1. Home
  2. Microsoft
  3. PL-400 Exam Syllabus

Microsoft PL-400 Exam Topics

Microsoft PL-400 Exam

Microsoft Power Platform Developer

Total Questions: 323
Last Updated : 16-04-2024

What is Included in the Microsoft PL-400 Exam?

Authentic information about the syllabus is essential to go through the Microsoft PL-400 exam in the first attempt. Study4Exam provides you with comprehensive information about Microsoft PL-400 exam topics listed in the official syllabus. You should get this information at the start of your preparation because it helps you make an effective study plan. We have designed this Microsoft Power Platform Developer Associate certification exam preparation guide to give the exam overview, practice questions, practice test, prerequisites, and information about exam topics that help to go through the Microsoft Power Platform Developer exam. We recommend you use our preparation material to cover the entire Microsoft PL-400 exam syllabus. Study4Exam offers 3 formats of Microsoft PL-400 exam preparation material. Each format provides new practice questions in PDF format, web-based and desktop practice exams to get passing marks in the first attempt.

Microsoft PL-400 Exam Overview :

Exam Name Microsoft Power Platform Developer
Exam Code PL-400
Official Information https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/exams/pl-400
See Expected Questions Microsoft PL-400 Expected Questions in Actual Exam
Take Self-Assessment Use Microsoft PL-400 Practice Test to Assess your preparation - Save Time and Reduce Chances of Failure

Microsoft PL-400 Exam Topics :

Section Weight Objectives
Create a technical design 10-15% Validate requirements and design technical architecture
  • design and validate the technical architecture for a solution
  • design authentication and authorization strategy
  • determine whether you can meet requirements with out-of-the-box functionality
  • determine when to use Logic Apps versus Power Automate flows
  • determine when to use serverless computing, plug-ins, or Power Automate
  • determine when to build a virtual entitydata source provider and when to use connectors
Design solution components
  • design a data model
  • design Power Apps reusable components
  • design custom connectors
  • design server-side components
Describe MicrosoftPower Platform extensibility points
  • describe Power Virtual Agents extensibility points including Bot Framework skills and Power Automate flows
  • describe Power BI extensibility points including Power BI APIs, custom visuals, and embedding Power BI apps in websites and other applications
  • describe Power Apps portal extensibility points including CRUD APIs and custom styling
  • describe Web Resources and their uses
Configure Microsoft Dataverse 15-20% Configure security to support development
  • troubleshoot operational security issues
  • create or update security roles and field-level security profiles
  • configure business units and teams
Implement tables and columns
  • configure tables and tableoptions
  • configure columns
  • configure relationships and types of behaviors
Implement application lifecycle management (ALM)
  • create solutions and manage solution components
  • import and export solutions
  • manage solution dependencies
  • create a package for deployment
  • automate deployments
  • implement source control for projects including solutions and code assets
Create and configure Power Apps 15-20% Create model-driven apps
  • configure a model-driven app
  • configure forms
  • configure columns
  • configure visualizations
  • configure commands and buttons
Create canvas apps
  • create and configure a canvas app
  • implement complex formulas to manage control events and properties
  • analyze app usage by using App Insights
  • build reusable component libraries
Manage and troubleshoot apps
  • troubleshoot app issues by using Monitor and other browser-based debugging tools
  • interpret results from App Checker and Solution Checker
  • identify and resolve connector and API errors
  • optimize app performance including pre-loading data and query delegation
Configure business process automation 5-10% Configure Power Automate
  • create and configure a flow
  • configure steps to use Dataverseconnector actions and triggers
  • implement complex expressions in flow steps
  • implement error handling
  • troubleshoot flows by analyzing JSON responses from connectors
Implement processes
  • create and configure business process flows
  • create and configure business rules
  • create, manage, and interact with business process flows by using server-side and client-side code
  • troubleshoot processes
Extend the user experience 10-15% Apply business logic using client scripting
  • create JavaScript or TypeScriptcode that targets the Client API object model
  • register an event handler
  • create client-side scripts that target the DataverseWeb API
Create a Power Apps Component Framework (PCF) component
  • describe the PCF component lifecycle
  • initialize a new PCF component
  • configure a PCF component manifest
  • implement the component interfaces
  • package, deploy, and consume the component
  • configure and use PCF Device, Utility, and WebAPI features
  • test and debug PCF components by using the local test harness
Create a command button function
  • create commands
  • design command button rules and actions
  • edit the command bar by using the Ribbon Workbench
  • manage dependencies between JavaScript libraries
Extend the platform 15-20% Create a plug-in
  • describe the plug-in execution pipeline
  • design and develop a plug-in
  • debug and troubleshoot a plug-in
  • implement business logic by using pre-images and post-images
  • perform operations on data by using the Organization service API
  • optimize plug-in performance
  • register custom assemblies by using the Plug-in Registration Tool
  • develop a plug-in that targets a custom action message
Create custom connectors
  • create a definition for the API
  • configure API security
  • use policy templates to modify connector behavior at runtime
  • expose Azure Functions as custom connectors
  • create custom connectors for public APIs by using Postman

Use platform APIs
  • interact with data and processes by using the DataverseWeb APIor the Organization Service
  • implement API limit retry policies
  • optimize for performance, concurrency, transactions, and batching
  • query the Global Discovery service to discover the URL and other information for an organization
  • perform entity metadata operations with the Web API
  • perform authentication by using OAuth
Process workloads
  • process long-running operations by using Azure Functions
  • configure scheduled and event-driven function triggers in Azure Functions
  • authenticate to the MicrosoftPower Platform by using managed identities
Develop Integrations 5-10% Publish and consume events
  • publish an event by using the API
  • publish an event by using the Plug-in Registration Tool
  • register service endpoints including webhooks, Azure Service Bus, and Azure Event Hub
  • implement a Dataverselistener for an Azure solution
  • create an Azure Functionthat interacts with Microsoft Power Platform
Implement data synchronization
  • configure entity change tracking
  • read entity change records by using platform APIs
  • create and use alternate keys

Updates in the Microsoft PL-400 Exam Topics:

Microsoft PL-400 exam questions and practice test are the best ways to get fully prepared. Study4exam's trusted preparation material consists of both practice questions and practice test. To pass the actual Microsoft Power Platform Developer Associate PL-400 exam on the first attempt, you need to put in hard work on these questions as they cover all updated Microsoft PL-400 exam topics included in the official syllabus. Besides studying actual questions, you should take the Microsoft PL-400 practice test for self-assessment and actual exam simulation. Revise actual exam questions and remove your mistakes with the Microsoft Power Platform Developer PL-400 exam practice test. Online and Windows-based formats of the PL-400 exam practice test are available for self-assessment.

 

Limited Time Offer

50%

Off

Get Premium PL-400 Questions as Interactive Practice Test or PDF

Microsoft Dataverse | Microsoft Power Apps | Microsoft Power Platform | PL-400 Valid Dumps | Microsoft Power Platform Developer Associate Exam Questions

Free PL-400 Questions

Free Microsoft PL-400 Exam Questions