Your path from Maker to Builder.

AI is reshaping Power Platform development. The Builder's Journey is the guided, seven step path that takes you from doing the work by hand to directing AI to build it. The first four steps are free; steps 5 and 6 live inside the Inner Circle Academy, free for 7 days, and step 7 is a hands on lab in Hero Labs.

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What the Builder's Journey is about

Taught on the tools you build with.

  • Power Apps
  • Dataverse
  • Power Automate
  • Power Pages
  • Copilot Studio
  • Claude Code
  • GitHub Copilot

Seven steps, in order.

Steps 1 to 4 are open to everyone. Steps 5 and 6 unlock with the Inner Circle Academy, where your progress is tracked as you go. Step 7 is a hands on lab in Hero Labs that proves what you built.

  1. 1 Understand the shiftRead Chapter 1: why the Maker era is ending and the Builder era is here. Free, read now
  2. 2 Meet your AI dev teamChapter 2: AI agents, plugins and MCP, demystified. Free, read now
  3. 3 Set up your toolsClaude Code Choose your agent, Claude Code or GitHub Copilot, then install and connect it. Free, explore
  4. 4 Arm it for Power PlatformDataversePower PlatformInstall the Dataverse and Power Platform plugins and skills. Free, install now
  5. 5 Ship your first buildDataversePower AppsPower AutomatePower PagesCopilot StudioBuild a real Dataverse model from your own requirements by directing AI. Free for 7 days
  6. 6 Go deeper and stay sharpTool comparisons, cheat sheets, templates and live build calls twice a month. Free for 7 days
  7. 7 Prove it in Hero LabsDo the Builder's Journey lab: set up your AI harness, then build a Dataverse model and model-driven app with AI plugins. Every step is checked, and you finish with a verifiable credential. Event code BUILDERS-JOURNEY. (opens Hero Labs in a new tab) Hands on lab
Builder Skills, the full catalog FreeEvery AI skill you'll direct across Dataverse, Power Platform, Azure DevOps and Copilot Studio (170 and counting), plus a real work item to shipped walkthrough. See what your agent can do once it is armed. Browse Starting from a legacy app? FreeNo spec, just an old app nobody can explain. REA (Reverse Engineer Anything) reads it and gives your agent a feature map with evidence, the input for step 5. The 8-step playbook, worked through on a real example. Read the guide
Unlock the full journey 7 days free, then $49.99 a month.