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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 backend integration patterns and solution approaches

In the following sections, you will learn about the most typical integration patterns used within CDS-based solutions. For every pattern, we will present the possible solution approaches while using the technological background information you have learned about in this and in the previous chapters of this book.

Remote procedure call pattern

The remote procedure call (RPC) pattern is the simplest integration pattern, where one application is directly calling the interface of another application without using any middleware. This pattern is usually synchronous and consists of a request-response pair. The called application must provide a suitable API to be used from the calling application. This pattern can be seen in the following diagram:

Figure 9.9 - Remote procedure call pattern

As you can see, the calling application is directly calling the API of the called application with a request...