1. Becoming a Solution Architect/Getting to know your customer

Lesson

• 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

2. Conceptualizing the design from requirements

Lesson

• How to lead the requirement collection effort
• Using fit gap analysis
• Pillars of good architecture
• Blueprinting the solution architecture
• Group exercise – Design from requirements

3. Project governance and working as a team

Lesson

• 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

4. Microsoft Power Platform Architecture

Lesson

• Key Microsoft 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

5. Data Modeling

Lesson

• Data model influences
• Data model strategy
• Data types
• Data relationships
• Group exercise – Data modeling

6. Analytics and artificial intelligence

Lesson

• Planning and evaluating requirements
• Operational reporting
• Power BI
• Enterprise BI
• Pre-built insights and custom AI

7. Power Apps Architecture

Lesson

• 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

8. Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)

Lesson

• Microsoft vision and Solution Architect’s role in ALM
• Environment strategies
• Defining a solution structure for your deliverable

Lab : ALM Hands-on Lab

9. Power Automate Architecture

Lesson

• 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

10. Security Modeling

Lesson

• 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

11. Integration

Lesson

• 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

12. Dynamics 365 Applications Architecture

Lesson

• Solution Architect’s role when deploying Dynamics 365 apps
• Architecture Considerations for primary apps
• Group Exercise – App specific working groups evaluate requirements

13. Power Virtual Agents architecture

Lesson

• Introduction
• Chatbot options
• Chatbot concepts
• Best practices
• Integrate chatbots
• Power Virtual Agents in Microsoft Teams

14. Robotic Process Automation

Lesson

• Introduction
• Power Automate Desktop
• Recording and editing tasks
• Running desktop flows
• Process advisor

15. Testing and Go Live

Lesson

• Solution Architect’s role with testing and go live
• Planning for testing
• Planning for go live