From Fundamentals to Future-Ready: The New PL-900 Experience

PL 900-Introduction to Microsoft Power Platform: Course Overview

Microsoft Power Platform is a collection of low-code development tools that allows users to build custom business solutions. PL 900 is a certification course which deals with the fundamentals of Power Platform.

As a candidate for this certification, you will be able to understand the basics of how Microsoft Power Platform technologies can be used to:

•  Develop tailored business solutions
•  Optimize your use of data
•  Accelerate business outcomes
•  Improve processes
•  Enable customer self-service
• Boost your productivity at work

Who can plan for the certification

• The certification is intended for you if you’re seeking to start your journey by building solutions with Microsoft Power Platform.
• You can use this certification to prepare for role-based certifications, but it’s not a prerequisite for any of them.

Why it matters

• Career Growth: It opens doors to roles like Power Platform Consultant, Business Analyst, Power Platform Developer and Automation Specialist.
• In-Demand Skills: Organizations are rapidly adopting low-code platforms to accelerate digital transformation.
• Foundation for Advanced Certifications: It acts as a stepping stone to PL-200 (Power Platform Functional Consultant) PL-200: Microsoft Power Platform Functional Consultant – CloudThat Training and beyond.

PL 900: Old Vs New

• Module 1
  • Old: Describe the business value of Power Platform
  • New: Describe the business value of Power Platform
• Module 2
  • Old: Identify the foundational components of Power Platform
  • New: Manage a Microsoft Power Platform Environment
• Module 3
  • Old: Describe How to Build Applications with Microsoft Power Apps
  • New: Demonstrate the capabilities of Power Pages
• Module 4
  • Old: Describe building Automation with Microsoft Power Automate
  • New: Demonstrate the capabilities of Microsoft Power Apps
• Module 5
  • Old: Describe the capabilities of Microsoft Power BI
  • New: Demonstrate the capabilities of Power Automate
• Module 6
  • Old: Describe the capabilities of Power Pages
  • New: — (Not available in new)
• Module 7
  • Old: Describe the authoring experience in Power Platform
  • New: — (Not available in new)

As per above pointers, it can be clearly concluded that the topics such as Power BI and AI authoring are removed from the new syllabus to give more focus on Power Apps, Power Automate and Power Pages.

Highlights of the updated course

The major highlight of the course is enumerated below

• More focus on usage of Copilot in creating Power Platform solutions
• Removal of Power BI and AI authoring from the updated course
• Labs are updated with detailed content on focused areas
• The course duration is changed from 1 day to 2 days
• Participants get more time to practice in the labs

The updated course focuses on creating Data models, Power Apps, Power Automate and Power Pages using Copilot.

Diagram 1 below shows the creation of data model using Copilot.

Diagram1:   Copilot Interface used to create data model

Diagram 2 below represents Power Automate flow creation using Copilot

Diagram 2:   Copilot Interface used to create Power Automate Flows

Conclusion

Overall, the updated course gives the beginners an opportunity to explore and experiment on the core features of Power Platform. You can approach CloudThat for instructor-led training which can enable you to understand the course with hands on experience.

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