Learn to leverage Microsoft Power Platform's comprehensive suite of tools to automate business processes and create custom solutions without coding. Through hands-on projects, you'll build canvas and model-driven apps, create interactive dashboards with Power BI, automate workflows with Power Automate, and develop intelligent chatbots using Power Virtual Agents. This specialization prepares you for real-world business automation challenges while building toward Microsoft PL-900 certification readiness.
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Build Business Solutions With Power Platform. Create automated workflows and custom applications using Microsoft's no-code platform suite.
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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
Beginner level
Recommended experience
1 month at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Earn a career credential
Share your expertise with employers
What you'll learn
Build custom applications and automate business processes using Power Apps and Power Automate without coding experience
Create interactive data visualizations and business intelligence dashboards using Power BI for data-driven decision making
Develop intelligent chatbots and implement comprehensive Power Platform solutions for real-world business automation challenges
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August 2025
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Specialization - 4 course series
What you'll learn
Describe the components of Microsoft Power Platform, the business value for customers, & security of the technology
Define the basic concepts of the Dataverse and ways you can connect and customize data connections to Microsoft Power Platform applications
Discover how Power Apps empowers you to create applications tailored to your business needs, enhancing productivity & efficiency
Recognize the value and capabilities of Power Apps & ways organizations leverage this technology to build simple applications for their business
Skills you'll gain
Category: Data Integration
Category: Application Development
Category: Data Security
Category: Microsoft Power Platform
Category: Business Intelligence
Category: Self Service Technologies
Category: Real Time Data
Category: Productivity Software
Category: Data Modeling
What you'll learn
Construct and customize dynamic canvas apps to address specific business process challenges
Design model-driven apps using component-based architecture
Configure and secure PowerApps Portals for external users
Develop and implement automated application workflows using Microsoft Power Automate
Skills you'll gain
Category: Business Process Automation
Category: Microsoft Power Platform
Category: Application Development
Category: Microsoft Power Automate/Flow
Category: Automation
Category: Workflow Management
Category: Data Modeling
Category: Business Process
Category: Cloud Applications
Category: User Interface (UI)
What you'll learn
Evaluate the business value of Power BI and use Power BI to create and share interactive dashboards and reports
Apply security measures within Power BI to ensure data security
Explain the value and capabilities of Power Virtual Agents for building chatbot solutions
Design and deploy no-code chatbots using Power Virtual Agents
Skills you'll gain
Category: Data Visualization
Category: Data Integration
Category: Business Intelligence
Category: Power BI
Category: Customer Engagement
Category: Data Analysis Software
Category: Microsoft Teams
Category: Dashboard
Category: Data Security
Category: Performance Analysis
Category: Microsoft Power Platform
What you'll learn
Gain insight into the business value of Power Platform.
Identify and describe the core components of Power Platform.
Demonstrate the capabilities and business value of Power BI, Power Apps, and Power Virtual Agents.
Skills you'll gain
Category: Microsoft Power Automate/Flow
Category: Application Development
Category: Power BI
Category: Business Process Automation
Category: Data Integration
Category: Microsoft Power Platform
Category: Interactive Data Visualization
Category: Data Modeling
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Dashboard
Category: Business Workflow Analysis
Category: Data Visualization
Category: ChatGPT
Category: Business Process
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