Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM and Power Platform Developer Bootcamp — Lesson 3: Automation, Integration, and Extensibility

Lesson Overview

This lesson develops practical understanding of Automation, Integration, and Extensibility within the Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM and Power Platform Developer Bootcamp learning path.

Learners connect the key concepts to a realistic Dynamics 365 CRM and Microsoft Power Platform development scenario and document the decisions, evidence, risks, and improvement opportunities identified during the activity.

Learning Objectives

• Explain the purpose and role of automation, integration, and extensibility.
• Apply the lesson concepts to a practical Dynamics 365 CRM and Microsoft Power Platform development requirement.
• Recognize security, governance, operational, and quality considerations.
• Validate the result and recommend appropriate next steps.

Topics Covered

• Power Automate
• custom connectors
• plugins and APIs
• Azure integration patterns

Hands-On Activity

1. Review the scenario, stakeholders, current process, requirements, and expected outcome.
2. Prepare the required Microsoft environment, design, query, report, script, or configuration.
3. Complete the guided implementation and record important decisions and dependencies.
4. Test the outcome using functional, security, data-quality, and operational checks.
5. Document issues, corrective actions, evidence, and an improvement recommendation.

Validation Checklist

• The solution or analysis matches the documented requirement.
• Configuration, calculations, queries, scripts, or workflows produce the expected result.
• Security, access, governance, data quality, and operational impacts are reviewed.
• Errors and limitations are documented with clear corrective actions.
• The final output includes reusable notes and practical next steps.

Lesson Outcome

After completing this lesson, learners can explain, apply, and validate automation, integration, and extensibility in a realistic workplace scenario.