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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

Preface

Microsoft Power Platform is a very popular collection of cloud services for building business applications quickly, efficiently and using the low-code/no-code approach. You can use Power Apps to build business applications for PC and mobile devices, as well as to build publicly available portals. With Power Automate, you can create cross-application automation and integration solutions. Power BI is a well-established and flexible enterprise analytical and reporting tool.

In this book, you will learn about the various components of Power Platform from an architect's point of view. You will learn how to architect and design complex Power Platform solutions for large and global organizations. You will dive deep into Power Platform security, extensibility, integration, and data migration. You will also learn what it means to set up an enterprise implementation project to successfully implement a Power Platform solution for a large organization.

While reading the book, you will accompany a fictitious global corporation, Contoso Inc., on their journey into the Power Platform cloud. You will see how they are adopting the products, preparing the implementation project, learning all the aspects of such a complex solution, and taking decisions in order to reap the largest possible rewards, all while following internal policies and rules.

After reading this book, you should have a clear understanding of the Power Platform technology and know how to use it to deliver a robust, scalable, and user-friendly solution to your customers.