The following training program can be delivered remotely and/or on-site with your team.

The goal of the program is for your team to have a fundamental understanding of Application Lifecycle Management concepts as they apply to the PowerApps ecosystem. Our training is broken down into theory/presentation and hands-on implementation with labs that can be tailored to your environment.

Duration: 3 Days

Target Audience

• Solution Architects
• Senior Power Platform Developers
• DevOps Engineers supporting Power Platform projects
• Enterprise Architects designing low-code strategies

Prerequisites

• Solid Power Apps & Dataverse experience
• Basic understanding of Azure DevOps or GitHub
• Familiarity with enterprise solution delivery

Day 1 – Advanced Power Apps Architecture & Design

• Enterprise Power Platform Strategy
  • Role of Power Apps in digital transformation
  • Canvas Apps vs Model-Driven Apps vs Portals
  • Fusion development (citizen dev + pro dev)
• Solution Architecture Best Practices
  • Environment strategy (Dev, Test, Prod, Sandbox)
  • Dataverse design patterns (tables, relationships, polymorphic lookups)
  • Security model (teams, business units, AAD groups, security roles)
• Solution Design Patterns
  • Solution Architecture Design Patterns
  • Understanding the role of the Publisher, Environment variables, and deployments.
  • Understanding Solution Layering
• ALM Core Concepts
  • Solutions vs unmanaged customizations
  • Managed vs unmanaged solutions
  • Patching & cloning strategies
• Learning Plans
  • What are they and how do they work?
  • Implementing Prompt Columns in your design.

Hands-on Labs

• Working with different solution Design Patterns.

Day 2 – ALM Foundations & Advanced Automation

• Source Control Integration
  • Git/Azure DevOps repo structure for Power Platform
  • VS Code integration with Power Platform
  • Versioning and branching strategies
  • Unpacking/packing solutions with Power Platform CLI
• CI/CD for Power Apps
  • Pipelines in Azure DevOps & GitHub Actions
  • Service principals, connection references, and environment variables
  • Automated solution import/export
  • Power Fx, YAML, and automation scripting

Hands-on Labs

• Extract a solution into source control with Power Platform CLI
• Set up a basic CI/CD pipeline with automated build & deployment
• Implement environment variables and connection references

Day 3 – Enterprise ALM & Governance

• Enterprise ALM Practices
  • Branching strategies for large teams (feature, release, hotfix)
  • Multi-developer scenarios and conflict resolution
  • Handling Dataverse schema changes safely
  • Deployment gates, approvals, and rollback strategies
• Governance & Center of Excellence
  • Solution Checker, Dependencies, and Environment Notifications
  • Solution governance (naming conventions, versioning policies)
  • Monitoring & auditing with Application Insights and Power Platform Admin Center
• Extensibility & Advanced Integration
  • Using APIs, custom connectors, and Azure Functions
  • Advanced DevOps integration (e.g., work item tracking in Azure Boards)
  • Coexistence with Dynamics 365 and other enterprise apps

Hands-on Labs

• Create an advanced multi-stage release pipeline with approvals
• Simulate a real-world team scenario: branch, develop, merge, deploy

Wrap-up & Q&A: Patterns, Pitfalls, and Roadmap

📢 Ready to take your skills to the next level?
📩 Contact us at training@betarover.com to book a team session and/or to ask about our next individual cohort session.