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Microsoft Power Platform Enterprise Architecture

By : Robert Rybaric
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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

Presenting configuration and customization tools

In this section, you will learn about the most important Microsoft and community tools that are used primarily for configuring and customizing Power Platform solutions. This toolset can be used by citizen developers, as well as IT pro developers.

Knowing Common Data Service (CDS) and model-driven apps tools

There are several key configuration and customization tools from Microsoft or third parties. In this section, you will learn about the most important tools that are used for CDS solution development.

Introducing Maker Portal

The main customization tool for building CDS and model-driven apps is the Maker Portal. You can access Maker Portal by going to https://make.powerapps.com. This is what you will see when you access this URL:

Figure 4.1 - Power Apps Maker Portal

In Maker Portal, the user can do the following:

  • Customize the CDS database and create or modify entities, fields, relationships...