Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Solution Architect Expert

If you’re looking to prove your expertise as a Microsoft Power Platform or Microsoft Dynamics 365 solution architect, or if you’re a developer or a senior consultant ready to take the next step to become a solution architect, this expert certification can help you move forward in your career.

As a candidate for the Power Platform Solution Architect Expert certification, you work with stakeholders and focus on solutions that affect your organization’s broad business and technical needs. You have functional and technical knowledge of Power Platform, Dynamics 365 customer engagement apps, related Microsoft cloud solutions, and third-party technologies. For this certification, you need a minimum of 1 to 3 years as a Power Platform solution architect or 7 to 10 years as a senior consultant or developer, along with deep knowledge of Power Platform architecture.

If you need additional experience before you try for this certification, here are some suggestions:

  • Work as (or shadow) a solution architect on Power Platform projects.
  • Sign up for an instructor-led training course.
  • Explore available learning paths on Microsoft Learn.

Job role: Developer, Functional Consultant, Solution Architect

Prerequisites: 2 certifications

Required exams: PL-600

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Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Solution Architect Expert

Skills measured

  • Perform solution envisioning and requirement analyses
  • Architect a solution
  • Implement the solution

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Certification prerequisites

To become a Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Solution Architect Expert, you must earn at least one of the following: Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Functional Consultant Associate, Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Developer Associate certification.

Certification exams

  • PL-600: Microsoft Power Platform Solution Architect

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    This exam measures your ability to accomplish the following technical tasks: perform solution envisioning and requirement analyses; architect a solution; and implement the solution.

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** Complete this exam before the retirement date to ensure it is applied toward your certification. After the retirement date, please refer to the related certification for exam requirements.