Microsoft Power Platform Resources

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• From apps to agents: rearchitecting enterprise work around intent by Charles Lamanna
• Inside the new Power Apps: the future of app development
• Product overviews - Power Platform | 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 training hub | browse all learning paths and modules
• Join a free hands-on learning program - Power Up
• Create your first - solution with the plan designer | canvas app | model-driven app | cloud flow | website
• Join an 'in a Day' workshop - workshop guidance | App in a Day | Automation in a Day | Power Pages in a Day
• Sign in and explore samples and templates - Power Apps | Power Automate | Power Pages
• Browse product documentation - Power Apps | Power Automate | Power Pages | Dataverse | Power BI | Connectors
• Watch videos - Power Platform | Power Apps | Power Automate | Power BI | Power CAT Live | Power Platform on Microsoft Mechanics
• Power Platform Community
• Get expert help from partners

Power Apps

• Website | Blog | Documentation | Community | Suggest Ideas
• What's new in Power Apps
• The new Power Apps (vibe coding) - vibe.powerapps.com | documentation
• Canvas apps - complete guide to building canvas apps
• Model-driven apps - overview | custom pages
• Licensing and pricing
• Support - common issues and resolutions | create a support ticket

Power Automate

• Website | Blog | Documentation | Community | Suggest Ideas
• What's new in Power Automate
• Flow types - cloud, desktop, and generative flows | cloud flows overview | desktop flows and RPA
• Licensing and pricing
• Support

Power Pages

• Website | Documentation | Community | Suggest Ideas
• Get started - tutorials | site templates | design studio
• Learning paths - get started with Power Pages | extend Power Pages
• Support

Microsoft Dataverse

• Website | Documentation | Developer guide
• Build your data model - create and edit tables | business rules | virtual tables | elastic tables
• Dataverse for Teams
• Capacity and storage

Power BI

• Website | Blog | Documentation | Community
• Product updates
• YouTube channel
• Licensing and pricing

• Latest shipped features - Power Apps released versions | Power Automate released versions
• What's new - Power Apps | Power Automate | Monthly feature update (blog)
• Release plans - 2026 Wave 1 | Release Planner
• 2026 Wave 1 by product - Power Apps | Power Automate | Power Pages | Dataverse | Governance and administration
• Important changes and deprecations - Power Platform | canvas apps
• Event announcements - Microsoft Build 2026 | Dataverse plugin at Build 2026
• Dataverse is your agent data platform

• Power Platform Adoption | workbook (PPT) | adoption methodology | maturity model
• Adoption assessment | Power Platform Solution Assessment
• Patterns of Value - webinar series
• Run your own enablement events - 'in a Day' workshop guidance
• Guidance and best practices - Power Platform guidance | Power Apps guidance | Power Automate guidance | Power Pages guidance | architecture video series
• Architecture - Guidance for architecting solutions | Design and build well-architected workloads

Microsoft certifications

• Browse Power Platform credentials
• Active certifications - PL-900 Fundamentals | PL-200 Functional Consultant | PL-400 Developer
• Applied Skills - Create and manage canvas apps with Power Apps | Create and manage automated processes by using Power Automate

Microsoft Learn training

• Power Platform training hub | browse all paths and modules
• Learning paths - business value of Power Platform | create a canvas app | get started with Power Pages
• Online workshops - App in a Day | Automation in a Day | Power Pages in a Day
• Power Up Program - free reskilling program for career changers

Online learning

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

Community YouTube channels

• Power Apps - Shane Young | Reza Dorrani | April Dunnam | Darren Neese | Lisa Crosbie | Andrew Hess
• Power Automate and RPA - Damien Bird | Anders Jensen | Paul Murana | Tomasz Poszytek | Elaiza Benitez | Dhruvin Shah
• Power Pages and Dataverse - Nick Doelman | Pragmatic Works | Daniel Christian

Community blogs

• Power Apps - Matthew Devaney | Shane Young | Reza Dorrani | Michel Mendes | Joe Unwin
• Power Automate - Damien Bird | Tomasz Poszytek | John Liu
• Power Pages - Nick Doelman

Books

• Microsoft Power Apps Cookbook, 3rd Edition by Eickhel Mendoza (Packt, 2024)
• Microsoft Power Platform Solutions Architect's Handbook, 2nd Edition by Hugo Herrera (Packt, 2025)

Maker essentials

• Power Fx - language overview | formula reference | controls and properties
• Design better apps - responsive layouts | modern controls and theming | accessible apps | performant apps
• Plan and prototype - plan designer | the new Power Apps (vibe coding)
• Work offline - build an offline-capable canvas app
• Automate work - choose the right trigger | expressions in conditions | expression functions reference | approvals | business process flows
• Troubleshoot and harden flows - troubleshoot a cloud flow | robust error handling | naming conventions | limits and throttling

