Course Description

The Solutions Architect is responsible for the successful design, implementation and adoption of an overall solution. The Solutions Architect ensures that the solution meets the customer's needs now and in the future. In this course, students will learn about the decisions a Solutions Architect makes during a deployment, covering security, integrations, Power Apps architecture, Power Automate architecture, and more. This course is designed to give you an introduction to the Solution Architect role.

Audience profile

Senior consultants (both functional and technical) who aspire to be solutions architects, or current solutions architects who are new to the role.

Items in this collection

• Become a solutions architect for Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform
• Discover customer needs as a solution architect for Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform
• Propose a solution as a solution architect for Microsoft Power Platform and Dynamics 365
• Work with requirements for Microsoft Power Platform and Dynamics 365
• Conduct suitability/gap analysis
• Solutions Architect Series: Implement project governance as a Power Platform and Dynamics 365 solutions architect
• Solutions Architect Series: Explore the Power Platform Architecture
• Solutions Architect Series: Model Data for Power Platform Solutions
• Solutions Architect Series: Evaluate Analytics and AI in Power Platform
• Solutions Architect Series: Explore the Power Apps Architecture
• Solutions Architect Series: Plan application lifecycle management for Power Platform
• Explore the Power Automate architecture
• Solutions Architect Series: Model Security for Power Platform Solutions
• Solutions Architect Series: Implement integrations with Power Platform
• Solutions Architect Series: Explore Power Virtual Agents
• Solutions Architect Series: Explore Robotic Process Automation
• Solutions Architect Series: Testing and Deployment

Course outline

Module 1: Becoming a Solution Architect/Getting to know your customer
lesson

• Define Solution Architect
• Role of a Solution Architect on projects
• Project Methodology
• Getting to know your customer
• Group exercise - Getting to know your customer

Module 2: Conceptualizing the design from requirements
lesson

• How to lead the requirement collection effort
• Using fit gap analysis
• Pillars of good architecture
• Blueprinting the solution architecture
• Group exercise - Design from requirements

Module 3: Project governance and working as a team
lesson

• 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

Module 4: Microsoft Power Platform Architecture
lesson

• Key Microsoft 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

Module 5: Data Modeling
lesson

• Data model influences
• Data model strategy
• Data types
• Data relationships
• Group exercise - Data modeling

Module 6: Analytics and artificial intelligence
lesson

• Planning and evaluating requirements
• Operational reporting
• Power BI
• Enterprise BI
• Pre-built insights and custom AI

Module 7: Power Apps Architecture
lesson

• 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

Module 8: Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)
lesson

• Microsoft vision and Solution Architect's role in ALM
• Environment strategies
• Defining a solution structure for your deliverable

Lab: ALM Hands-on Lab

Module 9: Power Automate Architecture
lesson

• 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

Module 10: Security Modeling
lesson

• 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

Module 11: Integration
lesson

• 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

Module 12: Dynamics 365 Applications Architecture
lesson

• Solution Architect's role when deploying Dynamics 365 apps
• Architecture Considerations for primary apps
• Group Exercise - App specific working groups evaluate requirements

Module 13: Power Virtual Agents architecture
lesson

• Introduction
• Chatbot options
• Chatbot concepts
• Best practices
• Integrate chatbots
• Power Virtual Agents in Microsoft Teams

Module 14: Robotic Process Automation
lesson

• Introduction
• Power Automate Desktop
• Recording and editing tasks
• Running desktop flows
• Process advisor

Module 15: Testing and Go Live
lesson

• Solution Architect's role with testing and go live
• Planning for testing
• Planning for go live

Language

• English course
• Labs: English