Exam format
Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Functional Consultant Associate Exam Format
Everything the official exam blueprint specifies: question count, time limit, scoring and the weight each domain carries. The Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Functional Consultant Associate (PL-200) validates your ability to implement a wide range of solutions using the Microsoft Power Platform. This certification confirms you can transform business requirements into technical solutions by configuring Microsoft Dataverse, building low-code applications with Power Apps, and automating processes with Power Automate. It also covers the implementation of intelligent chatbots via Copilot Studio (formerly Power Virtual Agents) and provides foundational knowledge in data analysis. You will demonstrate proficiency in managing environments, security, and application lifecycle management to ensure robust enterprise-grade deployments.
- 50 questions
- 120 min
- 70% to pass
- 6 domains
certilumExam facts at a glance
The published specifications for this certification.
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Questions | 50 |
| Time limit | 120 minutes (144s per question) |
| Passing score | 70% — 700 or greater (on a scale of 1 to 1,000) |
| Domains | 6 |
| Level | Associate |
| Question bank here | 50 questions |
| Published format | Not published by the provider; duration confirmed at registration (Microsoft's table lists 100 or 120 minutes depending on labs) |
| Source | Official exam specification, published by the vendor |
Official domain weights
The percentage of the exam each domain carries. Weight your revision by these numbers, not by what you find hardest.
| Domain | Weight | Topics | Practice Qs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Analyze data | 13% |
| 7 |
| Build Power Apps | 28% |
| 14 |
| Build Power Automate | 17% |
| 9 |
| Configure the data model | 17% |
| 8 |
| Create a Power Platform solution | 18% |
| 9 |
| Implement Power Virtual Agents chatbots | 7% |
| 3 |
The heaviest domain is Analyze data at 13%, and that is where lost points cost you the most. Certilum scores you per domain so you can see the difference between a knowledge gap and a formatting problem.
Note from the vendor record: Exam retired August 31, 2026 at 11:59 PM Central Standard Time (exam page warning), and Microsoft's 'Exam and assessment lab retirement' page lists PL-200 with a retirement date of August 31, 2026; the certification page confirms the certification, related exam, and renewal assessments were retired the same day. Microsoft's transition notice ('The AI job boom continues', updated April 10, 2026) names Microsoft Certified: Intelligent Applications Builder Associate (Exam AB-410) as the related new credential (beta April 2026, expected go-live June 2026). No prerequisites are published (associate level, single exam) and renewal was a free annual online assessment every 12 months before retirement. Caveats: the exam page still displays 'Retirement date: none' in its Schedule section, contradicting the retirement banner, and registration closed on the retirement date. Official exam page
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