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Extending Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations Apps with Power Platform

By : Adrià Ariste Santacreu
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Extending Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations Apps with Power Platform

By: Adrià Ariste Santacreu

Overview of this book

Uncover the synergy between Microsoft Power Platform and its integration with Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations (F&O) with this essential guide to implementing low-code and no-code concepts to not only extend and enhance F&O but also improve maintainability and speed up development. Systematically exploring Power Platform, this book covers topics such as Dataverse, Power Automate, Power Apps, and Power BI using real-world scenarios in Dynamics 365 F&O to offer practical insights. You’ll then master the integration of F&O and Power Platform using dual-write and virtual tables, and delve into process automation with Power Automate. The book further deepens your proficiency in Power Apps by showing you how they can be used to extend the F&O functionality and incorporate artificial intelligence using AI Builder and its pre-trained AI models ready to use with your data. Throughout, you’ll gain a solid understanding of the diverse components of Power Platform and how they can transform your Dynamics 365 F&O experience. By the end of this book, you’ll be equipped with the skills and knowledge necessary to fully harness the immense potential of Power Platform and Dynamics 365 F&O.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
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Part 1: Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations and Power Platform
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Part 2: Extending Dynamics 365 F&O with Power Platform
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Part 3: Adding AI to Your Flows and Apps
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Part 4: Dataverse and Power Platform ALM

Summary

In this chapter, we learned how AI Builder can help us build AI into Power Platform applications such as Power Automate and Power Apps, which offers advantages in automating and enhancing business processes through AI. AI Builder is a component of Power Platform that allows users of varying skill levels to incorporate AI into their workflows with minimal or no coding.

We saw that it offers both prebuilt and custom AI models: prebuilt models are ready to use for common tasks such as text and image recognition, sentiment analysis, and data extraction, while custom models provide more flexibility and can be tailored for specific business needs. We also familiarized ourselves with the fact that training custom AI models in AI Builder is a low-code process.

Next, we learned how AI Builder models can be integrated into Power Automate flows and Power Apps. For instance, a Power Automate flow can be designed to use an image recognition model to update inventory in Dynamics 365...