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Power Platform - Solution Architect
PL-600
Architecting Digital Visions
If you’re seeking to showcase your prowess as a seasoned Microsoft Power Platform or Microsoft Dynamics 365 solution architect, or if you’re a developer or senior consultant poised to ascend to the role of a solution architect, this expert certification serves as your stepping stone towards advancing your professional trajectory.
As a candidate pursuing the Power Platform Solution Architect Expert certification, you’ll be at the helm of steering projects and collaborating with stakeholders, focusing on solutions that have a profound impact on your organization’s comprehensive business and technical requirements. Equipped with a nuanced blend of functional and technical acumen in Power Platform, Dynamics 365 customer engagement applications, associated Microsoft cloud solutions, and third-party technologies, you’ll possess the holistic perspective needed for the role. This certification requisites a background of 1 to 3 years as a Power Platform solution architect or 7 to 10 years as a senior consultant or developer, coupled with a deep-seated understanding of Power Platform architecture.
Attaining this credential empowers you to orchestrate transformative solutions, leveraging your comprehensive understanding of Power Platform and its intricacies. With this accolade, you hold the key to driving innovation, optimizing business processes, and crafting seamless experiences, while earning the recognition and respect that come with being a certified Power Platform Solution Architect Expert. Whether you’re shaping the technology landscape within your organization or elevating your career prospects in the broader industry, this certification equips you with the tools to make a profound impact.
Overview
The Power Platform Solution Architect Expert certification is your gateway to becoming a distinguished Microsoft Power Platform or Dynamics 365 solution architect. Designed for experienced developers and senior consultants aiming to elevate their careers, this certification equips you with the skills to address complex business and technical challenges. With a deep understanding of Power Platform, Dynamics 365, and related technologies, you’ll shape transformative solutions that drive innovation and enhance organizational efficiency. This certification validates your expertise, enabling you to lead impactful projects and propel your career forward in the dynamic world of solution architecture.
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Curriculum
Topics Covered
Architect solutions for Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform
The role of a Solution Architect is pivotal in steering effective implementations and ensuring solutions align with the comprehensive business and technical requirements of organizations. This module delves into the essentials of embarking on your journey as a Solution Architect, emphasizing your crucial role within the broader project team and highlighting the skills and insights necessary for success in this dynamic role.
- Introduction to becoming a Solution Architect
- Existing product and platform skills
- Expectations of a solution architect
- Solution architect role during project phases
- Pillars of great architecture
Acquire the skills to engage customers in discussions regarding their business processes and feature prerequisites, enabling you to craft a feasible and tailored solution.
- Introduction and discovery overview
- Initial customer discovery
- Customer discovery meetings
- Customer communication strategy
Master the art of presenting and suggesting well-structured solutions.
- Introduction and overview to proposing a solution
- Identify solution components
- Develop and validate a demo
- Identify potential third-party components
- Recognize strengths and weaknesses in a solution
Precisely gather and understand customer requirements. This module guides you through capturing needs and distinguishing between functional and non-functional elements.
- Lead requirement capture sessions
- Identify functional requirements
- Identify non-functional requirements
- Confirm and finalize requirements
Conduct a fit gap analysis to pinpoint disparities between established requirements and existing/proposed solutions. This module delves into the process of executing a fit gap analysis.
- Introduction to fit gap analysis
- Determine feasibility of requirements
- Refine requirements from proof of concept insights
- Categorize business requirements and perform gap fit analysis
- Evaluate Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform apps
Solution Architect: Design Microsoft Power Platform solutions
The role of a Microsoft Power Platform solution architect is pivotal within a project. Often, the solution architect establishes governance, oversees change processes, and tracks project advancement. This module elucidates how the solution architect contributes to the implementation of project governance.
- Introduction to Project Governance
- Project governance
- Solution architect’s role in project governance
- Techniques for keeping a project on track
- Work as a Team
Solution architects hold the key to shaping the comprehensive solution design. A solid grasp of Microsoft Power Platform’s architecture is essential when crafting solutions rooted in the platform. This module delineates the intricacies of Power Platform’s components and capabilities, illustrating how they wield influence over the blueprint of your designed solutions.
- Environments
- Environment data location
- Work with data
- Custom logic
- Platform limits
- High availability and disaster recovery considerations
Solution architects shoulder the task of crafting the holistic design for a solution. Grasping the capabilities of Power Apps becomes pivotal in the process of sculpting applications within a solution. This module delves into the spectrum of app types, elucidating distinctions and guiding the discernment of when and which specific type(s) of apps are best suited for various scenarios.
