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PL-900 Practice Question: Create a public-facing website for customers to…
A company wants to create a public-facing website for customers to submit support tickets, view their ticket history, and update their profile information. Non-authenticated users should only see a welcome page and login option. Which Power Pages feature should be used to control access to pages based on authentication status?
⚠ Common exam trap
PL-900 often tests the confusion between content management features (snippets, templates) and security features (page permissions) — candidates may pick a presentation feature instead of the access control feature.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Page permissions
Page permissions in Power Pages control which web roles can access specific pages, and they can be configured to allow or deny access based on authentication status. By setting page permissions appropriately, you can restrict non-authenticated users to only the welcome and login pages.
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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Content snippets
Why it's wrong here
Content snippets store reusable text and HTML fragments; they carry no authentication metadata and cannot gate page rendering. It tempts because snippets appear on pages, and would be correct for inserting shared marketing copy or labels across templates rather than controlling access by sign-in status.
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List forms
Why it's wrong here
List forms render Dataverse records in a grid on a page; they do not evaluate authentication status or gate page visibility. They are tempting because they display and edit table data, which suits showing a customer's ticket history once that user is already authenticated and inside the site.
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Page permissions
Why this is correct
Page permissions define which web roles can access specific pages, letting you hide ticket and profile pages from anonymous visitors while exposing only the welcome and login pages. This satisfies the requirement to control access based on authentication status.
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Page templates
Why it's wrong here
Page templates supply the layout and component structure a page starts from; they carry no authentication logic and cannot hide pages from anonymous visitors. They are tempting because they define what a page looks like, which is the correct choice when standardising branding across many pages.
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