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A single Currency column in Dataverse quietly creates three more columns behind the scenes. Here's a simple, hands-on walkthrough you can try yourself in your own environment.
July 18, 2026 8 min read
How record Sharing and Access Teams give a cross-department reviewer exactly one record without touching roles or Business Units, and how a Microsoft Entra ID group team automates Finance's Dataverse membership from a security group IT already maintains. Part 4 of the Contoso security series.
July 10, 2026 26 min read
How the Business Unit field on a Security Role differs from the access level on individual privileges, why the two are easy to conflate, and how hierarchical security and the Parent:Child BU access level extend a manager's visibility across organisational boundaries. Part 3 of the Contoso security series.
July 4, 2026 17 min read
How to move from individual user assignments to scalable, team-based security in Dataverse — covering Business Units, Owner Teams, Member's Privilege Inheritance, team-owned records, and the BU boundary between departments. Part 2 of the Contoso security series.
July 1, 2026 28 min read
A practical walkthrough of row-level and column-level security in Microsoft Dataverse — how Security Roles and Column Security Profiles work, how they interact, and how to verify each layer is doing what you expect. Part 1 of the Contoso security series.
June 27, 2026 11 min read