MS-600 Microsoft 365 Certified Developer Associate Exam Test

This exam measures your ability to accomplish the following technical tasks: implement Microsoft identity; build apps with Microsoft Graph; extend and customize SharePoint; extend Teams; and extend Office.

Candidates for this exam are Microsoft 365 developers who design, build, test, and maintain applications and solutions that are optimized for the productivity and collaboration needs of organizations using the Microsoft 365 platform.

Candidates for this exam are proficient in Microsoft identity, Microsoft Graph, and building apps for Microsoft Teams. They have general knowledge on UI elements (including Fluent UI (Office UI Fabric), integration points (including Office Add-ins, SharePoint Framework, Actionable Messages), and determining workload platform targets.

Candidates should have experience developing solutions on Microsoft Teams, Office, or SharePoint through all phases of software development. They should have a basic understanding of REST APIs, JSON, OAuth2, OData, OpenID Connect, Microsoft identities (including Azure AD and Microsoft accounts), Azure AD B2C, and permission/consent concepts.

Skills measured

• The content of this exam was updated on November 29, 2021. Please download the exam skills outline below to see what changed.

• Implement Microsoft identity (20-25%)

• Build apps with Microsoft Graph (15-20%)

• Extend and customize SharePoint (15-20%)

• Extend Microsoft Teams (20-25%)

• Extend Office (15-20%)

Implement Microsoft identity (20-25%)

Register an application

determine the supported account type

select authentication and client credentials for app type and authentication flow

define app roles

Implement authentication

configure the JavaScript implementation of Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL) for endpoint and token cache

plan and configure scopes for dynamic or static permissions

use the MSAL (JavaScript) login method

Configure permissions to consume an API

configure delegated permissions for the app

configure application permissions for the app

identify admin consent requirements

Implement authorization to consume an API

configure incremental consent scopes

call MSAL (JavaScript) using aquireTokenSilent/aquireToken pattern

Implement authorization in an API

validate access token

configure effective permissions for delegated scopes

implement app permissions using roles

use a delegated access token to call a Microsoft API

Create a service to access Microsoft Graph

configure client credentials using a certificate

configure application permissions for the app

acquire an access token for Microsoft Graph using an application permission and client credential certificate

acquire an access token using the client secret

Build apps with Microsoft Graph (15-20%)

Optimize data usage with query parameters

use $filter query parameter

use $select query parameter

order results using $orderby query parameter

set page size of results using $skip and $top query parameters

expand and retrieve resources using $expand query parameter

retrieve the total count of matching resources using $count query parameter

search for resources using $search query parameter

determine the appropriate Microsoft Graph SDK to leverage

Optimize network traffic

monitor for changes using change notifications

combine multiple requests using $batch

get changes using a delta query

detect and handle throttling

Access user data from Microsoft Graph

get the signed in user's profile

get a list of users in the organization

get the user's profile photo

get the user object based on the user's unique identifier

get the user's manager’s profile

Access files with Microsoft Graph

get the list of files in the signed in user's OneDrive

download a file from the signed in user's OneDrive using file unique id

download a file from a SharePoint Online site using the relative path to the file

get the list of files trending around the signed in user

upload a large file to OneDrive

get a user object from an owner list in a group and retrieve that user’s files

Manage a group lifecycle on Microsoft Graph

get the information on a group by id

get the list of members in a group

get the list of owners of a group

get the list of groups where the signed in user is a member

get the list of groups where the signed in user is an owner

provision a group

provision a team

delete a group

Extend and customize SharePoint (15-20%)

Describe the components of a SharePoint Framework (SPFx) web part

identify the appropriate tool to create an SPFx web part project

describe properties of client-side web parts

describe Fluent UI (Office UI Fabric) in client-side web parts

describe when to use an app page

differentiate between app page and web part

describe rendering framework options

describe branding and theming in SharePoint Online

Describe SPFx Extensions

identify the appropriate tool to create an SPFx Extension project

describe page placeholders from Application Customizer

describe the ListView Command Set extension

describe the Field Customizer extension

Describe the process to package and deploy an SPFx solution

describe the options for preparing a package for deployment

describe the options for packaging a solution

describe the requirements of tenant-scoped solution deployment

describe the requirements of isolated web parts

describe the options to deploy a solution

Describe the consumption of Microsoft Graph

describe the purpose of the MSGraphClient object

describe the methods for granting permissions to Microsoft Graph

Describe the consumption of third-party APIs secured with Azure AD from within an SPFx solution

describe the purpose of the AadHttpClient object

describe the methods for granting permissions to consume a third-party API

Describe Web Parts as Teams Tabs

describe how to build a Microsoft Teams tab by using SPFx

describe the considerations for creating an SPFx Web Part to be a Teams Tab

describe the options for deploying an SPFx Web Part as a Teams Tab

Extend Teams (20-25%)

Extend Office (15-20%)