Overview
Discover Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Functional Consultant Associate.
Microsoft Power Platform empowers organizations to automate business processes, develop their own rich app experiences, and connect with customers better and faster.
In this PL-200T00: Microsoft Power Platform Functional Consultant course, students will learn to perform discovery, capture requirements, engage subject matter experts and stakeholders, translate requirements, and configure Power Platform solutions and apps. They will supplement their learnings with hands-on labs to create application enhancements, custom user experiences, system integrations, data conversions, custom process automation, and custom visualizations. Power Platform is comprised of four key products: Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, and Power Virtual Agents.
In this Power Platform course, we will cover these four applications in depth, with additional focus on Microsoft Dataverse (formerly Common Data Service), AI Builder, connectors, and portals.
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Skills Covered
- Work with an organization to gather requirements and implement Power Platform solutions
- Build model-driven, canvas, and portal apps
- Create Power Automate flows
- Design a simple chatbot using Power Virtual Agents
- Analyze data using Power BI visualizations and dashboards
Who Should Attend
If you’re a functional consultant or data analyst, or even a developer or solution architect, this is a very useful certification to have on your résumé and to help you earn the recognition that you deserve.
A Power Platform Functional Consultant is responsible for performing discovery, capturing requirements, engaging subject matter experts and stakeholders, translating requirements, and configuring Power Platform solutions and apps. The Functional Consultant implements components of a solution that include application enhancements, custom user experiences, system integrations, data conversions, custom process automation, and custom visualizations.
Course Curriculum
Prerequisites
- Experience as an IT professional or student
- Working knowledge of the Power Platform and its key components
- A knowledge of Microsoft Dataverse (or general data modeling) and security concepts
If you are new to Power Platform, we’d recommend you to attend Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Fundamentals to familiarize yourself with the business value and product capabilities of Power Platform.
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Course Modules
Learn about the components of Microsoft Power Platform, the business value for customers, and security of the technology.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Learn the components and features of Microsoft Power Platform
- Identify when to use each Microsoft Power Platform component application to create business solutions
- Understand connectors
- Learn the value of using Microsoft Power Platform to create business solutions
Dataverse lets you securely store and manage data that’s used by business applications. Standard and custom tables within Dataverse provide a secure and cloud-based storage option for your data.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Create tables with Dataverse
- Import data into a Dataverse database
Prerequisites
- A Microsoft Power Apps account. If you don’t already have a Power Apps account, select the Get started free link on powerapps.com
Dataverse tables are similar to tables in a database. Every instance of a Dataverse database includes a base set of tables that provide structure for data that is commonly used by business applications.
Learning objectives
In this module, you’ll learn about:
- Tables in Dataverse.
- Types of tables that are available in Dataverse.
- Creating a custom table.
- Enabling attachments within a table.
- Which licensing requirements to apply to use each type of table.
Prerequisites
A basic understanding of what a database is and its role within a software solution.
Do you want to create new data columns or use existing standardized columns for your business solutions? This module will show you how to manage or create new columns within a table in Dataverse.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Learn what a column is in Dataverse.
- Learn about the types of columns that are available in Dataverse.
- Add a column to a table.
- Learn what a primary name column is in Dataverse.
- Identify restrictions that are associated with columns.
- Create an auto-numbering column.
- Create an alternate key.
Prerequisites
A basic understanding of what a database is and its role within a software solution.
Do you need to create relationships between tables? This module will show how and why you can separate data into tables and how to relate between tables to build complex and robust business solutions. It will also explain the different kinds of relationships that you can define between tables in Dataverse.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will learn:
- Why you should segment data that is used by your solutions into many tables.
- Why you need to relate one table to another.
- How to build relationships between tables.
- How to select the proper relationship type when you are building solutions with Dataverse.
Prerequisites
Understand the topics that are covered in the Get started using Dataverse learning path.
Do you want to create standardized choice lists that you can use across all of your Power Apps? This module will show you how to create new or use standard choice lists called choices in Dataverse.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Learn about choices.
- Explore the standard choices.
- Create a new choice or modify an existing one.
Prerequisites
A basic understanding of what a database is and its role within a software solution.
