Microsoft Power Platform Solution Architect (PL-600)

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