Microsoft Power Platform Enterprise Architecture: Design tailor-made solutions for architects and decision makers to meet complex business requirements, 2nd Edition

Implement an enterprise solution for your company using a 360 degree perspective of Microsoft Power Platform and the advantages of Microsoft Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate, Azure, and Dynamics 365

Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in the PDF format

Key Features

• Explore various Microsoft cloud components and identify the best ones to enhance your solutions
• Get to grips with Microsoft Power Platform’s security and extensibility, integration, and data migration models
• Discover architectural best practices and case studies for designing complex enterprise solutions

Book Description

Microsoft Power Platform Enterprise Architecture offers an array of architectural best practices and techniques for any forward-looking enterprise architect or decision maker who wants to know more about integrating solutions to serve growing business needs. With this book, you’ll learn about the tools available in the Power Platform suite and identify which are appropriate for your business. Then, you’ll integrate them seamlessly with various other Microsoft 365 and Azure components.

Unlike many other overwhelmingly long and unstructured resources, this book covers essential concepts using one concise yet practical example that is revisited throughout the book. 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 Microsoft Power PI, Power Automate, Power Apps, and Power Virtual Agents with various methodologies to effectively address application lifecycle management, security, and extensibility. You’ll also learn how to overcome common challenges in migrating data to and from Microsoft Power Platform using proven techniques.

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

What you will learn

• Understand various Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM, ERP, and AI modules for creating Power Platform solutions
• Combine Power Platform capabilities 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 Microsoft Power BI, Power Apps, and Power Automate to create custom applications
• Integrate your solution with various in-house Microsoft components or third-party systems using integration patterns
• Migrate data using a variety of approaches and best practices

Who this book is for

If you’re an enterprise architect or a technical decision maker looking to design complex solutions using Microsoft Power Platform to serve growing business needs and to stay competitive in the modern IT world, then this book is for you. Familiarity with the Microsoft Power Platform and Azure services will help you follow along with this book