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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

Benefits of low-code and no-code

If you’ve been working with Axapta, Dynamics AX, or the latest and current iteration of the product, Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations, you are already familiar with how changing the default behavior of the system when adding new functionality is done. It will probably involve a developer making changes or creating new objects.

And, if you know how the current development and deployment workflow is done, you must be aware that it’s a time-consuming process. You need to have developers available, they must make changes or create a new feature, and once it’s tested, you need to promote the changes to a sandbox environment and, finally, to your production environment. Deploying to production will require scheduling downtime, which can be inconvenient and must even be planned with enough time depending on your, or your customer’s, business.

What can we do to minimize production downtime?

In an ideal world, the answer...