How to use Microsoft Dataverse - Create your first table and columns

Are you ready to learn how to use Dataverse? Do you need to know what the best data source is for Power Apps and the rest of the Power Platform? Then this is your video.

In this video, you will learn what is Dataverse, why it is the best data source for Power Apps (performance, features, delegation, polymorphic, etc.) and most delegable. Then we create your first table, explore some of the most common column types like Text, Text Area, Multiline, Date Only, Date Time, Choice, and whole numbers. Finally, we save the table and use Excel to add some data in. This all creates a great foundation for future videos to continue your learning journey.

00:00 It starts
01:28 What is Dataverse and why is it the best data source
03:23 Dataverse is the only data source for Model Driven Apps and Power Portals
05:23 Create the first table
08:09 Add your first Text column to Dataverse
10:28 Add a number column and discuss Whole Numbers vs. Decimal vs. Floating Point number
11:52 Add an email column and compare it to a text column
13:23 Add a Date Time column to Dataveres and discuss datetime vs date only and user local and time zone independent
17:34 Add a text area vs multiline text column to dataverse
19:24 Add a Choice column and discuss how Choices is different
21:14 Add a Yes No column to dataverse
21:56 Edit data in Excel via the Excel addin for Dataverse


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