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Microsoft Dataverse: The basics

Microsoft Dataverse: The basics

- [Instructor] A few years ago, Microsoft, in partnership with Adobe and SAP, created something called a Common Data Model or CDM, which includes collections of tables that describe standard business entities. Use of these tables of business entities provides consistency when we're developing applications, when we're storing data within an organization, and when we're transferring data between different organizations. This makes it easier to develop business applications. The Microsoft Dataverse lets you create one or more instances of a standardized database built on this common data model. Each Dataverse database includes predefined tables for data commonly found across nearly all organizations and businesses. Tables for entities like contacts, products, accounts, and each table includes columns for common data. For example, a contacts table would have columns for the contact's email, first name, last name, address, and so on. Using a Dataverse database means that you don't spend as…

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