Preparing for the PL-600 Solution Architect exam? Here are the architecture patterns Microsoft expects you to understand.
The PL-600 (Microsoft Power Platform Solution Architect) exam tests your ability to make high-level design decisions. Unlike the PL-200 or PL-400, it's less about clicking through a UI and more about choosing the right approach for a given scenario.
This is the foundation. Microsoft expects you to recommend the right tool:
Know when to use Dataverse vs. SharePoint vs. SQL vs. external APIs. The exam loves scenario questions like: "The client has 50 million records updated daily. Where should this data live?"
Rule of thumb: Dataverse for up to ~10M records with moderate write volume. SQL Server or Azure SQL for high-volume transactional data. SharePoint for documents and collaboration.
The exam heavily tests your knowledge of:
Application Lifecycle Management is a major exam area. Know:
Don't just memorize. Practice by designing solutions for hypothetical scenarios. For each, write out your architecture: which services, which data stores, which security model, and which deployment pipeline.
The Microsoft Learn collection for PL-600 is a solid starting point, but supplement it with real-world architecture documentation.
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