Lessons

• Define a Solution Architect

• Role of a Solution Architect on projects

• Project Methodology

• Getting to know your customer.

• Group exercise - Getting to know your customer.

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• How to lead the requirement collection effort

• Using fit gap analysis

• Pillars of good architecture

• Blueprinting the solution architecture

• Group exercise - Design from requirements

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• Solution Architect's role in project governance

• Techniques for keeping a project on track.

• Scenarios that could cause a project to fail.

• Group exercise - Project governance and working as a team.

Lessons

• Key Power Platform architecture components

• Understand how platform design and limits influence solution architectures.

• Updates and feature releases

• Understand how to communicate how the platform meets customer needs.

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• Data model influences

• Data model strategy

• Data types

• Data relationships

• Group exercise - Data modeling

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• Planning and evaluating requirements.

• Operational reporting

• Power BI

• Enterprise BI

• Pre-built insights and custom AI

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• Discuss options for apps and how to choose where to start

• Discuss app composition options

• Using components as part of your app architecture

• Considerations for including Portals as an app in your architecture

• Group exercise - Power Apps Architecture topics

Lessons

• Microsoft vision and Solution Architect's role in ALM

• Environment strategies

• Defning a solution structure for your deliverable

Lab: ALM Hands-on Lab

Lessons

• Discuss options for automation and custom logic.

• Review considerations for using triggers and common actions.

• Explore using Business Process Flows (BPF) to guide users through business processes.

• Group Exercise - Evaluate scenarios for Power Automate usage

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• Solution Architect's role in security modeling

• Discovery and learning your client's environment.

• Controlling access to environments and resources

• Controlling access to CDS Data

• Group Exercise - Security Modeling

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• Solution Architects role in Integrations

• What is an integration and why do we need it

• Platform features that enable integration

• CDS Event Publishing

• Scenarios for group discussion

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• Solution Architect's role when deploying Dynamics 365 apps.

• Architecture Considerations for primary apps

• Group Exercise - App specific working groups evaluate requirements.

Lessons

• Introduction

• Chatbot options

• Chatbot concepts

• Best practices

• Integrate chatbots.

• Power Virtual Agents in Microsoft Teams

Lessons

• Introduction

• Power Automate Desktop

• Recording and editing tasks

• Running desktop flows

• Process advisor

Lessons

• Solution Architect's role with testing and go live.

• Planning for testing

• Planning for go live.