PL-900 Practice Question: Demonstrate the capabilities of Power Automate
Which TWO actions can be performed using Power Automate? (Select TWO.)
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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Create a new item in a SharePoint list
Power Automate is a workflow automation service whose connectors let a flow act on other services, so option C (Create a new item in a SharePoint list) is correct because the SharePoint connector exposes the 'Create item' action that writes a record to a specified list. Option D (Send an email using Office 365 Outlook) is also correct because the Office 365 Outlook connector provides the 'Send an email (V2)' action to dispatch mail with recipients, subject, and body. Option A is wrong because building and training custom AI image models is done in Azure AI services or AI Builder, not as a Power Automate action. Option B is wrong because assigning Microsoft 365 licenses is an administrative task performed in the Microsoft 365 admin center or via Microsoft Graph/PowerShell, not a Power Automate capability. Option E is wrong because designing Power BI dashboards is done in Power BI Desktop or the Power BI service, not in Power Automate.
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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Build a custom AI model to analyze images
Why it's wrong here
Custom image-analysis models are built with Azure AI services or AI Builder, not Power Automate, which orchestrates prebuilt connectors and actions. It tempts because AI Builder models can be invoked from a flow, but training the model itself is a separate authoring task outside Power Automate.
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Assign Microsoft 365 licenses to users
Why it's wrong here
License assignment is an administrative task performed in the Microsoft 365 admin centre or via Graph, not a flow action; Power Automate orchestrates triggers and connectors across services. It tempts because flows can call Graph, but the licence-management operation itself belongs to Entra ID administration, not automation.
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Create a new item in a SharePoint list
Why this is correct
Power Automate's SharePoint connector exposes the Create item action, which writes a new record to a specified list. This satisfies the stem directly: the flow performs the write through the connector's authenticated API call, with no code required.
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Send an email using Office 365 Outlook
Why this is correct
The Office 365 Outlook connector provides the Send an email action, which dispatches mail through Microsoft 365. This satisfies the stem because the flow authenticates to the mailbox and sends the message as a native connector operation.
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Design a Power BI dashboard
Why it's wrong here
Dashboard design is a Power BI authoring task; Power Automate cannot build reports or visuals. It tempts because flows can refresh datasets and push data into Power BI, which is automation of a data pipeline, not dashboard creation, so the authoring requirement stays with Power BI Desktop.
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