Do you want to use security roles to limit user permissions? This module will show you how you can set permissions to limit access to an environment. Or limit which users can view, edit, or delete data in an environment within Dataverse.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Learn about security roles and apply them to users in an environment.
- Learn how to add users to an environment.
- Understand security concepts in Dataverse
- Identify default security roles.
- Create a custom role.
- Create a custom security role and assign it to entities and users.
- Learn how to configure Dataverse teams for security
- Learn how to configure Dataverse group teams for security
Prerequisites
Understand the points covered in the Get started with Dataverse learning path.
Do you need to use administration options that are available for Dataverse? This module will show you how you can use solutions within Dataverse and administer environments.
Learning objectives
In this module, you’ll learn how to:
- Administer Dataverse.
- Identify the different portals that are available for Dataverse.
Prerequisites
A basic understanding of what a database is and its role within a software solution.
In this module, students will learn about the role-based security model. They will also learn how to explore and navigate Dynamics 365 settings and configure a theme for the application.
Learning objectives
At the end of this module, you will be able to:
- Manage role-based security
- Explore customization functionality and customize themes
Prerequisites
Dynamics 365 Fundamentals and Power Platform Fundamentals learning paths are both recommended
Do you want to learn about how to help secure and govern Microsoft Power Platform apps like Power Automate and Power Apps? This module focuses on introducing Microsoft Power Platform environments and their role in creating Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies by using examples and use cases. A brief introduction and overview of tools will also be discussed, including Microsoft Power Platform and Power Automate Admin experiences and Microsoft Power Platform Center of Excellence (COE) toolkit.
This module helps prepare you for Exam PL-500: Microsoft Power Automate RPA Developer, Exam PL-500: Microsoft Power Automate RPA Developer.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Access Microsoft Power Platform admin experiences.
- Create simple environment and tenant-wide DLP policies.
- Discover and identify the differences between the Business data group and the No-business data group.
- Learn about the differences between out-of-the-box Power Automate Admin experiences and Microsoft Power Platform Center of Excellence toolkit.
Prerequisites
A basic understanding of Power Apps and Power Automate, including their purpose and how these tools are used within an organization.
Model-driven app design is an approach that focuses on quickly adding components to your apps. These components include dashboards, forms, views, and charts. With little or no code, you can make apps that are simple or complex.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Learn about model-driven app design
- Create a model-driven app
Prerequisites
A Microsoft Power Apps account. If you don’t already have a Power Apps account, select the Get started free link on the Power Apps home page.
In this module, you’ll learn about forms, grids, views, charts, and dashboards that can be used in model-driven apps.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Learn about form elements and controls
- Configure forms
- Use specialized form components
- Use editable grids
- Identify views and use public views
- Learn how to configure charts
- Learn how to configure dashboards
Learn the basics of Power Apps and how you can use it in your organization.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Explore how Power Apps can make your business more efficient.
- Learn how to use different technologies to perform different tasks in Power Apps.
- Learn about the different ways to build an app in Power Apps.
- Create your first app from data in an Excel workbook.
Prerequisites
Access to Microsoft Excel and OneDrive for Business.
Do you need to connect to data that isn’t tabular? This module will help with that. It includes discussion of action-based connectors, Flow, and user data.
Learning objectives
In this module, you’ll:
- Understand and use action-based connectors
- Integrate user information and user-profile information into a canvas app
- Use Power Automate with Power Apps
Prerequisites
A basic understanding of how to create a Power Apps canvas app.
Do you want to build a better UI for app users? This module helps you do that using themes, icons, images, personalization, different form factors, and controls.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Understand the basics of building the UI through themes, icons, control customization, and images.
- Use personalization in a canvas app
- Understand the differences between the Tablet and Mobile form factors
Prerequisites
A basic understanding of how to create a Power Apps canvas app. General knowledge of Controls is also helpful but not required.
Manage app versions, app sharing, and environments in Power Apps.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Learn how to view and restore app versions.
- Explore how to share an app, including permissions and notifications.
- Learn about what environments are, how to create them, and how to manage security.
- Find more information about Power Apps.
