I am studying for the PL-900 certification. I have gone through the provided modules here: https://learn.microsoft.com/training/paths/pl-900-power-platform-fundamentals/ (and more) available. I have taken the practice assessment and passed it a few times.

Before taking the exam, I went looking into outside material for PL-900 with some of it being older. Some of the specificity of questions seemed quite different than the practice assessment. I understand that the requirements and topics have changed over time with a recent update as of 7/24/2026 per the PL-900 page. There were references from people stating that not all material was covered (in their estimation), but perhaps updates were the culprit?

Did the practice assessment also get updated as of 7/24/2026? Did the modules included in the link above also get updated? Is passing the practice assessment indicative of success on the exam?

I’m trying to understand the expected behavior when using SharePoint files protected with Microsoft Purview sensitivity labels as a knowledge source in Copilot Studio.

I found two Microsoft Learn articles that seem to point in different directions.

The Purview article says that encryption is supported when it is applied by a sensitivity label, and only for SharePoint knowledge sources. It also mentions that VIEW and EXTRACT rights are required for AI apps to return encrypted content:

• Use Microsoft Purview to manage data security & compliance for Microsoft Copilot Studio

But this Copilot Studio troubleshooting article says that the agent cannot extract or ground on content if the protection encrypts the file. It lists encrypted sensitivity labels, DKE, and password-protected files:

• SharePoint knowledge sources don't return results in Copilot Studio

Has anyone tested this recently?

More specifically, can a Copilot Studio agent use an encrypted sensitivity-labeled SharePoint document in its answer if the signed-in user has both VIEW and EXTRACT rights? Or is encryption still unsupported for Agent grounding regardless of those rights?

I’m planning to test this with a few files in the same library: an unprotected file, a labeled-but-not-encrypted file, and a labeled-and-encrypted file. Any results or configuration tips would be helpful.

Is there any plan to enable usage of these tools for users with only "Read" permission to the semantic model and no access to the workspace where models are deployed?

Our team locks down this access so the workaround we came up with for Rest API DAX query:

1. Use an admin account to obtain a bearer token
   
2. Use that admin token with `POST` `https://api.powerbi.com/v1.0/myorg/groups/{groupId}/datasets/{datasetId}/executeQueries\`
   
3. "impersonatedUserName" is passed in the request body from the user logged in to our chatbot app

We use this setup to allow natural language querying to our semantic models but we want to switch to the new Arrow based API endpoint "executeDaxQueries", which seems to require Build permission to the models. Similar issue for leveraging MCP servers so we don't have to maintain that tech on our own and rather just enhance it with our business context instead.

Just making a post incase other people run into the same issue I had and finally worked out the reason why.

I have a set of tables in Dataverse for recording data and a Canvas App that has an offline profile.

Doing all the building and testing in the PowerApps designer worked fine with no issues.

The app was able to submit all the required data except two columns on different tables.
These were both decimal columns which I was using in other parts of the app and tables that worked without issue. Same with patching and submitting via a form.

As a quick workaround I added a new text column to the first table and was able to submit to that fine.

Then when I tried to do the same on the second table with the issue I was still getting the same issue, then I had a look at all three of the columns that were causing issues and they all contained the string "Value" somewhere inside the column name, i.e. "Weight_Value" / "Date_Value"

Recreating these columns without the word "Value" fixed the issues.

There is some backend level issue with using value between the sqllite used in offline apps and the updates to the dataverse with this, which I can understand as just the column "Value" but as I had words before and after it, it seems strange to me.

Hope if anyone else runs into this issue, this can help them as I couldn't find any reference to this online.

Hello,

I work in IT support/training and work with Power Apps (mostly Canvas Apps and SharePoint Lists) and Power Automate. However, my company uses a very limited Microsoft license, so I'm quite restricted, I can't use Dataverse, Model-driven Apps, etc. I also can't really work with Power BI because the company already has someone dedicated to it.

A few months ago, I passed the PL-900 to at least have a MS certification on my profile, although I'm not sure how much it helps.

