Monday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM · Room 602:603

Advanced Power Apps and Power Automate: Workarounds for Common Problems

Spend any amount of time in the Power Platform forums and you will begin to see a lot of similar questions asked over and over again.

In this workshop we will look at some of the most common issues Citizen Developers encounter when trying to develop applications and workflows in the Power Platform. We'll examine each type of problem, analyze why they occur, and provide workarounds that you can use when you encounter them.

The workshop will be divided into two parts. In the first we'll concentrate on Power Apps and in the second we'll look at Power Automate.

Here is a general list of the overall topics we will cover: • Morning: Power Apps ○ Delegation ○ Working with Dates and Times ○ Conditional Formatting of data ○ Passing Data to and Retrieving Results from a Flow • Afternoon: Power Automate ○ Using Conditions and Switches effectively ○ Handling Loops and Parallel Branches ○ Working with Large Data Sources ○ Implementing Error Checking/Correction ○ Improving Performance

Monday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM · Room 609

Power Platform Copilot In A Day

Power Platform is Microsoft's low-code, cloud-based service to turn ideas into impactful, end-to-end services. With the Power Platform having been available for over 10 years, it is now an enterprise level, low code platform to build reports, apps, flows, chatbots and websites. For the first time ever you can build your own solution and make it available for you company users. This skill of building professional low code apps is in such high demand that makers have successfully made a career out of it.

However, in the last year Microsoft has infused AI Copilot into all their cloud services and this change has affected Power Platform as well, some might say, more so than other services. Hence join Daniel Christian, a Microsoft MVP and certified trainer as he gives you a good overview of the Power Platform family in a day including all the AI Copilot features plus the changes coming to two of their services.

Monday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM · Room 615:616

Power Apps and Power Automate (Flow) for M365/SharePoint Bootcamp

Work through a common business use case to see how Power Apps and Power Automate - and their Copilot capabilities - fit into your toolset extending M365, SharePoint, and Teams.

We'll start with some brief foundation info, dig in with demos, and then let you "take the wheel" walking through hands-on examples to build a solution as we work through the day building on top of Microsoft Lists.

You'll learn about the different types of Flows that can be used with Power Automate and will create basic Flows yourself. Then, see how Flows integrate with Power Apps you've built and the list data behind them. Your instructors will be there to assist throughout the day with your questions.

Attend this workshop to get a foothold with the Power Platform. Gain the skills you'll need to immediately start customizing your Microsoft 365, SharePoint, and Teams sites with Power Apps and Power Automate.

Notes and Requirements: To participate in the hands-on portion of this workshop, attendees should bring a laptop computer. Attendees who bring tablets, even with keyboards, will likely experience difficulties in successfully completing the labs.

We will be using Power Apps, Power Automate, Microsoft Lists, Teams, SharePoint and other Microsoft 365 components in our labs. Attendees may choose to use a personally owned or corporate Microsoft 365 tenant. If not, please register for a free Microsoft 365 Developer tenant prior to the workshop here: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/dev-program

If you will be using a company-provided laptop and will not be using your corporate tenant, please verify that you are able to connect to the Microsoft 365 environment that you will be using prior to arrival.

Tuesday 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM · Room 608

Dataverse Bootcamp for M365 Makers

Dataverse, Dataverse, Dataverse… You've heard about it but haven't checked it out yet. Now's the time to see how to scale solutions up from Lists. In this hands-on workshop we'll start with a Power App built with List data and build a similar solution using Dataverse as the data source - talking through the pros and cons comparison along the way.

Adding Dataverse is an investment in time, skills, and licensing. Know when to engage and what to expect.

• Learn what Dataverse is, where it fits in the maker toolset, and how Copilot adds to the experience.
• Cover what the differences are between Dataverse, Microsoft Lists, and other data sources and talk through some of the 'what to use when' considerations as Lists solution builders integrate with and shift to Power Platform tools.
• Get a perspective on the maker skills needed when using Dataverse and how to get started in your organization.

