Architecture Patterns for a Single, Governed Source of Truth on Microsoft Stack
When finance, operations, and customer systems all run on different stacks, IT leaders turn to enterprise system integration and data management solutions for Microsoft environments to create a single, governed source of truth. This article outlines practical architecture patterns and governance controls that large enterprises can adopt to ensure Data + Apps + Automation behave as a unified platform: Power Platform for citizen automation, Dynamics 365 for customer processes, and Azure for the data backbone and analytics. Core architecture patterns that work at scale There are repeated, proven patterns that enterprises use to integrate Microsoft technologies without sacrificing governance: Centralized data lake with governed access — Use Azure Data Lake or Synapse as the canonical store for operational and analytic data. Ingest from Dynamics 365, transactional ERPs, and line-of-business apps using Azure Data Factory or Synapse pipelines. Apply data classification and masking at i...