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Microsoft Power Platform Functional Consultant: PL-200 Exam Guide

By : Julian Sharp
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Microsoft Power Platform Functional Consultant: PL-200 Exam Guide

By: Julian Sharp

Overview of this book

The Power Platform Functional Consultant Associate (PL-200) exam tests and validates the practical skills of Power Platform users who are proficient in developing solutions by combining the tools in Power Platform and the Microsoft 365 ecosystem based on business needs. This certification guide offers complete, up-to-date coverage of the PL-200 exam so you can prepare effectively for the exam. Written in a clear, succinct way with self-assessment questions, exam tips, and mock exams with detailed explanations of solutions, this book covers common day-to-day activities involved in configuring Power Platform, such as managing entities, creating apps, implementing security, and managing system change. You'll also explore the role of a functional consultant in creating a data model in the Microsoft Dataverse (formerly Common Data Service). Moving ahead, you'll learn how to design the user experience and even build model-driven and canvas apps. As you progress, the book will show you how to manage automation and create chatbots. Finally, you'll understand how to display your data with Power BI and integrate Power Platform with Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Teams. By the end of this book, you'll be well-versed with the essential concepts and techniques required to prepare for the PL-200 certification exam.
Table of Contents (34 chapters)
1
Section 1: Introduction
3
Section 2: Microsoft Dataverse
11
Section 3: Power Apps
15
Section 4: Automation
19
Section 5: Power Virtual Agents
22
Section 6: Integrations

Assigning multiple security roles

When you assign multiple roles to a user, the effective security a user has is cumulative. It is a union of least restrictive privileges.

You need to work out effective security practices on a privilege-by-privilege basis. There is no tool provided that performs this analysis for you.

The None access level is not the same as Deny. This behavior is different to the behavior in AD that you might be familiar with.

For example, three security roles have the following access levels on the Update privilege for the Contact entity:

  • None
  • User
  • Business Unit

The effective privilege is the least restrictive of these, that is, Business Unit.

In another example, three security roles have the following access levels on the Assign privilege for the Activity entity:

  • User
  • Business Unit
  • Organization

The effective privilege is the least restrictive of these, that is, Organization.

Determining effective privileges is much easier with the layered approach previously...