Dynamics 365's tight integration with the Office suite of applications has always been one of the strengths of this platform. Each new version is built on top of existing features, thus adding new ways to interact with it. This brings the tools closer to the platform and makes the platform a core service for client applications.
The modern Dynamics 365 platform now leverages even more Office features, with the ability to tightly work with Office 365 and, in particular, Excel.
While we had the ability to export data to Excel for further analysis and have the data ready to be reimported in a blink of an eye, with the tight integration with Office 365, now, client applications can be substituted by their online versions. For details on online apps, see the main Office landing page at https://www.office.com/.
With these capabilities, we can render Excel data directly in a record in Microsoft Dynamics 365. When working with Excel, instead of spending time and clicks switching...