Today’s business problems increasingly require modern digital solutions. With a low-code platform, anyone with a great idea can build a digital app. Dataverse for Teams allows you to build modern digital apps and deploy them to help you and your team solve those problems.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Create an app by using the hero template.
- Customize and publish your app.
- Install templates.
Prerequisites
Familiarity with Microsoft Teams
Extend Dataverse interaction to external and internal audiences such as customers, partners, and employees. Use portals to set up an interactive, web-based sales, services, support, and social engagement application platform to connect with customers, engage with communities, manage site content, and empower your channel partners. Empower anyone inside or outside your organization to interact with Dataverse data by using portals.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Identify the capabilities of portal solutions.
- Review the portal provisioning process.
- Learn about Power Apps portals core components and tools.
- Discover how to control user access to portal content and Dataverse data.
Prerequisites
A basic understanding of how to navigate and customize model-driven apps.
Dynamics 365 starter portals are pre-configured portal solutions that are available to help accelerate deployment. Typical portal projects will have unique requirements, but a starter portal provides an environment that is immediately suitable for specific scenarios and audiences.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Identify the features of the Community portal.
- Discover the features of the Customer self-service portal.
- Learn about the features of the Employee self-service portal.
- Review the features of the Partner portal.
- Identify the features of the Portal from blank.
- Learn about licensing requirements when portals are used by employees.
- Learn about the process to incorporate specific features from different starter portals to another portal type or the custom portal.
Prerequisites
Basic understanding of how to navigate and customize model-driven apps
This module focuses on the Power Apps portals architecture, such as how the various components work together to build a portal. Additionally, it explains how the components are installed and come to together in a working portal. The module also describes the maker and configuration tools that you can use to build and customize Power Apps portals.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Identify the key components of the Power Apps portals architecture.
- Learn about the portal provisioning process.
- Differentiate the various maker tools, their purposes, and when to use each particular tool.
Prerequisites
Basic understanding, use, and navigation of Microsoft Dynamics 365 applications and a basic understanding of how to navigate and customize Power Apps.
The ability to show and interact with Dataverse data on a website is a core benefit of implementing a Microsoft Power Apps portal. This module focuses on the several techniques and methods to display and interact with Dataverse data in Power Apps portals.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Discover the portal components that are available to display and interact with Dataverse data on the portal.
- Identify the various features of the portal components.
- Display a list of data and an associated drill-down for details.
- Configure a table form to access individual records.
- Trigger classic Dataverse workflows from the portal.
Prerequisites
Basic understanding of how to navigate and configure Microsoft Power Apps portals and knowledge of how to customize and configure model-driven apps
An individual, external user might have several identities from which to choose when registering and accessing a portal. Portal users can be onboarded in many ways, and several options are available to portal users for validating their identity and maintaining their profiles. Microsoft Power Apps portals supports a variety of authentication options and provides powerful user-management capabilities. Administrators can choose between using local authentication or delegating authentication to a trusted authentication provider. Power Apps portals supports multiple authentication providers and various industry standards.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Explore common authentication tasks in a Power Apps portal deployment.
- Learn about portal contact extensions.
- Configure and register contacts as portal users.
- Align portal authentication settings with the business requirements.
- Identify authentication provider capabilities and steps that are involved in the registration.
- Select and configure identity providers.
Prerequisites
Basic understanding of how to navigate and customize model-driven apps and Power Apps portals. Basic knowledge of modern authentication concepts would be beneficial.
When building a Microsoft Power Apps portal, administrators should consider various techniques, best practices, and features. This module will cover the various troubleshooting tools that are available and explain the importance of using the Portal Checker tool.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Apply strategies and techniques to troubleshoot portal issues.
- Learn about how the Portal Checker works and how to resolve potential portal issues.
- Perform the portal update process.
Prerequisites
Basic understanding of Power Apps portals structure, knowledge of how the various portal components work together, and a good understand of Microsoft Dataverse and model-driven apps.
The ability to build business rules that ensure consistent business logic whatever app is accessing that data set is imperative to a successful business operation. This module will show you how you can build business rules that are triggered anytime they’re used within Dataverse.
Learning objectives
In this module, you’ll learn how to:
- Define business rules in Dataverse.
- Create and manage business rules in Dataverse.
