I am currently preparing to take the Microsoft Dynamics 365 + Power Platform Solution Architect certification. Or “MB 600” for short!
As I prepare I plan to write revision notes that I will publish. In this post you will find a collection of links to those posts.
I do try and group my revision guides into posts that directly relate back to the skills measured statements. And I have tried to take that approach with this exam …. but I did find a lot of cross-over between topics. Additionally some of the topics in my revision haven’t always fitted neatly into one particular heading. So I will do my best to create logical groupings for the information I’ve included. BUT if I document some topics in the “wrong area”, please don’t shoot me!!
Additionally, I don’t (yet) know how technical the questions in the MB 600 exam will be. (These are my revision notes … I haven’t taken the exam yet!) I am going to assume anyone preparing for the exam already has a pretty good understanding of the Power Platform from a technical point of view. Therefore most of my notes will focus on the role of the Solution Architect, how we should capture requirements, how we should approach designing solutions etc etc. Rather than technically how these things are achieved.
Depending on your level of experience you may therefore want to also review various technical aspects of the Power Platform, examples being how security works, how we define entities, how we integrate with external systems and much more. If you read the skills measured statement carefully I believe there is a significant amount of implied knowledge. For example, a phrase like “Identify technical requirements” implies we may need an appreciation of the technologies which might be leveraged to deliver these requirements.
| Perform solution envisioning and requirement analysis |
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| Initiate solution planning | Evaluate business requirements
Identify solution components Identify and estimate migration effort |
| Identify organization information and metrics | Identify and document an organization’s business processes
Assess organization’s risk factors |
| Identify existing solutions and systems | Evaluate organization enterprise architecture
Identify data sources to be included in the solution Define usage and quality of legacy data Identify desired high-level organizational business processes |
| Capture requirements |
Refine high level requirement
Identify functional requirements Identify technical requirements Confirm requirements meet organization’s goals |
| Perform fit/gap analysis | Determine feasibility of requirements
Evaluate Dynamics 365 apps and AppSource options to solve requirements Address functional gaps through alternate solutions Determine scope |
Revision Guides
Identify organization information and metrics
Identify existing solutions and systems
| Architect a solution |
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| Lead design process |
Design solution topology
Design customizations for Dynamics 365 apps or AppSource apps Validate and/or design user experience prototypes Identify opportunities for component reuse Communicate system design visually Design Application Lifecycle Management Design data migration strategy Partition features into apps Design visualization strategy Design for upgradeability Create functional design documents |
| Design data and security model |
Design entities and fields
Design reference and configuration data Design complex scenarios Design business unit team structure Design security roles Design field security |
| Design integrations |
Design collaboration integration
Design Dynamics 365 integration Design internal system integration Design third-party integration Design authentication strategy Design business continuity strategy Design integrations with Microsoft Azure |
Revision Guides
Lead design process – Part One
Lead design process – Part Two
Lead design process – Part Three
Design data and security model – Part One
Design data and security model – Part Two
| Implement the solution |
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| Validate the solution design |
Evaluate detail designs and implementation
Validate security |
| Support Go-Live |
Facilitate risk reduction of performance items Troubleshoot data migration Review and advise in deployment planning Review and advise with Go-Live Assessment |
Revision Guides
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