A certification can send a career-building message to employers and can even help open exciting career doors, as you modernize processes and solve tough challenges with your proven Microsoft Power Platform skills.

With this Microsoft blog series, you’ll be guided through a step-by-step approach to building your Power Platform career and certification path.

1 – Discover your career path

If you are new to Microsoft Power Platform, it’s a good idea to start by getting an overview of the various Power Platform certifications that are available for you to take.

In her first article, Nancy Tandy guides you through the various paths available to you and helps you to pick the right one based on your background and goals. You can read it here: Find the right Microsoft Power Platform certification for you. 

2 – Start with the fundamentals

Before you start tackling advanced Microsoft Power Platform certifications, first make sure that you have gained fundamental knowledge and skills.

If this applies to you, the second article in the blog series will help you understand the benefits of the fundamentals certifications, show you the options that are relevant to the Power Platform career paths and provide you with loads of useful links so you can get started.

Read it here: Discover your career path: Get started with fundamentals

3 – Choose your specialisation path

Once you have gone through fundamentals training, it’s time to choose your specialisation path based on your background and goals. Nancy’s blog series gives you a detailed view of each intermediate and advanced Power Platform certification so you can make the right choice.

Discover your career path: Power Platform App Maker

Discover your career path: Power Platform Functional Consultant

Discover your career path: Power Platform Developer

Discover your career path: Power Platform Solution Architect

 If, after going through these articles, you find you would still like some guidance for picking the right Power Platform certification, email us at training@365talentportal.com

4 – Prepare for your Power Platform certifications

There are many useful links in the blog article series that will help you prepare for your certification of choice.

Instructor-led training is a great option to get ready – if you’d like to see more information about the Power Platform courses available to you, scroll down for the list.

Microsoft Power Platform Training

 Instructor-led courses to upskill and prepare for your certifications.

PL-900 Power Platform Fundamentals

4 half-days
Learn Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals skills and get ready for your PL-900 certification exam.

Virtual
Exam Voucher Included

PL-200 Power Platform Functional Consultant

5 days
Learn Microsoft Power Platform Functional Consultant skills and get ready for your PL-200 certification exam.

Virtual
Exam Voucher Included

PL-400 Power Platform Developer

5 days
Learn Microsoft Power Platform Developer skills and get ready for your PL-400 certification exam.

Virtual
Exam Voucher Included

PL-600 Power Platform Solution Architect

5 half-days
Learn Microsoft Power Platform Solution Architect skills and get ready for your PL-600 certification exam.

Virtual
Exam Voucher Included

Additional Resources

Watch on Demand: PL-200 Certification Journey Webinar

Last March, we ran a webinar with our associate MCT Lorette Roos which was all about the certification journey and training resources for the PL-200 qualification.

You can now watch the recording on-demand.

Watch on Demand: Microsoft Partner Contribution Indicators Explained

We recently invited Andrew Bourne from Microsoft to discuss the new Microsoft Partner Contribution Indicators, and how to reach Silver and Gold competencies under the new system.