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Power Platform and Dynamics 365 CE for Absolute Beginners

Configure and Customize Your Business Needs

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This is your complete guide to less-code and no-code theories, along with practical application of Microsoft Power Apps and Dynamics 365 CE/CRM Apps.

The book covers topics including the configurations, customizations, and enhancements in Microsoft Power Apps and Dynamics 365 CE/CRM Apps. You will start by learning Microsoft Dataverse concepts followed by Microsoft Canvas Apps, model-driven apps, and PowerApps Portals. You will understand how to work with Power Virtual Agent, Power BI, and Power Automate, and how to use AI in Power Apps. The book provides important integration concepts for Power Apps, Dynamics 365 CE/CRM Apps, and Microsoft Azure. You will know how to customize Dynamics 365 CE/CRM Apps and Power Apps using OOTB capabilities.

After reading this book, you will understand how Microsoft Power Apps and Dynamics 365 CE/CRM Apps can be used, configured, and customized for your business needs using customer data. You will be able to increase efficiency in customer data management and cloud app integrations.

What You Will Learn

Get up to speed on the Power platform echo-system and Dynamics 365 architectureWork with DataverseUnderstand the Power platform building blocksSelect Power Apps to manage customer data

Configure and customize Power AppsDesign robust cloud flowsIntegrate Power BI with Dynamics 365 CE/CRM AppsUnderstand the core apps in Dynamics 365 CE/CRMUse AI in Power Apps

Who This Book Is For

Functional consultants/business analysts, technical consultants/solution architects in Power Apps and Dynamics 365 CE/CRM; and beginners who want to start a career in Power Apps and Dynamics 365 CE/CRM with easy English terms

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Frontmatter
Chapter 1. Introduction: Microsoft Power Apps
Abstract
Microsoft Power Apps is a trending, less-code and no-code business application development platform that comes with a suite of apps, services, and connectors. Its data platform provides a rapid development environment for building custom business applications that are fit for any business need. With the introduction of no-code, less-code app development, anyone can quickly build and share low-code apps with Microsoft Power Apps. The benefits of using Microsoft Power Apps are as follows:
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Chapter 2. Working with Microsoft Dataverse
Abstract
Microsoft Dataverse is a robust application platform that stores and manages all your business data in a tight security layer. The Dataverse is made up of tables and columns of business data. The Dataverse provides a standard set of Lead, Account, Contact, Opportunity, and Quote tables, which are used in common scenarios such as lead qualification and quote review. You can also configure custom tables to fit your specific business needs. You can use dataflow to import data into your table, by using Power Query with data transformation.
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Chapter 3. Working with Microsoft Power Apps
Abstract
Microsoft Power Apps is the no-code, less-code platform used to develop applications. Power Apps can be configured on top of the Dataverse as a database. Although you can connect with diversified cloud sources such as Salesforce, OneDrive, Dropbox, and many more, the Dataverse can also be used as an in-house database to build applications and connect with other datasources for integration through connectors.
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Chapter 4. Working with Power Automate
Abstract
Microsoft Power Automate (previously known as Flow) helps you create automated workflows between your favorite cloud and on-premise apps. It provides services to synchronize files, get notifications, collect data, and more.
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Chapter 5. Working with Power Virtual Agent
Abstract
Microsoft Power Virtual Agent (PVA) is another important pillar of the Power Platform, no-code, less-code echo system. Using PVA, you can create digital chatbots that can interact with real end users like a human. Using chatbots, you can respond rapidly to your customers’ and employees’ needs. No coding is required. You can call Power Automate from chatbots for complex operational conversations.
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Chapter 6. Working with Power BI and Dynamics 365 Apps
Abstract
Microsoft Power BI is used to identify insights in an organization's data. Power BI can help connect multiple diversified datasets, transform and clean the data into a data model, and create charts or graphs to provide data visualization.
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Chapter 7. Working with AI Builder
Abstract
AI Builder is a Microsoft Power Platform capability that provides AI models that are designed to optimize your business processes. For example, you can configure a model to extract information from a PDF, detect an object, classify feedbacks, and more. With the no-code concept, you can configure and train models and use them in flows and Canvas Power Apps.
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Chapter 8. Working with Power App Configurations
Abstract
Power Apps provides many configurable components that you can configure based on your business needs. Its model-driven apps have personalization and advanced settings.
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Chapter 9. Working with Power Apps Customizations
Abstract
Power Apps provides many customization components so you can customize it based on your business needs. The following customization components can be developed for Dynamics 365 Power Apps:
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Chapter 10. Working with Integrations for Power Apps and Dynamics 365
Abstract
Integration is very important in all projects. You can integrate Power Apps using Microsoft native apps or third-party systems using the low-code, less-code concept. In this chapter, you learn how to integrate native and third-party apps with model-driven Power Apps and Dynamics 365 Apps.
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Chapter 11. Dynamics 365 CE Core Apps
Abstract
Dynamics 365 is a combination of CRM and ERP products. Dynamics 365 CE includes the following apps:
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Backmatter
Metadaten
Titel
Power Platform and Dynamics 365 CE for Absolute Beginners
verfasst von
Sanjaya Prakash Pradhan
Copyright-Jahr
2022
Verlag
Apress
Electronic ISBN
978-1-4842-8600-5
Print ISBN
978-1-4842-8599-2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8600-5

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