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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

Facilitating understanding through descriptive visual designs

Power Platform solutions are often visual, presenting rich graphical user interfaces to back-office staff and clients. The tools that are used to configure and build Power Platform applications are also often visual. Solution Architects often benefit from using visually descriptive designs to represent a Power Platform solution.

These are some of the benefits of a visual solution design strategy:

  • Brings non-technical users on board:

A picture speaks a thousand words. Visual designs give stakeholders and project owners a clear view of how the system will be built, in a format they can understand. Due to this, they are more readily brought on board and are more likely to accept your vision of a Power Platform future.

  • Facilitates presentations and workshops:

Visual designs are powerful tools during sessions with stakeholders and users, allowing you to quickly adjust system areas in front of...