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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

Selecting a go-live strategy

Power Platform projects range from solutions that provide the business with brand-new functionality or systems that partially or fully replace existing services within the organization. Brand-new services tend to have fewer dependencies and a more straightforward go-live rollout, as users do not need to migrate or “move” from one system to another. When the time comes to switch on the lights, having defined a go-live strategy, activities, and readiness checklists will help you preempt potential hurdles.

Whether releasing a brand-new application or replacing an existing service, Power Platform solution rollouts use either a phased approach or a single go-live release. This section will discuss the benefits of a phased rollout versus what is often called the big-bang approach.

Selecting a phased go-live strategy

Power Platform solutions lend themselves to phased releases due to the modular nature of their components, databases, and...