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More from the Microsoft Business Apps spring wave: xRM's new identity with Common Data Service, PowerApps

by Jason Gumpert
Editor, MSDynamicsWorld.com

Microsoft Business Application Platform overview
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Microsoft announced a wave of updates to its business solutions, and feedback from MVPs and others in the ecosystem indicates that the planned updates will reach further than many expected.

The hefty release notes around this spring 2018 updates provide one measure of the substance of the changes coming. And the public information around these updates has already grown well beyond the top-line updates from top managers like James Phillips and Power BI general manager Arun Ulag.

Of all the updates that touch the traditional Dynamics 365/CRM space, the one with potentially the most impact is the plan to transition xRM from its trusted place within the CRM architecture to a more robust and centralized position in the service of model-driven application development

xRM proponents around the world sat up and took notice when Microsoft revealed that the Dynamics community's favorite app-building platform has been reborn, apart from Dynamics but still within view.

Azure Business Process Mgmt Business Rules Mgmt CDS for Apps Common Data Service Customer Engagement Customer Relationship Mgmt Customer Service Customer Service Data Integration Data Management Data Warehousing Dataverse (CDS) Dynamics 365 Flow Microsoft Corporate Power Apps Power Automate Power Platform PowerApps xRM
About Jason Gumpert

As the editor of MSDynamicsWorld.com, Jason oversees all editorial content on the site and at our events, as well as providing site management and strategy. He can be reached at jgumpert@msdynamicsworld.com.

Prior to co-founding MSDynamicsWorld.com, Jason was a Principal Software Consultant at Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC), where he implemented solutions, trained customers, managed software development, and spent some time in the pre-sales engineering organization. He has also held consulting positions at CSC Consulting and Monitor Group.

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