Название: Beginning Microsoft Dataverse: Exploiting Microsoft's Low-code Database for the Power Platform
Автор: Brian Hodel
Издательство: Apress
Год: 2023
Страниц: 239
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf, epub
Размер: 20.6 MB

Understand the role that Dataverse plays in the low-code revolution that helps businesses gain advantage from being more agile with technology. This book shows you how to use Dataverse to solve business problems by describing the layers of a solution in the Power Platform and the options that exist at each layer so you can make informed decisions as you develop your solutions. The book shows how Dataverse is a central piece of the Microsoft Power Platform and helps tech-savvy professionals move nimbly and seize the day when opportunities present themselves.

The book starts out by covering the platform in terms of its layers so you can orient yourself with the features that exist at each level and what that means to you as a developer. You will learn how to work inside the data layer to design tables to store data and relationships and manage how it all works together. You will learn how to apply business logic and validation in the business layer to ensure data integrity and enforce process compliance. You will learn how to design interfaces in the presentation layer to allow users to interact with your data and processes in user-friendly applications. And you will learn how to utilize third-party integration tools to create seamless connections between your solution and legacy systems so you can develop enterprise-grade tools in record time.

The “Low-Code Revolution,” or, more recently, “Low-Code/No-Code Revolution” as the capabilities of the platform have expanded, is a term that Microsoft has adopted to describe the application development tools in the Power Platform. Just as assembly language led to functions, which led to libraries, the evolution of application development has moved from pure code to WYSIWYG, making development tools more accessible to everyone. Microsoft began taking all those pieces and putting them together to create an amazing self-serve productivity platform where users could build apps, workflows, and reports, and store data, all in one place. The concept behind low-code/no code is not unique to the Microsoft Power Platform. There are other vendors that have solutions that support the concept of allowing the development of applications, workflows, and databases without requiring a user to have extensive knowledge or skills. However, Microsoft has, arguably, done this better than any other vendor.

What You Will Learn:
Understand the layers of Dataverse and the features at each layer
Create tables and relationships to store data and manage interactions
Build applications to allow users to interact with your data using logical interfaces
Design business logic and workflows to ensure data integrity and automation
Configure security to control access to data and prevent unauthorized access
Explore the options for integration with third-party systems

Who This Book Is For:
Microsoft Power Platform users who want to learn how to access the power of the Power Platform and leverage Dataverse to build powerful, robust, and resilient tools; power users and citizen developers who are looking for tools to quickly build scalable business solutions that don’t require a strong developer background; pro developers who want to learn how to utilize use the Power Platform to speed up the development cycle and deliver value to customers faster than ever before.