Using the Developer Plan, attendees will get a hands-on look at Creating Dataverse tables, relationships, forms, and more. With Dataverse as a data source, we'll also do a quick compare of model-driven vs. canvas Power Apps.

Tuesday 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM · Room 607

Half-Day Workshop : Power Platform Governance 101

Effective governance policies play a big role in the successful roll-out of the Power Platform across the organization and running it on a scale. In this half-day workshop, we will cover the key principles of Power Platform Governance, the tools available at our disposal, and how to use those. The governance policies will include Power Automate, Power Apps, Power Virtual Agents, Power Pages, Dataverse, and Power BI.

In this demo-driven workshop, we will cover,

1. Power Platform Governance Overview
2. Center of Excellence ( CoE ) Starter Kit
3. Managed Environments
4. How to use Co-Pilot for governance?
5. Automation Kit
6. Data Loss Prevention policies
7. User Management
8. Permission manager
9. License and capacity management
10. Security and Control
11. Best Practices

At the end of the workshop, attendees will have a working knowledge of how to implement Governance in Power Platform.

Wednesday 9:50 AM - 11:00 AM · Room 619:620

Intro to Power Apps for Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and Lists

If you create business solutions with SharePoint lists If you surface information and solutions via Microsoft Teams or SharePoint If you're concerned with the potential complexity of Power Apps

This session will show why Power Apps canvas apps should be considered part of your toolset.

We will cover:

• Simple extensions of the Microsoft List / SharePoint list experience with Power Apps
• How to take data from SharePoint lists to Teams and mobile experiences
• Power Apps examples that bring immediate value and set the stage for further enhancements

Wednesday 11:30 AM - 12:40 PM · Room 615:616

Using Power Apps and Power Automate Together: Made for eachother

Power Apps and Flow are both powerful tools for the citizen and professional developer. But using them together can take your application to a whole new level. In this talk we'll get you started with how to invoke a Flow from a Power App, how to pass information to the Flow, and how to return values back to Power Apps when the Flow completes. Along the way we'll discuss Best Practices that can make your Power Apps and Flow work more efficiently together. Even if you know both Power Apps and Flow this session will help you get the most out of using them together.

Wednesday 1:50 PM - 3:00 PM · Room 604

Super Charge your Power Apps and Copilots with Power Fx

Power Fx is the low-code language that can be used across the Microsoft Power Platform. It's a general-purpose, strong-typed, declarative, and functional programming language. Citizen developers and Professional developers can use it to build business applications.

In this demo-drive session, we will cover the following topics in detail. • What is Power Fx? • What are Data Types? • What are Operators and identifiers, Tables, Variables, Imperative logic, and Global support? • How can we use Power Fx in Power Platform to build the business application? • Power Fx Best Practices

Wednesday 1:50 PM - 3:00 PM · Room 611

Two Guys and A Copilot - The DnA Show!

Daniel and Andy (DnA) are two guys who work for enterprise level companies and must deal with day-to-day tasks that can be both time consuming and mundane. However, now with Copilot available across several Microsoft cloud services, these two Microsoft MVPs are finding ways to making their jobs a lot easier and, in some cases, automated.

So, join them as these two guys show share their tips and tricks with you to make your jobs easier and make you look like Copilot superstars. This session will cover both Power Platform and Microsoft 365 Copilot features.

Wednesday 1:50 PM - 3:00 PM · Room 613:614

5 Immediate Things You Can Do To Increase Microsoft 365 and Power Apps User Adoption

Traditionally training Microsoft 365, SharePoint or Power Apps users is a waste of time. Instead, increase user adoption and decrease support tickets by providing User Adoption as a Service (UAaaS).

Come to this session and I'll tell you the 5 strategies that will help you cut down on support calls and have your users Love the environment and content you create for them in Microsoft 365 and Power Apps.

