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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

Knowing Power Platform extensibility best practices

In the following sections, you will learn about some of the best practices for client-side as well as server-side extensibility for CDS-based solutions.

CDS client-side interface extensibility

In this chapter, you have learned a lot about various client-side CDS extensibility and automation options. In this section, we will provide several best practices for using the various extensibility options available to you, specifically from a performance point of view.

It is always important to keep the performance of the CDS-based solution in mind. Client-side extensibility options can have a significant impact on the final solution's performance. Try to implement the following best practices when designing extensibility so as to avoid the most common sources of poor performance:

  • Design the CDS entity forms by providing only the necessary controls; avoid overwhelming the forms with a large number of complex controls...