Exam Vouchers: Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals (PL-900)

Candidates for this exam are users who aspire to improve productivity by automating business processes, analyzing data to produce business insights, and acting more effectively by creating simple app experiences.

This exam covers the following: Describe the Power Platform components: Power Apps, Power BI, Microsoft Flow, Common Data Service (CDS), connectors, and AI builder; describe cross-cloud scenarios with representation across Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, Microsoft Azure, and third-party services; identify benefits and capabilities of Power Platform; identify the basic functionality and business value Power Platform components; implement simple solutions with Microsoft Flow, Power BI, and AI Builder; and create a basic app in a no-code environment.

The bullets that appear below each of the skills measured are intended to illustrate how we are assessing that skill. This list is not definitive or exhaustive.

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Understand the business value of Power Platform (20-25%)

Describe the value of Power Platform applications

• analyze data by using Power BI
• act with Power Apps
• build solutions that use Common Data Service (CDS)
• automate with Power Automate
• interoperate with external systems and data

Describe the value of connecting business solutions

• Dynamics 365
• Microsoft 365
• Microsoft Azure
• third-party services and apps

Understand Power Platform administration and security

• understand how Power Platform implements security
• understand Power Platform as a service
• describe how to manage apps and users
• describe admin centers
• understand how the platform supports compliance

Understand the Core Components of Power Platform (20-25%)

Understand Common Data Services

• user experience vs unique job role using Power Apps
• identify entities, fields, and relationships
• describe environments
• describe use cases and limitations of Business process flows
• describe use cases and limitations of business rules
• describe the Common Data Model (CDM)
• identify common standard entities

Understand Connectors

• describe uses for and types of triggers
• describe actions
• describe connectors
• identify use cases for custom connectors

Understand AI Builder

• identify the business value of AI Builder
• describe models
• consumption by the Power Platform

Demonstrate the business value of Power BI (15-20%)

Understand common components in Power BI

• identify and describe uses for visualization controls
• describe types of filters
• describe Tabs
• custom visuals
• compare and contrast dashboards and workspaces
• compare and contrast Power BI Desktop and Power BI Service

Connect to and consume data

• combine multiple data sources
• clean and transform data
• describe and implement aggregate functions
• identify available types of data sources
• describe and consume shared datasets and template apps

Build a basic dashboard using Power BI

• design a Power BI dashboard
• design data layout and mapping
• publish and share reports and dashboards

Demonstrate the business value of Power Apps (20-25%)

Understand common components in Power Apps

• describe canvas apps
• describe model-driven apps
• identify and describe controls
• understand uses for templates
• understand use cases for formulas

Build a basic canvas app

• connect to data
• use controls to design the user experience
• describe the customer journey
• publish and share an app

Understand Power Apps portals

• describe use case for and the business value of portals
• describe how to extend CDS data, use controls, and embed Power BI objects

Demonstrate the business value of Power Automate (15-20%)

Understand the common components of Power Automate

• flow types
• templates
• connectors
• triggers
• conditions
• expressions
• approvals

Build a basic flow

• create a business process flow
• implement a Power Automate template
• modify a flow
• run a flow
• export a flow to Logic Apps