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Microsoft 365 Architecture Guides

Explore practical design guidance across Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Power Platform, Copilot Studio, Dataverse, and migration.

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SharePoint Migration Checklist

A practical SharePoint migration checklist covering scope, inventory, cleanup, architecture, permissions, metadata, workflows, pilot waves, cutover, validation, and go-live.

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SharePoint Migration Assessment

A SharePoint migration assessment discovers what exists, classifies what should happen to it, identifies risks and dependencies, and turns those findings into a migration plan, validation plan, and target architecture before content moves.

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Microsoft 365

Learning notes for Microsoft 365 apps, services, and admin topics.

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Security and governanceMicrosoft 365

Microsoft Delivery Impact Brief — 5 October 2026

A practical Microsoft delivery brief for migration, automation, ALM, Dynamics 365, and admin teams covering EWS, cross-tenant mailbox migration, Power Platform pipelines, SPFx 1.24, Business Central keys, Copilot billing, and October deadlines.

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Microsoft Copilot Studio

Building AI agents with Microsoft Copilot Studio — the 365-day series, licensing, setup, and real-world scenarios.

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Solution architectureMicrosoft Copilot Studio

Direct Line Channel Explained for Custom Copilot Apps

Connect any custom web or mobile app to Copilot Studio with the Direct Line channel using token-based authentication, conversation management, context passing, custom chat UX, business actions, testing, and production rollout.

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Solution architectureMicrosoft Copilot Studio

Publish Your Copilot to Custom Apps

Publish a Copilot Studio agent to custom web and mobile apps: channel connection details, chat UX, authentication, data protection, actions, testing, and production readiness.

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Power Apps

Building apps on the Power Platform — low-code canvas and pro-code Power Apps Code.

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Data and information architecturePower Apps

Connect Power Apps Code Apps to Dataverse (PAC CLI + CRUD)

A hands-on guide to connecting a Power Apps Code app to Microsoft Dataverse with the PAC CLI: prerequisites, authenticating your environment, adding a Dataverse table as a data source, the auto-generated service and model files, and full create, read, update, and delete examples.

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SharePoint

SharePoint Online document management, libraries, permissions, metadata, sites, and collaboration patterns.

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Power Platform

Power Platform articles across Power Apps, Power Automate, Copilot Studio, governance, connectors, and low-code solution design.

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Solution architectureMicrosoft Copilot Studio

Direct Line Channel Explained for Custom Copilot Apps

Connect any custom web or mobile app to Copilot Studio with the Direct Line channel using token-based authentication, conversation management, context passing, custom chat UX, business actions, testing, and production rollout.

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Solution architectureMicrosoft Copilot Studio

Publish Your Copilot to Custom Apps

Publish a Copilot Studio agent to custom web and mobile apps: channel connection details, chat UX, authentication, data protection, actions, testing, and production readiness.

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Migration

Microsoft 365 migration planning, SharePoint migration strategy, governance, readiness, and post-migration adoption notes.

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SharePoint Migration Checklist

A practical SharePoint migration checklist covering scope, inventory, cleanup, architecture, permissions, metadata, workflows, pilot waves, cutover, validation, and go-live.

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SharePoint Migration Assessment

A SharePoint migration assessment discovers what exists, classifies what should happen to it, identifies risks and dependencies, and turns those findings into a migration plan, validation plan, and target architecture before content moves.

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SharePoint Server to Online Migration: 2013 / 2016 / 2019 Step-by-Step

Inventory the source farm, map identities and service dependencies, replace unsupported workflows and forms, design the Online architecture, then migrate in tested waves with a freeze, final delta, and owner sign-off. SPMT supports direct content migration from SharePoint Server 2013, 2016, and 2019; database-attach upgrades are a separate path.

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Dataverse

Microsoft Dataverse data modeling, environments, security, Power Platform architecture, APIs, ALM, governance, and integrations.

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