Study guide for Exam PL-100: Microsoft Power Platform App Maker
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Purpose of this document
This study guide should help you understand what to expect on the exam and includes a summary of the topics the exam might cover and links to additional resources. The information and materials in this document should help you focus your studies as you prepare for the exam.
| Useful links | Description |
|---|---|
| Review the skills measured as of January 19, 2024 | This list represents the skills measured AFTER the date provided. Study this list if you plan to take the exam AFTER that date. |
| Review the skills measured prior to January 19, 2024 | Study this list of skills if you take your exam PRIOR to the date provided. |
| Change log | You can go directly to the change log if you want to see the changes that will be made on the date provided. |
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Skills measured as of January 19, 2024
Audience profile
As a candidate for this exam, you envision and create business solutions to simplify and automate tasks and processes for yourself and your team. You understand:
The data that you work with.
The issues that you need to resolve.
The required processes and app experiences.
As a candidate for this exam, you may not have formal IT training but are comfortable using technology to solve business problems.
You're self-directed and focus on solving problems by using Microsoft Power Platform as part of your primary job role. You may connect to and use features of apps including:
Microsoft Teams
Microsoft 365 apps and services
Third-party solutions
You have a desire to understand the capabilities and limitations of available tools and how to apply them.
Skills at a glance
Design and manage business solutions (35–40%)
Analyze and visualize data (10–15%)
Create business solutions (50–55%)
Design and manage business solutions (35–40%)
Identify Microsoft Power Platform components
Determine the required Microsoft Power Apps app type for a given business scenario
Determine which Microsoft Power Platform components meet a given business scenario
Describe business logic in Microsoft Dataverse
Describe connectors
Describe use cases for cloud flows and desktop flows
Describe use cases for AI and Microsoft Copilot in Microsoft Power Platform
Describe Microsoft Power Platform environments
Describe use cases for Power Automate Process Mining
Determine reporting options for given business scenarios including views, Microsoft Power BI visualizations, and dashboards
Configure and manage Microsoft Dataverse
Create tables and table columns based on a data model
Link tables by using lookups
Configure Dataverse business rules
Describe how Dataverse uses role-based access control (RBAC)
Add table permissions to existing Dataverse security roles
Create tables and table columns by using Copilot in Dataverse
Import and export data by using Microsoft Excel
Determine when to use Microsoft Dataverse for Teams or Microsoft Dataverse
Manage Microsoft Power Platform components during development
Create a Dataverse solution
Export and import a Dataverse solution
Export and import a non-solution canvas app or a non-solution cloud flow
Add existing components to a Dataverse solution
Analyze and visualize data (10–15%)
Create and consume Microsoft Power BI dashboards
Create a simple report from an existing dataset by using Power BI Service
Create Power BI dashboards from existing reports
Embed Power BI dashboards and tiles in canvas apps and model-driven apps
Share Power BI dashboards
Describe AI Builder models
Describe use cases for AI Builder
Describe the differences between prebuilt models and custom models
Describe the process for training custom models
Use a model from within Power Automate or Power Apps
Create business solutions (50–55%)
Create and manage model-driven apps
Create and configure model-driven apps
Create and configure Dataverse table forms
Create and configure Dataverse table views
Share model-driven apps with other users and groups
Create and configure model-driven app dashboards
Create and configure model-driven app charts
Create and manage canvas apps
Connect to data sources in canvas apps
Interpret app checker results
Manage versions of canvas apps
Publish canvas apps
Share canvas apps with other users and groups
Add canvas app assets and components
Describe modern controls and themes
Create and manage screens for canvas apps
Determine when to use screens, forms, containers, galleries, buttons, labels, input controls, images, charts, and custom controls
Configure UI elements
Implement Power Fx formulas
Implement collections and variables
Run a Microsoft Power Automate cloud flow from a canvas app
Create Power Automate cloud flows
Describe types of triggers
Configure triggers
Configure flow steps
Test and troubleshoot a cloud flow
Implement conditional logic
Create approvals and monitor the approval process by using Power Automate and Microsoft Teams
Share cloud flows
Study resources
We recommend that you train and get hands-on experience before you take the exam. We offer self-study options and classroom training as well as links to documentation, community sites, and videos.
| Study resources | Links to learning and documentation |
|---|---|
| Get trained | Choose from self-paced learning paths and modules or take an instructor-led course |
| Find documentation | Microsoft Power Apps documentation Microsoft Dataverse Power BI documentation Power Automate documentation Microsoft Power Virtual Agents documentation Planning a Power Apps project Canvas apps Model-driven apps |
| Ask a question | Microsoft Q&A | Microsoft Docs |
| Get community support | Power Apps - Power Platform Community Microsoft Power Automate - Power Platform Community |
| Follow Microsoft Learn | Microsoft Learn - Microsoft Tech Community |
| Find a video | #LessCodeMorePower | Shows Browse other Microsoft Learn shows |
Change log
Key to understanding the table: The topic groups (also known as functional groups) are in bold typeface followed by the objectives within each group. The table is a comparison between the two versions of the exam skills measured and the third column describes the extent of the changes.
