PL-200T00: Microsoft Power Platform Functional Consultant

A Microsoft Power Platform Functional Consultant is responsible for creating and configuring apps, automations, and solutions. They act as the liaison between users and the implementation team. The functional consultant promotes utilization of solutions within an organization. The functional consultant may perform discovery, engage subject matter experts and stakeholders, capture requirements, and map requirements to features. They implement components of a solution including application enhancements, custom user experiences, system integrations, data conversions, custom process automation, and simple visualizations.

Get started using Dataverse

• Create and manage environments in Dataverse
• Create tables in Dataverse
• Manage tables in Dataverse
• Create and manage columns within a table in Dataverse
• Work with choices in Dataverse
• Load/export data and create data views in Dataverse
• Connect to other data in a Power Apps canvas app

Manage permissions and administration for Dataverse

• Get started with security concepts in Dataverse
• Get started with security roles in Dataverse
• Use administration options for Dataverse

Visualize, import, and export Microsoft Dataverse data

• Visualize data with Dataverse views
• Use Power Query to load data in Dataverse
• Export data from Dataverse and use Microsoft Excel to edit records
• Use Azure and external tools to manipulate data

Create relationships, business rules, calculations, and rollups in Dataverse

• Create a relationship between tables in Dataverse
• Define and create business rules in Dataverse
• Create and define calculation or rollup columns in Dataverse

Advanced Model-Driven Apps with Power Apps: Configuration, Customization, and Deployment Techniques

• Configure forms, charts, and dashboards in model-driven apps
• Use specialized components in a model-driven form
• Solution Architect series: Evaluate Power Platform analytics and AI
• Deploy and refine your app like a pro
• Customize the command bar

Create a canvas app in Power Apps

• Get started with Power Apps canvas apps
• Customize a canvas app in Power Apps
• How to build the User Interface in a canvas app in Power Apps
• Navigation in a canvas app in Power Apps
• Manage apps in Power Apps
• Build a mobile-optimized app from Power Apps

Use the UI and controls in a canvas app in Power Apps

• Navigation in a canvas app in Power Apps
• How to build the User Interface in a canvas app in Power Apps
• Use and understand Controls in a canvas app in Power Apps
• Document and test your Power Apps application

Use basic formulas to make better Power Apps canvas apps

• Create formulas to change properties in a Power Apps canvas app
• Create formulas to change behaviors in a Power Apps canvas app
• Author a basic formula that uses tables and records in a Power Apps canvas app

Advanced Canvas App Development in Power Apps: Mastering Formulas and Development Techniques

• Create formulas that use tables, records, and collections in a canvas app in Power Apps
• Use imperative development techniques for canvas apps in Power Apps

Work with Power Pages websites

• Explore Power Pages design studio
• Explore Power Pages design studio data and security features
• Work with Power Pages metadata
• Explore Power Pages templates
• Integrate Power Pages websites with Dataverse
• Work with Liquid template language in Power Pages
• Set up Power Pages security

Extend Power Pages

• Access Dataverse in Power Pages websites
• Extend Power Pages websites

Administer Power Pages

• Power Pages administration
• Integrate Power Pages with web-based technologies
• Authentication and user management in Power Pages
• Power Pages maintenance and troubleshooting

Work with Power Automate error handling and expressions

• Best practices for error handling in Power Automate flows
• Introduction to expressions in Power Automate

Integrate Power Automate flows and Dataverse

• Use Dataverse triggers and actions in Power Automate
• Extend Dataverse with Power Automate

Power Platform Solution Management: Sharing, Customization, and Low-Code Development Essentials

• Share a cloud flow with Power Automate
• Understanding Low Code as a Traditional Developer
• Manage solutions in Power Apps and Power Automate
• Introduction to solutions for Microsoft Power Platform

Validate your Power Platform Functional Consultant skills

• Create tables in Dataverse
• Get started with model-driven apps in Power Apps
• Get started with Power Apps canvas apps
• Get started with Power Automate
• Challenge project – Build applications and automation solutions

Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Functional Consultant Associate

Demonstrate the use of Microsoft Power Platform solutions to simplify, automate, and empower business processes for organizations in the role of a Functional Consultant.

As a candidate for this certification, you:
• Perform discovery.
• Capture requirements.
• Engage subject matter experts and stakeholders.
• Configure business solutions by using Microsoft Power Platform tools and components.
You create:
• Application enhancements
• Tailored user experiences
• Process automation
As a candidate, you implement the design provided by and in collaboration with a solution architect and the standards, branding, and artifacts established by user experience designers. You implement integrations with third-party applications and services. You generate training documentation, and you facilitate training and enablement.
You must interact and effectively communicate with members of a delivery team, stakeholders, and customer teams while championing for their success. You must have an understanding of application lifecycle management (ALM) practices for Microsoft Power Platform and quality assurance.

You should be familiar with using the following Microsoft Power Platform components:
• Microsoft Dataverse
• Microsoft Power Apps
• Microsoft Power Automate cloud flows
• Microsoft Power Pages
• Microsoft Power Platform environments

You should have proficiency in:
• Data modeling
• User experience design
• Requirements analysis