Microsoft PowerApps: Introducing PowerApps portal for external users

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Microsoft announced PowerApps Portals, the ability to build low-code, responsive websites which allow external users to interact with the data stored in the Common Data Service.

Starting in next month, you’ll be able to create a new App type called “Portal” directly from PowerApps. Using a simple, dedicated designer experience, makers can create pixel-perfect websites which are custom branded and allow users to interact with data stored in the Common Data Service.

With the introduction of PowerApps Portals, we are also merging the capabilities offered by Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement portals to ensure that all the Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement application portals gets the benefit of our simplified low code offering.

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Introducing PowerApps Portals: powerful low-code websites for external users

Learn how PowerApps customers can create websites over data stored in Common Data Service that can be accessed by external users with a wide variety of identities including personal accounts, LinkedIn, and other Azure Active Directory organizations as well as allow anonymous browsing of content.

Forrester names Microsoft PowerApps a leader in low-code development platforms

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Why Read This Report

Our 28-criterion evaluation of low-code development platforms for application development and delivery (AD&D) professionals assesses the 13 most significant suppliers — Clear Software, GeneXus, Kony, MatsSoft, Mendix, Microsoft, OutSystems, Progress Software, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Skuid, Thinkwise, and WaveMaker. This report shows how each provider measures up and helps AD&D pros select the right one for their needs.

Key Takeaways

Microsoft, OutSystems, Mendix, Kony, And Salesforce Are Leaders

Forrester’s research reveals a market in which Microsoft, longtime rivals OutSystems and Mendix, Kony, and Salesforce are Leaders; ServiceNow, GeneXus, and Progress Software are Strong Performers; MatsSoft, WaveMaker, and Thinkwise are Contenders; and Skuid and Clear Software are Challengers.

Features For Digital-Business Use Cases Set Apart The Leaders

Development services for basic web and mobile applications, including standards for integration, basic data management and mapping, workflow, development process support, and application and identity administration, are table stakes. The leading vendors have also moved into business process automation, real-time applications, and AI services, as well as large, mission-critical apps.

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Most companies are still not data-driven, and won’t be anytime soon

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New Vantage Partners heeft een Interessant onderzoek gepubliceerd : Data and Innovation  – How Big Data and AI are Accelerating Business Transformation

Het rapport bevat een onverwachte trend; het aantal ‘data driven’ organsiaties daalt in plaats van te stijgen.

Most companies are still not data-driven, and won’t be anytime soon
Business adoption of Big Data and AI initiatives must be viewed through a long-term lens – as a process and a journey.  Only 31.0% of companies say they are data-driven.  This number has declined from 37.1% in 2017 and 32.4% in 2018.  We are headed the wrong direction.  Firms need to adopt a long-term approach, focusing on the complex cultural challenges as a starting point.

Lees wel het gehele rapport voor een goed totaalbeeld.

The 2019 edition of the New Vantage Partners Big Data and AI Executive Survey includes many results that are reasons for celebration. They include:

  • There was a higher participation rate in the survey than ever before, suggesting that more executives believe the topic is important.
  • 90% of those who completed the survey are “C-level” executives—chief data, analytics, or information officers. A decade ago, only one of these jobs even existed.
  • 92% of the respondents are increasing their pace of investment in big data and AI.
  • 62% have already seen measurable results from their investments in big data and AI (a bit less than in 2018, but still pretty good).
  • 48% say their organization competes on data and analytics. When Tom introduced this concept in 2006, perhaps 5% of large organizations would have said they did so.
  • 31% have a “data-driven organization,” and 28% a “data culture.” Granted that these are minorities, but perhaps it’s impressive that nearly a third of organizations have brought about these transformations.

The motivation for further change is also quite high, suggesting more movement in the future. 75% fear disruption from new entrants, and 88% feel greater urgency to invest in big data and AI. 92% are driven by positive objectives—transformation, agility, or competition—and only 5% are driven by cost reduction.