Robotic process automation and process mining

• Power Automate for desktop - introduction | actions reference | manage machines
• Scale unattended automation - run unattended desktop flows | hosted RPA | hosted machine groups
• Self-healing desktop flows - documentation
• Find what to automate - process mining | task mining

Pro-developer resources

• Fusion development - learning path | ebook
• Power Apps developer plan - documentation
• Tooling - Power Platform CLI | Visual Studio Code extension
• Power Apps component framework - overview | build a code component | community gallery
• Extend Dataverse - Web API | plug-ins | custom APIs | elastic tables for developers
• Extend Power Pages - VS Code extension | pac pages CLI | Liquid reference | portals Web API
• Custom connectors - overview | call Entra ID protected Azure Functions
• Low code application development on Azure - landing page | YouTube video playlist

Data and integration

• Connectors - documentation | full connector reference
• Power Query - documentation
• On-premises data gateway - documentation
• Analytics on Dataverse data - Link to Microsoft Fabric | Azure Synapse Link for Dataverse
• Microsoft Dataverse and Power BI - documentation
• Long-term data retention - documentation

Power Platform Well-Architected

• Design and build well-architected workloads
• The five pillars | What's new in Well-Architected
• Reliability | Security | Operational Excellence | Performance Efficiency | Experience Optimization

Architecture Center

• Established patterns and best practices
• Provide feedback

Additional architectures

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

Scenarios and real-world patterns

• Real-world usage patterns - architecture patterns | scenario patterns | index of stories by scenario category

Best practices and common use cases

• Guidance and best practices - Power Platform guidance | Power Apps guidance | Power Automate guidance | Power Pages guidance
• UX/UI design - Experience Optimization pillar | Creator Kit | UI/UX design for Power Apps
• Performance best practices - Performance Efficiency pillar | create performant apps
• Plan for failure - reduce risk in automation projects
• Power Pages security - authentication | table permissions | web roles | page permissions | site checker | accessibility
• Customize list forms in SharePoint with Power Apps - documentation
• Using the on-premises gateway - overview | installation and FAQ
• Notify users that new data is available - push notifications

Administration

• Power Platform admin center - documentation | portal
• Environments - overview | Managed Environments | environment groups | tenant settings
• Visibility and recommendations - inventory | usage | monitor | actions and advisor | tenant-level analytics
• Automate administration - PowerShell for admins | Power Platform CLI | Terraform provider
• Administration white papers - documentation | Admin in a Day lab

Security and compliance

• Security in Power Platform - overview
• Data policies - data loss prevention (DLP) | DLP for flows | cross-tenant restrictions
• Data protection - customer-managed keys | Dataverse security roles
• Auditing - activity logging with Microsoft Purview | admin activity logs
• Security and certifications - Microsoft Trust Center

Application lifecycle management

• ALM - overview | organize your solutions | solution-aware flows | connection references
• Deploy - Pipelines in Power Platform | Azure DevOps build tools | GitHub Actions | Dataverse Git integration

Licensing

• Licensing overview - documentation | licensing guide (PDF) | FAQ
• Pricing - Power Apps | Power Automate | pay-as-you-go
• Dataverse capacity - capacity and storage

Center of Excellence

• The CoE Starter Kit is no longer actively maintained. Its capabilities are now native to the Power Platform admin center - see inventory, usage, monitor, and actions.
• Governance guidance - establish a governance strategy

Toolkits

• Power CAT Tools app | blog post
• Creator Kit | GitHub repo
• Automation Kit
• Approvals Kit | setup guide

Power Platform tools

• Power Platform tool repository index
• Power Platform CLI - documentation
• Visual Studio Code - Power Platform Tools extension
• Infrastructure as code - Power Platform Terraform provider
• Dataverse MCP - labs and samples

Community galleries

• PCF Gallery - community code components

• 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

Conferences

• Microsoft Power Platform Community Conference - October 27-29, 2026, Las Vegas
• Scottish Summit - October 2-3, 2026, Edinburgh
• European Power Platform Conference
• DynamicsMinds

Podcasts and newsletters

• Power Platform Boost - biweekly news podcast by Ulrikke Akerbæk and Nick Doelman
• The Intelligence Age Podcast - by Mark Smith
• Power Platform Weekly - community newsletter

• Stay updated - Power Platform blog | Microsoft Tech Community
• Power Platform forums - Power Platform community | Power Apps forum | Power Automate forum | Power Pages forum
• Get support - Power Apps support | Power Automate support | Power Pages support
• Share feedback - Power Apps ideas | Power Automate ideas | Power Pages ideas
• Discussion boards - r/PowerApps | r/MicrosoftFlow
• Recognize experts - Microsoft MVP Program

Microsoft partner resources

• 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