• Perform solution envisioning and requirement analyses
• Architect a solution
• Implement the solution

Senior Consultants (both functional and technical) that aspire to be Solution Architects, or current Solution Architects that are new to the role.

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

Lessons

• 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

Lessons

• 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

Lessons

• 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: Microsoft Power Platform Architecture

Lessons

• Key Microsoft 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

Lessons

• Data model influences
• Data model strategy
• 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

• 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)

Lessons

• Microsoft vision and Solution Architect’s role in ALM
• Environment strategies
• Defining a solution structure for your deliverable

Lab : ALM Hands-on Lab

Module 9: Power Automate Architecture

Lessons

• 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

Lessons

• 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

Lessons

• 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

Lessons

• 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

Lessons

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

Module 14: Robotic Process Automation

Lessons

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

Module 15: Testing and Go Live

Lessons

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