Microsoft Mt. Rogers: Head-worn productivity displays

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The 3D Workspace is gradualy coming to live …

The Mt. Rogers research project is focused on improving traditional productivity tasks in mixed reality environments. It allows users to put on a head-mounted display and surround themselves with as many virtual monitors as is useful. Thus Mt. Rogers offers infinite screen real-estate in a portable and private manner. Our project goals are superb text readability, efficient user input and user comfort. By achieving these goals, Mt. Rogers can function as an effective monitor replacement while giving users access to the full Windows desktop and applications that they already know and love.

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De grootste groothandel ter wereld

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Sinds kort volg ik het youtubekanaal van van Scotty Adams : Strange Parts.

De videos van Scotty gaan voornamelijk over zijn avonturen in China en met name de electronica industrie, maar soms ook andere dingen, zoals zijn bezoek aan de grootste groothandels ter wereld.

I took a tour around the Yiwu Industrial Trade City – the largest wholesale market in the world. People come here from every country to buy goods to export. 5.5 million square meters, 7km long, this market is beyond giant. And it’s all one interconnected building. I explored it for a day with Collin Abroadcast, a fellow market fanatic. From Christmas decorations to children’s toys to hardware and tools, we found a bunch of stuff that blew our minds.

Does your company use multiple Public Cloud Providers ? Use Azure Cost Management to control your spend

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It’s common for enterprises to run workloads on more than one cloud provider; however, adopting a multi-cloud strategy comes with complexities like handling different cost models, varying billing cycles, and different cloud designs that can be difficult to navigate across multiple dashboards and views.

Azure Cost Management now offers cross-cloud support. This is available in preview and can play a critical role in helping you efficiently and effectively managing your organization’s multi-cloud needs. Onboard your AWS costs via an easy-to-use cloud connector to get a single view of your expenditures, so you can analyze and budget for the future in one place.

Analyzing Azure and AWS spend with cost analysis

Get deep insights into your cloud spend with the rich graphic capabilities in cost analysis. Analyze your costs across 18 available dimensions like provider, service name, usage location, availability zones, meter, and tags. Cost analysis provides the flexibility to view granular charges to understand what’s driving costs and anomalies, or high-level views to analyze total and month-over-month costs for one or both of your cloud providers. Learn more about Azure Cost Management cost analysis.

An image of the Azure Cost Management cost analysis page.

Continue at source : https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/manage-your-cross-cloud-spend-using-azure-cost-management/

MORA de nieuwe referentie architectuur voor het MBO ?

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Vandaag stond er een interessante post van Rob Vos van het Deltion College op LinkedIn.

Rob triggered een discussie over een herziening van de referentiearchitectuur voor het MBO. een goed initiatief en zeer noodzakelijk vind ik. De huidige referentiearchitecturen zijn al relatief ‘oud’ en de technologische ontwikkelingen hebben de afgelopen jaren zeker niet stilgestaan. Daarnaast veranderd ook de rol van het MBO waardoor nieuwe of onderbelichte functies belangrijker zijn of worden.

Interessant om te volgen waar ‘MORA’ ons gaat brengen Smile

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Microsoft Excel 2016 – op 25 Tips & Tricks

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Net als jij werk ik al jaren met Excel en ik vind mezelf ook nog eens bovengemiddeld handig met Excel Smile.
Na het bekijken van deze video heb ik enorm veel nieuwe functies geleerd die mijn werken met Excel sneller en productiever maken. De video duurt nog geen 30 minuten en is echt de moeite waard !

De Top 25 tips en trucs voor Excel 2016. Gebruik deze tips en trucs om uw efficiëntie te verbeteren met behulp van Excel. Ik weet zeker dat je er een paar zult ontdekken die je nog niet eerder hebt gezien en anderen die je verkeerd hebt gebruikt.

Bekijk de Advanced Excel-video op https://youtu.be/PU8ACyYxJBk. Nog eens 15 Excel 2016 Tips & Tricks: https://youtu.be/L9SKTj2gevA