Course outline

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

• 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 2 – Conceptualizing the design from requirements

• 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

• 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 – Power Platform Architecture

• 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 5 – Data Modeling

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

 Module 6 – Analytics and artificial intelligence

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

 Module 7 – Power Apps Architecture

• 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)

• Microsoft vision and Solution Architect’s role in ALM
• Environment strategies
• Defining a solution structure for your deliverable
• ALM Hands-on Lab

 Module 9 – Power Automate Architecture

• 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

• 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

• 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

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

 Module 13 – Testing and Go Live

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