Common Data Service - Microsoft Dataverse
Common Data Service (CDS) has been renamed to Microsoft Dataverse in Novermber 2020
Common Data Service (CDS) is a data storage service . It allows you to store and manage data used by Power app applications or Power BI. Data in CDS will be stored in form of well known tables which means set of rows and columns.
In CDS we can have standard tables and custom tables to extend the functionality just like custom entities in MS Dynamics.
Here are the benefits of CDS
- Easy to Manage : Data will be stored in cloud . you can access any time
- Easy to Secure : Security role will allow you to give the permission to access to tables for different users
- Access Dynamics 365 Data : MS Dynamics 365 data will be stored in CDS .Power App can use same data which we built
- Logic and validation – Define calculated columns, business rules, workflows, and business process flows to ensure data quality and drive business processes.
CDS Management System
In Common Data Service Management tool where you can manage tables ( entities)
Power Apps portal like below
