Explore Microsoft Power Platform Center of Excellence

1. Explore Microsoft Power Platform
Center of Excellence

2. Agenda

3. Office 365 Consultant
Speaker | Author | Blogger
Nanddeep Nachan
 Pune, India
 Twitter Handle: @NanddeepNachan
 LinkedIn: /in/NanddeepNachan
 Microsoft MVP, MCT
 SharePoint, Microsoft 365, MS Azure

4.  Pune, India
 Twitter Handle: @SmitaNachan
 LinkedIn: /in/SmitaNachan
 Microsoft MVP, MCT
 SharePoint, Microsoft 365
Lead Software Engineer @TietoEVRY
Speaker | Author
Smita Nachan

5. CoE Starter Kit

6. Power Platform Center of Excellence (CoE) Starter Kit
CoE in an Organization
Collection of components and tools
Automation and tooling

7. Available Admin Tools
Admin center
• Environment and
environment security
management
• Data loss prevention
(DLP) policy
management
• Data integration and
gateway management
• Admin analytics
• Support ticket
requests
Platform extensions
• Power Platform for
Admins
• Power Apps for
Admins
• Power Automate
Management
• Power Apps for
Makers
Templates and
customizations
• CoE Starter Kit

8. Get Started

9. Demo
CoE Start Kit
Dashboard

10. Demo
Developer
Compliance Center

11. CoE Starter Kit
modules

12. Building blocks
Core components
Governance components
Nurture components

13. Standalone add-ons
Theming components
Application lifecycle management components
Innovation Backlog components

14. CoE Starter Kit

15. Core Components

16. • Catalog tenant resources
• Microsoft Dataverse tables
• Admin | Sync Template v3 (flows)
• Admin | Welcome email
• Power BI dashboard
• Power Platform Admin View (model-driven app)
• Bulk change permissions for apps and flow
• Set App Permissions (canvas app)
• Set Flow Permissions (canvas app)
• App Catalog
Core Solution Assets

17. Environment
PowerApps
App
Flow
Flow Action
Detail
PowerApps
Connector
Power Apps
Portal
Connection
Reference
Maker
Audit Log
Power
Platform User
Power
Platform User
Role
PVA
PVA
Component
PVA
Component
Flow
RPA RPA Session
Environment
Capacity
Environment
Add Ons
Environment
Business Area
Core Assets - Microsoft Dataverse tables
Helper tables
Sync Flow
Errors
Archive
Approval
Environment
Creation
Request
DLP Policy
Change
Request
Application functionality tables

18. Admin | Sync
Template v3
Admin | Sync
Template v3 (Apps)
Admin | Sync
Template v3 (Flows)
Admin | Sync
Template v3 (Flow
Action Details)
Admin | Sync
Template v3
(Connectors)
Admin | Sync
Template v3 (Custom
Connector)
Admin | Sync
Template v3 (Model
Driven Apps)
Admin | Sync
Template v3 (PVA)
Admin | Sync
Template v3 (Desktop
Flow)
Admin | Sync
Template v3 (Desktop
flow runs)
Admin | Sync
Template v3 (Portals)
Admin | Sync
Template v3 (Sync
Flow Errors)
CLEANUP - Admin |
Sync Template v3
(Power Apps User
Shared With)
CLEANUP - Admin |
Sync Template v3
(Check Deleted)
CLEANUP - Admin |
Sync Template v3
(Orphaned Makers)
CLEANUP - Admin |
Sync Template v3
(Connection Status)
Admin | Capacity
Alerts
Admin | Welcome
Email
Env Request | Notify
admin when a new
request is submitted
Env Request | Create
approved
environment
Env Request | Notify
requestor when
rejected
Env Request |
Cleanup expired
environments
DLP Request | Make
approved policy
change
HELPER -
CanvasAppOperatons
HELPER -
CloudFlowOperatons
Core Assets - Flows
Automated
Child Flow
Scheduled

