Chapter 5: Understanding Microsoft Dataverse

In the previous chapter, we learned how to augment an application with complex data types such as files and attachments, as well as build relationships between tables and navigate between screens. This chapter is intended to provide a glimpse into the capabilities of Microsoft Dataverse as a data platform, which will be useful in evaluating the upgrade options once your application starts to mature and needs more enterprise governance, capabilities, and capacity. Once you have developed a good understanding of Microsoft Dataverse architecture, we will look at the situations where you may want to consider upgrading from Microsoft Dataverse for Teams to Microsoft Dataverse.

In this chapter, we will learn about the following topics:

• Uncovering Microsoft Dataverse Layers
• Considering an upgrade from Dataverse for Teams to Dataverse

Let's start by removing the covers and peeking under the hood of Microsoft Dataverse...