Summary

This chapter covered the rise of the LCNC development approach and how it has gained traction in recent years. We hope this chapter helped you understand why it is important to be aware of this development approach, what its benefits are, and how it is different from the classic software development approach.

We briefly explained the key family members of the Power Platform and focused on how to open your trial account. This should help you understand how to start using the platform, as the following chapters will focus on a hands-on activity, and it’s important to have a test environment prepared to follow along.

Next, we covered the tools to administer the Power Platform, from the admin center to different CLI tools, with PAC CLI being the preferred one, and various connectors that can help automate management tasks. No matter whether you are an IT administrator, DevOps engineer, or professional developer, there is a good chance that you will use one or more...