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This page contains information about the terminology related to Power Platform. Products and services tend to get re-branded and the purpose of this page is to be a place is to get clarity in what is the current terminology for the features and services from Microsoft.

This page contains information about the terminology related to Power Platform. The purpose is to give a quick overview of the terminology that is used.  

== Power Automate ==

* [[Power Automate]] - Originally released as Microsoft Flow.

Originally released as Microsoft Flow, later re-branded to Power Automate.

* [[Cloud flows]] - A Power Automate flow type. Traditional flow, what we created with Microsoft Flow.

 

* [[Business process flows]] - A Power Automate flow type.

== Power Apps ==

Originally released as PowerApps, later re-branded to Power Apps.  

* [[Power Apps]] - Originally released as PowerApps.  

 

* [[Dataverse]] - Originates in [[xRM]], was previously called Common Data Service (CDS).

== Dataverse ==

Dataverse has had many names. It has its origin in xRM (the Microsoft Dynamics CRM platform), when moving to the could it was Common Data Service (CDS). Now it is Dataverse.  

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

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

[https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/maker/data-platform/data-platform-intro#terminology-updates Terminology updates]

[https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/maker/data-platform/data-platform-intro#terminology-updates Terminology updates]

=== The CRM functionality from Microsoft ===

=== About the CRM functionality from Microsoft ===

First there were CRM, [[Microsoft Dynamics CRM]]. Then came Dynamics 365 CE. Then came Power Apps and the former Microsoft Dynamics CRM/365 became (model-driven) apps, built on Power Platform. Now we have apps built on the Power Platform, e.g. Dynamics 365 Sales, Dynamics 365 Customer Service etc. The on-premise version still goes under the name Dynamics 365 CE.

First there were CRM, [[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.