Microsoft Exam Syllabus

PL-200 syllabus, skills measured, and exam topics

The PL-200 exam measures Configure Microsoft Dataverse, Create apps by using Microsoft Power Apps, and Create and manage logic and process automation. Use this page to review the current official syllabus, major domains, and source links before exam day.

Skills measured by domain

Use the weighting table to decide where to spend the most study time.

Domain Weight
Configure Microsoft Dataverse 25–30%
Create apps by using Microsoft Power Apps 25–30%
Create and manage logic and process automation 25–30%
Manage environments 15–20%

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Audience profile

  • As a candidate for this exam, you:
  • Perform discovery.
  • Capture requirements.
  • Engage subject matter experts and stakeholders.
  • Configure business solutions by using Microsoft Power Platform tools and components.
  • 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

Detailed outline

Scan each section as a working study checklist instead of one long wall of text.

Configure Microsoft Dataverse (25–30%)

  • Create or modify standard, activity, or virtual tables
  • Create new tables or modify existing tables
  • Determine which type of relationship to implement, including one-to-many and many-to-many
  • Configure table relationships including behaviors and cascading rules
  • Create new or modify existing columns, including rollup and formula
  • Configure table properties
  • Configure Dataverse search, and manage the search index
  • Manage auditing
  • Describe options for importing and exporting data
  • Configure duplicate detection settings
  • Configure bulk deletion
  • Manage business units

Create apps by using Microsoft Power Apps (25–30%)

  • Create and configure multiple form types
  • Use controls in the form designer
  • Create and configure views
  • Configure custom pages
  • Configure modern commanding by using Power Fx
  • Embed a canvas app in a model-driven app form
  • Add Microsoft Power BI dashboards and reports in a model-driven app
  • Describe canvas app structure
  • Describe form navigation, formulas, variables and collections, and error handling
  • Describe how Microsoft Power Automate flows are called from a canvas app
  • Configure pages, forms, lists, and navigation
  • Describe advanced Power Pages features, including document management, search, multi-step forms, and Power BI

Create and manage logic and process automation (25–30%)

  • Describe types of flows, use cases, and flow components, including when to use a classic workflow
  • Describe components of a connector
  • Implement logic controls including branches, loops, conditions, error handling, and variables
  • Implement dynamic content and expressions
  • Work with the Dataverse connector
  • Manage and troubleshoot flows
  • Configure a business process flow
  • Add stages, workflows, and flow steps to a business process flow
  • Manage the business process flow table for a business process flow
  • Configure a workflow
  • Troubleshoot workflows
  • Manage workflow logs

Manage environments (15–20%)

  • Describe use cases for app checker and solution checker
  • Create and manage Dataverse solutions
  • Describe the difference between managed and unmanaged Dataverse solutions
  • Manage Microsoft Power Platform environments for development
  • Import and export Dataverse solutions
  • Configure email integration
  • Configure Microsoft SharePoint integration
  • Describe options for document management
  • Work with Microsoft Word templates