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Module 1: Becoming a Solution Architect / Getting to Know Your Customer - Lessons

  • Defining the Solution Architect role
  • The Solution Architect's responsibilities on projects
  • Project methodology
  • Understanding your customer
  • Group exercise: Getting to know your customer

Module 2: Conceptualizing Design from Requirements - Lessons

  • Leading the requirement collection process
  • Utilizing fit-gap analysis
  • Key pillars of robust architecture
  • Blueprinting solution architecture
  • Group exercise: Designing from requirements

Module 3: Project Governance and Team Collaboration - Lessons

  • The Solution Architect's role in project governance
  • Techniques for keeping projects on track
  • Scenarios that may lead to project failure
  • Group exercise: Project governance and team collaboration

Module 4: Power Platform Architecture - Lessons

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

Module 5: Data Modeling - Lessons

  • Influences on data models
  • Data modeling strategies
  • 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

  • Exploring app options and determining where to begin
  • Discussing app composition options
  • Incorporating 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) - Lessons

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

Module 10: Security Modeling - Lessons

  • The Solution Architect's role in security modeling
  • Discovery and understanding the client's environment
  • Controlling access to environments and resources
  • Managing access to Common Data Service (CDS) Data
  • Group exercise: Security Modeling

Module 11: Integration - Lessons

  • The Solution Architect's role in integrations
  • Understanding integrations and their necessity
  • Platform features that facilitate integration
  • CDS Event Publishing
  • Scenarios for group discussion

Module 12: Dynamics 365 Applications Architecture - Lessons

  • The Solution Architect's role during Dynamics 365 app deployments
  • Architectural considerations for primary applications
  • Group exercise: App-specific working groups evaluate requirements

Module 13: Testing and Go-Live - Lessons

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

Requirements

Participants should have prior experience with operating systems, virtualization, cloud infrastructure, storage structures, and networking. Specifically, students should possess:

  • A solid understanding of on-premises virtualization technologies, including virtual machines (VMs) and virtual networking.
  • Knowledge of network configuration, 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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