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Power Platform & Low-Code Automation Bootcamp

Build business apps without code. Power Apps + Power Automate + AI Builder = automating the spreadsheets, approvals and tracking that eat your team's week.

Free after redundancy in Wales with Welsh Government ReAct+ funding

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5 daysAbout 40 hours, 9am to 5pm
BeginnerLevel
Maesteg or onlineLlynfi Enterprise Centre or live online
£0With ReAct+ funding

What you'll learn on the Power Platform course.

Every business has processes running on spreadsheets that should be apps. Approval chains stuck in email. Tracking done on paper. Power Platform lets you fix all of it without writing code.

In five days you'll build a custom business app, automate approval workflows, create a reporting dashboard, and integrate AI — ready to deploy in your workplace.

No coding experience needed. If you use Office 365, you already have the foundation.

40hIntensive training
5Hands-on labs
3Portfolio deliverables
1:6Tutor ratio max

Five days, one step at a time.

Mornings are taught sessions. Afternoons are hands-on labs where you build something real.

  1. Day 1

    Power Apps Fundamentals

    Your first business app — built from scratch, connected to real data, working on desktop and mobile.

    • Power Apps canvas vs model-driven
    • Building your first app
    • Data sources (SharePoint, Excel, Dataverse)
    • Screens, galleries & forms
    • Input controls & validation
    • Mobile-responsive layouts

    LabBuild a staff directory app connected to SharePoint

  2. Day 2

    Power Automate Workflows

    Automate the repetitive tasks that waste hours every week — approvals, notifications, data movement, file management.

    • Flow types & triggers
    • Approval workflows
    • Email notifications
    • Scheduled automations
    • Conditional logic & branching
    • Error handling

    LabBuild a three-stage approval workflow with email notifications

  3. Day 3

    Power BI Integration

    Connect your apps and automations to visual dashboards — the management view of everything your systems do.

    • Power BI basics recap
    • Connecting Power BI to Power Apps data
    • Real-time dashboards
    • KPI cards & visualisations
    • Sharing & embedding reports
    • Row-level security

    LabCreate a live dashboard for your Power Apps data

  4. Day 4

    AI Builder & Advanced Features

    Add AI to your apps — document processing, prediction, object detection — without any machine learning knowledge.

    • AI Builder overview
    • Document processing models
    • Prediction models
    • Text classification
    • AI Builder in Power Automate
    • Custom connectors

    LabBuild an AI-powered document processing workflow

  5. Day 5

    Governance, Deployment & Showcase

    Production-ready. Environment management, security, ALM, and presenting your solution to stakeholders.

    • Environment management
    • Data loss prevention policies
    • Solution packaging
    • ALM & version control
    • User training & adoption
    • Stakeholder presentations

    CapstonePresent your complete Power Platform solution

Power Apps business app built on the free Power Platform and Low-Code Automation course

Three real projects for your CV.

You leave with work you can show an employer, not just a certificate.

  • Automated Approval System

    A working multi-stage approval workflow with notifications, logging, and dashboard tracking — ready for production.

  • Custom Business App

    A mobile-responsive Power App connected to real data — the specific business tool your organisation needs.

  • Reporting Dashboard

    A Power BI dashboard connected to your app data, providing real-time visibility to management.

Is this course right for you?

Best for: Non-technical staff, operations teams, SMEs.

This is for you if…

  • Non-technical staff who want to build tools for their team
  • Operations and admin people drowning in spreadsheets
  • SME owners who need custom apps without developer costs
  • You use Microsoft 365 and want more from it
  • You want to automate repetitive business processes

It's probably not for you if…

  • You want to learn traditional coding (try our React course)
  • You already build Power Apps professionally
  • You need SAP or Oracle-level enterprise automation
  • You don't use Microsoft 365 in your workplace

Your next chapter starts a week on Monday.

Five days is all it takes. Check you qualify, then reserve your place on the next Power Platform course.

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