Glossary
| Acronym | Meaning | Description |
|---|---|---|
| AIAD | App in a Day | Global training concept where you learn about Power Apps, Power Automate, Dataverse etc. See In a Day. |
| AID | Analytics in a Day | Global training concept targeting Data Engineers/Architects. See In a Day. |
| ALM | Application Lifecycle Management | The lifecycle management of applications which includes governance, development and maintenance. |
| CDM | Common Data Model | A set of standardized, extensible data schemas that Microsoft and its partners have published. |
| CDS | Common Data Service | A service for storing data in the could, back-end for model-driven Power Apps, security management and more. |
| CoE | Center of Excellence | Center of Excellence for the Power Platform, take a look at the Center of Excellence (CoE) Starter Kit |
| CRM | Customer Relationship Management | The concept of managing customer relationships. |
| CWA | Custom Workflow Activity | Classic workflows can be extended by creating a CWA. |
| DIAD | Dashboard in a Day | Global training concept targeting Business Analysts. See In a Day. |
| GA | General Availability | Release of software which is good enough to be made available outside the originating company. |
| MAIAD | Modern Excel Analyst in a Day | Global training concept targeting Excel Data Users. See In a Day. |
| PCF | Power Apps Component Framework | The framework which Microsoft uses for developing components to Power Apps. |
| PVA | Power Virtual Agents | One of the four main services of Power Platform. Build No-Code/Low-Code chat bots. |
| RPA | Robotic Process Automation | Automate usage of legacy applications. Set it up with Power Platform, part of Power Automate. |
| PPAF | Power Platform Adoption Framework | Also abbreviated "PowerPlatformAF". A community-driven framework for adopting, managing, governing, and using Power Platform to develop solutions at scale. |
| PSA | Project Service Automation | One part of Microsoft Dynamics 365 |
| RPAIAD | RPA in a Day | Global training concept targeting Business and IT users. See In a Day. |
| ISV | Independent Software Vendor | An organization specializing in making and selling software. |
| URS | Universal Resource Scheduling | Scheduling for any entity in Dynamics 365 Sales, Field Service, Customer Service, and Project Service Automation, including custom entities |
| xRM | eXtended Relationship Management or any Relationship Management | Where it all started. 😉 From xRM to CDS to Dataverse. |
Terminology updates within Microsoft 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
Concepts within Power Platform
Roles
Here’s inspiration for different roles one can have working with Power Platform.
- Consultant at a Microsoft partner
- Microsoft employee
- ISV vendor
- Start-up as ISV partner or Consultancy firm
- Business Analyst
- Project Manager who works at an ISV company, consultancy firm or at an organization who builds Power Platform related solutions to be used at that organization.
- Business User who uses apps, automation and chat bots and/or become a Maker and Citizen Developer too.
- Scrum Master
- Product Owner
- Developer
Mentoring
- #HumansofIT | Microsoft Ignite - We rise by lifting others Ana Inés Urrutia shares her journey and lets you know if mentoring is for you.
- Mark Smith's 90 Day Mentoring Challenge A free program to attend, where Mark goes though 6 cohorts with related assignments. Career paths are described too as part of the program!
Fusion Team personas
Fusion Teams is a concept often mentioned during Microsoft events. When Business Users and Developers work together in order to create Business Applications a so called Fusion Team is formed. There is a Microsoft Learn learning path about Fusion Teams and in the beginning Thereses a chapter ”Meet the Team”, which introduced the following roles: Full-stack developer, Office Manager, people from the business, different departements e.g. Inventory Management in the example, Lead Technician, IT responsible.
Power Platform Weekly personas
The community driven weekly newsletter PPWeekly uses personas with related icons in order for their subscribers to more easily find content relevant for them. The following personas are used:
🤵🏻 Business User
🦸🏻♀️ Maker
🧭 Decision Maker
👩💻 Developer / Architect
🚀 Admin / Center of Excellence
📅 Events & Webinars
About the CRM functionality from Microsoft
First there was Microsoft Dynamics CRM. Then came Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement (CE). Then came Power Apps and the former Microsoft Dynamics CRM/365 became customer engagement (model-driven) apps, built on Power Platform. These apps are also referred to as first-party model apps. Examples are Dynamics 365 Sales and Dynamics 365 Customer Service. The on-premises version still goes under the name Dynamics 365 CE.