Difference between revisions of "Terminology"

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* [[Cloud flows]] - A Power Automate flow type. Traditional flow, what we created with Microsoft Flow.  
 
* [[Cloud flows]] - A Power Automate flow type. Traditional flow, what we created with Microsoft Flow.  
 
* [[Business process flows]] - A Power Automate flow type.
 
* [[Business process flows]] - A Power Automate flow type.
* [[Desktop flows]] - A Power Automate flow type  
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* [[Desktop flows]] - A Power Automate flow type.
* [[Power Apps]] - Originally released as PowerApps
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* [[Power Apps]] - Originally released as PowerApps.
 
* [[Dataverse]] - Originates in [[xRM]], was previously called Common Data Service (CDS).
 
* [[Dataverse]] - Originates in [[xRM]], was previously called Common Data Service (CDS).
  

Revision as of 17:04, 7 January 2021

This page contains information about the terminology related to Power Platform. The purpose is to give a quick overview of the terminology that is used.

Terminology changes within Dataverse. What we once knew as Entity, Field, Record, Option Set and Two Option are now Table, Column, Row, Choice and Yes/No. Terminology updates

About the CRM functionality from Microsoft

First there were CRM, Microsoft Dynamics CRM. Then came Dynamics 365 CE. Then came Power Apps and the former Microsoft Dynamics CRM/365 became (model-driven) apps, built on Power Platform. Now we have apps built on Power Platform, e.g. Dynamics 365 Sales, Dynamics 365 Customer Service etc. The on-premise version still goes under the name Dynamics 365 CE.