This book enables you to design tailor-made enterprise solutions using the latest models, methodologies, and patterns for your projects. It harnesses the capabilities of the Power Platform, Azure, and Dynamics 365 to create robust solutions. In this new edition, you can work with the latest technologies such as Dataverse and Power Portals to take your solutions to the next level.
Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in PDF format.
Expert insights
"This book provides a solid understanding of how Microsoft 365 and Power Platform work together and offers detailed information on the architecture. It blends a theoretical approach with real-world scenarios to bring the theories to life and demonstrates how architecture operates in practice."
โMary Angiela Cerbolles, Dual Microsoft MVP, productivity analyst
"What I really like about this book is that it is well structured and easy to follow, using practical examples to illustrate key concepts throughout. I highly recommend it!"
โThomas Rice, 16x Microsoft Certified Solutions Architect
Key Features
- Design solution architecture utilizing the full Microsoft ecosystem, now with diagrams to explain the Microsoft cloud structure
- Develop solutions with a wide range of customization tools and techniques, updated for the best practices regarding APIs and plug-ins
- Optimize solution architecture using the latest ALM best practices and integration models, following example enterprise requirements
About the book
This book is for enterprise architects and decision makers who design solutions for complex business requirements. It teaches you how to use architectural best practices and methodologies to optimize an enterprise-grade solution.
You'll gain an understanding of the tools available in the Power Platform suite and how to integrate them seamlessly with various Microsoft 365 and Azure components to create a tailor-made solution. Progressing through the book, you'll discover how to address application lifecycle management, security, extensibility, and data migration. This includes Power BI, which often requires a separate approach to the rest of the Power Platform.
This book provides you with practical, essential, and concise information. It follows a complete, end-to-end example in every chapter, with diagrams that illustrate the intricacies of Microsoft cloud structure. It has been created by an experienced enterprise architect who actively creates solutions using Microsoft technology.
By the end of this book, you'll have the strategic perspective of an enterprise architect to make accurate architectural decisions for your complex Power Platform projects.
Who this book is for
If you're an enterprise architect or technical decision maker looking to design complex solutions using Microsoft Power Platform, this is the book for you. Familiarity with Microsoft Power Platform and Azure services will be required to follow along.
Table of contents
- Microsoft Power Platform and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Overview
- Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Azure Overview
- Understanding the Microsoft Power Platform Architecture
- Power Platform Customization and Development Tools and Techniques
- Application Lifecycle Management
- Implementation Approach and Methodologies
- Microsoft Power Platform Security
- Microsoft Power Platform Extensibility
- Microsoft Power Platform Integration
- Microsoft Power Platform Data Migration
Appendix: Best Practices for Solution Architecture
See also
You can learn more about this book and the author who wrote it in the From the Publisher section below.