Application lifecycle management (ALM) is the practice of managing solutions from development through testing to production, in Power Platform using pipelines and environments. PL-900 covers ALM in the environment-management domain.
Microsoft Power Platform is a suite of low-code tools — Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, Power Pages, and Copilot Studio — for building business solutions.
Power Apps is a low-code service for building custom business applications, including canvas and model-driven apps.
A canvas app is a Power Apps app type that gives makers a blank canvas to design a tailored user interface and connect to many data sources.
A model-driven app is a Power Apps app type whose layout is generated largely from the underlying Dataverse data model and business logic.
Power Automate is a service for automating business processes using cloud and desktop flows across connectors and applications.
A cloud flow is a Power Automate automation that runs in the cloud and is started by a trigger such as an event, schedule, or manual action.
Microsoft Dataverse is the cloud data platform that stores and manages data for Power Platform apps in tables.
Power Fx is the low-code, Excel-like formula language used across Power Platform to express business logic.
A connector is a proxy that lets Power Platform apps and flows integrate with services and data sources through their APIs.
Microsoft Copilot Studio is a low-code tool for building and managing AI-powered agents and conversational experiences.
An agent is an AI-powered assistant, built in Copilot Studio, that uses topics, knowledge sources, and tools to help users and automate tasks.
Power Pages is a Power Platform service for building secure, low-code business websites backed by Dataverse.
Application lifecycle management (ALM) is the practice of managing solutions from development through testing to production, in Power Platform using pipelines and environments.