PL-900 Practice Question: Manage the Microsoft Power Platform environment
A large enterprise uses Microsoft Power Platform with a centralized Center of Excellence (CoE). They have over 200 environments, each assigned to different business units. The security team requires that all environments enforce multi-factor authentication (MFA) for makers and admins. Additionally, they want to ensure that environment creation is limited to a specific security group. The current setup uses Microsoft Entra ID for identity. The admin needs to implement these requirements with minimal impact on existing users. What should the admin do?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Configure a Conditional Access policy in Microsoft Entra ID requiring MFA for the Power Platform app registration.
MFA is enforced through Conditional Access policies in Microsoft Entra ID, not within Power Platform. To limit environment creation, the admin should use the Power Platform Admin Center settings to restrict creation to a security group.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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Use the Power Platform admin center to assign the 'Environment Maker' role to the security group.
Why it's wrong here
This role allows creating resources within an environment, not creating environments themselves.
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Configure a Conditional Access policy in Microsoft Entra ID requiring MFA for the Power Platform app registration.
Why this is correct
Conditional Access policies enforce MFA for all Power Platform access. Restricting environment creation is done via Admin Center.
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Create a Power Automate flow to monitor environment creation and send alerts.
Why it's wrong here
This is reactive, not preventive; it does not enforce the restriction.
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Enable MFA within each Power Platform environment's settings.
Why it's wrong here
Power Platform does not have environment-level MFA settings; MFA is handled by Microsoft Entra ID.
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