{"id":109146,"date":"2017-02-07T04:32:42","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T12:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/power-apps\/whats-new-cds-feb-7-edition\/"},"modified":"2025-06-11T08:15:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T15:15:53","slug":"whats-new-cds-feb-7-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/power-apps\/whats-new-cds-feb-7-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s new in the Common Data Service – Feburary 7 edition (Previous Version)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi folks,<\/p>\n

The Common Data Service team has just released it’s latest update!\u00a0 Our team been hard at work on a bunch of features that will be lighting up over the next few months, but today we\u2019re excited to share with you a few of the updates included in this release:<\/p>\n

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  1. Updates to the Common Data Model<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Support for Environments in the Office Add-Ins<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Updates on Preview Databases<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Updates to the Common Data Model <\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n

    In our most recent updates of the Common Data Model, we\u2019ve made changes to several entities as well as introduced some new ones based on feedback from the community to make them more consumable for you:<\/p>\n

    Updates to Existing Entities <\/strong><\/p>\n

    One of the key changes we\u2019ve made is that several fields are now optional (no longer required) so you can more easily use our entities without needing to set every field.\u00a0 The relationships for all these fields are still there, they are just changing from required to optional.\u00a0 Here are some of the entities affected by this change:<\/p>\n