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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

Optimizing the output of cross-functional Power Platform development teams

Solution architects have a pivotal role within a Power Platform implementation. Their wide range of knowledge and experience can be leveraged to guide team members to deliver a project through the most optimal route possible. To successfully deliver a project, solution architects engage in the following activities.

Understanding the team’s capabilities

Solution architects identify the team member’s core competencies. These may be either functional, technical, knowledge in a specific type of Power Platform application, or a focus on integration-related activities.

Understanding the key capabilities facilitates the following activities:

  • Distributing work optimally across team members

Once the team’s core skills are understood, solution architects work optimally with the business to help distribute the implementation work. This allows experts on a specific subject area...