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Course Outline

Module 1: Becoming a Solution Architect and Understanding Your Customer

  • Defining the Solution Architect role
  • The Solution Architect's responsibilities within projects
  • Project Methodology
  • Strategies for getting to know your customer
  • Group exercise - Getting to know your customer

Module 2: Conceptualizing Design from Requirements

  • Leading the requirement collection effort
  • Utilizing fit-gap analysis
  • Core pillars of robust architecture
  • Blueprinting the solution architecture
  • Group exercise - Design from requirements

Module 3: Project Governance and Team Collaboration

  • The Solution Architect's involvement in project governance
  • Techniques for keeping a project on course
  • Common scenarios that may lead to project failure
  • Group exercise - Project governance and working as a team

Module 4: Power Platform Architecture

  • Key components of Power Platform architecture
  • How platform design and limits influence solution architectures
  • Updates and feature releases
  • Communicating how the platform meets customer needs

Module 5: Data Modeling

  • Influences on data model design
  • 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

  • Evaluating app options and determining where to begin
  • Exploring app composition options
  • Integrating components into your app architecture
  • Considerations for including Portals as part of your app architecture
  • Group exercise - Power Apps Architecture topics

Module 8: Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)

  • Microsoft's vision and the Solution Architect's role in ALM
  • Environment strategies
  • Defining a solution structure for your deliverables

Module 10: Security Modeling

  • The Solution Architect's role in security modeling
  • Discovery and understanding your client's environment
  • Controlling access to environments and resources
  • Controlling access to CDS Data
  • Group Exercise - Security Modeling

Module 11: Integration

  • The Solution Architect's role in Integrations
  • Understanding what an integration is and its necessity
  • Platform features that enable integration
  • CDS Event Publishing
  • Scenarios for group discussion

Module 12: Dynamics 365 Applications Architecture

  • The Solution Architect's role when deploying Dynamics 365 apps
  • Architecture considerations for primary apps
  • Group Exercise - App specific working groups evaluate requirements

Module 13: Testing and Go Live

  • The Solution Architect's role in testing and go live phases
  • Planning for testing
  • Planning for go live

Requirements

Participants are expected to possess prior experience with operating systems, virtualization, cloud infrastructure, storage structures, and networking:

  • A clear understanding of on-premises virtualization technologies, encompassing virtual machines (VMs) and virtual networking.
  • Knowledge of network configuration principles, including TCP/IP, Domain Name System (DNS), virtual private networks (VPNs), firewalls, and encryption technologies.
  • Familiarity with Active Directory concepts, such as domains, forests, and domain controllers.
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