Detailed Course Outline
Module 1: Introduction
- Course introduction
Module 2: Becoming a Solution Architect/Getting to know your customer
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
Module 3: Conceptualizing the design from requirements
Lessons
- 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 4: Project governance and working as a team
Lessons
- 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 5: Power Platform Architecture
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
Module 6: Data Modeling
Lessons
- Data model influences
- Data model strategy
- Data types
- Data relationships
- Group exercise - Data modeling
Module 7: Visualizations, Analytics, Reporting and AI
Lessons
- Planning and evaluating requirements
- Operational reporting
- Power BI
- Enterprise BI
- Pre-built insights and custom AI
Module 8: Power Apps Architecture
Lessons
- 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 9: Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)
Lessons
- Microsoft vision and Solution Architect's role in ALM
- Environment strategies
- Defning a solution structure for your deliverable
Lab: ALM Hands-on Lab
Module 10: Power Automate Architecture
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
Module 11: Security Modeling
Lessons
- 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 12: Integrations
Lessons
- 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 13: Dynamics 365 Applications Architecture
Lessons
- Solution Architect's role when deploying Dynamics 365 apps
- Architecture Considerations for primary apps
- Group Exercise - App specific working groups evaluate requirements
Module 14: Testing and Go Live
Lessons
- Solution Architect's role with testing and go live
- Planning for testing
- Planning for go live