Microsoft Power Platform solution architects lead successful implementations and focus on how solutions address the broader business and technical needs of organizations.
A solution architect has functional and technical knowledge of the Power Platform, Dynamics 365 customer engagement apps, related Microsoft cloud solutions, and other third-party technologies. A solution architect applies knowledge and experience throughout an engagement. The solution architect performs proactive and preventative work to increase the value of the customer’s investment and promote organizational health. This role requires the ability to identify opportunities to solve business problems.
Solution architects have experience across functional and technical disciplines of the Power Platform. Solution architects should be able to facilitate design decisions across development, configuration, integration, infrastructure, security, availability, storage, and change management. This role balances a project’s business needs while meeting functional and non-functional requirements.
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Exam PL-600: Microsoft Power Platform Solution Architect (beta)
Languages: English
Retirement date: none
This exam measures your ability to accomplish the following technical tasks: perform solution envisioning and requirement analyses; architect a solution; and implement the solution.
Skills measured
Perform solution envisioning and requirement analyses (35-40%)
Architect a solution (40-45%)
Implement the solution (15-20%)
Audience Profile
Microsoft Power Platform solution architects lead successful implementations and focus on how solutions address the broader business and technical needs of organizations.
A solution architect has functional and technical knowledge of the Power Platform, Dynamics 365 customer engagement apps, related Microsoft cloud solutions, and other third-party technologies. A solution architect applies knowledge and experience throughout an engagement. The solution architect performs proactive and preventative work to increase the value of the customer’s investment and promote organizational health. This role requires the ability to identify opportunities to solve business problems.
Solution architects have experience across functional and technical disciplines of the Power Platform. Solution architects should be able to facilitate design decisions across development, configuration, integration, infrastructure, security, availability, storage, and change management. This role balances a project’s business needs while meeting functional and non-functional requirements.
Skills Measured
NOTE: The bullets that appear below each of the skills measured are intended to illustrate how we are assessing that skill. This list is NOT definitive or exhaustive.
NOTE: Most questions cover features that are General Availability (GA). The exam may contain questions on Preview features if those features are commonly used.
Perform solution envisioning and requirement analyses (35-40%)
Initiate solution planning
evaluate business requirements
identify Power Platform solution components
identify other components including existing apps, AppSource apps, third-party components, and components from independent software vendors (ISV)
identify and estimate migration effort
Identify organization information and metrics
identify desired high-level organizational business processes
identify business process automation opportunities
assess an organization’s risk factors
review key success criteria
Identify existing solutions and systems
evaluate an organization’s enterprise architecture
identify data sources needed for a solution
define use cases and quality standards for existing data
identify and document an organization’s business processes
Capture requirements
refine high-level requirements
identify functional requirements
identify non-functional requirements
confirm that requirements meet an organization’s goals
Perform fit/gap analyses
determine the feasibility of meeting specific requirements
evaluate Dynamics 365 apps and AppSource options to solve requirements
address functional gaps through alternate solutions
determine the scope for a solution
Architect a solution (40-45%)
Lead the design process
design the solution topology
design customizations for existing apps
design and validate user experience prototypes
identify opportunities for component reuse
communicate system design visually
design application lifecycle management (ALM) processes
design a data migration strategy
design apps by grouping required features based on role or task
design a data visualization strategy
design an automation strategy that uses Power Automate
Design the data model
design entities and fields
design reference and configuration data
design relationships and relationship behaviors
determine when to connect to external data versus import data
design data models to address complex sets of requirements
Design integrations
design collaboration integrations
design integrations between Power Platform solutions and Dynamics 365 apps
design integrations with an organization’s existing systems
design third-party integrations
design an authentication strategy
design a business continuity strategy
identify opportunities to integrate and extend Power Platform solutions by using Microsoft Azure
Design the security model
design the business unit and team structure
design security roles
design field security
design security models to address complex sets of requirements
determine security model management policies and processes
identify Azure Active Directory groups and app registrations required to support a solution
identify data loss prevention (DLP) policies for a solution
determine how external users will access a solution
Implement the solution (15-20%)
Validate the solution design
evaluate detail designs and implementation
validate security
ensure that the solution conforms to API limits
resolve automation conflicts
resolve integration conflicts
Support go-live
identify and resolve potential and actual performance issues
troubleshoot data migration
resolve any identified issues with deployment plans
identify factors that impact go-live readiness and remediate issues
QUESTION 1
A company uses two separate unlinked apps to manage sales leads: a Power Apps app and a third-party application.
The client has the following requirements:
Manage all leads by using the Power Apps app.
Create a lead in the Power Apps app when a user creates a lead in the third-party application.
Update leads in the Power Apps app when a user updates a lead in the third-party application.
Connect to the third-party application by using an API.
You need to recommend strategies to integrate the Power Apps app and the third-party application.
Which three options can you use to achieve the goal? Each correct answer presents part of the solution.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.
A. Dual-write
B. Custom connector
C. Dataflow
D. Power Automate cloud flow
E. Common Data Service connector
Correct Answer: ADE
QUESTION 2
A large company experiences high staff turnover rates. As a result, the company must add or remove multiple system user accounts daily.
You need to recommend a security concept which will facilitate complex security profiles to entities for large groups of users across the Power Apps and Dynamics 365 applications.
What should you recommend?
A. Hierarchy security
B. Field-level security
C. User access management
D. Team privileges
Correct Answer: D
QUESTION 3
A company uses manual processes to track interactions with customers.
The company wants to use Power Platform to improve productivity.
The company has the following requirements:
Provide customers with an online portal where they can submit and review cases.
Ensure that customers can chat online with a customer service representative at any time.
Route chats to customer service representatives based on skill and availability.
You need to recommend a solution to the company.
Which three components should you recommend? Each correct answer presents part of the solution.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.
A. Dynamics 365 Virtual Agents chatbots
B. Customer self-service portal
C. Dynamics 365 Field Service
D. Business process flows
E. Omnichannel for Customer Service
Correct Answer: B,D,E
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