PL-600 Microsoft Power Platform Solution Architect Exam Prep

LU1 Architect solutions for Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform

Topic 1 Becoming a solution architect for Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform

• Introduction to becoming a solution architect1
• Existing product and platform skills
• Expectations of a solution architect1
• Solution architect role during project phases
• Pillars of a great architecture

Topic 2 Discover customer needs as a Solution Architect for Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform

• Introduction and discovery overview
• Initial customer discovery
• Customer discovery meetings
• Customer communication strategy

Topic 3 Propose a solution as a Solution Architect for Microsoft Power Platform and Dynamics 365

• Introduction and overview to proposing a solution
• Identify solution components
• Develop and validate a demo
• Identify potential third-party components
• Recognize strengths and weaknesses in a solution

Topic 4 Work with requirements for Microsoft Power Platform and Dynamics 365

• Lead requirement capture sessions
• Identify functional requirements
• Identify non-functional requirements
• Confirm and finalize requirements

Topic 5 Perform fit gap analysis

• Introduction to fit gap analysis
• Determine feasibility of requirements
• Refine requirements from proof of concept insights
• Categorize business requirements and perform gap fit analysis
• Evaluate Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform apps

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Topic 6 Implement project governance for Power Platform and Dynamics 365

• Introduction to project governance
• Project governance
• Solution architect’s role in project governance
• Techniques for keeping a project on track
• Work as a team

Topic 7 Power Platform architecture

• Environments
• Environment data location
• Work with data
• Custom logic
• Platform limits
• High availability and disaster recovery considerations

Topic 8 Explore Power Apps architecture

• Common app patterns
• App composition
• Components
• Optimize canvas apps
• Microsoft Teams and Power Apps
• Portal apps

Topic 9 Explore Power Automate architecture

• Triggers
• Common actions
• Error handling
• Best practice
• Business process flows

Topic 10 Explore Power Virtual Agents

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

Topic 11 Explore robotic process automation

• Power Automate for desktop
• Record and edit tasks
• Run desktop flows
• Process advisor

Topic 12 Model data for Power Platform solutions

• Common Data Model
• Data modeling
• Choose a data store
• Data modeling for Dataverse
• Best practices for Dataverse
• Exercise - Model data
• Architecture of Fabrikam data model and devices
• Report data and handle primary visitors
• Handle visitors, waivers, and photos
• Example data model solution

Topic 13 Model security for Power Platform solutions

• Environment security
• Data loss prevention
• Access to Dataverse
• Security in apps
• Exercise - Security modeling

Topic 14 Evaluate Power Platform analytics and AI

• Power Platform reporting capabilities
• Power BI overview
• Data requirements
• Power BI and Power Platform4 min
• Dataflows
• AI

Topic 15 Implement integrations with Power Platform

• Integration challenges
• Inbound data integration
• Outbound data integration

Topic 16 Plan application lifecycle management for Power Platform

• Key considerations for ALM
• Solutions8
• Configuration and reference data
• Release process
• ALM with Azure DevOps

Topic 17 Testing and go-live

• Plan for go-live
• Data migration
• Plan for go-live

LU3 Validate your Microsoft Power Platform Solution Architect skills

Topic 18 Becoming a solution architect for Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform

• Introduction to becoming a solution architect
• Existing product and platform skills
• Expectations of a solution architect
• Solution architect role during project phases
• Pillars of a great architecture

Topic 19 Design a data model in Power BI

• Work with tables
• Create a date table
• Work with dimensions
• Define data granularity
• Work with relationships and cardinality
• Resolve modeling challenges
• Exercise - Model data in Power BI Desktop

Topic 20 Challenge project - Create Microsoft Power Platform solutions

• Prepare
• Exercise - Create solutions for customers using Power Platform

Practice Exam

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Minimum Entry Requirement

Knowledge and Skills

• Able to operate using computer functions
• Minimum 3 GCE ‘O’ Levels Passes including English or WPL Level 5 (Average of Reading, Listening, Speaking & Writing Scores)

Attitude

• Positive Learning Attitude
• Enthusiastic Learner

Experience

• Minimum of 1 year of working experience.

Target Age Group: 18-65 years old

Minimum Software/Hardware Requirement

Software:

• Microsoft Azure

Hardware: Window or Mac Laptops

• Power Platform Solution Architect
• Business Analyst
• Data Analyst
• Systems Analyst
• IT Consultant
• Application Developer
• Software Developer
• Database Administrator
• Business Intelligence Developer
• Data Scientist
• Project Manager
• IT Manager
• Cloud Solutions Architect
• CRM Administrator
• DevOps Engineer

Sanjiv Venkatram: Sanjiv i is an ACTA certified experienced leader with a proven track record in business / finance consulting and in developing i) business intelligence (BI) solutions ii) data analytics/analysis solutions and iii) IOT lead BI solutions. Sanjiv's goal through Prudentia Consulting, is to promote the simple joy and excitement of actively using the Microsoft Platform. He believes that the agility afforded by the Microsoft platform helps businesses get time back for deeper business thinking and to spend more time with their end customers

Sanjiv has rich experiences in diverse/complex high-tech businesses, turn around environments and strategic transformations. His functional expertise is in sales analytics, financial planning and analysis, engineering and program management. He has worked across discrete manufacturing, professional services and higher education verticals. He also has a working knowledge of equities portfolio management within the financial services domain.Sanjiv is the CEO of Prudentia Consulting, an organization committed to promoting the active usage of the Microsoft Platform. Prior to this, he has worked at Microsoft (US & APAC: 9.2 years), Cognizant Tech Solutions (3.3 years), Yazaki North America (8 years) and until recently at Oracle. Here are a few of his BI/analytics projects driven at scale: Built APAC wide BI dashboard using the Power BI umbrella tool set (Power BI online, Power BI desktop and Power Pivot) and a KPI lake (SQL DB), Helped develop key KPIs – identified key KPIs and helped land this in the DB, Developed a budget audit tool that captured budget inputs from a host of countries across the globe, Developed a business unit P&L reporting tool (functional architecture) in Business Objects for the world-wide financial planning and analysis team.

