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Power Platform Fundamentals

Master low-code/no-code development with Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, and Power Pages to build business solutions and automate processes.

⏱️ 1-2 months
📊 3 Phases
🎓 PL-900 Certification
💼 Beginner → Entry-Level
🎯 Beginner → Entry-Level

What is Power Platform Fundamentals?

PL-900 validates your foundational knowledge of Microsoft Power Platform, including Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, and Power Pages. This certification demonstrates your understanding of low-code/no-code development, business process automation, data visualization, and how to create simple portals. It's perfect for business users, citizen developers, and anyone interested in building solutions without extensive coding.

Is This Roadmap For You?

📜 Recommended Certification Path

PL-900

Power Platform Fundamentals

After completing all 3 phases

📋 PL-900 Exam Syllabus Overview

The official Microsoft PL-900 exam tests your knowledge across four key areas:

20-25%
Describe the business value of Power Platform
  • Business value of Power Platform
  • Power Platform components
  • Microsoft Dataverse
  • Connectors and data integration
25-30%
Identify foundational components of Power Platform
  • Microsoft Dataverse tables and fields
  • Business rules and process flows
  • Connectors and custom connectors
  • AI Builder capabilities
20-25%
Demonstrate capabilities of Power BI
  • Power BI components
  • Building basic reports
  • Creating dashboards
  • Sharing reports and dashboards
25-30%
Demonstrate capabilities of Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power Pages
  • Canvas apps and model-driven apps
  • Cloud flows and desktop flows
  • Power Virtual Agents chatbots
  • Power Pages websites

🚀 Start Here

If you're new to Power Platform:

→Begin with Phase 1: Understand Power Platform Basics (expand below)

→No coding experience required — this is designed for everyone!

→Learn by building — create apps and flows as you learn

→Complete each phase before moving to the next

Ready to get started?

→Sign up for a free Power Apps trial and start building today

1
Understand Power Platform Basics
2-3 weeks
1-2 hrs/day
▼
✅ Core Skills = Must complete to move forward | ◻ Optional = Nice-to-have if time permits
CORE
⚡ Platform Overview

Power Platform components, business value, use cases, licensing basics

CORE
🔌 Connectors

Understanding connectors, standard vs premium, data sources, integration

CORE
📊 Microsoft Dataverse

Tables, columns, relationships, business rules, data storage

OPTIONAL
🤖 AI Builder

AI capabilities, pre-built models, custom models, AI in apps and flows

🎯 Learning Actions

📚 Learn
Microsoft Learn Power Platform basics
🛠️ Practice
Sign up for Power Apps trial
✅ Prove
Explain Power Platform components and uses
2
Build with Power Apps and Automate
3-4 weeks
1-2 hrs/day
▼
✅ Core Skills = Must complete to move forward | ◻ Optional = Nice-to-have if time permits
CORE
📱 Canvas Apps

Building canvas apps, controls, formulas, data sources, app design

CORE
🏗️ Model-Driven Apps

Model-driven app basics, forms, views, business process flows

CORE
🔄 Power Automate

Cloud flows, triggers, actions, conditions, approvals, templates

CORE
🌐 Power Pages

Creating simple websites, templates, portal basics, external users

OPTIONAL
💬 Power Virtual Agents

Building chatbots, topics, entities, testing bots

OPTIONAL
🖥️ Desktop Flows

RPA basics, recording actions, desktop automation

🎯 Learning Actions

📚 Learn
Microsoft Learn Power Apps & Automate
🛠️ Practice
Build a canvas app and create a flow
✅ Prove
Create a working app with automation
3
Visualize with Power BI
2-3 weeks
1-2 hrs/day
▼
✅ Core Skills = Must complete to move forward | ◻ Optional = Nice-to-have if time permits
CORE
📊 Power BI Components

Power BI Desktop, Service, Mobile, reports vs dashboards

CORE
📈 Building Reports

Connecting to data, creating visualizations, basic DAX, report design

CORE
📋 Dashboards

Creating dashboards, pinning visuals, sharing, workspace collaboration

OPTIONAL
🔄 Data Refresh

Scheduled refresh, gateway basics, data sources management

🎯 Learning Actions

📚 Learn
Microsoft Learn Power BI path
🛠️ Practice
Create a report and dashboard
✅ Prove
Practice PL-900 questions

🎓 Target Certification

PL-900: Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals

This certification validates your foundational knowledge of Power Platform, including Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, and Power Pages. It's perfect for citizen developers, business analysts, and anyone looking to build low-code/no-code solutions!

Practice PL-900 Questions

🎯 You're Ready for PL-900 When You Can:

✅ Explain Platform Components

Describe Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, and their business value

✅ Build Canvas Apps

Create simple canvas apps with controls, formulas, and data connections

✅ Create Flows

Build cloud flows with triggers, conditions, and actions to automate processes

✅ Design Power BI Reports

Create reports with visualizations and build dashboards for sharing

✅ Understand Dataverse

Explain tables, relationships, and how Dataverse stores data

✅ Pass Practice Exams

Score consistently well on PL-900 practice questions and mock exams