Book Image

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

Preparing for go-live

Planning the launch of a Power Platform application is crucial to its success. A wide range of systems, users, and business areas must be coordinated and aligned for a solution to go live without a hitch. Solution architects work with product owners, IT teams, business analysts, and key stakeholders to identify the resource needed for go-live, define responsibilities during the cutover period before launch, and define a go-live checklist.

This section discusses each area to be planned before the product launch.

Identifying the resources required to go live

Launching a Power Platform solution requires the support of several resources within the implementation team, third-party suppliers (where applicable), and groups within the organization itself. Solution architects understand the makeup of the Power Platform solution better than anyone. They can identify the individuals/teams whose actions will be required during the cutover stage, go-live day, and...