Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals
The PL-900 exam is designed for anyone getting started with Power Platform. It validates your understanding of the business value of Microsoft Power Platform, manage the Microsoft Power Platform environment, the capabilities of Power Apps, the capabilities of Power Automate, and features and capabilities of agents in Microsoft Copilot Studio.
Exam details
- Certification
- Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals
- Exam code
- PL-900
- Level
- Fundamentals
- Duration
- Approximately 45 minutes
- Questions
- Typically 40–60 questions
- Passing score
- 700 out of 1000
- Cost
- USD $99 — typical price; the exact fee varies by country/region and currency, and local taxes may apply.
- Prerequisites
- None required
- Languages
- English (also available in Spanish, German, French and Japanese, and several other languages)
- Delivered by
- Pearson VUE
- Renewal
- Not required (Fundamentals certifications do not expire)
Skills measured
Describe the business value of Microsoft Power Platform (5–10%)
- Describe the value of Power Apps, Power Automate, Dataverse, connectors, and Power Pages.
- Describe generative AI features and Copilot Studio agents.
Manage the Microsoft Power Platform environment (20–25%)
- Describe Dataverse tables, columns, relationships, forms, views, and Power Fx business logic.
- Describe environments, security, privacy, analytics, and ALM pipelines.
Demonstrate the capabilities of Power Apps (20–25%)
- Describe canvas apps, model-driven apps, Plan designer, and code apps.
- Describe how to use AI to create canvas, model-driven, and vibe experience apps.
Demonstrate the capabilities of Power Automate (20–25%)
- Describe cloud and desktop flow use cases, including approvals, Teams, Outlook, and SharePoint.
- Describe connectors, triggers, actions, and using AI to create cloud and desktop flows.
Describe features and capabilities of agents in Microsoft Copilot Studio (20–25%)
- Describe how to build agents with topics, knowledge, tools, MCP, agent flows, and channels.
- Describe Agent 365, monitoring, adoption, and agent evaluations.
Study resources & practice tests
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Frequently asked questions
Who should take PL-900?
PL-900 is for students, business stakeholders, citizen developers, and IT staff who are new to Microsoft Power Platform. That includes people in professional services, the public sector, and corporate operations.
What is the average salary for a Power Platform Fundamentals professional?
PL-900 is a fundamentals credential, not a job title, so it has no published salary of its own. People who hold it are often citizen developers, junior analysts, or consultants starting on Power Platform. As of 2026, related US junior Power Platform and analyst roles commonly earn about $60,000 to $90,000. UK Power Platform developer medians are about £55,000 once you are in a dedicated role. German Power Platform professionals start around €55,000. The exam does not set pay.
Where do I find exam questions to practice?
You will find websites selling exam dumps or brain dumps that claim to be real PL-900 questions. Those materials are not official. Microsoft treats using brain dumps as cheating. It can invalidate your score, revoke certifications you already hold, and ban you from future exams. Microsoft publishes a free Practice Assessment for PL-900 on Microsoft Learn. Those questions are examples only, not the live exam. MeasureUp also sells the official practice test linked in the study resources on this page. You can try the Microsoft exam sandbox to see the question types and timer, but it does not use real exam questions. Practise the skills measured in a real product environment rather than memorising leaked items.
Does the exam include official labs I can use to practice?
PL-900 is a knowledge exam. Microsoft does not provide official exam labs you can use to practise this credential. Some Microsoft Learn modules include short exercises, and official instructor-led PL-900T00 training delivered by a Microsoft Learning Partner includes labs. Those labs are for the course, not a copy of the exam. Hands-on practice, if you want it, is in a free Azure, Power Platform, Microsoft 365, or trial tenant rather than an exam lab. The Microsoft exam sandbox shows traditional question types only. It does not give you the lab virtual machine.