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Year 2019 in Microsoft Business Applications

What were this year's top 3 most notable themes in the world of MS business applications? We saw the rise of the low-code movement, a number of changes in the already complex licensing model of Power Platform, and the evolution of Microsoft's data story to help organizations make better use of new AI innovations. Here are some thoughts on why these will continue to have an impact in 2020.

December 27, 2019
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News and events

End of Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement Online

I always prefer to use precise terminology when talking about the technologies that are part of my trade. Some might consider me a pedantic guy who’s always correcting some insignificant details in documents or presentations that cover Microsoft technologies but…

November 2, 2019
branding Common Data Service Customer Engagement Licensing Power Platform PowerApps

Analysis, Licensing

Licensing is NOT a security mechanism

Licensing remains a topic that no one claims to like yet everyone keeps on talking about. October 2019 saw what was undoubtedly the biggest number of changes to Microsoft Business Applications SKUs (i.e. items that MS sells), with the end…

October 28, 2019
administration adoption citizen developer Flow governance Licensing Power BI Power Platform PowerApps

Analysis, Featured posts, Licensing

Licensing by consumption: pricing model of Power Platform online services

On the topic of Dynamics 365 and PowerApps licensing changes coming in October 2019, I earlier wrote about the biggest change in how Microsoft is separating the first party applications and the underlying platform in the new Per App pricing…

September 12, 2019
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Canvas Apps for the Model-driven mind: how to make that leap

Business applications come in all shapes and sizes. In the Microsoft ecosystem, we now have a broader set of tools to choose from, compared to the past strategies of Build vs. Buy, i.e. writing code to develop a custom application…

August 30, 2019
Canvas apps community Model-driven apps Power Platform PowerApps

Licensing, News and events

Application/Platform Separation in New PowerApps Licensing Model

Ever since Spring 2018 when the XRM and PowerApps platforms merged on a commercial level, I’ve found myself spending an ever increasing number of hours per week involved in licensing discussions and scenario planning. My initial exploration of the platform…

August 12, 2019
AppSource business applications Dynamics 365 ISV Licensing Power Platform PowerApps

Analysis, Featured posts

4 directions for Power Platform business growth

It’s now roughly one year since Microsoft launched the concept of Power Platform. It’s been extremely interesting in the past 12 months to watch how this new platform strategy starts to play out in the world outside Redmond, as the…

July 16, 2019
AppSource citizen developer Common Data Service Dynamics 365 Flow partner Power BI Power Platform PowerApps

News and events

Catching the Wave 2 for 2019 Power Platform Updates

Today, June 10th, at Microsoft Business Application Summit 2019 the release plan for the next wave of Dynamics 365 and Power Platform features was announced. It’s of course no surprise that this main event of the year for #MSBizApps would…

June 10, 2019
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Why You Should Become a #PowerAddict

Recently I was tagged to do a “confession” in the #WeArePowerAddicts challenge, started by MVP Vivek Bavishi. There’s been a massive amount of support for this over on Twitter, where many of the finest members of the community are enforcing…

June 4, 2019
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News and events

Building The Platform for Every Developer

For the first time ever at Microsoft Build conference, the Power Platform was presented right at the start of Satya’s keynote this year! Woo-hoo! Of course this time last year there wasn’t yet the name “Power Platform” to even reference…

May 9, 2019
Build citizen developer Common Data Service development ecosystem Flow ISV Power BI Power Platform PowerApps

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