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Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals

Standardize your team on Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals with a structured Microsoft training path — a blueprint-weighted practice exam and team admin reporting included on every CBT Nuggets Teams seat.

1
Course
1
Practice exam
8
Core skills
$99
Exam fee (Microsoft)
Microsoft Azure / 365 admin team at workstations with PowerShell and identity consoles
Difficulty
Difficulty: 1 of 5 (Easy)
Easy
Exam fee (Microsoft)
$99
Courses on path
1
Exam code
  • PL-900

Exam datasheet

Prerequisites
None
Recertification
Lifetime

Exams

Exams for this certification

Exam fees per engineer, paid to the exam vendor$99

Required — Required

Every engineer on the Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals path takes PL-900.

  1. PL-900Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals (PL-900)Practice exam included on every Teams seat
    Exam fee
    $99
    Exam length
    45 minutes
    Questions
    40-60
    Passing score
    700/1000

    Exam blueprint: PL-900

Skills your team builds

Power Platform Business ValuePower Platform Administration and GovernanceExtending Business SolutionsMicrosoft Dataverse and ConnectorsPower Automate FundamentalsPower BI ComponentsBasic Power BI DashboardsBasic Canvas Apps

Every certification course includes

  • Expert-led video training
  • Certification practice exams
  • Per-team completion reporting

Microsoft career ladder

Where Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals sits in your team's Microsoft progression

The cert your team is on now, plus the levels above and below. Use this to map an engineer's next-step credential or to plan headcount coverage across tiers.

Customer outcome

Build PL-900 capability across the whole team, not one engineer

Assign the Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals course to the engineers who need it, and the team report shows who has started, who has finished, and who has passed the practice exam — the view leadership uses to see Microsoft skills coverage across the team and where the gaps are.

Team capability

Make PL-900 a number on your team capability sheet, not a single engineer’s certificate.

Standardizing your team on PL-900 gives leadership a clear picture of Microsoft skills coverage — who has completed the training, who is still on the path, and where the gaps are — so staffing and escalation plans rest on known capability instead of on one engineer.

Credential: Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals

Exam
  • PL-900

Frequently asked questions about Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals training

Common questions IT directors ask when evaluating Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals training for their team.

How does PL-900 fit into an internal compliance or governance program for Power Platform use?

Teams often cite Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals when documenting that the people building flows, apps and reports understand Power Platform administration and governance basics. Team reporting provides per-learner progress, completion and completion exports that can serve as training evidence, while the auditor's control crosswalk decides how the credential maps to any formal framework.

Which team members should hold Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals, and what can a certified team own?

IT leaders typically assign PL-900 to Microsoft 365 administrators, support staff and analysts who field low-code requests from the business. The linked course prepares them to own basic Power Automate flows, Power BI components and dashboards, simple canvas apps, Microsoft Dataverse and connector decisions, and the administration and governance conversations that keep Power Platform growth under control.

What does CBT Nuggets Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals training include for a team?

CBT Nuggets Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals courses are built by named expert trainers. Where a course includes hands-on virtual labs or a practice exam mapped to Microsoft's published exam objectives, the course list on this page says so. Team admin reporting tracks assignment, completion and exam readiness per engineer — the view managers use to run a team training program.

How do I assign and track Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals training for my team?

From the admin console, managers assign the Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals courses directly to specific engineers or role groups and track completion and practice-exam scores per learner. Team-wide reporting rolls up to a single dashboard you can review or export for leadership reviews or compliance reporting.

How long does it take to prepare a team for the PL-900 exam?

The linked CBT Nuggets training totals about 6 hours of video. The overall timeline depends on the team's starting point, including how much hands-on exposure members already have to Power Automate, Power BI and Dataverse, and team reporting shows each learner's course progress and completion along the way.

What if Microsoft updates the Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals exam objectives?

CBT Nuggets updates Microsoft course content as exam objectives refresh, and this page shows the current exam's status and any retirement date the vendor has announced. When Microsoft restructures or renames a track, the assigned training stays aligned with the same team training plan, and the training stays current without anyone losing their progress mid-stream.

Ready to Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals-certify your team?

Build Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals capability across your team

See how CBT Nuggets helps IT leaders plan and track Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals training across the team — a practice exam and reporting included.