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Microsoft Power Platform Enterprise Architecture - Second Edition

By : Robert Rybaric
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Microsoft Power Platform Enterprise Architecture - Second Edition

By: Robert Rybaric

Overview of this book

This book is for enterprise architects and decision makers who design solutions for complex business requirements. It teaches you how to use architectural best practices and methodologies to optimize an enterprise-grade solution. You'll gain an understanding of the tools available in the Power Platform suite and how to integrate them seamlessly with various Microsoft 365 and Azure components to create a tailor-made solution. Progressing through the book, you'll discover how to address application lifecycle management, security, extensibility, and data migration. This includes Power BI, which often requires a separate approach to the rest of the Power Platform. This book provides you with practical, essential, and concise information. It follows a complete, end-to-end example in every chapter, with diagrams that illustrate the intricacies of Microsoft cloud structure. It has been created by an experienced enterprise architect who actively creates solutions using Microsoft technology. 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. Unlike many other overwhelmingly long and unstructured resources, this book covers essential concepts using one concise yet practical example that is revisited throughout the book. 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 Microsoft Power PI, Power Automate, Power Apps, and Power Virtual Agents with various methodologies to effectively address application lifecycle management, security, and extensibility. You'll also learn how to overcome common challenges in migrating data to and from Microsoft Power Platform using proven techniques. By the end of this Microsoft book, you’ll have the strategic perspective of an enterprise architect, enabling you to make accurate architectural decisions for your complex Power Platform projects.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Free Chapter
1
Section I: The Basics
4
Section II: The Architecture
8
Section III: The Implementation
15
Other Books You May Enjoy
16
Index
Appendix

Contoso Inc. project team workplace setup

The Contoso Inc. project management team has made itself familiar with the tools available for Power Platform solution development and has made some preliminary decisions.

Enabling the core project team

The core project team will be equipped with proper licenses and access rights to use the following:

  • Power Apps/Power Automate Maker Portal, along with all designers and studios
  • Power BI service
  • Power Virtual Agents designer

Contoso Inc. will provide the necessary licenses and configure their Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager so that it can deploy the following tools onto the workstations of all the core team members of the project:

  • Power BI Desktop
  • Power BI Report Builder
  • Visual Studio
  • Visual Studio Code
  • NuGet Developer Tools and Assemblies
  • XrmToolBox
  • CRM Rest Builder
  • Easy Repro
  • Fiddler

Contoso Inc. will establish an Azure DevOps...