Microsoft Power Platform Resources

Get informed

• Redefine development: AI-first innovation with agents and Microsoft Copilot in Power Platform by Charles Lamanna
• The future of App Development - Charles Lamanna
• Product overviews - Power Platform | Copilot Studio | Power Apps | Power Automate | Power Pages | Dataverse | Power BI | Security and Governance | Connectors
• Customer stories - 100+ stories | 100+ videos | 25+ hero profiles | Pro-dev stories | Technical case studies

Learn

• Start learning - Power Platform | Copilot Studio
• Join a free hands-on learning program - Power Up
• Create your first - App with the Plan designer | Canvas app | Model-driven app | Flow | Agent
• Join an 'in a Day' workshop - Microsoft In A Day trainings | App in a Day | Automation in a Day | Power Pages in a Day | Copilot Studio in a Day
• Sign-in and explore samples and templates - Power Apps | Power Automate | Copilot Studio
• Browse product documentation - Power Apps | Power Automate | Power Pages | Copilot Studio | Power BI | Dataverse | Connectors
• Watch videos - Power Platform | Power Apps | Power Automate | Power BI | Copilot Studio | Power CAT Live | Power Platform on Microsoft Mechanics
• Power Platform Community
• Get expert help from partners

• Latest shipped features - Weekly release notes
• 2025 Wave 1 plans
• Power Platform updates from Ignite 2024

• Power Platform Adoption | workbook (PPT) | best practices | maturity model 
• Adoption assessment
• Power Platform Solution Assessment
• Patterns of Value - webinar series
• Guidance and best practices - Power Platform guidance | Power Apps guidance | Power Automate guidance | Power Pages guidance | Copilot Studio guidance | architecture video series
• Architecture - Guidance for architecting solutions | Design and build well-architected workloads

• Microsoft Power Platform is the best way for teams to build together - blog post with resources
• Pro-dev features and learning paths - webinar | learning path | ebook | BUILD session
• Power Apps developer plan - get started | documentation
• Microsoft Mechanics episode on pro-dev adoption of Power Platform - blog | video
• Low code application development on Azure - landing page | YouTube video playlist | tours
• POWERful Devs virtual conference and ongoing videos - conference | video series
• Power Apps reference - Controls and properties | Formulas
• Power Apps Component Framework (PCF) gallery - community gallery
• Additional pro-dev topics:
  • GitHub actions for Power Platform - blog post
  • Power Apps for enterprise developers - documentation
  • Register and use custom connections - documentation
  • Build and certify your own connector - documentation
  • Power Apps Component Framework (PCF) - documentation | community gallery
  • Calling Azure AD protected Azure Functions using a Custom Connector - documentation

Power Platform Well-Architected

• Design and build well-architected workloads
• Reliability pillar
• Security pillar
• Operational Excellence pillar
• Performance Efficency pillar
• Experience Optimization pillar

Architecture Center

• Established patterns & best practices
• blog post
• provide feedback

Additional architectures

• Reference architecture and landing zones for Power Platform - blog post | GitHub repo
• Browse Power Platform + Azure architectures

Scenarios and real-world patterns

• Enterprise automation techniques for RPA
• Real-world usage patterns - architecture patterns | scenario patterns | index of stories by scenario category

Toolkits

• Power CAT Tools app | blog post
• CoE Kit
• Automation Kit
• Approvals Kit
• Creator Kit
• Copilot Studio Kit

Power Platform tools

• Power Platform tool repository index

• Power Platform Admin Center - video | documentation
• Administration - White papers | Admin in a Day lab
• Establishing a Center of Excellence - CoE Starter Kit | videos
• Security in Power Platform - Overview
• Power Platform Guidance Center - documentation | architecture video series
• Build a customized Admin experience using the Power Apps admin connectors - blog post with sample admin dashboard
• Strategies for improving app discoverability in your enterprise - part 1 | part 2 | part 3
• Security and certifications - Microsoft Trust Center
• Manage Power Apps licenses in your organization - documentation | FAQ | licensing guide (PDF)
• Pricing and licensing - Power Apps licensing | Licensing documentation
• Microsoft's approach to deploying Power Apps for all employees - Pat Dunn’s presentation at Biz Apps Summit
• Manage environments and other resources - Power Platform Terraform Provider

• Power Platform partner programs - Power Apps | Power Automate
• Join the Power Platform Partner program
• Become a Recognized Solution Architect
• You can also sign-up to deliver trainings for our customers
• View Power Platform partner stories

• Curated customer stories list - https://aka.ms/PowerPlatformStories
• Additional links - customer story videos | pro-dev stories | automation stories | hero profiles
• technical case studies
• Power Champions stories

• Guidance and best practices - Power Platform guidance | Power Apps guidance | Power Automate guidance | Power Pages guidance | Copilot Studio guidance
• UX/UI design - Experience Optimization pillar | Creator Kit | Building Apps for Adoption and Usability video | UI/UX design for Power Apps
• Performance best practices - Performance efficency pillar | documentation
• Customize list forms in SharePoint with Power Apps - demo | documentation
• Approval workflows - documentation
• Using the on-premises gateway - overview | installation & FAQ | proxy configuration
• Build an offline-capable canvas app - documentation
• Creating dialogs in Power Apps - video
• Build a customized interactive calendar - step-by-step guide
• Notify user that new data is available - push notifications feature

• Stay updated - Power Platform blog
• Power Platform forums - Power Platform community | Power Apps forum | Power Automate forum | Power Pages forum | Copilot Studio forum
• Get support - Power Apps support | Power Automate support | Power Pages support
• Submit an idea

• Power Platform connectors - documentation | Power Automate connectors list
• Data integrator - documentation
• Power Query - documentation
• On-premises data gateway - documentation
• Common Data Model - documentation and printable CDM poster
• Microsoft Dataverse and Power BI - documentation

Power Apps

• Website | Blog | Documentation | Community | Suggest Ideas | Webinars
• Product updates
• Guided Learning | YouTube playlist
• Licensing / Pricing
• Support - known issues | view/report issues | create a support ticket

Power Automate

• Website | Blog | Documentation | Community | Suggest Ideas | Webinars
• Product updates
• Guided Learning | YouTube Playlist
• Licensing / Pricing
• Support

Copilot Studio

• Website | Blog | Documentation | Community

Power BI

• Website | Blog | Documentation | Community 
• Product updates
• Guided Learning | YouTube Playlist
• Licensing / Pricing

Microsoft certifications

• Power Platform Exams & Certifications | PL-100 | PL-200 | PL-400 | PL-900 |

Online learning

• Pluralsight - Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals
• LinkedIn Learning - Power Platform classes
• Udemy - Power Platform classes | Power Apps | Power Automate | Power BI
• Power Platform Academy by Rory Neary - free courses

Books

• Pro Microsoft Power Platform (published by Apress)
• Learn Microsoft Power Apps (by Matthew Weston)