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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

Introducing Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365 is a commercial product name created primarily to simplify the licensing, but it consists of a rather heterogenous group of technical, cloud, and on-premise products. In this section, you will learn the structure of Microsoft 365 and focus on the components relevant for a Microsoft Power Platform solution.

Microsoft 365 consists of three main groups of products:

  • Microsoft Windows 10
  • Microsoft Office 365
  • Microsoft Enterprise Mobility + Security

You'll already be familiar with the purpose of the Windows 10 operating system, so in the next sections, we will focus on the relevant components of Microsoft Office 365 and Microsoft Enterprise Mobility + Security.

Introducing Microsoft Office 365

Microsoft Office 365 is a group of cloud services as well as desktop products from the Microsoft Office family. Many of the Microsoft Office 365 products are used very frequently as part of Power Platform solutions.

Microsoft...