Power Apps: Tutorial for Beginners (Build your first Canvas App)

This is a step-by -step Power Apps tutorial for beginners, taking you through the whole process of creating your first app. No background in coding or app making is required to get started with this low-code app building. This tutorial makes the technology simple and clear to understand. It is full of tips and advice throughout that you'll need to know to start making great apps.
You will learn how to create your first app in under 5 minutes, with just 3 clicks (connected to your own data source such as SharePoint, Microsoft Dataverse or Dynamics 365).
From there you will learn all the core components and concepts involved in building a canvas app - navigating the canvas, adding screens, labels, buttons, inputs, galleries, forms, media and more.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Power Apps Tutorial for Beginners
00:35 - How to log in or Sign Up
01:17 - Build your first app in 3 clicks, in under 5 minutes
02:55 - Core concepts - the canvas, components, controls, properties and formulas
09:52 - Power Apps controls - buttons, labels, inputs, galleries, forms, media, icons.
13:36 - Preview your app and return to editing
16:00 - Create an app from blank
18:12 - Save your app
18:40 - Add a gallery, select and connect your data source
21:03 - Construct formulas using inbuilt help, and create a sort formula
22:36 - Rename your components and controls
24:06 - Create a new screen from blank and reorder screens
24:32 - Add media and work with the image control
25:50 - Add a button and a navigate formula
26:53 - App Checker inbuilt help for errors and accessibility
28:08 - Buttons - disabled, hover and pressed colors
29:33 - Working with forms
31:08 - Connect a form to a selected item in a gallery
34:10 - Get subscribed

[@LisaCrosbie]

Connect with me: ☕ Buy me a coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/lisacrosbie 🦉 Learn more about AI: aka.ms/learnwithlisa 🖇 LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-crosbie/ 📼 TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@lisa.crosbie 🐦 X (Twitter): twitter.com/LisaCrosbie 📚Take my LinkedIn Learning Course: Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals (PL-900) Exam: Power Apps www.linkedin.com/learning/microsoft-power-platform-fundamentals-pl-900-cert-prep-power-apps/

[@virajmoghe2012]

I consider myself lucky that I came across this channel . The way you explain the subject matter is structured, easy and simple to understand. you cover complex bits as well in very small amount of time. Language is lucid. Keep up the good work. Channel deserves to have more subscribers. Thanks for all your efforts to educate us.

[@LisaCrosbie]

Thanks so much, I'm very glad you found me too, appreciate the support.

[@futilejester]

I'm doing the Power Up Program. It's SO long since we built apps and have done so much other stuff since then! This has been an absolute godsend in bringing it back to the front of my mind. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

[@loudaniel216]

Really structured, crisp and articulate. Thanks very much. I'm setting out on a large project leaving Access behind and it's great to find such helpful resources to get going

[@sankhachakraborty5801]

Couldn't think of a better place to get a holistic understanding of canvas app. Very informative, concise and crisp video with a great narrative. Thanks Lisa.

[@LisaCrosbie]

Awesome, thank you so much, really appreciate that.

[@Desbaros]

This was incredibly helpful! I have watched multiple videos and even attended a couple live training sessions, and this video was more helpful than all of them combined. Thank you very much for putting this together!

[@LisaCrosbie]

Oh, wow, thank you so much, so glad it helped.

[@MilhanIqbal]

By far your content is the best I have come across KZbin. You are very methodical and easy to grasp. Thanks a ton for the brilliant stuff you are doing.

[@LisaCrosbie]

Wow, thanks, I really appreciate that Milhan.

[@oisz]

Hi Lisa. Low code developer from the Netherlands here. You are my go to for Dynamics CE and Power Platform. I love your enthousiasm and you always bring all these cool features with a beatiful smile. You can see you are enjoying it as well. Thank you so much.

[@LisaCrosbie]

You've made my day, thank you so much. I do genuinely love what I do, I'm glad that shows 😊

[@hasanyassine4646]

This is literally the best beginner tutorial video I’ve seen on KZbin and ive been looking at videos all day! Thank you

[@LisaCrosbie]

Awesome, thank you, glad you found it. Plenty more beginner tutorials on my channel, enjoy!

[@olaopaolaleke4233]

I Love your Videos! I tend to learn so fast and develop on my own. Thank you very much!

[@xzx3]

You explain things so well Lisa. Thank you. Loving all your videos

[@LisaCrosbie]

Thank you so much!

[@TheAsterii]

Nicely done! Your Beginners Tutorial had just the right content at just the right pace.

[@LisaCrosbie]

Thanks so much Florian, that’s great feedback.

[@sevdamotalebi841]

Thanks a lot dear Lisa, you are amazing ❤️

[@poonamw26]

This was a lovely tutorial, in-depth knowledge for newbie. I've subscribed to channel & just binge watching all beginners tutorials. Thanks a ton :)

[@LisaCrosbie]

Wow, thank you so much, that's awesome!

