Task 01: Add on a trial of Power Platform
For those who are building a demo environment using CDX, you can start with a 90 day M365 trial. Start by going to CDX and select My Environments. Select Create Tenant on the first option Microsoft M365 Enterprise demo content, accept the disclaimer, and wait for the provisioning. You will then get a new M365 tenant in My Environments. Open an In Private browser, sign in to Office.com with the new credentials and activate multi factor authentication (MFA). Consult your instructor if you need support.
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Stay in your In Private browser window. Open a new browser tab and enter:
aka.ms/ppac
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Power Platform may have transitioned to the new admin center.
Near the upper-right corner of the page, toggle off New admin center if it’s on.
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On the left service menu, select Environments.
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On the top bar, select New.
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In the New environment pane, set the following:
Item Value Name Copilot Lab
Type Developer or Trial -
Select Next at the bottom of the pane.
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Select the toggle for Deploy sample apps and data? to change to Yes, then select Save at the bottom.
Sample data must be deployed for a later exercise.
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Wait until the Copilot Lab environment’s State column shows Ready.
Periodically select the Refresh option on the top bar.
This may take a few minutes.