To get the most out of this book

To get the most out of this book, you will need access to the Microsoft developer environment. This is an environment that will allow you to use a free trial of the Power Platform, Outlook, Office, and other Microsoft services.

The second thing you will need is a Business Central environment. Microsoft enables you to set up a free trial for that as well. We have provided URLs for logging in to the various environments after you have created them. We will assume that you have a basic working knowledge of Business Central for this book and that you do not have a basic working knowledge of the Power Platform.

Software required	Links
Microsoft developer environment sign-up	https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/dev-program
Business Central free trial	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/trial-signup
Power Platform login	https://admin.powerplatform.microsoft.com/
Power Automate login	https://powerautomate.microsoft.com
Power BI login	https://powerbi.microsoft.com
Power App login	https://powerapps.microsoft.com
Business Central	https://businesscentral.dynamics.com/

We will cover signing up for a free trial of the developer environment and Business Central in the first chapter of the book.

If you are using the digital version of this book, we advise you to type the code yourself or access the code from the book’s GitHub repository (a link is available in the next section). Doing so will help you avoid any potential errors related to the copying and pasting of code.