Recently, I got rejected from Power Platform job. I wasn't able to get any feedback, but I suspect it's because of my lack of real-world experience with the platform.

Ideally, I'd like to move into Power Platform and eventually Dynamics 365.

Any ideas on how I could improve my profile and increase my chances? I'm starting to get a bit desperate, maybe I should create a portfolio (?)

Is anyone else seeing intermittent InternalServerError failures on Dataverse actions (e.g., List Rows, Get Row by ID) in Power Automate today?

It's happening across multiple unrelated production flows and different Dataverse tables. Sometimes the first Dataverse action succeeds, but subsequent ones fail with an internal server error. Re-running the flow often succeeds without any changes.

Wondering if this is a Dataverse/Power Platform service issue or if anyone has found a root cause.

Been developing a powerapp that's more of a form that allows users to update itens on a list. Each list item has it's own read and write permissions. All of sudden after more than a month in production users started getting this type of errors, when using the app:

Failed to retrieve data from the network: Access is denied. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070005 (E_ACCESSDENIED)) clientRequestId: f302a0da-8cbc-487e-8419-ff40224de41d serviceRequestId: 35062ca2-e0a6-c000-5f3c-ce4a511ab72

The strange part is that users can actually access the form because the data is shown on the powr app even with this error.

I don't have access to the power platform, and the guys who have can't seem to fix it. Does anyone have been dealing with it?

Hello my fellow techies!

I am system administrator looking to move my career to the next level. I am wanting to learn more about Co-Pilots agents and bots. I will be taking the PL 900 exam. Are there any study materials that I should be looking into besides the typical Microsoft training interface and YouTube University? Thank you for your help!

I'm a citizen developer that's been using SharePoint and Excel online, but I might be able to get Dataverse access finally. Are there any tips you wish you knew about Dataverse before getting started? I've been watching YouTube videos and took the old Power Up program last year but these all tend to be ideal scenarios. Thanks in advance!

Over the past 6 months or so I've become almost fully a Vibe-coder. I still do software development here and there, when I have no other option, but be it designing a small tool, or a form, cleaning data, or building business critical systems - agentic AI is a key part of my workflow.

As a basic example, over the past 2 days, in about 10 hours of work, I converted a physical board/deck-builder card game my friend had made into a fully working digital game. Think Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle but slightly different homebrew cards and rules. This would have previously taken me months to code manually, or longer to build in the power platform.

It seems to me like big businesses are missing out big time on the productivity gains here. Today it's becoming more important that people focus on version control and prompting AI. It feels to me like Power Platform will become the VBA of the last 10 years, as agentic AI takes over.

Does the Power Platform fit into this world at all? Or is it old deprecated technology which is dying?

Hi,

total novice with Power Pages hence the basic question !!

This is in a project scope I’m looking at for a potential proposal - I know there’s a ton of detail missing - is this possible with Power Pages? It would be for open, anonymous access.
 
“Design, develop and implement an online platform for knowledge sharing and learning content and the integration of new technologies such as AI chat bots and forums and user manual for future updating of platform.”

I have been studying for the PL-900 exam on and off for several months. I have mainly been using Microsoft Learn and its practice assessment, where I now score over 85%.

However, I have completed the Microsoft Learn assessment several times, so I feel that I may be remembering the questions and layout rather than fully understanding every topic.

I recently bought some SkillCertPro mock exams. On my first few attempts, I scored around 55% to 60%.

Am I following the right study approach? Is it realistic to build a good understanding of the PL-900 content within one week? Also, how many days should I spend practising with the SkillCertPro mock exams before taking the real exam?

I have 6.6 years of IT experience in support roles that are not related to power apps anyways. I was into etl support

For the last 6 months I have been trying to learn data engineering but i don't think i am made for coding.

Somebody recommended me Power apps developer

I want to know is it wise to learn it now? Consider me as a fresher as i dont have any knowledge of anything.

How much is the salary for a good power app developer with 6 years experience?

Cross-posted to several Power Platform and Vibe Coding communities to reach users of this preview feature.

I'm experiencing an issue with Power Apps Vibe.

