Work with Power Apps portals

Power Pages makers spend most their time building sites in Power Pages design studio. It's important that makers have a full understanding of the capabilities and also the limitations of the design studio. This module will focus on understanding and using the design studio to create and customize sites. Power Pages design studio allows makers to add and configure pages, layout components, static content, custom CSS files, lists, and forms connected to Dataverse.

Makers are required to understand the various Power Apps portals metadata components so they can configure the portals app for a variety of unique requirements. This module uses the Portal Management app to configure various portals features by editing the portals metadata.

The ability to find and interact with Dataverse data on a website is one of the core benefits of implementing a Power Apps portal. Several methods are available for you to display Dataverse data. Learning and knowing about these different options will help you have successful portal implementations. This module will focus on the techniques that you can use to configure lists, basic forms, and advanced forms to build powerful web applications.

Liquid is an open-source template language that is integrated natively into Microsoft Power Apps portals. It acts as a bridge between Dataverse and the HTML or text output that is sent to the browser. Liquid can be used to add dynamic content to pages and to create a variety of custom templates. Additionally, Liquid provides access only to the data and operations that are explicitly allowed by the portals.

The concept of exposing Dataverse on a public webpage is appealing for addressing numerous business requirements. However, careful consideration is necessary to avoid exposing private or sensitive data. This module will focus on helping you understand and configure portal security to protect static and dynamic content and limit visibility to specific audiences.

A portal maker should consider specific details when designing and building portals. Implementing a portal solution requires knowledge of the specific business requirements and needs of the customer. Along with being simplistic and well-designed, a successful portal should provide functionality in consideration of geographical location, language, and accessibility needs. Additionally, portal makers should ensure that portal metadata is backed up to source control and deployed to test and production environments in a consistent and structured way.