Microsoft SharePoint, Power Automate, Power Apps & Power BI — Lesson 1: SharePoint Data Foundations and Collaborative Information Design

Topics Covered

• Design SharePoint sites, lists, libraries, columns, views, and collaboration structures
• Model business data in SharePoint with appropriate field types and relationships
• Create Power Automate cloud flows with triggers, actions, conditions, approvals, and notifications
• Course objectives, terminology, environment, roles, and realistic use cases
• Prerequisites, dependencies, assumptions, and expected business outcomes
• Baseline setup, safe working practices, and initial validation evidence

Guided Practice Steps

1. Translate the lesson requirement into a clear Microsoft SharePoint, Power Automate, Power Apps & Power BI implementation or analysis objective.
2. Document assumptions, selected tools or features, dependencies, risks, and expected results.
3. Perform the guided task, capture evidence, and compare the result with the acceptance criteria.
4. Record issues, corrective actions, and a reusable operational or development note.

Practical Activity

Design a SharePoint list-and-library solution for a controlled business request process.

• Define the scenario, inputs, constraints, and expected outcome.
• Complete the activity and preserve screenshots, outputs, logs, code, or decision evidence.
• Review the result, identify gaps, and document corrective or improvement actions.

Validation Checklist

• The stated requirement and expected outcome are clear.
• Configuration, code, data, or design decisions are documented.
• Normal, boundary, failure, security, and operational considerations are reviewed.
• Evidence supports the conclusion and the next action is prioritized.

Lesson Outcome

Learners can explain and apply SharePoint Data Foundations and Collaborative Information Design within a realistic Microsoft SharePoint, Power Automate, Power Apps & Power BI scenario and support the result with validation evidence.