PL-900 - Describe the Core Components of Microsoft Power Platform (19% of the exam) - Section 2.1

Describe Microsoft Dataverse as the underlying data platform for Power Platform.

Describe Microsoft Dataverse as the cloud-based data platform underpinning Power Platform, built around tables, columns, and relationships. Distinguish between standard and custom tables, and explain how business rules and Dataverse security roles govern data access.

Dataverse tablescolumns and relationshipsbusiness rulesDataverse securitystandard and custom tables

Practice question for this objective

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Microsoft Dataverse includes a base set of standard tables by default, and a maker creates custom tables to store information that is unique to the organisation. Is this statement correct?

AYes Correct
BNo

Standard tables ship with Dataverse to cover common scenarios, while custom tables hold data unique to your organisation. The grounding states Dataverse includes a base set of standard tables that cover typical scenarios, provided by default, and that you extend functionality by creating one or more custom tables to store information unique to your organisation. The statement reflects both points accurately.

Why A is correct: Correct. The grounding states Dataverse includes a base set of standard tables that cover typical scenarios, provided by default, and that you extend functionality by creating one or more custom tables to store information unique to your organisation.

Why B is wrong: Answering No is wrong because the grounding explicitly states Dataverse provides standard tables by default to cover common scenarios, and that you extend them by creating custom tables for information unique to your organisation. Both halves of the statement match the documented behaviour.

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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.

A business rule, which validates entered data across the columns it covers
Why it is wrong: A business rule is real Dataverse logic for validation, but the grounding describes it as server-side logic applied to a table, not the structure that stores the rows and columns themselves.
Stored rows are exempt from any storage capacity charges or pricing plans
Why it is wrong: This is plausible but contradicts the grounding, which points to pricing and plan information for using Dataverse rather than promising exemption from capacity charges.
Lookup columns, which create a Many-to-One relationship to a target row type
Why it is wrong: Lookup columns create a Many-to-One relationship to a target row type, which is a data-modelling feature for referencing rows, not one of the listed processes for applying business logic.

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