PL-600T00: Microsoft Power Platform Solution Architect
Duration: 4 Days
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.
Learning Objectives:
Becoming a Solution Architect/Getting to Know Your Customer
Conceptualizing the design from requirements
Project governance and working as a team
Power Platform Architecture
Data Modeling
Analytics and artificial intelligence
Power Apps Architecture
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)
Power Automate Architecture
Security Modeling
Integration
Dynamics 365 Applications Architecture
Testing and Go Live
Course Outline:
Module 1. Becoming a solution architect for Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform
Learn about what is expected of a solution architect
Learn about the role of a solution architect during the project phases
Module 2. Discover customer needs as a Solution Architect for Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform
Learn about initial customer discovery
Discover customer communication strategies
Module 3. Propose a solution as a Solution Architect for Microsoft Power Platform and Dynamics 365
Identify solution components
Develop and validate a demo
Module 4. Worked with requirements as a solution architect for Microsoft Power Platform and Dynamics 365
Learn about leading requirement capture sessions
Learn about functional and non-functional requirements
Module 5. Perform fit gap analysis
Determine the feasibility of requirements
Refine requirements from proof of concept insights
Categorize business requirements and perform a fit-gap analysis
Evaluate Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform apps
Module 6. Solution Architect series: Implement project governance for Power Platform and Dynamics 365
Learn about the solution architect’s role in project governance
Identify techniques for keeping a project on track
Explore scenarios that could cause a project to fail
Module 7. Solution Architect series: Power Platform architecture
Review the key Power Platform architecture components
Explore how the platform's design and limits can influence solution architectures
Review how to communicate with the customer on how the platform can meet their needs
Module 8. Solution Architect series: Model data for Power Platform solutions
Learn about data modeling influencers
Discover various data model strategies
Learn about data types and data relationships
Lab:
Model data
Module 9. Solution Architect series: Evaluate Power Platform analytics and AI
Discover the planning and evaluating requirements
Learn about operational reporting
Review the capabilities of Microsoft Power BI and how to use it with Power Platform components
Learn how to use pre-built insights and custom AI
Module 10. Solution Architect series: Explore Power Apps architecture
Explore options for apps and how to choose where to start
Explore app composition options
Learn how to use components as part of your app architecture
Discover when to include Power Apps portals as an app in your architecture
Module 11. Solution Architect series: Plan application lifecycle management for Power Platform
Learn about Microsoft's vision and the solution architect’s role in ALM
Review environment strategies
Define a solution structure for your deliverables
Module 12. Explore Power Automate architecture
Review options for automation and custom logic
Review considerations for using triggers and common actions
Explore how to use business process flows to guide users through business processes
Module 13. Solution architect series: Model security for Power Platform solutions
Discover the solution architect’s role in security modeling
Learn how to control access to environments and resources
Learn how to control access to data in Dataverse
Lab:
Security modeling
Module 14. Solution Architect series: Implement integrations with Power Platform
Learn about the solution architect’s role in integrations
Learn about integration and why it's necessary
Discover Power Platform features that help enable integration
Use the capabilities of Microsoft Azure
Module 15. Solution architect series: Explore Power Virtual Agents
Explore options for chatbots and how to choose where to start
Explore scenarios for chatbots
Learn about the components of Power Virtual Agents
Module 16. Solution architect series: Explore robotic process automation
Explore options for automation and how to choose where to start
Explore scenarios for Power Automate for desktop
Learn about the components for running Power Automate for desktop flows
Module 17. Solution Architect series: Testing and go-live
Review the solution architect’s role with testing and go-live
Learn about the data migration process and deployment
Learn about the testing process
Discover how to plan for go-live
Course Prerequisites
To ensure a successful learning experience in the PL-600T00: Microsoft Power Platform Solution Architect course, participants should ideally possess the following minimum prerequisites:
Fundamental understanding of Microsoft Power Platform: Familiarity with the core components of the Power Platform, including Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, and Power Virtual Agents.
Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 applications: Basic knowledge of Dynamics 365 applications and how they integrate with the Power Platform is beneficial.
Conceptual knowledge of solution architecture: An understanding of general principles related to solution architecture design, such as scalability, security, and compliance.
Basic data modeling skills: Awareness of data modeling concepts and experience with defining and configuring tables, columns, and relationships in Microsoft Dataverse or similar data management platforms.
Understanding of cloud computing: Familiarity with cloud computing concepts and SaaS (Software as a Service) solutions, particularly within the context of Microsoft Azure.
Awareness of software development lifecycle (SDLC): Knowledge of SDLC processes, including requirements gathering, testing, deployment, and application lifecycle management (ALM).
These prerequisites help ensure that students have the foundational knowledge required to grasp the more advanced topics covered in the course. However, a strong willingness to learn and a commitment to engaging with the course materials can also help compensate for gaps in experience.
Job role: Solution Architect.
Preparation for exam: PL-600.