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Power Platform Governance Review

· 2 min read
Gretchun Kim
Gretchun Kim
SharePoint Architect, Loop Logic Specialist

Take a first glance at Microsoft’s Power Platform Governance best practices to see how real-world companies are implementing them.

Their official guidance focus on the following areas of governance:

  1. Environment Strategy.
  2. Risk Management (data control, security, compliance).
  3. Life cycle Management of the solutions.

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How does real world companies implement these governance best practices?​

It depnds on how technology-savy the audience of the organization is. Typically, it is divided into two categories:

  1. High-Tech Audience:
  2. Non-Technical Audience:

Typically Problems Faced in PowerPlatform Governance in all organizations​

  1. Lack of proper documentation and training for users.
  2. Over-flowing number of environments created without proper strategy.
  3. Difficulty in managing data security and compliance across multiple environments.
  4. Challenges in maintaining and updating solutions across different environments.
  5. Default environment misuse for production workloads.
  6. Transfer of ownership when employees leave the organization.

Next Topic to cover​

Let's discuss the product design behind multiple environments (incluing the default environment) in PowerPlatform. Is this correctly designed? What are the pros and cons of having a default environment? And any assumptions that took into place when designing this architecture?