Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Developer Associate (PL-400)
Demonstrate how to simplify, automate, and transform business tasks and processes using Microsoft Power Platform Developer.
Study the core development features and capabilities of Power Platform to help you prepare for the PL-400 exam and obtain the official certification.
Training Overview
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 an 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, are part of the developer workflow.
Course Agenda
Design technical architecture
Analyse the technical architecture to identify solution components and their implementation approach
Design the authentication and authorisation strategy for solution components
Determine whether requirements can be met with out-of-the-box functionality
Determine where to implement business logic including cloud computing, client-side processing, business rules, plug-ins, and Power Automate
Determine when to use standard tables, virtual tables, elastic tables, or connectors
Assess the impact of Microsoft Power Platform security features on solution components, including data loss prevention (DLP) policies, security roles, teams, business units, and row sharing
Design solution components
Design Power Apps reusable components including canvas components, code components (Power Apps component framework), and client scripting
Design custom connectors
Design Dataverse code components including Power Fx functions, plug-ins, and custom APIs
Design automations including Power Automate cloud flows
Design inbound and outbound integrations using Dataverse and Azure
Configure and troubleshoot Microsoft Power Platform
Troubleshoot operational security issues
Configure Dataverse security roles to support code components including the principle of least privilege
Manage Microsoft Power Platform environments for development
Implement application lifecycle management (ALM)
Manage solution dependencies
Create and use environment variables