Prerequisites
A basic understanding of what a database is and its role within a software solution
Power Automate is an online workflow service that automates actions across the most common apps and services.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Create a flow that automatically saves email attachments
- Learn how to create a button flow to send yourself a reminder
Prerequisites
- Signed up for Power Automate
- Have a OneDrive for Business account
- Have or create a Mailchimp account
Tenant and environment admins use the Power Automate Admin center to manage data policies and environments for Power Automate deployments.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Learn about the Admin center
- Learn how to import and export flows
- Learn how to share flows
Prerequisites
- Signed up for Power Automate and a working mobile device with the Power Automate mobile app loaded.
This module introduces the triggers and actions that you can use to build flows in Power Automate with Dataverse.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Learn about the Dataverse triggers and actions in Power Automate.
- Discover the additional inputs that are available.
Prerequisites
Basic understanding of Microsoft Power Automate and Microsoft Dataverse
This module explains how to create your first flow in Power Automate with triggers and actions from Dataverse.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Build flows with Dataverse.
- Integrate Dataverse with Microsoft Outlook.
- Integrate Dataverse with Microsoft To Do.
Prerequisites
Basic understanding of Microsoft Power Automate and Microsoft Dataverse
Get the most out of your data using functions to create expressions.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Use one or more functions to create expressions.
- Use functions to retrieve data, change data, evaluate data, and more.
This module introduces the basics of Power Automate for desktop flows and explains how to build the first flow to help automate a repetitive task.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Learn about Power Automate for desktop flows.
- Learn how to create a new desktop flow.
- Record actions that are performed in the desktop-based Contoso Invoicing application.
- Perform a test run of the new desktop flow.
Prerequisites
- Basic understanding of Microsoft Power Automate.
- Recommended – View lab instructions on a separate device or in a printout.
When building robotic process automation (RPA), you can’t always monitor the flow. This module demonstrates the solution for this issue by explaining how to run your UI and API flows unattended.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Run a basic desktop flow in unattended mode.
- Run a desktop flow and cloud flow scenario in unattended mode.
- Learn best practices and setup for unattended desktop flows.
Prerequisites
A paid unattended RPA license to do the exercises in this module; unattended trial licensing is not available. Basic understanding of Microsoft Power Automate. This module builds off the Build your first Power Automate for desktop UI flow, the Use input and output parameters, the Create a Gateway to Desktop UI flow, the Integration with Outlook connector, the Use AI builder to process invoice forms, and the Use Teams connector and adaptive cards modules.
Do you want to create business process flows? This module will discuss what business process flows are and how to use them to solve business solutions. You will discover why automating the business process is important to organizations and how to build business process flow solutions by using Microsoft Power Platform and Dataverse. Additionally, you will learn how business process flows differ from regular Power Automate workflows and when to use each.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Discover why standardizing business process flows is important and valuable to an organization.
- Learn about the difference between a workflow and a business process.
- Find out about how business process flows are used within Microsoft Power Platform and Dataverse.
Prerequisites
A basic understanding of how to model a business process as a set of stages, ste
Do you want to improve your business process flow? This module introduces more advanced business process flow concepts and techniques that you can use to help improve your flow.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Learn about branching logic.
- Create additional fields and a main form to enhance a business process flow.
- Discover how to use instant flows with business process flows.
- Enhance immersive business process flows by using advanced techniques.
Prerequisites
A basic understanding of how to model a business process as a set of stages, steps, and branching concepts and a familiarity with Power Platform.
With the process advisor capability in Power Automate, you can record existing business processes and analyze them to increase efficacy by tracking completion times and mapping various actions that are involved. The first step to automating a solution is knowing the process, and process advisor helps simplify that task.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Create your first recording.
- Edit recordings and group actions.
- Analyze recordings and interpret results.
Create a Microsoft Power Virtual Agents bot in this module.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Create Power Virtual Agents bots.
- Test Power Virtual Agents bots.
- Analyze performance.
Microsoft Power Virtual Agents helps you quickly enhance your bot’s functionality to make it even more powerful. This module examines methods that you can use to enhance your Power Virtual Agents bots.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Initiate Power Automate flows directly from topics in your bot.