Alec Tan: Alec Tan is a ACTA certified trainer, He has a number of Comptia certifications. Since 2002, starting off from IT technical background to pre-sales, sales account manager, system integration, operate IT retail / repair shop business in Sim Lim Square 2008 ~ 2012, and back to IT industry employment, freelance IT Trainer till present.

Quah Chee Yong: Quah Chee Yong is a ACTA certified trainer. Quah Chee Yong Chee Yong is an experienced professional who has held various Technical, Operations and Commercial positions across several industriesA firm believer that AI can create a better world, he has equipped himself with the Knowledge and Skills in the fields of Data Science, Machine Learning, Deep Learning and Cloud Deployment

He has a deep passion for training & facilitating and is currently a Singapore WSQ certified Adult Educator. He particularly enjoys the interactive engagements with his fellow trainers and learners

Peter Cheong :  Peter is a ACLP certied trainer. Specialise In IT related knowlege and conduct IT Training which Include Microsoft Window Server Technology (Wintel) and Linux - Centos/Red Hat. Comptia ,ITIL , Motorola Solution Trunking System and Cisco Networking. I was worked in Motorola Solutions Conduct Motorola Astro 25 Trunking System For Police Force Malaysia (RMPnet),Taiwan Navy, Indonesia METRO POLDA (Police Force). After that Peter Join As IT Group Manager For W-Group which include 17 subsidiaries Companies in Real Estate Developer,Plantation, Building Management Services ,Contruction and also Fiber Opti Service Provider in Sabah,Malaysia.

Alan Tan: Alan Tan is a ACTA certified trainer. Alan Tan hold Masters in Data Science in Singapore University of Technology and Design. He is Microsoft Power Platform PL-900 certified and Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals  Certified DP-900. He have this skills in Microsoft Power Platform development skills such as Powerapps, Power Automate,Power Portal, Power Virtual Agent, Power BI, Sharepoint, Dataverse, etc. For Programming language such as Python and Robotics Process Automation (RPA) development. He is working as a Senior Data Engineer in an MNC.

Bernard Peh: Bernard Peh is a Business Development Director and ACTA certified trainer with over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry. He has held key leadership roles and integrated technology, digital marketing, and data science to drive growth in sales, recruitment, and financial planning. As a mentor, Bernard has developed many successful financial professionals who have achieved top industry accolades like TOT, COT, and MDRT.

With deep expertise in data science, Bernard has advised firms and designed training programs for institutions like NTUC Learning Hub. He continues to apply data science to collective funds, achieving exceptional results such as a 400% increase in assets under management, while empowering financial professionals with technology-driven solutions.

Ken Hiong: Ken Hiong is a ACTA certified trainer. Ken has over 20 years of work experience in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industry, having assumed various functional and managerial roles in sales, marketing, business development, finance, business analysis and planning. With an interest and experience in scripting, Ken has worked on projects using HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, WordPress, MS Office, VBA, Power BI, etc. Notably, Ken is a proven expert Excel user at work who has made efficient many work processes, improved data analysis and enhanced the quality of business planning and reporting for organizations.

Ken graduated with a Pharmacy degree, holds a Master of Business Administration from the National University of Singapore and a Master of Applied Finance from the University of Adelaide. An ardent advocate of lifelong learning, Ken is ACTA trained and seeks to continually upgrade his IT skills through various channels of learning and Microsoft certifications. With MS Office Master qualification, Ken looks forward to assisting individuals and corporations improve their computer skills, productivity and business outcomes.

Raja Rohan: Raja Rohan is a certified specialist in data analytics, big data science, and business intelligence, with expertise in tools like Qlik and Microsoft reporting technologies. His strong technical foundation spans areas such as RPA (Robotic Process Automation), artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, and natural language processing.

Raja has a proven track record of leading and managing projects in BI, data warehousing, and analytics, with a focus on data mining and statistical techniques. He has extensive experience in project delivery, from requirement analysis to final execution, ensuring quality and timely outcomes. As a team leader, Raja excels at driving performance through mentorship and effective communication, consistently delivering results in complex technical environments.

Audrey Lin : Audrey Lin is a ACTA certified trainer. She is a Business Development Director at Gill Technologies, an IT Consulting and Managed Services Provider focused at servicing SMEs. I'm responsible for the operations, sales, marketing, accounting, and finance functions of the organization. She have 13 years of experience in helping businesses and schools maximize their Return on Investment on IT through the use of the right technology, improving their business processes and increasing user adoption. My expertise is around Microsoft 365, MS Teams and Power BI. To help organizations improve employee productivity with tools from the MS 365 stack, she have delivered several classroom & online-styled end user training sessions to organizations from various industries - real estate, F&B, oil & gas, healthcare, schools, logistics. I have also created multiple customized & on-demand videos that end users can refer to for a quick review. Being certified as a Microsoft Data Analyst Associate, She is proficient at helping businesses gather business insights from their wide array of data. She have been involved in BI Projects with healthcare firms, logistics companies, FIs, etc., starting from the design phase, right through to the daily management of the BI system. Her area of knowledge in managing security and compliance in MS 365 is significant and ever-growing. She have good understanding of the Zero Trust Principle and uses that to improve the IT security posture of her clients. With the support of her engineering team at Gill Technologies, we use cloud-based management tools from MS 365, namely Intune, Endpoint Manager, Defender, etc. to manage our clients' endpoints.