PL-300 · 4.1.7 · Manage and secure Power BI
Promote or certify content
Promote or certify Power BI content
signals creator confidence; requires an authorized reviewer and provides stronger organizational .
Endorsement signals trust

helps users discover content that an organization considers useful or authoritative.
Promoted and Certified mean different things
means the content owner or another user with write access considers the item useful and ready for reuse. means an authorized reviewer has validated it against the organization's quality process.
Certification is therefore a governance decision, not simply a stronger self-applied badge.
Help users judge reusable content
Useful descriptions and clear ownership make endorsed easier to understand before reuse. Discoverability can help users find models and request access, but endorsement itself does not grant permission.
Exam clue: creator confidence = Promoted; formally approved by an authorized reviewer = Certified.
Key points
- : set by users with write access
- : restricted to authorized reviewers
- Supported items: models, reports, and apps
- Discoverable models: can help users request access
Click an underlined term for a one-line explanation, or see them all in the glossary .
Exam trap
is not simply stronger ; only authorized reviewers can apply it directly.
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