Module 1: 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 2: 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 3: 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 4: 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 5: Data Modeling
Lessons:
- Data model influences.
- Data model strategy.
- Data types.
- Data relationships.
- Group exercise – Data modeling.
Module 6: Analytics and artificial intelligence
Lessons:
- Planning and evaluating requirements.
- Operational reporting.
- Power BI.
- Enterprise BI.
- Pre-built insights and custom AI.
Module 7: 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 8: 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 9: 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 10: 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 11: Integration
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 12: 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 13: Power Virtual Agents architecture
Lessons:
- Introduction.
- Chatbot options.
- Chatbot concepts.
- Best practices.
- Integrate chatbots.
- Power Virtual Agents in Microsoft Teams.
Module 14: Robotic Process Automation
Lessons:
- Introduction.
- Power Automate Desktop.
- Recording and editing tasks.
- Running desktop flows.
- Process advisor.
Module 15: Testing and Go Live
Lessons:
- Solution Architect's role with testing and go live.
- Planning for testing.
- Planning for go live.