- Common app patterns
- App composition
- Components
- Optimize canvas apps
- Microsoft Teams and Power Apps
- Portal Apps
Solution architects bear the mantle of shaping a solution’s comprehensive design. Gaining a profound understanding of Power Automate’s capabilities becomes paramount when orchestrating automation within the solution. This module hones in on Power Automate, shedding light on its dynamic capabilities and empowering architects to harness its potential for effective automation.
- Triggers
- Common actions
- Error handling
- Best practice
- Business process flows
In the modern landscape, chatbots have evolved into a pivotal element of business applications. Solution architects must delve into the capabilities of Power Virtual Agents while crafting a Microsoft Power Platform solution. This module delves deep into Power Virtual Agents, unraveling its capabilities and equipping architects to wield its potential within their solution designs.
- Chatbot building options
- Chatbot concepts
- Best practices
- Integrate chatbots
- Power Virtual Agents in Teams
Robotic process automation is a boon for streamlining legacy applications. Solution architects must wield the prowess of Power Automate for desktop integration within a Microsoft Power Platform solution. This module offers an elucidation of Power Automate Desktop and its diverse capabilities, empowering architects to harness its potential in their solution integration endeavors.
- Power Automate for Desktop
- Record and edit tasks
- Run desktop flows
- Process advisor
Unveiling the responsibilities of a solution architect in data modeling for Power Platform, this module delves into the intricate balance and considerations inherent in shaping data models within Power Platform solutions. It navigates through the art of making tradeoffs while modeling data, equipping architects with the insights and acumen to make informed decisions that optimize their solutions.
- Common Data Model
- Data modeling
- Choose a data store
- Data modeling for Dataverse
- Best practices for Dataverse
- Model Data
- Architecture pf Fabrikam data model and devices
- Report data and handle primary visitors
- Handle visitors, waivers, and photos
- Create a Data model solution
Delving into the domain of security modeling for Microsoft Power Platform, this module unveils the pivotal role of solution architects in crafting robust security strategies. It comprehensively explores the array of security options available for your tenant and environments, providing insights into safeguarding access to data and functionalities within Dataverse. Armed with this knowledge, architects can adeptly navigate the intricate landscape of security to ensure the integrity and resilience of their Power Platform solutions.
- Environment security
- Data loss prevention
- Access to Dataverse
- Security in apps
- Security modeling
Within the realm of Microsoft Power Platform, a solution architect assesses reporting requirements and strategically determines the optimal path forward. This module delves into the spectrum of reporting and analytics possibilities at your disposal within Power Platform, equipping architects with the insights needed to navigate and select the most fitting reporting solutions for their projects.
- Power Platform reporting capabilities
- Power BI and architecture
- Data requirements
- Power BI and the Power Solution
- Dataflows
- AI
Guiding the integration design within Microsoft Power Platform, solution architects take the helm. This module delves into the intricate landscape of integration challenges that arise within Power Platform solutions, equipping architects with a comprehensive understanding of potential issues and effective strategies to navigate and conquer them.
- Integration challenges
- Inbound data integration
- Outbound data integration
Crafting a robust environment strategy and ensuring seamless application lifecycle management (ALM) are key responsibilities of solution architects within Microsoft Power Platform. This module delves into the critical task of defining an effective strategy for managing environments and orchestrating the smooth transition of work across the development, testing, and production phases.
- Key considerations for ALM
- Solutions
- Configure and reference data
- Release process
- ALM with Azure DevOps
Thorough testing holds paramount importance in securing project success. The pivotal role of the solution architect is to guarantee meticulous testing procedures are in place, contributing significantly to the project’s overall quality assurance and achievement of desired outcomes.
- Plan for go-live
- Data migration
Course Duration
4 Days
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Why Learn Power Platform
- No Coding Required: With its no-code/low-code approach, you can become a proficient app creator and automate processes without extensive coding knowledge.
- Boost Efficiency: Harness the power of automation and AI-driven insights to streamline tasks, leading to significant time savings and improved productivity.
- In-Demand Skill: Learning Power Platform equips you with a sought-after skillset, making you a valuable asset to organizations seeking digital transformation.
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- You will get a comprehensive set of materials and resources designed to provide a well-rounded learning experience.
- Receive course manuals or syllabus, lecture slides, practical exercises, assessments such as quizzes or exams.
- Access our online learning platform or virtual classrooms, and interact with instructors and other students.
Power Apps
Empower users to create remarkable, custom business solutions without extensive coding knowledge, unleashing innovation effortlessly.
Power BI
Illuminate data insights with stunning visuals, enabling data-driven decisions that fuel business growth and efficiency.
Process Automate
Process automation optimizes workflows, reducing manual intervention and errors, enhancing efficiency for accelerated business success.
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