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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

Summary

In this chapter, you learned about the Power Platform architecture, including its environments, technology, clients, and administration and monitoring, to be able to design a high-level architecture for your own Power Platform-based solution. With these skills, you should be able to decide on which regions you should provision your Power Platform instances and whether you need the CDS database or not.

Furthermore, you should now understand what the usage scenarios for the various environment components are and how to decide on the client types you need to use for your solution. You should also understand what the various possibilities are when it comes to administering and monitoring a Power Platform ecosystem, as well as how to select the best suitable option for your existing IT landscape. Finally, you should now understand the possible consequences of using multiple tenants and how to design proper environment composition for your Power Platform implementation project...