Uploaded November 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
The Canvas App in Power Apps allows you to create a rich, pixel-perfect app, with a lot of control over the user interface and experience. It’s also easy to hook this up to various data sources, including Dataverse.
In this hands-on tutorial, I’ll show you how to set up a new environment and solution, and then create a simple Canvas App from scratch that displays Contacts in a gallery view.
If you want to learn more about Power Apps Canvas Apps, I’ve partnered with the good folks at Pluralsight to do a 3-hour course. During the course, we’ll build an app from scratch, leveraging data from Dataverse. Check it out! pluralsight.pxf.io/LP12Jo
00:00 – Video intro
00:09 – Two types of Power Apps (model-driven and canvas)
00:36 – Creating a new environment with sample data enabled
01:26 – Working in the Maker Portal (make.powerapps.com)
01:40 – Creating a solution to hold the canvas app and customizations
02:32 – Adding a new canvas app to a solution
03:04 – Connecting the canvas app to Dataverse data
03:39 – Inserting and customizing a gallery for Contacts
06:07 – Saving and sharing a canvas app
06:38 – Viewing or playing a canvas app
If you want to set up a free 30-day trial of Power Apps, check out another one of my videos: youtu.be/9attR2JnQnU.
If you’re interested in learning more, I’ve partnered with Pluralsight to build out a full 2-hour course about how to get started with model-driven apps in Power Apps: app.pluralsight.com/library/courses/model-driven-apps-power-apps-getting-started/table-of-contents
The Canvas App in Power Apps allows you to create a rich, pixel-perfect app, with a lot of control over the user interface and experience. It’s also easy to hook this up to various data sources, including Dataverse.
In this hands-on tutorial, I’ll show you how to set up a new environment and solution, and then create a simple Canvas App from scratch that displays Contacts in a gallery view.
If you want to learn more about Power Apps Canvas Apps, I’ve partnered with the good folks at Pluralsight to do a 3-hour course. During the course, we’ll build an app from scratch, leveraging data from Dataverse. Check it out! pluralsight.pxf.io/LP12Jo
00:00 – Video intro
00:09 – Two types of Power Apps (model-driven and canvas)
00:36 – Creating a new environment with sample data enabled
01:26 – Working in the Maker Portal (make.powerapps.com)
01:40 – Creating a solution to hold the canvas app and customizations
02:32 – Adding a new canvas app to a solution
03:04 – Connecting the canvas app to Dataverse data
03:39 – Inserting and customizing a gallery for Contacts
06:07 – Saving and sharing a canvas app
06:38 – Viewing or playing a canvas app
If you want to set up a free 30-day trial of Power Apps, check out another one of my videos: youtu.be/9attR2JnQnU.
If you’re interested in learning more, I’ve partnered with Pluralsight to build out a full 2-hour course about how to get started with model-driven apps in Power Apps: app.pluralsight.com/library/courses/model-driven-apps-power-apps-getting-started/table-of-contents
