Chapter 4

Extending Dynamics 365 with PowerApps

IN THIS CHAPTER

check Harnessing the power and potential of PowerApps to enhance mobile workforce efficiency

check Connecting PowerApps to data with connections inside and outside your organization

check Grasping the advantages of model-driven apps

check Creating a connection from PowerApps to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Let’s face it: No matter how well designed a software program is, and no matter how flexible the developers try to make it by adding more and more settings for you to control its behavior, there always comes a point when the software just doesn’t work the way you want it to. In the real world, software customization is inevitable and unavoidable. Nonetheless, customizing your business software involves a cost. Customization is notoriously time consuming (and therefore expensive) to build, test, deploy, and maintain. Customization is often a barrier to upgrading software. Worse yet, customization can bog down or even derail an implementation of a new system.

Many organizations have adopted an IT policy that discourages customization ...

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