Presentation about Common Data Service for Apps, and model-driven apps with PowerApps

1. Model-Driven Apps
with PowerApps
Stefan Strube | @StefanS365
SharePoint Saturday Belgium 2018
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4. Stefan Strube
• Solution Architect @ Strukton
• SharePoint, Office 365, Dynamics CRM / NAV / 365
• Co-founder CRM user group CEProNL
• Co-founder Dutch PowerApps & Flow User Group
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5. Agenda
• Introduction
• Common Data Service for Apps
• Model-Driven Apps, Demo
• Good to know
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6. Recent events
• Microsoft Business Forward event 2018
• Spring Update 2018
• Microsoft Build 2018
• Microsoft Business Applications Summit
• October 2018 Release
• Microsoft Ignite 2018
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8. PowerApps Types
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Canvas Apps Model Apps
Data
Rules
API
Ux
Data
Rules
API
Ux

9. Common Data
Service for Apps
…storage of data model,
business logic,
user interface &
transactional data
Data
Rules + Logic
API
Forms + Views
Model-Driven Apps with PowerApps

10. Create (CDS for Apps)
database
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11. Common Data Model
An open-sourced definition of
modular and extensible
business entities
with semantic metadata
that simplify the challenges of
application development
and data integration.
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14. CDM Entity Navigator
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16. Data Model
• Option Sets
• Entities
• Fields
• Calculated Fields
• Rollup fields
• Relationships
• Field mapping
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17. Business Logic
• Business Rules
• Client / server side
• Workflow
• Background
• Realtime
• Flow
• Connectors
• Approvals
• Business Process Flows
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19. Flow connector CDS
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20. Flow connector D365
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21. User Interface
• Forms
• Views
• Charts
• Dashboards
• Apps
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22. Demo
• Create database in (new) environment
• Create data model, business logic, user interface
• Create app with App Designer
• Publish app
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23. Data model design
• Option Sets
• Entities
• Fields Data type
• Relationships
• Field mapping
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25. Why, when to go model-driven?
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26. Features (1/4)
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 Fine-grained permissions
 Auditing (version history)
 Security & Compliance Center
 Unified Client Interface cross device
 Multilingual User Interface

27. Features (2/4)
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 Virtual entities
 Calculated, Rollup fields
 Cascading lookups, dependent option sets
 Status, Status Reason, Status Reason Transitions

28. Features (3/4)
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 Business process flows
 Branching
 Initiate workflows
 Realtime workflows
 Instant validation, error messaging
 Business rules (client/server side)

29. Features (4/4)
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 Charts, Dashboards
 Sync with Exchange
 Queues (Email, records)
 Teams integration ?

30. Enterprise ready
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• Solution management
• Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)
• Administering Enterprise Deployments
• Governance, Security

31. Security & Compliance
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33. Proposition
• Canvas app
• CDS for Apps
• Model-driven app
• Connectors
Data
Rules +
Logic
API
Forms +
Views
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34. Get started for free
• Community Plan
Get a free environment for individual use
• PowerApps Plan 2 Trial
• Preview Program
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35. Learning
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36. What’s new
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37. Licensing
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38. Licensing tip
Dynamics 365 Team Member license:
• More features than PowerApps P2
• Read data from any entity
• Full CRUD operations on any custom
entity + accounts, contacts, activities
• Use of the Dynamics 365 Outlook App
• SharePoint integration for document
management
• Canvas Apps UI is available for the
Team Member
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39. The Tool
XrmToolBox is a Windows application
that connects to Microsoft Dynamics
365, providing tools to ease
customization, configuration and
operation tasks. It is shipped with more
than 30 plugins to make administration,
customization or configuration tasks
easier and less time consuming.
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40. Questions ?
• Twitter
@StefanS365
• Blog
2die4it.com
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