PL-900 - Describe the Core Components of Microsoft Power Platform (19% of the exam) - Section 2.2

Describe connectors including standard, premium, and custom connectors used to integrate data sources.

Distinguish between standard, premium, and custom connectors in Power Platform, and recognise that premium connectors require additional licensing. Understand how triggers and actions work within a connector, and when an on-premises data gateway is needed to reach local data sources.

standard connectorspremium connectorscustom connectorson-premises data gatewaytriggers and actions

Practice question for this objective

Free sampleDescribe the Core Components of Microsoft Power Platformeasy

Power Platform uses TLS 1.2 or higher to encrypt Dataverse data while it is written to and stored on disk, providing the platform's encryption-at-rest protection for stored records. Is this statement correct?

AYes
BNo Correct

In Power Platform, TLS 1.2 or higher encrypts data in transit, while encryption at rest is handled by SQL Server Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) on disk - two distinct mechanisms. TLS is a transport-layer protocol: the grounding says it secures the connection between user devices and Microsoft datacentres, encrypting data in transit, with TLS 1.2 or higher required for accessing the server endpoints. It does not encrypt data at rest. The grounding states that encryption at rest is provided separately by SQL Server Transparent Data Encryption (TDE), which performs real-time encryption of data when it is written to disk. So attributing on-disk, at-rest encryption to TLS is false.

Why A is wrong: A learner who knows "TLS encrypts Power Platform data" might answer Yes by overgeneralising it to all data states. But TLS only protects data moving across the network. Stored data is encrypted by TDE, a different mechanism, so Yes wrongly conflates encryption in transit with encryption at rest.

Why B is correct: Correct. TLS is a transport-layer protocol: the grounding says it secures the connection between user devices and Microsoft datacentres, encrypting data in transit, with TLS 1.2 or higher required for accessing the server endpoints.

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Exam traps in Describe the Core Components of Microsoft Power Platform

Answers that look right on this material and are not. Each one is a distractor from a different question in the PL-900 bank for this domain.

The Power Apps maker portal, where makers build and publish their canvas and model-driven apps
Why it is wrong: The maker portal is for building apps within an environment, not for tenant-wide administration of environments and settings, so it does not fit the admin task.
Dataverse applies sensitivity labels to classify each record and to restrict who is able to open them
Why it is wrong: Sensitivity labels are a real Microsoft Purview classification feature, so they sound like a data-protection control, but they govern who can access information rather than encrypting it on disk; the grounding attributes at-rest encryption to Transparent Data Encryption, not labels.
The right to obtain a copy, returning the personal data to the data subject for their own records and review
Why it is wrong: Tempting because it also produces the subject's data, but obtaining a copy is for the subject's own use and does not carry the electronic-format-for-transfer purpose described.

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