Thursday 10:30 AM - 11:40 AM · Room 612

What’s new in Dataverse & AI Builder: How to easily build generative AI business applications

Come hear the latest news of how Dataverse is changing to meet the challenge of the evolving AI workspace through use of copilots. Learn how real customers are implementing the latest technologies to drive their business forward. Learn how Dataverse makes it possible to easily connect data to LLMs using plugins, prompts and connectors to build copilots that meet your needs. Learn about the Power Catalog which provides the ability to create and use templates to improve your productivity, and how the governance tools and capabilities ensures proper data access while using AI and copilots.

Thursday 12:40 PM - 1:50 PM · Room 606

Forms, Forms, and more Forms. Data gathering for the modern info worker

Microsoft List (and SharePoint) forms, Forms with Power Apps, and Microsoft Forms. Which one (or more) should you use, and when?

This session will walk through updated capabilities, Copilot integration across the forms landscape, and options available to no-code makers and citizen developers when building solutions with forms.

Thursday 2:00 PM - 3:10 PM · Room 615:616

Microsoft Power Apps: Building Responsive Design Apps for Every Device

Power Apps is a great no-code tool lets "citizen developers" create applications that are designed to run on Desktop PCs, Web Browsers, Tablets, and Mobile devices.

But if you want to avoid building 3 or 4 different versions of your App you need to know how to design your Power App to adjust for different sizes, resolutions, rotation, and types of layouts.

In this session we'll review all the Tips and Tricks you need to know to easily build one Power App that will adjust to work on any device that supports Power Apps and look good in the process.

Friday 9:00 AM - 10:10 AM · Room 606

How Copilot Studio Uses Generative A.I. to Build Custom Copilot

Microsoft Copilot Studio makes creating chatbots as easy as 1, 2, 3. The generative A.I. feature is able to take natural language from end-users and helps transform that into bot logic which can also be extended to Microsoft 365.

Join Daniel Christian, a Microsoft MVP and certified trainer as he shows you how Copilot Studio makes bot building truly low-code.

Friday 10:20 AM - 11:30 AM · Room 607

Intro to Dataverse for M365 Makers

Dataverse, Dataverse, Dataverse… You've heard about it but haven't checked it out yet. Now's the time to understand how it impacts M365 users. Adding Dataverse to your toolset for solutions is an investment in time, skills, and licensing. Know when to engage and what to expect.

• Learn what Dataverse is and where it fits in the maker toolset.
• Cover what the differences are between Dataverse, Microsoft Lists, and other data sources. Talk through some of the 'what to use when' considerations as Lists solution builders integrate with and shift to Power Platform tools.
• Get a perspective on the maker skills needed when using Dataverse and how to get started in your organization.

Friday 10:20 AM - 11:30 AM · Room 611

Cast votes with confidence: Crafting a reusable Power Apps canvas app voting solution

Learn how to create a versatile and reusable voting app with Power Apps, perfect for a wide array of scenarios. From education institutions hosting student elections to photo or costume contests to organizations recognizing standout employees—this session will unveil how to harness SharePoint integration for a seamless voting experience.

You'll learn how to:

• Design a user-friendly interface for collecting votes.
• Configure a SharePoint document library to store contest entries or nominations.
• Set up a SharePoint list to track and tally votes securely.
• Implement logic to ensure fair voting and prevent duplicate entries.
• Add a touch of flair to your voting experience with custom branding and design elements.

Embrace the potential to elevate engagement in your organization. Walk away with the knowledge to implement a voting system that resonates with elegance and efficiency, year after year.

Friday 1:50 PM - 3:00 PM · Room 611

Beyond Copilot: Integrating Custom AI Into Apps

Chat GPT has been out for over a year and Copilot has been rolling out for over 6 months. It's time for your company to take AI to the next level and integrate custom AI capabilities that accelerate the productivity of every member of your team.

In this non-technical session, we'll take a look at the capabilities and case studies of AI capabilities available through AI Builder, the OpenAI API, Azure Cognitive Services and more.

You'll walk away with over 20 case studies and ideas for how you can integrate AI into the tasks your team has to manage every day. You'll lower costs, improve productivity, create better customer and employee experiences, and unleash your team to be super-humans!