Microsoft will launch PowerApps and Flow on Nov 1, now with more enterprise muscle

Microsoft PowerApps and Microsoft Flow will reach general availability on November 1. Corporate vice president James Phillips announced this morning via a blog post that both services will be available "around the world and in 42 languages" and will gain new integrations, more administrative tools and controls, and native use of what Microsoft is calling its Common Data Service, previously known as the common data model and related connectors and gateways.

The releases coincide with the official release of the first round of Dynamics 365 apps, including the new SMB Financials package (formerly known as Project Madeira), as well as the Operations package (formerly known as AX 7) and the customer experience apps, formerly grouped together as Dynamics CRM Online.

PowerApps and Flow will be included in Dynamics 365 plans and Office 365 Enterprise, Business Premium, and Essential packages. In addition to connectors for Dynamics 365 and Office 365, Microsoft says connectors are available or in the works for hundreds of popular business applications and database systems. And the tools will support on-premise connectors through an on-premise data gateway.

Some of the newest capabilities for PowerApps and Flow have added a level of enterprise-grade management tools that IT teams are more liklely embrace, including "environments" and new AppSource tie-ins.

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