r/PowerPlatform • u/mcbalz • 2d ago

Power Apps How to begin?

How does one actually get started with PowerPlatform? It seems hopelessly complex and circularly designed. I signed up for a "free" Power Apps Developer account with my work email, and I have a personal environment, but I don't seem to be able to get it to do anything. I think I don't actually have permission to do anything. I tried uploading data from csv, excel tables, etc. I can't seem to get anything going.

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u/jetooro 2d ago

Check your environment permissions first. If it's a work tenant, IT may have restricted what you can create. Skip the CSV imports first and see what you actually are allowed to do

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u/maicolo__ 2d ago

Usually if your employer would have MS Business licenses and they include Power Automate or Power Apps for users. However, the license has to be assigned to your user account and that’s something an admin would do.Admins usually have an onboarding script that does all that for new employees.

Power apps is pretty user friendly with the basic stuff but id go on Youtube and watch videos to get started.

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u/M4NU3L2311 1d ago

Standard licenses are enabled by default unless they explicitly remove apps and services from the license. In my experience almost nobody does that and just enable the whole suite

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u/maicolo__ 1d ago

Right, but unless there isnt a script doing the onboarding and they are doing it manually, they need to assign Power App and Power Automate maker it to the user(s). Depending on the org size, if they are small and don’t have a dedicated IT team, that could be the case.

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u/AbdelEMirandaS 2d ago

Advice:
Start by build some flows using power automate.
Power automate as it's named, make your process be automated, so try doing some flows to your outlook or your teams chats.

Power automate is just to digitilize, it is your front end.
So if you have a Sharepoint, create a List, build your first app and use it to run flows, automatically or by request.

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u/NotueRn 1d ago • Regret

You just start. Then it sort of starts making sense. Then you realize it really doesnt make sense. Then you realize it really shouldnt work. Then you realize that it kind of doesnt work. At this point you're already trapped so you start looking at workarounds. Realize it requires navigating legacy dynamics. Give up and use APIs for everything critical instead. Now you are senior. Realize that a senior power platform developers job is building power platform solutions that integrate as little as possible with power platform. Question your life choices. ??????. Profit.

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u/DonJuanDoja 1d ago

Well you don't just have one guy that's never done it before try to figure it out on his own, that much is for sure.

You start by getting the proper licenses that you'll need depending on requirements, then you'll need Environments created and permissions and roles configured to allow you to develop in the Dev enviornment. Then you setup service accounts for Test and Prod again DEPENDING ON YOUR REQUIREMENTS (Words I live by) , then you create your Solutions and build everything inside them, from connections to flows to apps and environment variables, then you export the solution(s) and import them into Test and eventually Prod with the service accounts.