Dataverse & Solution Architecture

Design robust Dataverse solutions - secure data models, clean solution architecture, and ALM practices that make Power Platform and Dynamics 365 implementations scalable and supportable.

Dataverse is the data backbone behind many Power Platform and Dynamics 365 solutions, but long-term success depends on how the data model and solution architecture are designed. Poor table design, inconsistent security roles, unmanaged customisation, and weak ALM practices can quickly create performance issues, upgrade pain, and governance risk. The result is a platform that becomes hard to change, hard to support, and hard to extend safely.

LW IT Solutions delivers Dataverse & Solution Architecture as an architecture-led service that establishes a clean foundation for delivery. We design the data model and security approach, structure solutions for maintainable development, and align to best-practice ALM with environments, solution segmentation, and deployment discipline. Whether you are starting a new Dynamics 365 initiative or stabilising an existing Power Platform estate, this service provides the architectural rigour that reduces rework, accelerates delivery, and improves supportability.

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Service Overview

Highlights

Dataverse data modelling aligned to real business processes
Clear guidance on environments, solutions, and ALM practices
Security design focused on least privilege and maintainability
Patterns that support performance and future change
Architecture outputs designed for delivery teams to implement

Business Benefits

Cleaner data models that reduce rework and improve reporting reliability
Improved performance and stability through controlled customisation and design patterns
Lower delivery risk with structured solutions and predictable deployments
Clear security ownership with role-based access aligned to business responsibilities
Reduced long-term support effort through documented architecture and standards

Typical use cases

Starting a new Dynamics 365 or Power Platform implementation
Existing Dataverse solutions becoming slow or hard to change
Preparing for multi-environment delivery and managed solutions
Reducing technical debt caused by unmanaged customisations
Improving reliability of integrations and automation built on Dataverse

Objectives & deliverables

What Success Looks Like

Define a scalable Dataverse data model aligned to business processes and reporting needs
Implement secure role-based access with clear ownership and least privilege
Structure solutions for maintainability and clean deployment across environments
Reduce technical debt by controlling customisation and standardising patterns
Enable reliable integrations and automation with stable data contracts

What You Get

Dataverse architecture pack: model diagrams, security design, and key decisions
Solution structure and ALM recommendations (environments, solution segmentation, deployment flow)
Standards and patterns: naming, customisation approach, and governance guidance
Implementation backlog: prioritised actions for build, remediation, or refactor work
Optional: hands-on configuration for foundation setup (where in scope)

How It Works

Discovery - review business processes, current Dataverse usage, environments, and constraints
Architecture design - define data model, relationships, security roles, and performance considerations
Solution and ALM design - structure solutions, environments, and deployment approach
Validation - review design decisions with stakeholders and confirm alignment to delivery goals
Handover - provide architecture pack, standards, and a prioritised backlog for implementation or remediation

Engagement Options

Architecture Review - assess an existing Dataverse estate with clear recommendations
Foundation Design - define architecture and ALM for a new Power Platform or Dynamics 365 solution
Stabilisation - refactor data model and solution structure to address performance or governance issues
Ongoing Advisory - architecture oversight during delivery and change programmes

Common Bundles

Customers who use this service often bundle with these services

Power Apps Delivery
Power Apps delivery for Canvas and model driven applications, covering requirements, security, rollout and support models that teams can sustain.

Power Automate Engineering
Engineer Microsoft Power Automate workflows with approvals, integrations, monitoring, and structured error handling for reliable, supportable business automation.

Power Platform Governance, CoE & ALM
Establish Power Platform governance with CoE capability and ALM controls, providing visibility, guardrails, and controlled delivery for apps and automations.

Dynamics 365 Integrations
Design and build Dynamics 365 integrations that deliver reliable data flows, clear error handling, and supportable operations across connected systems.

Documentation Packs & Runbooks
Create professional documentation packs and runbooks that make deployments, migrations and daily operations supportable, auditable and consistent teams.

Architecture Documentation (HLD/LLD)
Produce clear HLD and LLD documentation that records architecture decisions, diagrams, security considerations, and operating assumptions for aligned delivery.

Project Management (End‑to‑End)
Project management for Microsoft programmes, delivering governance, planning, risk control, stakeholder alignment, and predictable execution through handover delivery.

Programme Delivery & Multi‑Workstream Management
Programme delivery service coordinating multiple Microsoft workstreams through governance, dependency management, reporting and assurance for predictable outcomes programmes.