Confused about how to start with PowerApps Canvas Apps or what to learn first? You're not alone—and you're in the right place.
In this blog, I’ve put together a complete, structured roadmap that walks you through everything you need to learn to master PowerApps Canvas Apps—from understanding the basics to building fully functional business applications. Whether you’re a beginner or someone looking to sharpen your skills, this step-by-step guide will help you stay on track.
Follow these topics one by one, and within just one month, you’ll have the confidence and skills to build powerful, real-world apps with ease.
Let’s get started!
Don't start from Random Topics
Many learners begin their PowerApps journey by jumping into random topics like galleries or forms. While this might help you solve specific requirements in the short term, it often leads to a lack of understanding of the core concepts.
To truly master PowerApps, it’s important to learn in a structured and systematic way. Build a strong foundation first—everything else will make much more sense.
Complete Roadmap to Master Canvas App
Fundamental Topics:
- PowerApps Basic and Its Type
- Environment and Solutions for ALM and Project management
- How to create, publish and share Canvas App
- Adding data source to canvas app
- Must to know: Controls and there properties, Adding Connectors, Adding New Screens, Changing Theme, writing Power Fx, and Basic Settings
- Variables and their Types
- Collection Data source – CURD operations
- Basic understand of UI/ UX and Layout Controls – Container
- Practice at least 5 to 10 sample form UI and try to use Horizontal and Vertical containers
- Gallery control and Types of gallery and understand where to use which gallery
- Form Control – How to create new record and how to update existing records
- Important Canvas App Functions – Text, Math, Date and Time, Logical Function, Data source Function, etc etc.
- Trigger mails from Canvas App using Office 365 Outlook Connector
- Fetch complete details of logged in user using Office 365 Users conenctor
Advance Topics:
- Design a Fully Responsive Custom Form and save its data to External datasource, also fetch the data from data source and update it – Using Patch Function
- Print complete Form (Power Automate Flow is needed for this)
- Error Handling and validation of Custom Form Fields
- Delegation and understand the behavior of Search, Filter, Sort and other queries when working with different kind of data source like SharePoint and Dataverse.
- Pagination
- Deep Linking
- Security – SharePoint and Dataverse and Canvas App
- Charts and Dashboard
- Components – Create Loading screen, PopUps and Side Nav bar for practice
- Custom or User Defined Functions
- Co Authoring
- Custom Connectors
- Integrate Power Automate flow to send mails or Approvals in Canvas App
- Integrate your Canvas App APp to Teams and SharePoint Pages
- Advance Full responsive and Adaptive UI Design
What are the Sources from where we can start learning?
- Microsoft Documentation
- From YouTube – Some of best channels I am mentioning below
- https://www.youtube.com/@RezaDorrani
- https://www.youtube.com/@ShanesCows
- https://www.youtube.com/@toluvictor
- https://www.youtube.com/@lastminutecoders (My Personal Channel)
- https://www.youtube.com/@matthewdevaney3912
- Udemy
I will be providing a complete course on the all the above topic mentioned in the structured way.
Is the Course available now? No, its a work in progress
Can we get personal training from you? Yes, you can contact me using below contact form and I will reply to you and assist you in best way possible,
