Glossary

Concepts within Power Platform

Power Apps Power Automate Power BI Power Virtual Agents Microsoft Dataverse AI Builder Connectors

Acronymes related to Power Platform

Acronym	Meaning	Description
AIAD	App in a Day	Global training concept where you learn about Power Apps, Power Automate, Dataverse etc.
AID	Analytics in a Day	Global training concept targeting Data Engineers/Architects.
ALM	Application Lifecycle Management	The lifecycle management of applications which includes governance, development and maintenance.
CDM	Common Data Model	A set of standardized, extensible data schemas that Microsoft and its partners have published.
CDS	Common Data Service	A service for storing data in the could, back-end for model-driven Power Apps, security management and more.
CoE	Center of Excellence	Center of Excellence for the Power Platform, take a look at the Center of Excellence (CoE) Starter Kit
CRM	Customer Relationship Management	The concept of managing customer relationships.
DIAD	Dashboard in a Day	Global training concept targeting Business Analysts.
GA	General Availability	Release of software which is good enough to be made available outside the originating company.
MAIAD	Modern Excel Analyst in a Day	Global training concept targeting Excel Data Users.
PCF	Power Apps Component Framework	The framework which Microsoft uses for developing components to Power Apps.
PVA	Power Virtual Agents	One of the four main services of Power Platform. Build No-Code/Low-Code chat bots.
RPA	Robotic Process Automation	Automate usage of legacy applications. Set it up with Power Platform, part of Power Automate.
RPAIAD	RPA in a Day	Global training concept targeting Business and IT users.
ISV	Independent Software Vendor	An organization specializing in making and selling software.
URS	Universal Resource Scheduling	Scheduling for any entity in Dynamics 365 Sales, Field Service, Customer Service, and Project Service Automation, including custom entities
xRM	eXtended Relationship Management or any Relationship Management	Where it as started. 😉 From xRM to CDS to Dataverse.

Terminology updates within Microsoft Dataverse!

What we once knew as Entity, Field, Record, Option Set and Two Option are now Table, Column, Row, Choice and Yes/No. Terminology updates

About the CRM functionality from Microsoft

First there were Microsoft Dynamics CRM. Then came Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement (CE). Then came Power Apps and the former Microsoft Dynamics CRM/365 became customer engagement (model-driven) apps, built on Power Platform. These apps are also referred to as first-party model apps. Examples are Dynamics 365 Sales and Dynamics 365 Customer Service. The on-premise version still goes under the name Dynamics 365 CE.