Create a canvas app in Power Apps

Power Apps lets you build three types of apps: canvas apps, model-driven apps, and Power Pages sites. This module focuses on canvas apps — the flexible, screen-based apps you design pixel-by-pixel and connect to virtually any data source. You'll explore the canvas app maker portal, learn how app controls and data sources work together, and build your first canvas app from an Excel spreadsheet.

A working app is just the starting point. In this module, you shape how your canvas app looks, how it behaves, and how it scales—customizing gallery layouts, writing Power Fx formulas, building screen navigation, adding AI capabilities, and creating reusable components that work across your entire solution.

In this module, learners will learn how to build UI for their app including theming, icons, images, personalization, form factors, and controls. In their learning path, thus far, learners have used basic controls with little to no customization. This unit shows how to make an app more personal and help it fit branding or personal requirements.

This module takes learners beyond basic navigation by introducing screen transitions and using controls other than buttons for navigation. It also introduces the concept of the documentation screen.

Manage app versions, app sharing, and environments in Power Apps.

Microsoft Power Apps is a powerful platform for building applications that can run on a user's desktop or mobile device. Depending on the requirements of the application, the canvas app from Power Apps might be used on mobile devices exclusively. In those instances, the canvas app must be mobile-optimized to provide the best user experience possible, which you can achieve through various design factors that will be covered in this module.