Mastering DevOps on Microsoft Power Platform

Mastering DevOps on Microsoft Power Platform
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Part 1:Understanding DevOps on Microsoft Power Platform
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Mastering DevOps and ALM for Efficient Software Development
   SDLC – what it is all about
      Phases
      Methodologies
   Agile, Scrum, and Lean
      The Agile manifesto
      Lean management
      Scrum
   What is ALM?
   CI and CD
   DevOps-enabled architecture patterns
   Summary
   Further reading
2
Getting Started with Microsoft Power Platform
   Technical requirements
   The rise of low-code/no-code
      The current and the future state of LCNC development
      Understanding the benefits of LCNC
   Getting started with Microsoft Power Platform services
      What is Microsoft Power Platform?
      Setting up our first environment
   Power Platform administration
      The Power Platform admin center
      Power Platform management and automation for administrators, makers, and developers
      Admin and management connectors
   Governance, compliance, and data privacy
      Data residency
      Compliance offerings
      Data protection
   Starting to build real-world business solutions
      Creating solutions using templates in Power Platform
      Enterprise templates
      Power Platform patterns
      Other ways for building business solutions
      Customer stories
   Summary
   Further reading
3
Exploring ALM and DevOps in Microsoft Power Platform
   Why implement ALM and DevOps in Power Platform?
      Plan and track
      Development
      Build and test
      Deploy
      Operate
      Monitor and learn
      ALM and DevOps tooling
   Application modernization with an LCNC approach
      Application modernization options
   Building Power Platform adoption journey
      The Power Platform adoption maturity model
      Ways to improve the maturity level
   Summary
   Further reading
Part 2:Implementing DevOps on Microsoft Power Platform
4
Understanding Power Platform Environments and Solutions
   Technical requirements
   What comes to a solution?
   Versioning of solutions and packages
   What about data – Dataverse and data modeling aspects
   Environments, managed environments, and environment strategy
      Managed Environments
      Environment strategies
   Managed pipelines – Our first CI/CD
      Power Platform pipelines
      Step-by-step walkthrough – creating our first CI/CD pipeline
   Summary
   Further reading
5
Streamlining Power Platform Development with DevOps Tooling
   Technical requirements
   Git – the single source of truth
   Power Platform CLI
   Power Platform build tools for Azure DevOps
   GitHub Actions for Power Platform
   Managed pipelines – source control integration with Git
      GitHub workflows
      Dataverse with Power Automate cloud flows
   Copilots in Power Platform pipeline development
   Summary
   Further reading
6
A Deep Dive into Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) Pipelines
   Technical requirements
   When everything comes together
      Branches and environments
      The Power Platform catalog
   Azure pipeline templates and reusable GitHub workflows
   The ALM Accelerator for Power Platform
   Automated testing in DevOps and Power Platform pipelines
   Summary
   Further reading
7
An Overview of DevSecOps in Power Platform
   Technical requirements
   What is DevSecOps?
      Setup
      Plan and Design
      Commit (CI)
      Deploy (CD)
      Operate and Monitor
   Security model of Power Platform
   Secret scanning and static code analysis tools
   Solution checker
   Spinning up DevSecOps projects at scale
   Security of DevOps processes
   Summary
   Further reading
8
Demonstrating ALM and DevOps Implementation
   Technical requirements
   Exercise – repository management and branch strategies for the applications
   Exercise – building CD pipelines and a release train
   Exercise – backlog management in GitHub
   Exercise – testing solutions
   Exercise – monitoring the applications
   Exercise – introducing feature flags
   Summary
   Further reading
Part 3:Exploring DevOps Best Practices and the Road Ahead
9
Implementing the Fusion Development Approach
   Technical requirements
   What is the fusion development approach?
      Common examples of the fusion development approach in Power Platform
      Empowering collaboration with open source development practices
      Building a catalog process
      Additional tools for developers using Visual Studio
   Microsoft Azure and Power Platform together
      Application hosting services
      Integration Services
      Data analytics
      AI services
      Data storage
   Example of an Azure and Power Platform integration scenario
      Creating a Web API and a Power Platform custom connector with Visual Studio 2022
      Creating a Power Platform custom connector with Azure APIM
      Applying ALM to custom connectors
   Summary
   Further reading
10
Enabling Pro-Dev Extensibility in Power Platform
   Technical requirements
   Enabling the power of the integration – connectors
      Connectors
      Connection references
      Environment variables
      Example – Decoupling configuration from the application
   Overview of canvas components and component libraries
      Canvas components
      Component libraries
      Managing the life cycle of the component library
   Getting to know code components
      Code component composition
      Creating your code component
      ALM for code components
   ALM for Power Pages
      Use of the PAC CLI for Power Pages
      Using Power Platform Build Tools with Power Pages
      Using Power Platform pipelines with Power Pages
   Summary
   Further reading
11
Managing the Environment Life Cycle with Design Best Practices
   Technical requirements
   Building on the design best practices
      Power Platform Well-Architected
      Power Platform landing zones
   Automating environment life cycle management
      Infrastructure as code (IaC) over ClickOps
      Power Platform management with Terraform
      Traditional automated environment management approaches
      DLP considerations when managing environments
   Power Platform CoE
      The CoE Starter Kit
      Example of environment management
   Summary
   Further reading
12
Looking Ahead with Copilots, ChatOps, and AI-Infused Applications
   Technical requirements
   The era of AI and the rise of GPTs
      Introduction to AI
      GPTs
      Responsible AI
   Microsoft Copilots and Copilots in Power Platform
      Copilots in Power Platform
   Copilots’ usage from the perspective of a maker
   Extending business solutions with AI Builder and Azure OpenAI
      Introducing AI Builder
      Using AI models and AI prompts
      Introducing Azure OpenAI
   ChatOps and Copilot Studio
      A closer look at Copilot Studio
      What is ChatOps
      Integrating Microsoft Teams with GitHub and Azure DevOps
      Building ChatOps for Power Platform with Copilot Studio
      ALM for Copilot Studio
   Summary
   Further reading
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