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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

Consuming a model using Power Automate

Power Automate can use all the prebuilt models and any custom models in AI Builder to enhance data. You can trigger a Power Automate flow when a record is created, or an image stored. The flow can then use AI models. For example, Power Automate can categorize a new record or predict what will happen to a newly created record.

There is an AI Builder connector that you add to a flow to access the models. The AI Builder connector does not have any triggers but has actions for prebuilt as well as custom models. The following actions are available:

  • Analyze positive or negative sentiment in some text.
  • Classify text into categories with the standard model.
  • Classify text into categories with one of your custom models.
  • Detect and count objects in images.
  • Detect the language being used in some text.
  • Extract entities from the text with the standard model.
  • Extract entities from the text with one of your custom models.
  • Extract the key...