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Course Outline

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

  • Defining the Solution Architect role
  • The 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

  • Leading 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
  • Understanding how platform design and limits influence solution architectures
  • Updates and feature releases
  • Communicating 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

  • Discussing options for apps and how to choose where to start
  • Discussing 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

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 Architect's 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 for go live

Requirements

Participants are expected to have prior experience with the following areas:

  • Understanding of on-premises virtualization technologies, including virtual machines (VMs) and virtual networking
  • Knowledge of network configuration, including TCP/IP, Domain Name System (DNS), virtual private networks (VPNs), firewalls, and encryption technologies
  • Familiarity with Active Directory concepts, including domains, forests, and domain controllers
 21 Hours

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