Model-Driven Apps with PowerApps
- 1. #SPSNL18 Model-Driven Apps with PowerApps - Stefan Strube
- 4. Introduction Stefan Strube • Solution Architect @ Strukton • SharePoint, Office 365, Dynamics CRM / NAV, Dynamics 365 CE • Co-founder CRM user group CEProNL
- 5. Introduction Agenda • Introduction • Common Data Service for Apps • Model-driven apps • Use case • Good to know
- 6. Introduction Recent events • Spring Update 2018 • Microsoft Business Forward event 2018 • Microsoft Build 2018 • Microsoft Business Applications Summit Business Application platform
- 7. Common Data Service for Apps Business Application platform
- 8. Common Data Service for Apps
- 9. Common Data Service for Apps CDS Entity Model Browser
- 10. Common Data Service for Apps Data integration
- 12. Model-driven apps Building blocks of model-driven apps • Build 2018 presentation • Demo
- 13. Model-driven apps Actions • Create new environment @ PowerApps Admin center • Create database in new environment • Create entities, etc. • Create app • Publish app
- 15. Model-driven apps History of the last 10 years (1/2) • CRM 4.0: web client; Outlook client; multi-tenant; CRM Online • CRM 2011: concept of solutions and solution layers • CRM 2013: cross-browser support, mobile devices; business process flow, business rules, real-time workflows • CRM 2015: rollup fields, calculated fields • CRM 2016: solution segmentation; apps only functionality
- 16. Model-driven apps History of the last 10 years (2/2) • Field Service; Project Service Automation; Portals; Voice of the Customer; CRM App for Outlook; Interactive Service Hub • Dynamics 365: One name to confuse them all • July Update 2017: V9 release; Unified Client Interface • App / platform separation • Spring Update 2018: pure XRM platform
- 18. Use case Interesting features • Virtual entities • Business process flows • Real-time workflows • Approval flows • App for tablets, phones
- 19. Use case Microsoft Flow: Approvals
- 20. Use case Fine-grained permissions Cascading lookups Business process flow Business rules (client/server side) Multilingual User Interface Calculated fields Rollup fields Virtual entities
- 21. Use case Auditing (version history) Status fields Realtime workflows Queues Charts Dashboards Solution management Sync with Exchange
- 22. Good to know Good to know • Data integration • Licensing • Tools • Knowledge
- 23. Good to know Flow connector Common Data Service
- 26. Good to know It's worth noting that you can build Model Driven Apps with Plan 1 – but you can only use Async Workflows and Business Rules inside the CDS.
- 27. Good to know Tools • XrmToolBox is a Windows application that connects to Microsoft Dynamics CRM, 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.
- 28. Good to know Get to know how to • Dynamics 365 Customization and Configuration course • Dynamics 365 Documentation (Docs), Help and Training (TN) • Team Blog posts, etc.
- 29. Model-Driven Apps with PowerApps Questions?