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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

Understanding customer enterprise architecture and environment

One of the key components to consider when planning a Power Platform implementation is the customer’s own enterprise architecture. There is almost never the luxury to implement a greenfield solution for a new organization that has no existing IT ecosystem, no dependencies, no integration points, no legacy applications, and no established IT policies. A Power Platform solution will always need to integrate into the existing ecosystem and work well inside of it. That’s why it’s very important to understand the enterprise architecture and include it in the high-level architecting and designing from the very beginning. Here are some enterprise architecture considerations to evaluate:

  • What is the organization’s level of affinity to Microsoft technology in general?
  • Is the organization prepared to accept a cloud solution?
  • Does the organization require a cloud solution to reside...