Book Image

Microsoft Power Platform Enterprise Architecture

By : Robert Rybaric
Book Image

Microsoft Power Platform Enterprise Architecture

By: Robert Rybaric

Overview of this book

For forward-looking architects and decision makers who want to craft complex solutions to serve growing business needs, Microsoft Power Platform Enterprise Architecture offers an array of architectural best practices and techniques. With this book, you’ll learn how to design robust software using the tools available in the Power Platform suite and be able to integrate them seamlessly with various Microsoft 365 and Azure components. Unlike most other resources that are overwhelmingly long and unstructured, this book covers essential concepts using concise yet practical examples to help you save time. You’ll develop the skills you need to architect, design, and manage a complex solution as you follow the journey of a fictitious enterprise customer as they enter the world of Power Platform. Throughout the book, you’ll discover how to combine the functionality of Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, and Power Virtual Agents with various methodologies to effectively address application lifecycle management, security, and extensibility. Finally, you'll learn how to overcome common challenges in migrating data to and from Microsoft Power Platform using proven techniques. By the end of this book, you’ll have the strategic perspective of an enterprise architect to make accurate architectural decisions for your complex Power Platform projects.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
1
Section 1: The Basics
4
Section 2: The Architecture
8
Section 3: Implementation

Chapter 2: Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Azure Overview

Microsoft Power Platform solutions always use parts of the two other Microsoft cloud offerings: Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Azure. Some of the services are used implicitly since they support the Power Platform basic functionality, such as Microsoft Azure Active Directory, but many of those services are used to benefit from the simple existing integration and increased business functionality. In this chapter, we will provide an overview of all the Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Azure components relevant for a Microsoft Power Platform solution to better understand the added value of the combined power of the three Microsoft clouds.

In this chapter, we're going to cover the following main topics:

  • Introducing Microsoft 365
  • Introducing Microsoft Azure
  • Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Azure licensing overview