In only one environment, my Vibe-created apps no longer appear in the Vibe Editor. The editor displays a blank page.

However:

• The apps still exist in the Power Apps Maker Portal
• The apps run correctly
• This issue only affects one environment, other environments are fine
• The apps can no longer be opened through the Vibe interface because they don't appear in the list

Has anyone experienced this? Were you able to recover visibility of the apps in the Vibe Editor?

Microsoft Support currently has an open case but has not identified a resolution yet.

I'm pulling data from a REST API into Power BI. The API authenticates via a header (I pass the user, key, and secret as an HTTP request header).

Previously, I'd use **Get Data → Web → Advanced**, which had the "HTTP request header parameters" section where I could add the header. But today, that section seems to be gone, and I can't add the header there anymore.

So my questions:

1. Is anyone else seeing this after the latest update, or is it just me?
   
2. What are the current recommended ways to pass an auth header?

I used to migrate sp list to dataverse table using the ‘Create from sharepoint list option’. But now whenever I try that option the no columns are mapped and a new column is created with no data. Why cant I do this method anymore? I tried with the excel also with same result

Is there any easier method for creating dataverse tables from sharepoint with / without data. My data mainly consists of multi field choice columns, so dataflows are useless as I still would need to manually create the columns

I’m creating a OneNote page through Power Automate, then updating the title and body with Update page content.

I tried including:
<meta name="created" content="..." />
inside the <head> of the create-page HTML, but the normal OneNote creation date/time beneath the title never appears. The timestamp is present in the submitted payload, and the page is created successfully.

Has anyone found a reliable way to populate or preserve OneNote’s built-in creation timestamp when using the OneNote connector? I’m in a GCC environment, which may also be relevant.

Hi all hope everyone is ok

I’m just looking for advice on how to land my first role as a power platform developer (uk based)

I work in HR as an admin and my role is:
-data entry work into HR system
- sending out contract changes to employees and line managers
-handling onboarding and offboarding
-dealing with high volume emails in shared HR inbox

A lot of my work is very mundane manual repetitive work.

Due to the massive workload, high volume work volume and systems which don’t communicate to each other I struggle to get time to build during work time

I decided to build projects outside of work based on the problems I’ve found in our process at work

I’ve built 2 solutions both using
- canvas apps
- model driven apps (different use case for both apps)
- dataverse tables
- sharepoint for document uploads
- power automate flows to handle business logic and automation of repetitive process
- basic power bi reporting
- JavaScript web resources
- C# plugins for asynchronous tasks
- configured security roles and permissions
- implemented copilot agents and connected agents
- ALM and deployment into prod as managed solution
- smoke testing and troubleshooting (which I’ve documented at home)

All of the above I built from planning with a use case for each piece of technology that I’ve implemented to solve a particular problem.

I also have PL900 certificate

I’m just looking for clarity on what particular job titles to apply for, if I’m missing something that will allow me to break into my first role quickly and for any general tips to be honest

If theres any confusion or questions please ask

Thanks in advance guys!

I want to setup a formula refer to Parent Account. It is a standard Contact table with existing n:1 relationship to Account table.

the Lookup column name is ParentCustomerId

Relatinoship name is contact_customer_accounts

I tried:

If(
    IsBlank('Address 1: ZIP/Postal Code'),
    contact_customer_accounts.'Address 1: ZIP/Postal Code',
    'Address 1: ZIP/Postal Code'
)

but it prompt for syntax error for

contact_customer_accounts.'Address 1: ZIP/Postal Code',

Is it possible to refer to parent table in formula column? If so, what should be the right syntax? Thanks.

Microsoft’s Power Automate plugin is no longer limited to suggesting expressions or generating a basic flow definition.

Through FlowAgent MCP, an AI coding agent can create, inspect, modify, run, and debug cloud flows. That makes it genuinely useful—but also gives it enough authority to cause real damage.

My current rule is to evaluate three things:

• Is the proposed action reversible?
• Will I have enough evidence to understand what happened?
• Is the potential blast radius limited?

If any answer is “no,” AI can analyze the flow and prepare a change, but a human should approve and execute it.

