Overview

The Solution Architect is responsible for the successful design, implementation, deployment and adoption of an overall solution. The Solution Architect ensures that the solution meets the customer’s needs now and in the future. In this course, students will learn about decisions a Solution Architect makes during an implementation, covering security, integrations, Power Apps architecture, Power Automate architecture, and more. This course is designed to give you an introduction to the Solution Architect role.
Audience profile
Senior Consultants (both functional and technical) that aspire to be Solution Architects, or current Solution Architects that are new to the role.

Accessing your courseware and registering attendance with Microsoft

To access your Official Curriculum (MOC) course materials you will need a Microsoft.com/Learn account. In Learn you will also be able to register your completion of the event and receive your achievement badge. You will be issued with a unique code during your event.
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Outline

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
Additional Reading
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Why choose QA

Special Notices

Please note: Due to the dynamic nature of updates to Microsoft 365 technology, including the Power Platform, functionality and elements of the syllabus of this course can be subject to change without notice.
Microsoft Official Courses offer fast paced, higher level overviews of features with hands-on labs that may be completed during and post course. Note – there may not be time to complete labs during the course due to the delays in some Microsoft 365 services and the breadth of material to cover.
Microsoft Official Power Platform Courses are appropriate for delegates primarily interested in certification.
If you are interested in an in-depth exploration of any specific Microsoft 365 Power Platform technology, QA recommends that you attend a Mastering QA authored course from our Microsoft 365 Power Platform curriculum which offer end to end detailed guidance and hands on labs and continual reviews and updates to keep pace with Microsoft updates
You can view all the available courses here www.qa.com/M365.

Dates & Locations

Microsoft 365 learning pathways

Required Star = Required
Certification = Certification
Technical Decision Maker
Office 365 General Administration
Exchange Online/Hybrid
SharePoint Online/Hybrid
Device Management, Identity and Services
Security and Compliance
Modern Desktop
Power Platform
Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams Development
Microsoft Teams Development

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