Microsoft Power Platform Enterprise Architecture

A guide for architects and decision makers to craft complex solutions tailored to meet business needs

Robert Rybaric 지음

Packt(GCO Science) 2020년 09월 25일 출간

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Gain a 360-degree view of Microsoft Power Platform and combine the benefits of Power Apps, Power BI, Power Automate, Azure, and Dynamics 365 to build an enterprise application platform for your organization

▶Book Description
For forward-looking architects and decision makers who want to craft complex solutions to serve growing business needs, Microsoft Power Platform Enterprise Architecture offers an array of architectural best practices and techniques. With this book, you'll learn how to design robust software using the tools available in the Power Platform suite and be able to integrate them seamlessly with various Microsoft 365 and Azure components.

Unlike most other resources that are overwhelmingly long and unstructured, this book covers essential concepts using concise yet practical examples to help you save time. You'll develop the skills you need to architect, design, and manage a complex solution as you follow the journey of a fictitious enterprise customer as they enter the world of Power Platform. Throughout the book, you'll discover how to combine the functionality of Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, and Power Virtual Agents with various methodologies to effectively address application lifecycle management, security, and extensibility. Finally, you'll learn how to overcome common challenges in migrating data to and from Microsoft Power Platform using proven techniques.

By the end of this book, you'll have the strategic perspective of an enterprise architect to make accurate architectural decisions for your complex Power Platform projects.

▶What You Will Learn
？Understand various Dynamics 365 CRM, ERP, and AI modules for creating Power Platform solutions
？Enhance Power Platform with Microsoft 365 and Azure
？Find out which regions, staging environments, and user licensing groups need to be employed when creating enterprise solutions
？Implement sophisticated security by using various authentication and authorization techniques
？Extend Power Apps, Power BI, and Power Automate to create custom applications
？Integrate your solution with various in-house Microsoft components or third-party systems using integration patterns

▶Key Features
？Explore various Microsoft cloud components and find out how they can enhance your Power Platform solutions
？Get to grips with Microsoft Power Platform's security and extensibility, integration, and data migration models
？Discover architectural best practices for designing complex enterprise solutions

▶Who This Book Is For
This book is for enterprise architects and technical decision makers who want to craft complex solutions using Microsoft Power Platform to serve growing business needs and to stay competitive in the modern IT world. A basic understanding of Microsoft Power Platform will help you to get started with this book.

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▶TABLE of CONTENTS
▷ Section 1: The Basics
？Chapter 1: Microsoft Power Platform and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Overview
？Chapter 2: Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Azure Overview

▷ Section 2: The Architecture
？Chapter 3: Understanding Microsoft's Power Platform Architecture
？Chapter 4: Tools and Techniques
？Chapter 5: Application Lifecycle Management

▷ Section 3: Implementation
？Chapter 6: Implementation Approach and Methodologies
？Chapter 7: Microsoft Power Platform Security
？Chapter 8: Microsoft Power Platform Extensibility
？Chapter 9: Microsoft Power Platform Integration
？Chapter 10: Microsoft Power Platform Data Migration

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▶What this book covers
？ Chapter 1, Microsoft Power Platform and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Overview, gives you an overview of the components of Microsoft Power Platform. You will establish a firm understanding of Microsoft Dynamics 365 modules for building CRM and ERP solutions, the other modules for leveraging artificial intelligence and using HoloLens. At the end of the chapter, you will learn the basics of Power Platform and Dynamics 365 licensing.

？ Chapter 2, Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Azure Overview, provides an overview of the two other Microsoft cloud services, Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Azure, in the context of a Power Platform solution. You will learn about all the components used in the context of a Power Platform solution, and how the solution can benefit when integrating them. You will also get an overview of how those cloud components are licensed.

？ Chapter 3, Understanding Microsoft Power Platform Architecture, dives deep into the world of the Power Platform architecture. You will learn about the infrastructure, architecture, and structure of the Power Platform cloud components. You will see what client components are available for the various devices used today. You will also focus on the administration and monitoring possibilities, and finally, you will learn about various architectural best practices that are proven for Power Platform implementations in large organizations.

？ Chapter 4, Tools and Techniques, covers the tools and techniques used to configure and customize Power Platform solutions. You will also learn about the tools and techniques that need to be used when configuration and customization do not cover advanced customer requirements, and custom development is necessary. Finally, you will learn about some of the tools supporting the application lifecycle of Power Platform solutions.

？ Chapter 5, Application Lifecycle Management, explains how to adopt Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) principles to implement Power Platform solutions. You will learn about solution management as the main ALM approach for all parts of a solution except for Power BI. You will look at the potential application of ALM in Power BI. You will also learn how Microsoft Azure DevOps can help you make the ALM processes smooth, easy, and fully automated. At the end of the chapter, you will be presented with a collection of ALM-related best practices.

？ Chapter 6, Implementation Approach and Methodologies, covers a lot of the practical details about how to understand your customer's enterprise architecture. You will see what project implementation methodologies are available, which ones are used for Power Platform projects, and how to prepare an implementation project. Finally, you will see what a typical project setup in terms of roles and responsibilities can be, and what an enterprise project lifecycle, from the beginning until the solution is brought into production, can look like.

？ Chapter 7, Microsoft Power Platform Security, focuses on all aspects of Power Platform solutions security. You will learn all the details of authentication within Microsoft cloud solutions, and you will look at the details in relation to Power Platform. You will also see how authorization in the various Power Platform components can be implemented. At the end of the chapter, you will learn a number of security-related best practices.

？ Chapter 8, Microsoft Power Platform Extensibility, dives deep into the extensibility possibilities of the various Power Platform components. You will learn what can be achieved by configuration and customization and what types of requirements need to be developed with code. The main part of this chapter is dedicated to Common Data Service applications, but you will also gain an understanding of the extensibility capabilities of canvas apps, Power Automate, and Power BI. At the end of the chapter, various extensibility best practices will be presented.
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▶ Preface
Microsoft Power Platform is a very popular collection of cloud services for building business applications quickly, efficiently and using the low-code/no-code approach. You can use Power Apps to build business applications for PC and mobile devices, as well as to build publicly available portals. With Power Automate, you can create cross-application automation and integration solutions. Power BI is a well-established and flexible enterprise analytical and reporting tool.

In this book, you will learn about the various components of Power Platform from an architect's point of view. You will learn how to architect and design complex Power Platform solutions for large and global organizations. You will dive deep into Power Platform security, extensibility, integration, and data migration. You will also learn what it means to set up an enterprise implementation project to successfully implement a Power Platform solution for a large organization.

While reading the book, you will accompany a fictitious global corporation, Contoso Inc., on their journey into the Power Platform cloud. You will see how they are adopting the products, preparing the implementation project, learning all the aspects of such a complex solution, and taking decisions in order to reap the largest possible rewards, all while following internal policies and rules.

After reading this book, you should have a clear understanding of the Power Platform technology and know how to use it to deliver a robust, scalable, and user-friendly solution to your customers.

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저자(글) Robert Rybaric

Robert Rybaric is a Microsoft Power Platform and Microsoft Dynamics 365 architect and certified trainer. He also holds several other certifications in Microsoft 365, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft SQL Server, and Microsoft BizTalk Server, TOGAF 9, ITIL 2011, IBM, and Oracle.Robert has worked as an architect for the Microsoft Corporation on numerous Microsoft Dynamics 365 presale and project implementation activities for enterprise customers across Europe.He is now a freelance architect and trainer, implementing Microsoft Dynamics 365 solutions for global customers, and leads many Microsoft Power Platform training sessions.