| Skill area prior to January 19, 2024 | Skill area as of January 19, 2024 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Audience profile | Minor | |
| Design business solutions | Design and manage business solutions | Increased % change |
| Create a high-level design | Removed | |
| Identify Microsoft Power Platform components | Identify Microsoft Power Platform components | Major |
| Design the user interface (UI) for a business solution | Removed | |
| Design reporting and visualizations for business solutions | Removed | |
| Configure and manage Microsoft Dataverse | Added | |
| Manage Microsoft Power Platform components during development | Added | |
| Analyze and visualize data | Analyze and visualize data | No % change |
| Create and consume Power BI dashboards | Create and consume Microsoft Power BI dashboards | No change |
| Describe AI Builder models | Describe AI Builder models | No change |
| Create business solutions | Create business solutions | Decreased % change |
| Manage Microsoft Power Platform components during development | Removed | |
| Create model-driven apps | Create and manage model-driven apps | Minor |
| Create and manage canvas apps | Create and manage canvas apps | Minor |
| Create screens for canvas apps | Create and manage screens for canvas apps | Major |
| Configure Microsoft Dataverse | Removed | |
| Create Power Automate flows | Create Power Automate cloud flows | Major |
| Create Power Virtual Agents chatbots in Microsoft Teams | Removed |
Skills measured prior to January 19, 2024
Audience profile
The candidate envisions and creates business solutions to simplify and automate tasks and processes for themselves and their team. They understand the data that they are working with, the issues that they need to resolve, and the required processes and app experiences. The candidate may not have formal IT training but is comfortable using technology to solve business problems.
The candidate is self-directed and focuses on solving problems that they encounter as part of their primary job role. They may connect to and use features of apps including Microsoft Power Platform, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft 365 apps and services, and third-party solutions. The candidate has a desire to understand the capabilities and limitations of available tools and understand how to apply them.
Design business solutions (20–25%)
Analyze and visualize data (10–15%)
Create business solutions (60–65%)
Design business solutions (20–25%)
Create a high-level design
Identify existing data sources needed to support a business solution
Describe the expected user experience for targeted devices and describe the differences between Microsoft Power Platform app types
Describe the expected logic and steps that a process will execute
Create a high-level structure for a new data source
Identify Microsoft Power Platform components
Determine the required Microsoft Power Apps app type for a business solution
Determine when to use Microsoft Dataverse for Teams
Map a problem domain to Microsoft Power Platform tools
Identify options for implementing business logic
Describe connectors
Describe uses cases for cloud flows and desktop flows
Describe use cases for chatbots
Design the user interface (UI) for a business solution
Identify opportunities for component reuse
Select UI elements for canvas apps
Identify the model-driven forms and Dataverse views that are needed
Design reporting and visualizations for business solutions
Select reporting options for business solutions including views, Microsoft Power BI visualizations, and dashboards
Define visualizations for Power BI dashboards
Define visualizations for model-driven dashboards
Define visualizations for canvas apps
Analyze and visualize data (10–15%)
Create and consume Power BI dashboards
Create a simple report from an existing dataset by using Power BI Service
Create Power BI dashboards from existing reports
Embed Power BI dashboards and tiles in canvas apps and model-driven apps
Share Power BI dashboards
Describe AI Builder models
Describe use cases for AI Builder
Describe differences between prebuilt models and custom models
Describe the process for training custom models
Use a model from within Microsoft Power Automate or Microsoft Power Apps
Create business solutions (60–65%)
Manage Microsoft Power Platform components during development
Create a publisher in Dataverse
Create a Dataverse solution
Export or import Dataverse solution
Export or import a canvas app or a cloud flow
Add existing apps and flows to a Dataverse solution
Create model-driven apps
Create model-driven apps
Create and configure Dataverse table forms
Create and configure Dataverse table views
Share model-driven apps with other users and groups
Create and configure model-driven dashboards
Create and manage canvas apps
Connect to data sources in canvas apps
Interpret App checker results
Manage versions of canvas apps
Publish canvas apps
Share canvas apps with other users and groups
Build canvas apps screens
Add canvas app assets and components to screens
Create screens for canvas apps
Determine when to use forms, galleries, button, labels, input controls, images, and custom controls
Configure UI elements
Implement Power Fx formulas
Implement collections and variables
Run a cloud flow from a canvas app
Configure Microsoft Dataverse
Create tables and table columns based on a data model
Link tables by using lookups
Describe use cases and capabilities of business rules
Create Dataverse business rules
Describe how Dataverse uses role-based access control (RBAC)
Add table permissions to existing Dataverse security roles
Create Power Automate flows
Describe types of triggers for cloud flows
Create cloud flows
Configure triggers for cloud flows
Configure flow actions
Test a cloud flow and interpret flow checker results
Implement conditional logic for a cloud flow
Create approvals and monitor the approval process by using Power Automate and Teams
Share cloud flows
Create a desktop flow for personal use
Create Microsoft Power Virtual Agents chatbots in Microsoft Teams
Identify use cases and capabilities for chatbots
Create a chatbot that uses topics and trigger phrases
Test a chatbot
Publish a chatbot