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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. project team workplace setup

The Contoso Inc. project management team has made themselves familiar with the tools available for Power Platform solution development and has made some preliminary decisions.

Enabling the core project team

The core project team will be equipped with proper licenses and access rights to use the following:

  • CDS Maker Portal, along with all designers and studios
  • Power BI service
  • PVA designer
  • Dynamics 365 Customer Voice designer

Contoso Inc. will provide the necessary licenses and configure their System Center Configuration Manager so that they can deploy the following tools onto the workstations of all the core team members of the project:

  • Power BI Desktop
  • Power BI Builder
  • Visual Studio
  • Visual Studio Code
  • NuGet developer tools and assemblies
  • XrmToolBox
  • CRM REST Builder
  • Easy Repro
  • Fiddler

Contoso Inc. will establish an Azure DevOps instance and provide access to all...