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PL-900 Practice Question: A manufacturing company uses Microsoft Power…
A manufacturing company uses Microsoft Power Platform to manage its inventory. They have a Power Apps app that allows warehouse staff to scan items and update quantities in a SharePoint list. Recently, the app has been slow to load and occasionally times out when scanning multiple items in quick succession. The IT team suspects the issue is related to the data source connection. They want to improve performance without changing the user interface. The company has a Microsoft 365 E3 subscription and all data resides in SharePoint Online. What should the IT team do first?
⚠ Common exam trap
Watch out — candidates often confuse 'optimizing performance' with 'changing the data source' (Option B or D) or 'adding client-side delays' (Option A), rather than recognizing that the most immediate and non-disruptive fix is to enable delegation on the existing SharePoint connector.
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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Optimize the Power Apps by enabling delegation for the SharePoint connector.
Enabling delegation for the SharePoint connector allows Power Apps to offload filtering and sorting operations to SharePoint Online, rather than retrieving all rows to the client. This reduces the amount of data transferred over the network, which directly addresses the slow load and timeout issues when scanning multiple items in quick succession, without changing the user interface.
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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Implement a timer control to delay scanning between items.
Why it's wrong here
This would only mask the issue and degrade user experience.
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Migrate the SharePoint list to an on-premises SQL Server database.
Why it's wrong here
On-premises SQL would introduce latency and maintenance overhead.
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Optimize the Power Apps by enabling delegation for the SharePoint connector.
Why this is correct
Delegation allows queries to be processed server-side, reducing data transfer.
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Replace SharePoint with Microsoft Dataverse for better performance.
Why it's wrong here
Dataverse may require additional licensing and migration effort.
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