- Configure bots to pass conversations to applications such as Omnichannel for Customer Service.
- Extract content from support pages and configure it into bot topics that you can use in conversations.
Prerequisites
Access to Power Virtual Agents
Microsoft Power Virtual Agents uses trigger phrases in bots to identify when to present a topic to a customer. This module will examine how you can use topics to create and manage conversation paths in a bot.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Work with bot topics and branch a topic.
- Use entities in a conversation.
- Use variables across topics.
- Use a fallback topic rather than triggering an escalation.
- Manage a topic status, copy topics, and resolve topic errors.
Prerequisites
Access to Power Virtual Agents
Learn how to implement no-code chatbots to solve common customer issues.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Create and configure a new bot.
- Set permissions and security.
- Use topics and entities.
- Import and export bots.
- Authenticate users.
Learn what Power BI is, including its building blocks and how they work together.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Learn how Power BI services and applications work together.
- Explore how Power BI can make your business more efficient.
- Learn how to create compelling visuals and reports.
How can you find, collect, and clean data from different sources? Power BI is a tool for making sense of your data. You will learn tricks to make data-gathering easier.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Explore the data-centric features and tools of Power BI.
- Explore ways to find data.
Prerequisites
Access to Power BI Desktop
Connect Power BI to multiple data sources to create reports. Define the relationship between your data sources.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Create relationships between your data sources
- Create a new field with calculated columns
- Optimize data by hiding fields and sorting visualization data
- Create a measure to perform calculations on your data
- Use a calculated table to create a relationship between two tables
- Format time-based data so that you can drill down for more details
Prerequisites
Access to Power BI Desktop
Create and customize visuals to present data in compelling and insightful ways.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Explore Power BI visuals
- Create visuals
Prerequisites
Access to Power BI Desktop
Turn your business intelligence data into data insights by creating and configuring Power BI dashboards.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Upload reports
- Create dashboards
- Ask questions of your data
Prerequisites
Access to Power BI Desktop
Publish and share your Power BI reports and dashboards to teammates in your organization or to everyone on the web.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Publish reports
- Print and export reports
- Build apps
- Integrate with OneDrive
- Publish to the web
Access to Power BI Desktop
Microsoft Power Apps and Power Automate include such package features as apps from Microsoft Power Apps, site maps, flows, entities, customer connectors, and more. In this module, you’ll learn how to manage solutions with Power Automate.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Package existing items into a solution.
- Create solutions.
- Edit existing solution-aware apps, flows in a solution.
- Import and export solutions.
- Deploy complex solutions with many components.
- Learn about component dependency on other components.
Dataverse lets you load data into or export tables from other tables by using Microsoft Excel. You can also create views to quickly review data that is stored within a table.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- View data within a table.
- Create or edit views of data in a table.
- Load data into a table.
- Export data from a table.
- Add, update, or delete data in a table by using Excel.
- Import data using Power Query in Maker Portal
- Generate a new dataflow from an Excel Template
- Learn about dataflows and Azure integration
Prerequisites
A basic understanding of what a database is and its role within a software solution.
This self-paced module helps you build an AI model from the beginning and shows how you can use it in your business without writing a single line of code.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Explore how AI Builder can help improve your business performance.
- Learn how to use different AI technologies to enhance your processes.
- Create your first model.
- Learn how to use your models in Power Apps and Power Automate.
Prerequisites
- A Power Apps or Power Automate license
- Access to Microsoft Dataverse
- An AI Builder add-on or trial
Understand your model, model versions, and model sharing in AI Builder.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Learn about the lifecycle of a model.
- Learn how to manage model versions.
- Explore how to share a model, including permissions.
- Get a better understanding of AI Builder.
Prerequisites
- A Power Apps or Power Automate license
- Access to Common Data Service
- An AI Builder add-on or trial
Learn the basics of AI Builder usage in Power Automate and how it can benefit your organization.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Explore how using AI Builder in Power Automate can save you time.
- Learn how to use AI Builder actions in Power Automate.
- Discover advanced AI Builder usage in Power Automate.
Prerequisites
Before you begin this course, we recommend that you read the Get started with AI Builder module and the “What is AI Builder?” documentation.