[@asawmu]

Thanks for this tutorial, especially the way you go in detail for the different insert options, I was able to follow the video and create my first app :)

[@LisaCrosbie]

Oh, that is so wonderful to hear, thank you, and I hope there will be many more apps after that first one.

[@JoeG2324]

this is the best power app tutorial I have seen anywhere on youtube

[@LisaCrosbie]

Wow, thank you so much Joe, really appreciate that!

[@JoeG2324]

@@LisaCrosbie please make more of these if you can. we're going to use power apps at work soon and so far most of the tutorials i've seen online especially at microsoft's own site have been mediocre to very poor. This one is the clearest and best explained i've seen so far

[@LisaCrosbie]

@@JoeG2324 I certainly plan to do more, and thanks for the encouragement. Let me know if there are specific things you want to learn?

[@AllanLeonardJr]

Awesome, thanks Lisa, now I'm ready to jump in and start playing around!

[@LisaCrosbie]

Excellent, I love hearing that. Happy app making!

[@sofiakitsis9055]

Great tutorial for a beginner! Thank you!

[@manikandanj255]

Love the way you explained. Easy to follow from beg to end. Thanks a lot

[@LisaCrosbie]

Glad it was helpful, thank you so much.

[@LCDRmikecorrigan]

Great job! Easy to follow and kept my attention! Thank you!

[@LisaCrosbie]

Awesome, thank you, and thanks for watching.

[@mikesmith2315]

THESE VIDEOS TAKE ALOT OF THE PAIN OUT OF THIS MATERIAL BIG THANKS !!!!!!

[@griffinmaree6605]

Excellent tutorial!

[@mannymorales977]

Wonderful Tutorial, Lisa - thanks so much for sharing!

[@LisaCrosbie]

Awesome, glad it was helpful !

[@kebincui]

Excellent tutorial 👍❤

[@EnochDaniels]

Thank you I have learnt so much from this video... your awesome.

[@MariaJuarez-uv8iz]

Thanks Lisa! ☺️

[@KoldFiyure]

Thank you so much for this Sis. I needed this overview.

[@LisaCrosbie]

You are so welcome Luthasa

[@safkaify7875]

Well organized, well developed video, good presentation of the content, easy to follow and understand. I followed the video by creating my own demo similar to the one explained in the video. At the end I was able to create my own sample Power App.

[@LisaCrosbie]

Awesome, thank you so much, that's great to hear!

[@user-yk3pn7mt8q]

Thank you, Lisa!!

[@JeanetYoko-gq2ty]

Thanks 👍🙏🙏🙏

[@gmm5005]

Thank you! That was very helpful.

[@LisaCrosbie]

My pleasure, thanks for watching Greg

[@robertonavarro4704]

Thank you for creating this great tutorial.

[@LisaCrosbie]

Glad it was helpful!

[@user-nb7nb1hh1j]

That was cool 👍

[@clariceforrc3031]

You saved my life ❤

[@tpedelaborde]

You are an excellent teacher and i appreciate your content very much! Greetings from Argentina :)

[@LisaCrosbie]

Thanks! 😃

[@gajvarma8299]

Great tutorial, well done.

[@LisaCrosbie]

Appreciate that, thanks for watching

[@drummermike5150]

Excellent tutorial! Well worth the time, thank you!

[@LisaCrosbie]

Glad it was helpful, thank you so much.

[@drummermike5150]

@@LisaCrosbie Quick question. We already use a Low-Code platform that is built on top of a SQL Server database so our data-model already exists. Would you recommend building canvas apps on top of this already existing data model using the SQL Server connector or rebuild the model in Dataverse and use a model-driven approach? Let me also add that I am a SQL Developer with some front end web dev experience and our apps need to be mostly mobile. Thanks!

[@clipe84]

Really good content, especially when I already know the places used as examples like Melbourne and Fitzroy :)

[@LisaCrosbie]

Haha, you’d be one of the few I reckon. Have to throw in some of my hometown references, keep an eye out for more!. Thanks for watching.

[@jitendratrivedi7889]

Great Tutorial to learn for beginners..

[@LisaCrosbie]

Thanks so much Jitendra

[@joellele480]

Hi Lisa, love the way you explain things and take us through the different settings. Do you offer one-on-one tutorials/classes? There are a few projects I'd like to work on, on Power Apps. If yes, what is the best way to reach you? thanks

[@LisaCrosbie]

Thanks so much Joelle, I don't do one on one classes or tutorials but always happy to receive suggestions for video topics or tutorials you'd like to see.

[@vedantsharma3572]

Wowww mannnn!!!!!

[@avanirocks5146]

Hi lisa, I am new to power apps please guide me to save the edit form and navigate automatically to list ?

[@sedman5179]

One of the best intro’s I seen….

