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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

Contoso Inc. Power Platform commitment

After this theoretical introduction and overview, it might be interesting to examine an example solution for our fictitious company Contoso Inc. wanting to leverage all capabilities and maximize the benefits of using the Microsoft Power Platform components.

Contoso Inc. has analyzed all high-level requirements for a new business solution and decided to leverage the Power Platform components to the greatest possible extent.

The various workloads Contoso Inc. is planning for implementation using Power Platform and Dynamics 365 applications are described in the following table:

Figure 1.7 - Overview of the Contoso's Power Platform commitment
Figure 1.7 - Overview of the Contoso's Power Platform commitment

Figure 1.7 - Overview of the Contoso's Power Platform commitment

The presented solution overview demonstrates that Contoso Inc. can cover many of its key business capabilities using Power Platform and Dynamics 365. In the subsequent chapters, Contoso Inc. will dive deeper into the requirements and refine the solution with further details.