- Access to Microsoft Dataverse
- An AI Builder add-on or trial
Learn about the functional consultant role and the key skills needed to be successful in this role on a Microsoft Power Platform project.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will:
- Learn the key responsibilities and skills of the functional consultant role on a project that involves Microsoft Power Platform.
- Learn about creating entity relationship diagrams, wireframes, and mockups for apps, documenting requirements and solution artifacts, and documenting details of data for migration and integration.
- Understand how functional consultants are expected to engage with stakeholders, perform quality assurance, and configure integrations on projects.
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Exam & Certification
Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Functional Consultant Associate.
To qualify for this certification, you’re likely to be a functional consultant, a data analyst, a developer looking to hone your consulting and configuration skills, a solution architect, or an IT professional with knowledge and experience configuring Microsoft Power Platform. You can leverage your Dynamics 365 model-driven applications skills and data modeling principles.
This certification lets the world know that you’re considered qualified to build and implement solutions that use Power Apps, Power BI, and Power Virtual Agents.
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Are you a functional consultant, data analyst, or developer looking to hone your consulting and configuration skills, or solution architect on a path to the solution architect certification? Or maybe you’re an IT professional with knowledge and experience configuring Microsoft Power Platform.
If this describes you and you’re familiar with using Power Platform components to extend and customize Microsoft apps and services such as Teams, Dynamics 365, Excel, and Word, explore how the Microsoft Power Platform Functional Consultant Associate certification can help enhance your career and make you a key member of your team. This certification indicates to the world that you’re considered qualified to build and implement solutions that use Power Apps, Power BI, and Power Virtual Agents.
As a candidate for this certification, you work with an organization’s stakeholders and subject matter experts, such as solution architects, developers, and testers, to gather requirements and then implement Microsoft Power Platform solutions. You build model-driven, canvas, and portal apps. And you create Power Automate flows, design chatbots using Power Virtual Agents, and analyze data using Power BI visualization and dashboards. You even create application enhancements, custom user experiences, system integrations, data conversions, custom process automation, and custom visualizations.
As a functional consultant, use this certification to market yourself more effectively for projects and other engagements. The Microsoft Power Platform Functional Consultant Associate certification lets organizations know that—with no code or low code—you can build solutions that would normally require developer expertise.
Candidates for this exam perform discovery, capture requirements, engage subject matter experts and stakeholders, translate requirements, and configure Power Platform solutions and apps. They create application enhancements, custom user experiences, system integrations, data conversions, custom process automation, and custom visualizations.
Candidates implement the design provided by and in collaboration with a solution architect and the standards, branding and artifacts established by User Experience Designers. They design integrations to provide seamless integration with third party applications and services.
Candidates actively collaborate with quality assurance team members to ensure that solutions meet functional and non-functional requirements. They identify, generate, and deliver artifacts for packaging and deployment to DevOps engineers, and provide operations and maintenance training to Power Platform administrators.
Power Platform Functional Consultants should be familiar with using Power Platform components to extend and customize Microsoft apps and services such as Teams, Dynamics 365, Excel, and Word.
This exam measures your ability to complete the following tasks: configure Microsoft Dataverse; create apps by using Power Apps; create and manage Power Automate; implement Power Virtual Agents chatbots; and integrate Power Apps with other apps and services.
- Configure Microsoft Dataverse (25-30%)
- Create apps by using Power Apps (20-25%)
- Create and manage Power Automate (15-20%)
- Implement Power Virtual Agents chatbots (10-15%)
- Integrate Power Apps with other apps and services (15-20%)
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We live in a rapidly changing world of technology, where every day brings innovation. How can you keep pace in this era of digital transformation? Microsoft technologies, offers a comprehensive collection of training options and a wide array of role-based certifications to help you pick up new skills or brush up on old ones.
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Why get certified?
There’s a high demand today for IT professionals with skills in security, networking, and the cloud—and, according to the 2018 Pearson VUE report on the value of IT certification, those are the top three fields people sought certification in last year. There’s also a rapidly growing demand for people with AI skills—in every field, including business apps.
