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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

Understanding project phases

On a high level, a project consists of three main phases and each phase can consist of many subphases. Not all of these subphases are always present or in the same order as that described in the following sections, but the following structure represents a typical large Power Platform implementation project lifecycle.

In this section, we will provide a detailed description of the typical activities and outputs in all of the subphases of such a project for both the customer and the implementation partner (consulting company).

Knowing the preparation phase

The preparation phase represents everything that happens before the implementation actually starts. Let's have a look at some of the elements of this phase.

Identifying demand

At the very beginning of any potential Power Platform implementation, there is an idea or demand for a new IT solution identified in a company. The reasons for an identified demand can be very different. It can...