Core Power Platform Specialist with Business Central
The Core Power Platform Specialist booster is a comprehensive, self-paced programme for Business Central professionals who want to build practical solutions using Microsoft Power Platform. Built around a realistic case story with Solutize and Botelo, this on-demand course covers the full Power Platform stack in the context of Dynamics 365 Business Central: Dataverse data modelling, canvas and model-driven apps, Power Automate flows and BC integration, Power Pages, Copilot Studio, and Power BI reporting embedded in Power Apps.
Every module is grounded in practical assignments with full solutions, and real-time support from a team of instructors is available throughout your learning journey. Whether you are a BC consultant looking to extend your practice into Power Platform, or a Power Platform professional wanting to connect your skills to Business Central, this booster gives you the end-to-end knowledge to deliver complete, integrated solutions.
1. Getting Started
- About the platform and this course
- Technical requirements
- Case story: Solutize and Botelo
- Setting up a Business Central environment
- Setting up a Power Platform developer environment
2. Model Driven Power Apps
3. Automate processes with Power Automate
4. Power Automate and Business Central
5. Power Pages
6. Copilot Studio
7. Power BI
8. Closing
9. Power Platform Fundamentals
- What is Power Platform?
- Power Platform components overview
- Environments, tenants and data storage
- Licensing basics
- Governance
10. Microsoft Dataverse
- What is Dataverse and do you need it?
- Tables, columns and relationships
- Creating and managing tables
- Calculated fields
- Business rules
- Importing and exporting data
11. Connecting Business Central to Dataverse
- Integration options: Power Automate, OData and virtual entities
- Data synchronisation patterns
- Importing Business Central data into Dataverse
12. Canvas Apps
- Canvas vs model-driven apps: when to choose which
- Building blocks of canvas apps
- Creating canvas apps from blank and from data
- Customising galleries, screens and buttons
- Publishing, versioning and sharing apps
13. Model-Driven Apps
- Model-driven app components and unified interface
- App designer and app validation
- Working with solutions
- Business process flows
14. Power Automate
- Cloud and desktop flows, triggers and actions
- Approvals and button flows
- Sharing and managing flows
- Business Central actions and triggers in Power Automate
- Embedded approvals and PDF export
- Business events for Business Central
- Flow monitoring, troubleshooting and administration
- Process mining in Power Automate
15. Power Pages
- What are Power Pages and licensing
- Core components and architecture
- Power Pages Studio
- Deployment lifecycle and process
16. Copilot Studio
- What is Copilot Studio?
- Copilot for Power Apps and Power Automate
- Extending Copilot with Copilot Studio
17. Power BI for Power Platform
- Building blocks of Power BI
- BC APIs and the semantic model
- Connecting to Dataverse with Power BI
- Date dimensions and data transformation
- Building and publishing a Power BI report
- Embedding Power BI reports in Power Apps
18. Assessment and Certification
- Core Power Platform Specialist exam
- Certificate and badge
This course is part of the following learning journeys:
- Business Central Consultant Learning Journey
- Business Central Developer Learning Journey
- Power Platform Learning Journey
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Who is this course for?
Business Central consultants, functional professionals, and Power Platform makers who want to build integrated solutions combining Dynamics 365 Business Central with Power Platform components. Familiarity with Business Central is assumed; prior Power Platform experience is helpful but not required.
What will you learn?
- How to design and build a Dataverse data model including tables, columns, relationships, calculated fields, and business rules.
- How to connect Dynamics 365 Business Central to Dataverse using Power Automate, OData, and virtual entities.
- How to build both canvas apps and model-driven apps in Power Apps, and how to choose the right app type for each scenario.
- How to automate business processes with Power Automate, including cloud flows, approvals, BC triggers and actions, and business events.
- How to create and deploy Power Pages as customer-facing web portals connected to Business Central data.
- How to build Power BI reports using BC APIs, connect to Dataverse, and embed reports directly in Power Apps.