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Module 0: Course introduction

Practice Lab – Validate lab environment

Scenario

In this Module 0 lab, you will acquire a Power Platform trial tenant and access the Power Platform admin center. In the admin center, we will create an individual environment for configuration during the course.

Exercise 1 – Acquire your Power Platform trial tenant

  1. Copy your Microsoft 365 credentials from the Authorized Lab Hoster.
  2. Navigate to Power Apps and click Start free.
  3. Under Work email, enter the email address from your Microsoft 365 credentials and click Next.
  4. You will see a prompt that you have an existing account with Microsoft. Select Sign in.
  5. Enter the password provided by the Authorized Lab Hoster.
  6. Select Yes to stay signed in.
  7. Enter your country or region and Phone Number. Select Get Started.
  8. Click Get Started again.

NOTE

If you encounter an error: “Sorry, there’s been a disconnect”, you can follow the steps below. If not, you can continue to Exercise 2.

  1. Navigate to Power Apps Maker Portal.
  2. Select the Gear Icon (Settings) from top-right corner on the header of the page.
  3. Select Plan(s) and verify if you have Power Apps Per User Plan Trial.
  4. If you have the above mentioned license, please proceed to Exercise 2 otherwise repeat Exercise 1.

Exercise 2 - Create your environment

In this exercise, you will create a Practice environment that you will use to do the majority of the lab work in this training.

Task 1 – Create environment

  1. Navigate to Power Platform admin center and log in with your Microsoft 365 credentials if prompted again.

  2. Select Environments and click + New.

    • For Name, enter [my initials] Practice. (Example: AJ Practice.)

    • For Type, select Trial.

    • Change the toggle on Create a database for this environment? to Yes.

    • Leave all other selections as default and click Next.

    • On the next tab, leave all selections to default and click Save.

  3. Your Practice environment should now show in the list of Environments.

  4. Your environment may take a few minutes to provision. Refresh the page if needed. When your environment is prepared, select your Practice environment by clicking on the ellipses next to its name to expand the drop down menu and select Settings.

  5. Explore the different areas in Settings that you are interested in but do not make any changes.