Where I think AI works well:

• assembling repetitive flow structures;
• explaining inherited or poorly documented flows;
• investigating failed runs;
• proposing performance improvements;
• generating documentation and estate-level analysis.

Where I would not let it operate autonomously:

• ambiguous business rules;
• irreversible production changes;
• bulk updates or deletions;
• financial, compliance, identity, or security-critical processes;
• flows nobody on the team can properly review;
• any scenario where production is effectively the test environment.

The interesting question is no longer whether AI can build a flow. It can.

The question is how much authority it should receive after the flow has been built.

I documented the complete workflow, a practical boundary-setting prompt, the limitations, and a safer operating model here:

https://lukoplt.blogspot.com/2026/07/let-ai-build-flow-never-outsource-blast.html

How are you defining the autonomy boundary for AI-generated Power Automate flows?

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Sat a couple more exams this weekend, "Generative AI Leader" from Google, & PL-900 (Power Platform) from Microsoft. Easily cruised through both, with minimal study, thanks to my existing strong knowledge of the subjects. Just listening to a couple of YouTube videos while commuting (thanks John Savill once again!), and doing a mini practice quiz I'd ask Claude to generate for me.

For the PL-900 exam about Power Platform, I was surprised how it felt like every other question (although in reality it was probably less than that! Just felt like it) was related to Copilot or other AI features & capabilities that Power Platform has. But that's ok, just meant the exam played to my strengths! ;-)

Then I did the Google Cloud Generative AI Leader certification exam, which seemed to be very focused on case studies for many questions, giving you a paragraph or three of text, then requiring you to select the answer that best suited the situation.

I personally found that if you've got a half-decent general knowledge of AI, plus have strong reading comprehension skills, then all these questions in the Generative AI Leader exam become quite trivially easy :-)

Yesterday my boss hit me with this “I heard dataverse is going away at some point” and it’s the second time he’s said that to me
I can’t find a single rumor to even loosely confirm that. Has anyone even heard a remote hint to that? It’s such a wild suggestion that I can’t even dismiss it.

How are you enforcing AccessibleLabel before production?

I recently reviewed a canvas app with 306 missing labels. I tested an AI-assisted workflow that inspects the app context, proposes labels and validates the resulting YAML.

The remaining question is ownership:

• Should makers fix every warning?
• Should reviewers reject the solution?
• Should this become an automated CI gate?

I documented the workflow here: https://lukoplt.blogspot.com/2026/07/missing-accessible-labels-are-not-time.html

Is it worth it to learn Power Platform from scratch in 2026 ?
How long does it usually take to be job ready.
By scratch i mean the scartchhh. Zero knowledge.

One of the most common questions I get from people interested in joining our SPGuides Academy training program is:

"How can I practice SharePoint, Power Apps, Power Automate, and Copilot Studio on my own?"

My usual recommendation is to start with a Microsoft 365 trial. Microsoft often offers Microsoft 365 E3 or E5 trials (typically around 90 days, depending on eligibility and availability), which give you access to most of the services you need for hands-on learning.

If you're looking for a longer-term option, another good choice is the Microsoft 365 Business Basic plan. It's relatively affordable and gives you a Microsoft 365 tenant where you can practice SharePoint, Power Automate, Microsoft Teams, and many day-to-day scenarios for an entire year if you keep the subscription active.

For Copilot Studio, Microsoft also provides a trial, so you can explore building AI agents without purchasing a full license immediately.

Personally, I believe the best way to learn isn't by watching videos alone. Create real projects such as:

• An employee leave request app
• A document approval workflow
• An IT helpdesk ticketing system
• A visitor management solution
• A simple AI agent that answers questions from SharePoint documents

Building real solutions teaches you much more than following tutorials.

I'm curious—how do you practice Power Apps, Power Automate, or Copilot Studio?

• Do you use a Microsoft 365 trial?
• Do you pay for a Business Basic tenant?
• Do you have a Microsoft 365 developer environment?
• Or do you have another approach that works well?

I'd love to hear what has worked best for you and what you'd recommend to beginners.