microsoft Dataverse extensibility model
• Event framework

Module 23: Extend plug-ins in Power Platform

• Plug-ins usage scenarios
• Plug-in execution context

Module 24: Work with Dataverse Web API

• Insomnia
• Authenticate against Microsoft Dataverse using OAuth
• Use OData to query data
• Use FetchXML to query data
• Call Power Automate actions from the Web API
• Use the Web API to impersonate another user
• Track entity data changes with change tracking and the Web API

Module 25: Integrate Dataverse Azure solutions

• Microsoft Dataverse Azure Solutions overview
• Expose Microsoft Dataverse data to Azure Service Bus
• Write a Service Bus Event Listener that consumes Microsoft Dataverse messages
• Publish Microsoft Dataverse events with webhooks
• Write an Azure Function that processes Microsoft Dataverse events

Module 26: Explore Azure Functions

• Discover Azure Functions
• Compare Azure Functions hosting options
• Scale Azure Functions

Module 27: Develop Azure Functions

• Explore Azure Functions development
• Create triggers and bindings
• Connect functions to Azure services

Module 28: Get started with custom connectors in Microsoft Power Platform

• Demo of the maker portal experience
• Explore custom connector configuration options
• Use a custom connector

Module 29: Discover and use Web APIs with Power Apps

• What are custom connectors
• What is OpenAPI and why you should use it
• Test the custom connector

Module 30: Configure custom connectors with authenticated APIs in Microsoft Power Platform

• Authentication options
• Use APIs with Azure AD
• Configure Microsoft Entra ID authentication
• Share and move between environments

Module 31: Configure policy templates for custom connectors in Microsoft Power Platform

• Use expressions to access runtime values
• Use policies for data conversion
• Configure host URL and routing
• Add or update values

Module 32: Create Microsoft Power Platform OpenAPI custom connectors

• Use OpenAPI extensions
• Use the dynamic list of values extension
• Use dynamic schema

Module 33: Manage solutions in Power Apps and Power Automate

• Add and remove apps, flows, and entities in a solution
• Edit a solution-aware app, flow, and table
• Build and deploy a complex solution with flows, apps, and entities
• Automate solution management

Module 34: Introduction to solutions for Microsoft Power Platform

• Solution layering
• Solution architecture tools and techniques
• Use version control for solutions