Microsoft Power Platform Solution Architect — Lesson 1: Architecture Discovery and Requirements

Lesson Overview

This lesson develops practical understanding of Architecture Discovery and Requirements within the PL-600T00: Microsoft Power Platform Solution Architect learning path.

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

Learning Objectives

• Explain the purpose and role of architecture discovery and requirements.
• Apply the lesson concepts to a practical Microsoft Power Platform solution architecture requirement.
• Recognize security, governance, operational, and quality considerations.
• Validate the result and recommend appropriate next steps.

Topics Covered

• business goals and stakeholders
• functional and nonfunctional requirements
• fit-gap analysis
• risk and constraint identification

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 architecture discovery and requirements in a realistic workplace scenario.