[@LisaCrosbie]

Thank you

[@madhabdas9260]

can run access 2007 files into power apps

[@ellisvillalovos7736]

Nice

[@madhurishirsat491]

Hi Lisa..Your videos are always helpful! Can you suggest, Is it okay to use power app for customizing SharePoint forms if I have just taken trial of power app for 1 month for form customization, later I wont be able to update any changes in that form if required, as trial version will end. We are not going to buy power app license .Also after using power app & going back to Default form it is also rolling back all the formatting done tooltip etc.

[@LisaCrosbie]

Once your trial ends you won't be able to continue using anything you built in the trial. However, you should be able to do what you describe with the Power Apps capability included in your Office 365 license.

[@madhurishirsat491]

​@@LisaCrosbie Thank you so much for your valuable feedback!

[@arseniysleptsov9217]

Hello, thanks for the tutorial. I have a small question: what will happen if I add in the EditScreen a new entry? - Will my data source have the added entry? (in the example the entries you show on the app screen were selected from the DB entries. I would like to add more entries for my DB. Is it possible to extend my DB entries by adding a new entry on the power app?)

[@LisaCrosbie]

Yes, the EditScreen in this sample app uses an Edit Form, which can be used both for editing or adding new entries to your data source. If you click on the + icon in the top right of the browse screen it will take you to that form to add a new entry. You should see the new entry in your DB when you submit that form.

[@arseniysleptsov9217]

@@LisaCrosbie Thank you for the response. I also came to the solution by editing a table in azure data studio (SQL Database) and it appeared in the Edit field on the right side of the screen/

[@georgiostheodorou9946]

Lisa I am trying to use the Site Inspection Canvas app but it seems that lots of people get errors with using the camera and I also seem to have issues with the images not being saved. Could you do a tutorial on this?

[@LisaCrosbie]

Hi Georgios, I haven't used that one before, but I will have a look. Is that the one in Teams (docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/teams/inspection), or a different one?

[@SmartLearningAI]

I understand that power apps remain in the environment of the organization that creates them (usually), but can you please explain a workable method for when you are an independent contractor/consultant who wants to build and test power platform solutions for clients in your own (development) environment and when ready for production, 'export/import' the solution to the client's organization, all understanding that the client will need the appropriate licences of course.

[@LisaCrosbie]

The simplest way is to export it as a zip file and then install that solution for the client you are working for. If you want to have it up for anyone to find and buy, the official channel is Microsoft App Source, but there are a lot of prerequisites to getting solutions up there.

[@angelomilansantos6342]

How can I edit the image from data source using EditScreen in app?

[@LisaCrosbie]

Hi Angelo, that's too much for me to try to answer here, I'd suggest putting that as a question into the Power Apps community forum here: powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Power-Apps-Community/ct-p/PowerApps1

[@santhoshkumardhanasekaran739]

Can we connect to our teams and use the data or chat ??

[@LisaCrosbie]

You can connect a Power App to Microsoft Teams, yes, there is a connector available - the documentation here lists the things that connector makes available - docs.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/teams/

[@bhagwatanu]

Hi Lisa. Do you provide training for absolute beginners? I have no experience in this at all and looking to start my career in Microsoft 365 Dynamics. How and where to start? Thanks

[@LisaCrosbie]

I’ve got a Dynamics 365 Sales tutorial coming up soon.

[@bhagwatanu]

@@LisaCrosbie Thank you for that. I will keep my ears and eyes open :-)

[@madmachanicest9955]

I just want to say as someone learning power apps for work and HTML 5 , Java and python as part of a robotics hubby. Learning to could in python is much easier.

[@LisaCrosbie]

Easy really depends a lot on your background and interests I find. Different for everyone.

[@madmachanicest9955]

@@LisaCrosbie ture I have co workers how find Excel hard to use but it different for everyone.

[@SmartLearningAI]

Btw, you missed showing +New Record button, but no big deal.

[@mukundsphotography7869]

can you make one for advanced?

[@LisaCrosbie]

Advanced gets into lots of different topics - is there a particular thing you're looking for, ore more generally to level up from after this?

[@mukundsphotography7869]

@@LisaCrosbie to level up. PL 900 completed, PL 200 is scheduled for 28th May :)

[@Cordycep1]

I dont understand why there is no web option. Just Phone and tablet.

[@juliettevenance6703]

hello ! I am currently in a hackathon challenge with my team. we do have many ideas for innovative solution but we really don't understand how it works ! would you like to help us ? many thanks !

[@LisaCrosbie]

Hi Juliette, hope the hackathon went well, it’s one of the best (also scariest but worth it) ways to learn!

[@tsehayzenebe6126]

/Tp

[@jaggyjut]

haha Excel + PowerPoint = PowerApp 👶

[@LisaCrosbie]

Sometimes the funniest explanations are the best!