But it’s not only developers, cloud solution architects, and cybersecurity experts, however, who need to demonstrate their skills. More and more industry roles require proficiency in specialized skills. As the business world continues its digital transformation, the need for people with skills using the latest technologies increases, which means that sales managers, marketers, brand developers, data analysts, and business apps solution developers and architects can also benefit from certification.
From Beginner to Expert: Your Guide to Microsoft Power Platform Certifications
Whether you’re a seasoned developer or a beginner, the Power Platform’s low-code and no-code tools make it easy to build custom apps, automate tasks, analyze data, and create chatbots with ease and efficiency.
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Unleash Business Potential as a Microsoft Power Platform Functional Consultant Associate
Are you a functional consultant or data analyst looking to advance your career? Or perhaps you’re a developer or solution architect seeking to expand your skills and earn recognition for your expertise? If so, you’re not alone. Many professionals in the tech industry are searching for ways to stand out in a competitive job market and demonstrate their value to employers.
In this blog, we’ll explore the benefits of this certification and how it can help you advance your career with Power Platform. We’ll also discuss the functional consultant role and the skills needed to qualify for this certification. Whether you’re just starting out, looking to advance, or wanting to change to a new, in-demand career, this certification can help you validate the applicable skills you’ve worked so hard to hone.
Top 7 IT Skills to Survive in 2023: Master One Today
In today’s digital age, IT skills have become the backbone of nearly every industry. From cybersecurity to artificial intelligence, staying ahead of the curve is no longer an option — it’s a necessity.
Whether you’re a fresh graduate exploring the tech landscape or a seasoned professional looking to upskill, this guide is your roadmap to success. In this blog, we will unveil the top 7 IT skills that are set to dominate in 2023. These skills have been carefully curated based on industry trends, market demands, and the potential they hold for shaping the future.
Frequently Asked Questions
There are many paths to the functional consultant certification. Depending on your path, you might consider several different Microsoft Certifications. Many IT professionals hold multiple certifications—they indicate a breadth of knowledge and skills.
If you haven’t gotten the fundamentals certification yet, consider adding it to your portfolio. The Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Fundamentals certification proves your basic skills across Microsoft Power Platform. It highlights your familiarity with computer technology, data analytics, cloud computing, and the internet.
If you come to the functional consultant role via the traditional development path, take a look at the new Microsoft Power Platform Developer Associate certification.
Those who come to the functional consultant role as data analysts with Power BI expertise might want to explore earning the Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Associate certification. Or, if you have a lot of functional consultant experience, your logical next step would be to earn the Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Solution Architect Expert certification.
Earning a Microsoft Power Platform certification is globally recognized and industry-endorsed evidence of mastering real world skills. It shows you demonstrate proficiency in keeping pace with technology. It’s a career move that yields many positive results.
Getting a Microsoft Certification is also a great way to break into the tech industry. A Microsoft Certification immediately confers a level of authority and expertise, especially helpful for someone new to the industry.
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You’re a skilled technical professional. Are you ready to explore where Microsoft Certification can take you? See how a functional consultant certification can highlight your skills, as you innovate, turn good ideas into great solutions, and take the next steps on your Microsoft Power Platform career path.
The number of questions on a certification exam is subject to change as Microsoft make updates to ensure it aligns with current changes in the technology and job role. Most Microsoft Certification exams typically contain between 40-60 questions; and around 60-140 minutes.
Starting June 30 2021, all newly earned role-based and specialty certifications will be valid for one year from the date the certification was earned.
To stay up to date, IT pros are constantly learning and adding skills. The IDC study concluded that Microsoft Learning Partners such as Trainocate Malaysia which was recently awarded Microsoft Learning Partner 2021 are well positioned to help organizations achieve their business and learning goals. The IT leaders who were surveyed found the most value from a Learning Partner that provides:
- An end-to-end solution which starts with identifying skill gaps, simplifies the learning experience, and finishes by evaluating how well the Learning Partner met the organization goals.
- Scale, flexibility, and speed to train teams of any size, in any location, amid changing circumstances.
- Value-added services, such as hands-on labs, classroom training, and custom content that help the skills development program succeed.
- High-quality content and delivery, meaning accurate, relevant courseware, top-notch instructors, and a path to certification, if needed.
