Discover what canvas apps are and where Power Apps fits in the Microsoft Power Platform. You'll navigate Power Apps Studio, drop labels, buttons, and text inputs onto a screen, and wire them together with Power Fx - storing values with Set() and branching logic with If().

What is Power Apps?

Take a tour of the maker portal

Modern versus classic

Canvas or model-driven?

Navigating Power Apps Studio

Create your first canvas app

Add your first controls

Preview your app

Your first controls

Make the label react to typing

Sign in with Set() and If()

Brand the app with a theme

Getting Started with Power Apps

Connect your app to Excel and SharePoint through connectors, then display records in a flexible-height gallery with conditional formatting. Master Filter() and StartsWith() to let users narrow results by dropdown or search box - turning a wall of rows into something usable.

Data sources and connectors

Upload Lumen's marketing tasks

Inspect what's connected

Bind a gallery to the data

Displaying data with galleries

Customize the gallery template

Conditional formatting on Priority and DueDate

Design an empty state

Filtering and searching data

Filter the gallery by Status

Search by title with StartsWith

Combine Filter and StartsWith

Connecting to Data

Wire navigation between screens with Navigate() and Back(), build an Edit Form that creates and updates records, and guard it with validation using IsBlank() and DisplayMode. Finish by running App Checker to catch formula errors and accessibility issues before anyone else sees your work.

Navigating between screens

Add a detail screen and Navigate to it

Carry the selected ticket with Set()

Pick the right scope

Forms and data entry

Add an Edit form bound to the tickets list

Submit with OnSuccess, Refresh, Navigate

Add New and Cancel buttons

Order the form lifecycle

Conditional logic and validation

Highlight overdue tickets

Block the bad submit with IsBlank + DisplayMode

Putting it all together

Walk Bramblewood end-to-end

Wire an Edit-from-detail button

Run App Checker and fix one finding

Building Your App

Make your app responsive with layout containers so it adapts to any device. Preview, publish, manage versions, and share with colleagues as Co-owners or Users. Wrap up with a forward look at Dataverse, model-driven apps, Power Automate, and Copilot for your next Power Apps project.

Responsive design with containers

Wrap the gallery in a Layout container

Preview phone vs tablet vs desktop

Which property does what?

Preview, Publish, and Share

Preview Bramblewood end-to-end

Publish and inspect version history

Co-owner or User?

What's next

When does Dataverse win over SharePoint?

Options

Copilot can do this today

Still a human-author job

What can Copilot actually do?

Accessibility basics

Congratulations

Publishing and Beyond

Want to build the internal tools your team actually needs - without waiting on IT? This course takes you from a blank canvas to a published, responsive Power App. You'll wire up controls with Power Fx, connect to Excel and SharePoint data sources, display records in galleries with filters and search, and build edit forms with validation. By the final chapter you'll make your app adapt to any screen size, run App Checker, publish, and share with colleagues. No prior Power Apps experience required.

Every team has a process stuck in spreadsheets or email threads that deserves a proper app. Microsoft Power Apps lets you build one without writing traditional code - and this course shows you how, step by step.<br><br><h2>Build Your First Canvas App</h2>Start in Power Apps Studio by creating a blank canvas app, adding controls like labels, buttons, and text inputs, and wiring them together with Power Fx formulas. You'll learn how Set() stores values, how If() drives conditional logic, and how theming gives your app a polished look from day one.<br><br><h2>Connect to Real Data</h2>Move beyond static screens by connecting to Excel and SharePoint data sources through connectors. Display records in flexible-height galleries, apply conditional formatting, and let users narrow results with Filter(), StartsWith(), and dropdown controls.<br><br><h2>Create Multi-Screen Apps with Forms</h2>Wire navigation between screens using Navigate() and Back(), then build Edit Forms that create and update records. Add client-side validation with IsBlank() and DisplayMode, handle success and failure events, and run App Checker to catch formula and accessibility issues before shipping.<br><br><h2>Publish a Responsive App</h2>Wrap your layout in containers so the app adapts to phones, tablets, and laptops. Preview your work, publish the live version, manage versions, and share with colleagues as Co-owners or Users. You'll finish ready to explore Dataverse, Power Automate, and model-driven apps on your own.

Learn Power Apps hands-on: build canvas apps, connect data sources, filter with Power Fx, create forms, add validation, and publish responsive apps.

Introduction to Power Apps | DataCamp

Build custom business apps without code using Microsoft Power Apps - from blank canvas to published, responsive app.

Introduction to Power Apps

Draft a Power Fx formula from "show only tickets due this week"

Explain what `Filter(Tasks, Status = "Done")` does

Suggest a fix when the App Checker flags an error

Decide whether to back the app with SharePoint, Excel, or Dataverse

Define the scope of the app (which problems it should solve)

What can Copilot actually do?

Introduction to Power Apps

Hands-on interactive exercise