PL-400 Exam Guide 2026: Skills, Format, and Renewal
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A consultant needs a table that can appear on a timeline and support records such as phone calls, appointments, and tasks. Which type of Dataverse table should be used?
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A company wants to show supplier data from an external SQL system inside a model-driven app without storing that data in Dataverse. Which option best fits?
Chapter 1: Dataverse Tables, Relationships & Core Columns
1.1 Dataverse Table Types, Properties & Ownership
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A consultant must let one contact be linked to many events and one event be linked to many contacts. Which Dataverse relationship type should be implemented?
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PL-200 Exam Guide 2026: Skills, Retirement, and Renewal
When configuring a parent and child table relationship, which setting controls what happens to child records when the parent record is assigned or deleted?
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A sales manager needs a column that calculates margin immediately from revenue minus cost whenever the record is saved. Which column type is the best choice?
A consultant is designing a new table for a custom inspection process. The table will store inspection dates, scores, and comments unique to the organization. What is the best approach?
1.2 Table Relationships & Cascading Rules
Which column type should be used when users must choose one value from a controlled list such as Bronze, Silver, or Gold?
A consultant needs a calculated total of all open child work orders related to an asset. Which Dataverse column type is most appropriate?
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What is the main purpose of a table's primary name column?
A consultant wants records to be searchable by customer reference number in Dataverse search. Which action is required?
1.3 Column Types, Formats, Primary Keys & Alternate Keys
What does Dataverse auditing help an organization track?
An organization wants to prevent users from creating duplicate contact records with the same email address. Which feature should the consultant configure?
A consultant needs to regularly purge completed notification records older than 90 days. Which Dataverse capability is the best fit?
A consultant must bring rows from a spreadsheet into Dataverse for a one-time migration. Which statement is correct?
1.4 Rollup, Calculated & Formula Columns with Power Fx
Which statement best describes a common limitation of virtual tables compared with standard Dataverse tables?
A table should use organization-level access because every service agent can work with every record, and row ownership is unnecessary. Which ownership model should the consultant choose?
Which action is required if a consultant wants audit history for a specific column?
A manager wants the total revenue from all related opportunity records to display on the account table. Which feature should be used?
Chapter 2: Dataverse Data Management & Governance
2.1 Dataverse Search, Quick Find & Relevance Indexing
What is the best reason to configure duplicate detection before a large import?
A consultant wants the parent account's city to automatically populate when a related branch record is created. Which relationship feature helps with this?
Which Dataverse feature is intended to provide fast, relevance-based record lookup across configured tables and columns?
Audit storage is growing quickly because too many fields were enabled for tracking. What is the best functional-consultant response?
2.2 Auditing Configuration & Log Management
A consultant must restrict a salary column so that only HR users can view or edit it, even if other users can access the record. Which feature should be configured?
What is the main purpose of business units in Dataverse security design?
A user belongs to two security roles. One role grants user-level read access to cases and the other grants business-unit-level read access. What effective access does the user receive?
Which team type is best when users need ad hoc access to specific records without changing row ownership?
2.3 Duplicate Detection Rules & Settings
A regional manager should automatically see records owned by direct reports without manual sharing on every row. Which security feature best fits?
A consultant wants Dataverse team membership to follow an existing Microsoft Entra security group. Which option should be used?
Which privilege depth should be granted if sales reps must edit only the opportunities that they personally own?
What privilege depth is appropriate when a department manager should access records for all users in the same business unit, but not outside it?
2.4 Bulk Record Operations, Data Import, Export & Templates
A director must access records in the director's business unit and all child business units below it. Which privilege depth supports that design?
A consultant secures a Social Security Number column but users still see the value on a form. What is the most likely oversight?
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Which statement best describes an owner team?
A consultant wants an imported spreadsheet to respect duplicate detection rules during the load. What should be done first?
Chapter 3: Dataverse Security Model & Access Control
3.1 Business Units, Ownership Models & Modern BU Matrix
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