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Microsoft Certified Power Platform Functional Consultant Associate

The certification is for candidates who can build Microsoft Power Platform solutions and enhance apps such as Teams, Dynamics 365, Excel, and Word. The work role requires the professional to interact with various stakeholders to complete a project.

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About the Certification

Are you a functional consultant, data analyst, or developer looking to hone your consulting and configuration skills, or solution architect on a path to the solution architect certification? Or maybe you’re an IT professional with knowledge and experience configuring Microsoft Power Platform. If this describes you and you’re familiar with using Power Platform components to extend and customize Microsoft apps and services such as Teams, Dynamics 365, Excel, and Word, explore how the Microsoft Power Platform Functional Consultant Associate certification can help enhance your career and make you a key member of your team. This certification indicates to the world that you’re considered qualified to build and implement business solutions that use Power Apps, Power BI, and Power Virtual Agents. 

 As a candidate for this certification, you work with an organization’s stakeholders and subject matter experts, such as solution architects, developers, and testers, to gather requirements and then implement Microsoft Power Platform solutions. You build data model-driven, canvas, and portal apps. And you create Power Automate flows, design chatbots using Power Virtual Agents, and analyze data using Power BI visualization and dashboards. You even create application enhancements, custom user experiences, system integrations, data conversions, custom process automation, and custom visualizations. 

 As a functional consultant, use this certification to market yourself more effectively for projects and other engagements. The Microsoft Power Platform Functional Consultant Associate certification lets organizations know that—with no code or low code—you can build solutions that would normally require developer expertise. 

Skills Measured:

  • Configure Microsoft Dataverse (20–25%)
  • Create apps by using Microsoft Power Apps (15–20%)
  • Create and manage process automation (20–25%)
  • Describe Microsoft Power Virtual Agents (10–15%)
  • Import and visualize data by using dataflows and Power BI (10–15%)
  • Define an environment strategy (10–15%)

Passing Criteria: 

  • A passing score is 700 or greater.

Exam Duration:

  • 120 Minutes

Recertification:

  • Previously, Microsoft role-based and specialty certifications were valid for two years.
  • Starting June 2021, certifications are valid for one year, but they can be renewed online for free at Microsoft Learn.
  • The renewal window begins six months before the certification expires. During this window before the cert expires, you can take a free online assessment and get the certification extended by one additional year from the current expiration date.
  • Want the best of both worlds old and new? Certifications earned before June 2021 will be valid for two years and eligible for the new renewal process.

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Customer Testimonials

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Great private training session! The instructor did a fantastic job teaching and he is very personable. He cleared all our doubts on time. Well worth the time!

Stephanie T

Power Platform Developer Consultant

Resources

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