Slide deck of the session I presented at SharePoint Saturday Lisbon 2019.

1. Power Apps 101
by Rebekka Aalbers

2. GOLD SILVER
LOCATION
BRONZE
COMMUNITY
SHAREPINT

3. ➢ Technology consultant @
➢ Co-organizer
➢ Dutchy
➢ Book nerd
➢
Lover of all things
Unicorn
➢ 3 cats – 1 husband
Rebekka Aalbers
#PowerAddict
#LessCodeMorePower

4. Power Apps 101
Taking your first steps into building apps

5. Who
BEGINNER WANT TO START DON’T KNOW
WHERE TO BEGIN
Goal
A GENERAL GRASP
OF POWER APPS
AN IDEA WHERE
TO BEGIN

6. Agenda

7. What is
PowerApps

10. Build and consume
solutions for web
and mobile with
Power Apps

11. Customize, extend, and build all the apps you need
Immersive, end-to-end
solutions

12. Digital Feedback Loop: enabling digital transformation
Data +
intelligence
Optimize
operations
Transform
products
Engage
customers
Data
Capture digital signal across business
2
Insight
Connect and synthesize data
Action
Improve business outcomes
Empower
employees

13. Dynamics 365
Office 365
Standalone Apps
Microsoft
Power platform
Azure
Common Data Service for Apps
Data Connectors

14. Model-driven apps
Built on the Common Data Service for Apps
Start with a data model, relationships, and
business processes
Build End-to-End business applications
Canvas apps
Start with user experience
WYSIWYG designer
Task- and role-based apps
Mash up data from 200+ sources

15. Extend data and processes to external and
anonymous users with PowerApps Portals

16. Model-driven apps
Built on the Common Data Service for Apps
Start with a data model, relationships, and
business processes
Build End-to-End business applications
Canvas apps
Start with user experience
WYSIWYG designer
Task- and role-based apps
Mash up data from 200+ sources

17. Connectors,
Connectors,
Connectors….

18. make.powerapps.com

19. make.powerapps.com

20. From scratch, data or a template

21. Phone or Tablet

22. Starting from data

23. Pick your source

25. Building your app..

26. 3 screen app
BROWSE SCREEN

27. 3 screen app
DETAIL SCREEN

28. 3 screen app
EDIT SCREEN

29. PowerApps Studio

31. Building blocks
Controls
UI Building blocks
Properties
Update working of control
Formulas
Building your logic

32. Controls

33. Controls

35. Properties

36. My List
Properties

37. My List
Properties

38. Control & Properties reference
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-US/powerapps/maker/canvas-apps/reference-properties

39. Formulas

40. Excel like functions
Function(parameter, parameter, …);
Function (parameter, parameter,…)
Syntax

41. Example
Region/ Language code Formula
en-US Set( Number , 0.5 ) ;
Navigate( Screen2, Fade )
pt-PT Set( Number ; 0,5 ) ;;
Navigate( Screen2 ; Fade )

42. Specific for
PowerApps
Behavior formulas
Navigate
Enable/Disable
Edit data in source
Variables and
collections

43. Formulas
My List

44. Formulas
My List

45. Formula reference
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-US/powerapps/maker/canvas-apps/formula-reference

46. How or where to start

47. Get your own play area

48. Get a FREE PowerApps Community Plan
https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/communityplan/

49. Get your own Office 365 tenant

50. Use the Learning resources
https://make.powerapps.com/learn

51. Microsoft Learn

52. PowerApps Training Templates

53. PowerApps Training for Office

54. BLOG
All learning
resources

55. More resources
Blogs
Online/In Person
courses
YouTube tutorials Webinars

56. Ask questions

57. https://powerusers.microsoft.com

58. More community activities
TWITTER USER GROUPS EVENTS

59. Questions?

60. Do not forget!
Language/
Region code
Decimal
delimiter
Properties in
function
delimiter
Functions in
formula
delimiter
en-US . , ;
nl-NL , ; ;;

61. Play and have fun!

62. But…
Don’t’t forget to talk to IT!

63. Contact me
Email
rebekka.aalbers@outlook.com
Twitter
@RebekkaAalbers
Blog
https://powersweet.blog

64. Resources
PowerApps Documentation https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/maker/
PowerApps formula and control
reference
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-US/powerapps/maker/canvas-apps/formula-reference
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-US/powerapps/maker/canvas-apps/reference-properties
PowerApps community https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/PowerApps-Community/ct-p/PowerApps1
PowerApps & Flow space in the SharePoint
Community on the Microsoft Tech Community site
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/PowerApps-Flow/bd-p/PowerAppFlow
Documentation of all available connectors for
PowerApps, Microsoft Flow and Logic Apps.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/

65. GOLD SILVER
LOCATION
BRONZE
COMMUNITY
SHAREPINT

66. European Collaboration Summit 2020
WIESBADEN, GERMANY – JUNE 08-10, 2020