Exam Ref PL-900 Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals

by Zacker, Craig

• ISBN13: 9780136788768
• ISBN10: 0136788769
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2020-11-16
• Publisher: Microsoft Press
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Summary

Prepare for Microsoft Exam PL-900: Demonstrate your real-world knowledge of the fundamentals of Microsoft Power Platform, including its business value, core components, and the capabilities and advantages of Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power Virtual Agents. Designed for business users, functional consultants, and other professionals, this Exam Ref focuses on the critical thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Fundamentals level. 

Focus on the expertise measured by these objectives: 

• Describe the business value of Power Platform 
• Identify the Core Components of Power Platform 
• Demonstrate the capabilities of Power BI 
• Demonstrate the capabilities of Power Apps 
• Demonstrate the capabilities of Power Automate 
• Demonstrate the capabilities of Power Virtual Agents 

This Microsoft Exam Ref: 

• Organizes its coverage by exam objectives 
• Features strategic, what-if scenarios to challenge you 
• Assumes you are a business user, functional consultant, or other professional who wants to improve productivity by automating business processes, analyzing data, creating simple app experiences, or developing business enhancements to Microsoft cloud solutions.  

About the Exam 

Exam PL-900 focuses on knowledge needed to describe the value of Power Platform services and of extending solutions; describe Power Platform administration and security; describe Common Data Service, Connectors, and AI Builder; identify common Power BI components; connect to and consume data; build basic dashboards with Power BI; identify common Power Apps components; build basic canvas and model-driven apps; describe Power Apps portals; identify common Power Automate components; build basic flows; describe Power Virtual Agents capabilities; and build and publish basic chatbots. 

About Microsoft Certification 

Passing this exam fulfills your requirements for the Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Fundamentals certification, demonstrating your understanding of Power Platform’s core capabilities–from business value and core product capabilities to building simple apps, connecting data sources, automating basic business processes, creating dashboards, and creating chatbots. With this certification, you can move on to earn specialist certifications covering more advanced aspects of Power Apps and Power BI, including Microsoft Certified: Power Platform App Maker Associate and Power Platform Data Analyst Associate. See full details at: microsoft.com/learn 

Author Biography

Craig Zacker has written and co-written dozens of books, lab manuals, test banks, and other materials, including many certification titles on Microsoft products in the Exam Ref, Microsoft Official Academic Course (MOAC), and Training Kit series. Through 20+ years of IT writing experience, he has also written many editions of CompTIA Network+ certification titles, which include material on SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS cloud computing. His recent titles include Exam Ref MS-900 Microsoft 365 Fundamentals and MCSA 70-740: Installation, Storage, and Compute with Windows Server 2016.

Table of Contents

1. Understand the Business Value of Power Platform

2. Understand the Core Components of Power Platform

3. Demonstrate the Business Value of Power BI

4. Demonstrate the Business Value of Power Apps

5. Demonstrate the Business Value of Microsoft Power Automate