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Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Developer Associate

Certification details

As a candidate for this certification, you design, develop, test, and troubleshoot solution components using the extension points of Microsoft Power Platform. Your expertise encompasses implementing:

  • Custom user experiences and business logic.
  • System integrations.
  • Data conversions.
  • Custom process automation.
  • Complex Power Fx logic.
  • Power Automate workflow expressions.
  • AI as part of your solution logic.

You must have applied knowledge of:

  • Microsoft Power Platform services, including in-depth understanding of its capabilities, boundaries, and constraints.
  • Authentication, security, and application lifecycle management (ALM) practices for the Microsoft Power Platform.
  • Microsoft Power Platform developer tools including Power Platform CLI as part of the developer workflow.
  • AI tools, including copilots, to improve development and troubleshooting solutions.

As a candidate, you should have development experience that includes Microsoft Power Platform services, JavaScript, JSON, TypeScript, C#, HTML, RESTful Web APIs, Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, and Microsoft Azure.

Note

October 16, 2026: Registration for PL-400 closes, and registration opens exclusively for AB-400.

Learners who register for PL-400 on or before October 16 can continue to schedule and take the exam through October 30, 2026.

The updated AB-400 exam will be available beginning October 16, 2026, and registration is available today.

Skills earned upon completion

Job role: Developer

Required exams: PL-400 AB-400

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Certification exams

  • PL-400: Microsoft Power Platform Developer

    Languages: de en es fr it ja pt-br zh-cn

    Retirement date:

    This exam measures your ability to accomplish the following technical tasks: create a technical design; configure Microsoft Dataverse; create and configure Power Apps; configure business process automation; extend the user experience; extend the platform; and develop integrations.

    Price based on the country or region in which the exam is proctored.

    We strongly recommend that you register for an exam with a personal MSA account. If you register with an organizational (work/school) AAD account, your exam records will be lost if you leave your organization and they will be unrecoverable.
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  • AB-400: Power Platform Developer Associate

    Languages: en

    Retirement date:

    This exam validates your ability to design, develop, and implement AI-powered business solutions using Microsoft Power Platform, leveraging generative AI, custom development, automation, integrations, and modern development tools.

    Price based on the country or region in which the exam is proctored.

    We strongly recommend that you register for an exam with a personal MSA account. If you register with an organizational (work/school) AAD account, your exam records will be lost if you leave your organization and they will be unrecoverable.
    for Power Platform Developer Associate

    All objectives of the exam are covered in depth so you'll be ready for any question on the exam.

Assessed on this exam

  • Create a technical design
  • Build Power Platform solutions
  • Implement Power Apps improvements
  • Extend the user experience
  • Extend the platform
  • Develop integrations

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