PL-900 Practice Question: Manage the Microsoft Power Platform environment
A company is implementing Microsoft Power Platform and needs to ensure that only licensed users can create environments. Which setting should be enabled?
⚠ Common exam trap
Test-takers frequently confuse environment-level permissions (like 'Create database' or 'Create apps') with the tenant-level setting that controls environment creation, leading them to select a granular permission that does not address the licensing requirement.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Enable 'Create environments' in the Power Platform admin center tenant settings
The 'Create environments' setting in the Power Platform admin center tenant settings is the specific control that restricts environment creation to licensed users only. By default, this setting is enabled for all users, but administrators can disable it to limit creation to users with a Power Platform license (e.g., Power Apps per user plan, Power Automate per user plan, or Dynamics 365 licenses). This ensures compliance with licensing requirements and prevents unlicensed users from consuming capacity.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Enable 'Create database' in the tenant settings
Why it's wrong here
This setting only allows creation of Dataverse databases within existing environments, not full environments.
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Enable 'Create solutions' in the Power Platform admin center
Why it's wrong here
This setting controls solution creation, not environment creation.
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Enable 'Create environments' in the Power Platform admin center tenant settings
Why this is correct
This setting controls whether users can create environments.
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Enable 'Create apps' in the Power Platform admin center
Why it's wrong here
This setting controls app creation, not environment creation.
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