Dataverse for Teams: Extending Teams with Apps, Flows, and Bots

Paul Papanek Stork

Microsoft MVP, MCM & MBA

Use of Microsoft Teams has exploded for many companies during the global pandemic. For many organizations Teams has become the app that connects all their employees together. Power Platform apps, like Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power Virtual Agents, provides a low-code platform for extending that functionality. In September, 2020 Microsoft announced Dataverse for Teams. Dataverse for Teams is included in the Teams license so you can build apps, flows, and bots that make use of relational data storage, rich data types, and enterprise-grade governance without additional expense.

In this workshop we'll look at how to use Dataverse in the Power Platform to extend the Teams application. By the time you leave you'll have an integrated Teams application and bot that can help your employees manage their presence as people move back into the office after the Pandemic.

We'll cover the following with slides and hands-on exercises:

What does the Teams License cover
Differences between Dataverse (CDS) and Dataverse for Teams
Creating Dataverse Relational Tables
Securing Dataverse for Teams Tables
Building a Power App with Dataverse for Teams
Integrating Dataverse for Teams with a Flow
Accessing Dataverse for Teams from a Bot
Managing Dataverse for Teams Environments
Deploying Custom Apps, Bots, and Flows to additional Teams

Check out my workshop preview: https://youtu.be/iaNLIczVFNg