19. Core Assets - Apps
DLP Editor v2
App Catalog
Set App Permissions
Set Flow Permissions
Power Platform Admin View

20. Governance Components

21. • Microsoft Teams environment management
• Ask team owners to provide a business justification (flow)
• Welcome email to new team owners (flow)
• Business process flow for auditing environments
• Sample audit process
• Developer Compliance Center (canvas app)
• Compliance Detail Request (flow)
• Business process flows for auditing resources
• Archive unused apps
• App and Flow Archive and Clean Up – Start Approval and Check Approval (flows)
• App Archive and Clean Up View (canvas app)
Governance Solution Assets

22. Governance Assets - Tables
Archive
Approval

23. Governance Assets - Flows
Microsoft Teams Admin
| Ask for Business
Justification when
Microsoft Teams
environment is created
Microsoft Teams Admin
| Weekly Clean Up of
Microsoft Teams
environments
Admin | Archive and
Clean Up v2 (Check
Approval)
Admin | Archive and
Clean Up v2 (Clean Up
and Delete)
Admin | Archive and
Clean Up v2 (Start
Approval for Apps)
Admin | Archive and
Clean Up v2 (Start
Approval for Flows)
Admin | Email
Managers Ignored
Approvals
Admin | Setup - Ignored
Archival Requests
Request Orphaned
Objects Reassigned
(Child)
Request Orphaned
Objects Reassigned
(Parent)
HELPER -
CanvasAppOperations
Gov
HELPER -
CloudFlowOperations
Gov
Automated Instant
Scheduled

24. Governance Assets - Apps
Cleanup Old
Objects App
App and Flow
Archive and
Clean Up View
Developer
Compliance
Center

25. Nurture Components

26. • Onboard new makers and share best practices
• Maker Assessment
• Template Catalog (canvas app)
• Admin | Newsletter with Product Updates (flow)
• Encourage adoption
• Training in a Day Management and Registration (canvas apps)
• Training in a Day Feedback Reminder, Registration Confirmation and Reminder (flow)
Nurture Solution Assets

27. Nurture Assets - Tables
InADayAttendees InADayEvent
Assessment
Category
Assessment
Questions
Answer Options

28. Nurture Assets - Flows
Maker
Assessment
Admin App
Maker
Assessment
Template
Catalog
Training in a
Day –
Management
Power Platform
Training
Management
Power Platform
Training
Registration

29. Nurture Assets - Apps
Admin |
Newsletter with
Product Updates
Training in a Day |
Feedback
Reminder
Training in a Day |
Registration
Confirmation
Automated
Training in a Day |
Reminder 3 days
prior to event
Automated Scheduled

30. Set up the CoE Starter Kit

31. • Admin account (Microsoft Power Platform service admin, global tenant
admin, or Dynamics 365 service admin)
• Environment with a Dataverse or Dataverse for Teams instance with System
Administrator security role
• Licenses
• Premium licenses for all users interacting with the CoE Starter Kit
• either a Power Apps per user or per app / Power Automate per user or per flow license
or a combination
Prerequisites

32. Set up CoE Starter Kit
Set up core components
Set up governance components
Set up nurture components
Set up Power BI report

33. Theming components

34. • Theme Editor app
• Theme Gallery app
• Shared Component Library
Theming Solution Assets

35. Theming Assets - Tables
Theme Style

36. Theming Assets - Apps
Theme
Editor
Theme
Gallery

37. Set up
Theming components

38. • Prerequisites
• Make sure Allow publishing of canvas apps with code components is enabled.
• Import the solution
Set up Theming components

39. Limitations

40. • Long running flows
• Incomplete Inventory
• Updating Environment Variables
• Flows that are imported or owned by a service principle
• Timeouts in the Admin | Sync Template v3
• Sync Flow limitations for Developer and Microsoft Team environments
• Supported languages
Limitations

41. • Center of Excellence (CoE) overview
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/guidance/coe/overview
• CoE Starter Kit modules
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/guidance/coe/starter-kit-explained
• Core components
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/guidance/coe/core-components
References

42. Thank You!
@NanddeepNachan
/in/NanddeepNachan
Nanddeep Nachan
@SmitaNachan
/in/SmitaNachan
Smita Nachan