Power Platform ALL SOLUTION LATEST EDITION 2023/24 LATEST GUARANTEED GRADE A+

What is Common Data Service? Common Data Service is a scalable data service and app platform which lets users securely store and manage data from multiple sources and integrate that data in business applications using a common data model to ensure ease and consistency to users. Common Data Service is the common currency that enables the components of Power Platform to work together. It's the foundation that enables the consolidation, display, and manipulation of data. Are connectors free? It is important to note that premium connectors require a paid plan for use. How many connectors does Power Platform have? 275 and you can build custom connectors to How is Power Platform is made powerful? by its ability to leverage data across many platforms. What are Power Virtual Agents? Power Virtual Agents is part of Power Platform, therefore integration into existing systems is streamlined with out-of-the-box integration with Power Automate and its ecosystems of hundreds of connectors. Users can enable bots to perform an action by simply calling a Power Automate flow. Flows help users automate activities or call back end systems. Users can utilize existing flows that have been created in their Power Apps environment or they can create a flow within Power Virtual Agents authoring canv What is AI builder? AI Builder lets users and developers add AI capabilities to the workflows and PowerApps they create and use. AI Builder is a turnkey solution that allows you to easily add intelligence to your workflows and apps and predict outcomes to help improve business performance without writing code. What are Power Virtual Agents Power Virtual Agents enables anyone to create powerful chatbots using a guided, no-code graphical interface, without the need for data scientists or developers. What is Power BI? Power BI (Business Intelligence) is a business analytics service that delivers insights for analyzing data. It can share those insights through data visualizations which make up reports and dashboards to enable fast, informed decisions. Power BI scales across an organization, and it has built-in governance and security allowing businesses to focus on using data more than managing it. You can consider Power BI as the analysis and insights leg of the Power Platform. It takes business data and allows you to display it in ways that makes the most sense to users. A Power BI dashboard could potentially replace a standing meeting to report out on company metrics such as sales data, progress against goals, or employee performance. What is Power Automate? Power Automate lets users create automated workflows between applications and services. It helps automate repetitive business processes such as communication, data collections, and decision approvals. What is Power Apps? A rapid low code development environment for building custom apps for business needs. It has services, connectors, and a scalable data service and app platform (Common Data Service) to allow simple integration and interaction with existing data. Power Apps enables the creation of web and mobile applications that run on all devices. What are the key product for Power Platform? Power Platform is comprised of four key products: Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power BI and Power Virtual Agents. What are connectors? Connectors enable you to connect apps, data, and devices in the cloud. Consider connectors the bridge across which information and commands travel. T Examples of popular connectors include Salesforce, Office 365, Twitter, Dropbox, Google services, and more. What is an API? API stands for Application Programming Interface and holds a series of functions available for developers. Can anyone use premium connectors? Premium connectors require a paid plan for use. Name the two most common used data sources Tabular data and function based data What is Tabular data? A tabular data source is one that returns data in a structured table format. What is function based data? A function-based data source is one that uses functions to interact with the data source Name some popular standard connectors? popular standard connectors are SharePoint, Outlook, and YouTube. Name a few popular premium connectors? Premium connectors require additional licensing for your app and/or users. A few premium connectors are SQL Server, Survey Monkey, and Mail Chimp. How many connectors are available for Power Platform? There are more than 275 connectors for the Power Platform, enabling all of your data and actions to connect cohesively. Once you have established a data source and configured your connector, there are two types of operations you can use. Which are these? triggers or actions. What are triggers? Triggers are only used in Power Automate and prompt a flow to begin. What are actions? Actions are used in Power Automate and Power Apps. Actions are prompted by the user or a trigger and allow interaction with your data source by some function. For example, an action would be sending an email in your workflow or app or writing a new line to a data source. What to do when there isn't a connector already built for your data source? You have the option to build a custom connector. You can create custom connectors using 3 different approaches. What are these? - Using a blank custom connector - From an Open API definition - From a Postman collection Power Platform is a system that enables users to do three key actions on data that help them drive business. What are these? gain insights from data (Analyze), drive intelligent business processes via apps they build (Act), and automate business processes (Automate). Can Power BI include data from both internal and external sources? Yes, Power BI helps you analyze and visualize data on a unified platform with data from internal and external sources. Does Power Apps work on all devices? Yes, Power Apps helps you build and deploy customized apps that work across web and mobile, embedded or standalone, on any device. Which three types of apps can Power Apps create? Canvas, model-driven, and portals What is an canvas app? Canvas apps are a great option when you want to build an app from a blank canvas. Canvas apps provide you complete flexibility when building your apps. What is a Model-driven app? Model-driven apps build from data in the Common Data Service. What are portals? Portals bring the power of no-code solutions to building externally facing websites. Do you need to know code to unlock the power of Azure Machine Learning and Cognitive services? No What is Power Apps Studio? Power Apps Studio is the name of the web interface you use to build your app. With Power Apps, there is no client to download or install for building apps. Everything is done from the browser by logging into https://make.PowerA. What is App Format? The first step in creating your app is to choose the format of your app: Mobile or Tablet. Can you later on change the App Format? No, Once you choose the format for an app, you cannot change it. What are Galleries? The Gallery control is used to display records from a table of data. The display of a record is then defined by a template, which you can customize to meet your needs. What are forms? Forms are focused on working with a specific record, often based on a selection from a gallery. What are input controls? Power Apps also provides a rich set of controls for more advanced operations. There are hardware-based controls and also service backed controls. What are functions? Functions are the glue that binds all these controls, inputs, and data sources together. You can use one or more functions to create formulas in your apps. These formulas are similar to the language you use in Excel Where can you work on the Powerapps? What is a control? A control is a UI element that produces an action or shows information. When do you need to use excel formulas? When must express logic in an app and control its navigation, filtering, sorting, and other functionality. Do users and/or contributors need permissions? Users and contributors need permissions to any data connections and gateways that a shared app uses. Do all permissions come with the app? Some permissions come implicitly with the app, but you must explicitly grant others. If you create an app based on Common Data Service, you must also ensure that the users with whom you share the app have the appropriate permissions for the entity or entities on which the app relies. What is the role they need to perform tasks? those users must belong to a security role that can perform tasks such as creating, reading, writing, and deleting relevant records. Can you assign security roles with permissions? one or more custom security roles with the exact permissions that users need to run the app. You can then assign a role to each user as appropriate. What are galleries used for? Galleries are used to display tables of data from your data source. They are highly customizable, so you can show whatever information about a particular record that is necessary. You could then use a Form to edit individual records, if desired. What are forms used for? Forms are used to display and edit specific items, not display multiple rows of data. What are input controls used for? Input controls allow the user to type text, press a button, or perform other functions; they are not used to display table data, which is what you would need to show these SharePoint records. What are environments in common data service? Environments are used to store, manage, and share your organization's business data, apps, and flows in the Power Platform. What are entities in common data service? An entity is a logical set of records that is used to store data. What are fields in common data service? Fields are a way to store a discrete piece of information within a record in an entity. What are relationships are in common data service? What is the difference between Common Data Service and Common Data Model? What is the common data service? The Common Data Service is a cloud-based solution that easily structures a variety of data and business logic to support interconnected applications and processes in a secure and compliant manner. How is Common Data Service deployed? The managed and maintained by Microsoft, Common Data Service is available globally but deployed geographically to comply with your potential data residency. continued..