​Application Lifecycle Management on Microsoft Power Platform: A comprehensive guide to managing the deployment of your solutions
暫譯: Microsoft Power Platform 應用程式生命週期管理：全面指南以管理解決方案的部署

Implement modern DevOps techniques in the Power Platform to boost business and maker productivity

Key Features:

- Demystify ALM concepts and how they apply to Microsoft Power Platform Application Lifecycle Management on Microsoft Power Platform

- Define the best strategy for possible solutions, source code, and environments

- Automate build and deployment tasks using Azure DevOps and GitHub

- Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook

Book Description:

Managing Power Platform solutions manually can be challenging and time-consuming, as is application lifecycle management (ALM), which encompasses governance, development, and maintenance. This book provides comprehensive coverage of ALM, addressing planning, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance. Drawing on his extensive experience as a Power Platform consultant and Microsoft MVP, Benedikt Bergmann simplifies complex topics, making them accessible and easy to grasp.

From planning and designing applications to deploying and maintaining them, this book provides step-by-step instructions, best practices, and real-world examples to effectively manage the entire application lifecycle. You'll gain insights into optimizing Power Platform's toolbox, including Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Pages, and Power Virtual Agents, for seamless collaboration, agile development, and rapid application delivery. You'll also implement best practices for version control, code management, and collaboration using the Microsoft Power Platform.

By the end of this book, you'll be equipped with the knowledge and skills to effectively manage the entire application lifecycle, accelerate development cycles, and deliver exceptional solutions with the Microsoft Power Platform.

What You Will Learn:

- Understand the importance of ALM in the context of Microsoft Power Platform

- Leverage the Power Platform CLI to streamline ALM practices

- Develop a comprehensive strategy for managing Power Platform environments

- Explore techniques for defining robust Dataverse solutions for scalability and performance

- Apply ALM concepts to Microsoft Power Platform

- Use Managed Pipelines in managed Power Platform environments

- Implement a source-code-centric approach with Azure DevOps Pipelines and GitHub Actions

Who this book is for:

If you are involved in managing the deployment of Microsoft Power Platform solutions, whether as a solution architect, developer, functional consultant, or DevOps specialist, this book is for you. Familiarity with Power Platform is recommended.

Table of Contents

- An Intro to ALM

- ALM in Power Platform

- Power Platform Environments

- Dataverse Solutions

- Power Platform CLI

- Environment Variables, Connection References, and Data

- Approaches to Managing Changes in Power Platform ALM

- Essential ALM Tooling for Power Platform

- Project Setup

- Pipelines

- Advanced Techniques

- Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery

- Deepening ALM Knowledge