Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Solution Architect (PL-600) Study Guide
The Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Solution Architect Expert certification enables you to get functional and technical knowledge of the Power Platform, Dynamics 365 customer engagement apps, related Microsoft cloud solutions, and other third-party technologies, so you can perform proactive and preventative work and increase the value of the solutions delivered to your clients and organization. This is an expert level certification, so I would recommend you to set aside some time to study for the exam and practice using some of the services related to this exam - ‘Practice makes perfect’
In this study guide, I will share with you some of the useful resources you can use to guide you during your learning path to get this certification.
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NOTE: This study guide is aligned with the exam skills outline, but since the skills outline may be updated in the future, I would recommend you to have a look at the skills outline to understand if there are any changes identified. Please visit this link and download the exam skills outline.
Certification Path
| Exam Name | Link |
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| Exam PL-600: Microsoft Power Platform Solution Architect | Exam Details |
Exam PL-600: Microsoft Power Platform Solution Architect
The PL-600 has a length of 100 minutes and there are 40+ questions and you need a minimum of 700 of 1000 points to pass the exam.
First place to go is the Microsoft Learn platform where a dedicated learning path is available, for free.
Note: I would recommend you to finalize all modules in the collection above, since you have relevant information there that will help you prepare for the exam.
Skills measured
Perform solution envisioning and requirement analyses (35-40%)
Initiate solution planning
- evaluate business requirements
- identify Microsoft Power Platform solution components
- identify other components including existing apps, AppSource apps, third-party components, and components from independent software vendors (ISV)
- identify and estimate migration effort
Identify organization information and metrics
- identify desired high-level organizational business processes
- identify business process automation opportunities
- assess an organization’s risk factors
- review key success criteria
Identify existing solutions and systems
- evaluate an organization’s enterprise architecture
- identify data sources needed for a solution
- define use cases and quality standards for existing data
- identify and document an organization’s business processes
Capture requirements
- refine high-level requirements
- identify functional requirements
- identify non-functional requirements
- confirm that requirements meet an organization’s goals
Perform fit/gap analyses
- determine the feasibility of meeting specific requirements
- evaluate Dynamics 365 apps and AppSource options to solve requirements
- address functional gaps through alternate solutions
- determine the scope for a solution
Architect a solution (40-45%)
Lead the design process
- design the solution topology
- design customizations for existing apps
- design and validate user experience prototypes
- identify opportunities for component reuse
- communicate system design visually
- design application lifecycle management (ALM) processes
- design a data migration strategy
- design apps by grouping required features based on role or task
- design a data visualization strategy
- design an automation strategy that uses Power Automate
Design the data model
- design tables and columns
- design reference and configuration data
- design relationships and relationship behaviors
- Table relationships
- Create one-to-many or many-to-one table relationships overview
- Create many-to-many table relationships overview
- Create a relationship between tables
- Create Many-to-many table relationships in Microsoft Dataverse using Power Apps portal
- Create N:N (many-to-many) table relationships in Microsoft Dataverse using solution explorer
- determine when to connect to external data versus import data
- design data models to address complex sets of requirements
Design integrations
- design collaboration integrations
- design integrations between Microsoft Power Platform solutions and Dynamics 365 apps
- design integrations with an organization’s existing systems
- design third-party integrations
- design an authentication strategy
- design a business continuity strategy
- identify opportunities to integrate and extend Microsoft Power Platform solutions by using Microsoft Azure
Design the security model
- design the business unit and team structure
- design security roles
- design column security
- design security models to address complex sets of requirements
- determine security model management policies and processes
- identify Azure Active Directory groups and app registrations required to support a solution
- identify data loss prevention (DLP) policies for a solution
- determine how external users will access a solution
Implement the solution (15-20%)
Validate the solution design
- evaluate detail designs and implementation
- validate security
- ensure that the solution conforms to API limits
- resolve automation conflicts
- resolve integration conflicts
Support go-live
- identify and resolve potential and actual performance issues
- troubleshoot data migration
- resolve any identified issues with deployment plans
- identify factors that impact go-live readiness and remediate issues
Additional resources
Below follows the list of additional resources that you should consider and a quick note to the Microsoft Learn collection shared there. I tried to extend the learning paths you have available on the exam’s page with some extra modules that I consider relevant to the exam.
Best of Luck and share your results with the community once you get certified! 😊💪
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| Exam PL-600: Microsoft Power Platform Solution Architect |
| Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Solution Architect Expert |