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Virtual Entities is a feature in the Power Platform which makes it possible to display data from other systems in our Model-Driven Apps without having the data stored in the Common Data Service.
The concept o Virtual Entities consists of a virtual entity, a data source and a data provider. Either you can use one of the two built-in data providers (an OData v4 provider or an Azure Cosmos DB provider), or you can develop a Custom Data Provider if your data source requires that.
== You might also be interested in ==
Embedded Canvas Apps
== Microsoft Docs ==
[https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/developer/common-data-service/virtual-entities/get-started-ve Get started with Virtual Entities]
[https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/customerengagement/on-premises/customize/create-edit-virtual-entities Create and edit Virtual Entities] Take a look at the On-Premises documentation to get a better understanding for the overall process
[https://docs.microsoft.com/sv-se/archive/blogs/lystavlen/virtual-entities] Blog Post from Microsoft
== Community Content ==
[https://mikefactorial.com/2020/08/15/direct-query-sql-virtual-entities/ Direct Query SQL Virtual Entities] Article and Custom Data Provider by Michael Ochs
[https://carinaclaesson.com/2020/01/19/virtual-entities-a-forgotten-feature-which-is-still-alive/ Virtual Entities - Series of 4 Articles Posts] Articles and Customer Data Provider by Carina Claesson
[https://dynamicsninja.blog/2018/09/30/virtual-entities-part-1-odata-v4/ Virtual Entities - Series of 3 Articles] by Ivan Ficko
[https://jlattimer.blogspot.com/2017/12/creating-custom-virtual-entity-data.html Blog Post and Customer data Provider] by Jason Lattimer
[http://blog.yagasoft.com/2019/03/virtual-entities-work-arounds Virtual Entities work-arounds]
[https://www.itaintboring.com/dynamics-crm/dynamics-365-working-with-the-virtual-entities/ Dynamics 365 working with the Virtual Entities] by Alex Shlega
The concept o Virtual Entities consists of a virtual entity, a data source and a data provider. Either you can use one of the two built-in data providers (an OData v4 provider or an Azure Cosmos DB provider), or you can develop a Custom Data Provider if your data source requires that.
== You might also be interested in ==
Embedded Canvas Apps
== Microsoft Docs ==
[https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/developer/common-data-service/virtual-entities/get-started-ve Get started with Virtual Entities]
[https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/customerengagement/on-premises/customize/create-edit-virtual-entities Create and edit Virtual Entities] Take a look at the On-Premises documentation to get a better understanding for the overall process
[https://docs.microsoft.com/sv-se/archive/blogs/lystavlen/virtual-entities] Blog Post from Microsoft
== Community Content ==
[https://mikefactorial.com/2020/08/15/direct-query-sql-virtual-entities/ Direct Query SQL Virtual Entities] Article and Custom Data Provider by Michael Ochs
[https://carinaclaesson.com/2020/01/19/virtual-entities-a-forgotten-feature-which-is-still-alive/ Virtual Entities - Series of 4 Articles Posts] Articles and Customer Data Provider by Carina Claesson
[https://dynamicsninja.blog/2018/09/30/virtual-entities-part-1-odata-v4/ Virtual Entities - Series of 3 Articles] by Ivan Ficko
[https://jlattimer.blogspot.com/2017/12/creating-custom-virtual-entity-data.html Blog Post and Customer data Provider] by Jason Lattimer
[http://blog.yagasoft.com/2019/03/virtual-entities-work-arounds Virtual Entities work-arounds]
[https://www.itaintboring.com/dynamics-crm/dynamics-365-working-with-the-virtual-entities/ Dynamics 365 working with the Virtual Entities] by Alex Shlega