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Digital Transformation with Dataverse for Teams

By : Srikumar Nair
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Digital Transformation with Dataverse for Teams

By: Srikumar Nair

Overview of this book

Microsoft Dataverse for Teams is a built-in, low-code data platform for Teams and enables everyone to easily build and deploy apps, flows, and intelligent chatbots using Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power Virtual Agents (PVA) embedded in Microsoft Teams. Without learning any coding language, you will be able to build apps with step-by-step explanations for setting up Teams, creating tables to store data, and leverage the data for your digital solutions. With the techniques covered in the book, you’ll be able to develop your first app with Dataverse for Teams within an hour! You’ll then learn how to automate repetitive tasks or build alerts using Power Automate and Power Virtual Agents. As you get to grips with building these digital solutions, you’ll also be able to understand when to consider upgrading from Dataverse for Teams to Dataverse, along with its advanced features. Finally, you’ll explore features for administration and governance and understand the licensing requirements of Microsoft Dataverse for Teams and PowerApps. Having acquired the skills to build and deploy an enterprise-grade digital solution, by the end of the book, you will have become a qualified citizen developer and be ready to lead a digital revolution in your organization.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
1
Section 1: Introduction to Microsoft Dataverse for Teams
6
Section 2: Deep Dive into Microsoft Dataverse for Teams
10
Section 3: Application and Environment Life Cycle Management
13
Section 4: Enterprise Readiness and Licensing

What this book covers

Chapter 1, Introducing Digital Transformation and the Role of Low-Code/No-Code Platform, is where we will take a quick look at the new trends that are impacting our personal and work lives (that is, the consumer world and business environments) and how every one of us needs to be prepared to leverage these changes in technology to our advantage.

Chapter 2, Exploring Microsoft Dataverse for Teams, is where you will learn more about Microsoft Dataverse for Teams and the various components of the Power Platform, which forms the foundation of this low-code/no-code platform experience within Microsoft Teams.

Chapter 3, Building Your First App with Microsoft Dataverse for Teams, is where you will build your first low-code/no-code application, Health Scanner, using Microsoft Dataverse. Such an application can be used to keep a record of the health statistics of employees or students before the beginning of a shift or lesson.

Chapter 4, Enhancing Your App with Images, Screens, and File Attachments, is where you will learn about some advanced topics of Dataverse, such as using versions, usage analytics, and leveraging images and attachments to enhance your application.

Chapter 5, Understanding Microsoft Dataverse, is where you will learn about the different components of Microsoft Dataverse's layers, as well as studying scenarios to consider for an upgrade from Dataverse for Teams to Dataverse.

Chapter 6, Automating with Microsoft Dataverse for Teams, is where you will learn how to automate business tasks using Power Automate Flow in our Health Scanner application.

Chapter 7, Building Power Virtual Agents Bots with Microsoft Dataverse for Teams, is where you will leverage the power of PVA in the Health Scanner application, by authoring a chatbot that will help answer end users' questions.

Chapter 8, Managing the Application Life Cycle and Environment Life Cycle, is where you will learn about the different types of environments, the administration experience for these environments, and life cycle management for these environments and applications within Microsoft Dataverse for Teams.

Chapter 9, Upgrading to Microsoft Dataverse Environment, is where you are going to see how to upgrade a Microsoft Dataverse for Teams environment into a standard Dataverse environment that can support standalone apps built using Power Apps, Power Automate flows, and PVA bots.

Chapter 10, Ensuring Enterprise Readiness: Security and Governance, is where you are going to learn about the security and governance concepts that are important in the Dataverse for Teams environment.

Chapter 11, Licensing for Microsoft Dataverse and Dataverse for Teams, is where you are going to learn about the licensing requirements for Dataverse for Teams and other Power Platform products.