PL-600: Power Platform Solution Architect

Power Platform architects and application developers who manage, develop and maintain Power Platform solutions and design modern Power Platform solutions based on business requirements. 

This course prepares you for the certification Exam PL-600: Microsoft Power Platform Solution Architect to become a Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Solution Architect Expert.

Note that in addition to Exam PL-600, candidates must have at least one of the following two Certificates to obtain the Power Platform Solution Architect Expert Certificate:

• Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Functional Consultant Associate – PL-200
• Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Developer Associate – PL-400

Full information for the Certificate: Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Solution Architect Expert – Learn | Microsoft Docs

• Good knowledge of Power Platform environments and solutions. 
• Knowledge of Dynamics 365 customer engagement applications and other Microsoft cloud technologies.

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

• 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

• 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

• 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 

• 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

• Data model influences 
• 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

• 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)

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

Module 9: Power Automate Architecture

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

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

Module 14: Robotic Process Automation

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

Module 15: Testing and Go Live

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

Additional Reading: Architect solutions for Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform