Module 1: Becoming a Solution Architect/Getting to know your customer
Lessons
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Define a Solution Architect
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Role of a Solution Architect on projects
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Project Methodology
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Getting to know your customer
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Group exercise - Getting to know your customer
Module 2: Conceptualizing the design from requirements
Lessons
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How to lead the requirement collection effort
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Using fit gap analysis
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Pillars of good architecture
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Blueprinting the solution architecture
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Group exercise - Design from requirements
Module 3: Project governance and working as a team
Lessons
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Solution Architect's role in project governance
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Techniques for keeping a project on track
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Scenarios that could cause a project to fail
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Group exercise - Project governance and working as a team
Module 4: Power Platform Architecture
Lessons
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Key Power Platform architecture components
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Understand how platform design and limits influence solution architectures
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Updates and feature releases
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Understand how to communicate how the platform meets customer needs
Module 5: Data Modeling
Lessons
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Data model influences
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Data model strategy
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Data types
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Data relationships
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Group exercise - Data modeling
Module 6: Analytics and artificial intelligence
Lessons
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Planning and evaluating requirements
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Operational reporting
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Power BI
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Enterprise BI
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Pre-built insights and custom AI
Module 7: Power Apps Architecture
Lessons
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Discuss options for apps and how to choose where to start
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Discuss app composition options
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Using components as part of your app architecture
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Considerations for including Portals as an app in your architecture
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Group exercise - Power Apps Architecture topics
Module 8: Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)
Lessons
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Microsoft vision and Solution Architect's role in ALM
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Environment strategies
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Defining a solution structure for your deliverable
Lab : ALM Hands-on Lab
Module 9: Power Automate Architecture
Lessons
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Discuss options for automation and custom logic
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Review considerations for using triggers and common actions
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Explore using Business Process Flows (BPF) to guide users through business processes
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Group Exercise - Evaluate scenarios for Power Automate usage
Module 10: Security Modeling
Lessons
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Solution Architect's role in security modeling
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Discovery and learning your client's environment
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Controlling access to environments and resources
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Controlling access to CDS Data
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Group Exercise - Security Modeling
Module 11: Integration
Lessons
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Solution Architects role in Integrations
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What is an integration and why do we need it
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Platform features that enable integration
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CDS Event Publishing
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Scenarios for group discussion
Module 12: Dynamics 365 Applications Architecture
Lessons
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Solution Architect's role when deploying Dynamics 365 apps
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Architecture Considerations for primary apps
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Group Exercise - App specific working groups evaluate requirements
Module 13: Power Virtual Agents architecture
Lessons
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Introduction
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Chatbot options
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Chatbot concepts
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Best practices
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Integrate chatbots
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Power Virtual Agents in Microsoft Teams
Module 14: Robotic Process Automation
Lessons
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Introduction
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Power Automate Desktop
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Recording and editing tasks
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Running desktop flows
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Process advisor
Module 15: Testing and Go Live
Lessons
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Solution Architect's role with testing and go live
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Planning for testing
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Planning for go live
