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With the evolution of technology, the approach has been borrowed, and is now used in structuring data and various materials.
Read the rest of this entry »Nowadays the toolbox is getting big and heavy. We have some level of overlap between some of the various platforms joined under the Dynamics 365 name, we leverage various features of Office 365, we integrate with other products like SharePoint and OneDrive. And this is just scratching the surface. I mean, really, look at the “new fave kid on the block”, the Power Platform.
And here’s another one for the non-developer: Microsoft Forms Pro. It’s now in public preview.
Common Data Service is an Azure based service that allows you to bring data together from the Dynamics family of products, along with other external sources. It is based on the concept of having data living together in one place, where it can be served to apps created through PowerApps.
As described in this previous article, you start by creating an environment. With that in hand, you are ready to create your first database. Make sure you are an administrator in the current environment where the database is to be create, and that the correct license is assigned to you. You create the database either through the Admin center as described in the linked article, of directly from the PowerApps working console, by selecting first the environment you will work in, and then navigating to Common Data Service > Entities.
This has been baking for a while, but today it was finally announced during the Convergence 2015 EMEA Keynote. PowerApps is a new service for enterprises to create and share business apps. With a very easy drag and drop interface, and support for various devices, including mobile, this allow employees to quickly create and publish applications to the enterprise with an office-like experience.
The main PowerApps product page is available HERE.
The following article on the Microsoft Blog gives you more details on this new platform.
In addition, on Channel 9, the following videos demonstrate the ease of use.
PowerApps and Azure App Services is being discussed in THIS blog by Scott Hanselman.
So register for the service, give it a try, and don’t forget to have fun.
Enjoy!
