Power Apps from Basic to Advanced — Lesson 2: Advanced Canvas and Model-Driven Development

Lesson Overview

This lesson develops practical understanding of Advanced Canvas and Model-Driven Development within the Power Apps from Basic to Advanced learning path.

Learners connect the key concepts to a realistic comprehensive Microsoft Power Apps solution development scenario and document the decisions, evidence, risks, and improvement opportunities identified during the activity.

Learning Objectives

• Explain the purpose and role of advanced canvas and model-driven development.
• Apply the lesson concepts to a practical comprehensive Microsoft Power Apps solution development requirement.
• Recognize security, governance, operational, and quality considerations.
• Validate the result and recommend appropriate next steps.

Topics Covered

• components and reusable patterns
• Dataverse
• business logic
• forms, views, and navigation

Hands-On Activity

1. Review the scenario, stakeholders, current process, requirements, and expected outcome.
2. Prepare the required Microsoft environment, design, query, report, script, or configuration.
3. Complete the guided implementation and record important decisions and dependencies.
4. Test the outcome using functional, security, data-quality, and operational checks.
5. Document issues, corrective actions, evidence, and an improvement recommendation.

Validation Checklist

• The solution or analysis matches the documented requirement.
• Configuration, calculations, queries, scripts, or workflows produce the expected result.
• Security, access, governance, data quality, and operational impacts are reviewed.
• Errors and limitations are documented with clear corrective actions.
• The final output includes reusable notes and practical next steps.

Lesson Outcome

After completing this lesson, learners can explain, apply, and validate advanced canvas and model-driven development in a realistic workplace scenario.