PL-600 Power Platform Solution Architect

Module 1: Becoming a Solution Architect/Getting to know your customer

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

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

Module 6: Analytics and artificial intelligence

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

Module 7: Power Apps Architecture

• 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)

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

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

Module 14: Robotic Process Automation

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

Module 15: Testing and Go Live

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