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Microsoft Power Platform Solution Architect's Handbook

By : Hugo Herrera
4.5 (2)
Book Image

Microsoft Power Platform Solution Architect's Handbook

4.5 (2)
By: Hugo Herrera

Overview of this book

If you’ve been looking for a way to unlock the potential of Microsoft Power Platform and take your career as a solution architect to the next level, then look no further—this practical guide covers it all. Microsoft Power Platform Solution Architect’s Handbook will equip you with everything you need to build flexible and cost-effective end-to-end solutions. Its comprehensive coverage ranges from best practices surrounding fit-gap analysis, leading design processes, and navigating existing systems to application lifecycle management with Microsoft Azure DevOps, security compliance monitoring, and third-party API integration. The book takes a hands-on approach by guiding you through a fictional case study throughout the book, allowing you to apply what you learn as you learn it. At the end of the handbook, you’ll discover a set of mock tests for you to embed your progress and prepare for PL-600 Microsoft certification. Whether you want to learn how to work with Power Platform or want to take your skills from the intermediate to advanced level, this book will help you achieve that and ensure that you’re able to add value to your organization as an expert solution architect.
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
1
Part 1: Introduction
4
Part 2: Requirements Analysis, Solution Envisioning, and the Implementation Roadmap
10
Part 3: Architecting the Power Platform Solution
15
Part 4: The Build – Implementing Solid Power Platform Solutions
20
Part 5: Power Platform Solution Architect Certification Prep

Power Platform detailed design

The Solution Architecture topology provides the structure for the Power Platform solution. Once this foundation is in place, you can create a detailed design for the implementation. This section discusses the various patterns, considerations, and ideas for creating detailed Power Platform designs.

Power Apps design patterns

Having decided that you will be using Power Apps for your project, you are presented with several choices. Typically, you will select from one of these three main options:

  • Custom App: Power Apps can be built from the ground up, using the Dataverse as a base, and extending it to complete the project. Tables, columns, and forms are built to match a wide range of requirements. While Power Apps provide flexibility through a blank canvas approach, the trade-off may be in the implementation time. Building a sales-related Model-Driven application from scratch may take longer than using a base Dynamics 365 application or a partner...