Show Notes
What’s New in Power Platform:
- Note that model-driven app and CE preview feature announcements came out only on the PowerApps blog site with this wave
- If you use activities in model-driven PowerApps or CE, this enhancement is worth training your user base on once it goes live (in preview now) – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/activities-timeline-wall-improvements-in-the-unified-interface/
- Check out these usability enhancements to lookups in Model Driven PowerApps Unified Interface (in preview now) – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/preview-for-usability-enhancements-to-lookups-in-unified-interface/
- Welcome improvements to and options for configuration of form headers in model-driven PowerApps and CE – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/always-show-important-information-on-the-form-header-in-the-unified-interface/
- Great DevOps “How To” guidance for CE and Power Platform Solutions – https://community.dynamics.com/crm/b/crminthefield/posts/modularizing-pipelines-and-implementing-powerapps-checker-in-devops-for-dynamics-365-for-customer-engagement-solutions—devops-part-2
- Good treatise covering almost all aspects of proposed Oct 1 Power Platform Licensing update – https://survivingcrm.com/2019/08/application-platform-separation-in-new-powerapps-licensing-model/
- Check out all the improvements in public preview in Model Driven PowerApp Unified Interface grids – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/enhanced-functionality-in-unified-interface-grids
- Share Canvas PowerApps with guests in your organization as long as you’ve licensed them – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/share-canvas-apps-with-guests-in-your-organization/
- Canvas PowerApps get improved data source experience, can leverage Common Data Service views, and more – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/preview-for-improve-data-source-experience-and-common-data-service-views/
- Canvas PowerApps delegation improvements when connected to SharePoint – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/sharepoint-delegation-improvements/
- Great Productivity tip for Model Driven App makers – Inline navigate to form and view designers – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/inline-navigate-to-all-of-our-modern-model-driven-designers/
What’s New in CE:
- Business Card Scanning! (and other fall release preview features)
- Remote Assist update doubles PDF resolution and launches faster – https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/it/2019/08/05/august-release-of-dynamics-365-remote-assist-doubles-pdf-resolution-adds-other-improvements/
- Customer Service Insights now in 42 languages (up from 3) – https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/it/2019/08/08/announcing-availability-of-dynamics-365-customer-service-insights-in-42-languages/
What’s New in Talent/Retail/BC:
- Talent Private Preview opportunity
- What’s New in Talent – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/unified-operations/talent/whats-new-talent-august-7-2019
- Lots of good BC blog content – https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/it/product/business-central/
What’s New in F&O:
- App Tracker GA – https://community.dynamics.com/365/financeandoperations/b/newdynamicsax/posts/application-tracker—emit-telemetry-from-your-development-environment-to-application-insights
- Preview Features for F&O 10.0.5 – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/unified-operations/fin-and-ops/get-started/whats-new-changed-10-0-5
- PEAP Update 10.0.5 is now available – https://lcs.dynamics.com/V2/AssetLibrary/
- Platform Update 29 – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/unified-operations/fin-and-ops/get-started/whats-new-platform-update-29
- Create Icon for Workspace Tiles – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/unified-operations/dev-itpro/user-interface/create-icons-workspace-tiles
- LCS August Release 1 Update – https://community.dynamics.com/365/financeandoperations/b/dynamics-365-for-finance-and-operations/posts/lifecycle-services-august-2019-release-1-release-notes
- LCS Business process modeler flowchart diagrams to be deprecated
What’s New in Solution Updates:
- Core CDS Platform update to 9.1.0.7028 – https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4511838/service-update-70-for-microsoft-dynamics-365-9-1-0
- Core CDS Platform update expected this weekend to 9.1.0.7229 – https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4512908/service-update-72-for-microsoft-dynamics-365-9-1-0
- AI Solution Anchor update to 1.8.1.4 then 1.8.2.3
- PowerApps Checker Base update to 1.0.1.36
- Field Service update to 8.8.2.160 – https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/it/2019/08/11/enhancements-and-bug-fixes-for-field-service-version-8-8-2-160/
- Project Service update to 3.10.0.31 – https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/it/2019/08/13/release-notes-for-project-service-automation-update-release-10/
- Partner Portal update to 9.0.12.13
How do I operationalize things?
- Setting up and executing Business Events in F&O
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/unified-operations/dev-itpro/business-events/how-to/how-to-flow
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/unified-operations/dev-itpro/business-events/how-to/how-to-eventgrid
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/unified-operations/dev-itpro/business-events/how-to/how-to-servicebus
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/unified-operations/dev-itpro/business-events/troubleshooting (Troubleshooting – look at the end of the doc for non-production environments)
Featured Content:
- Configuring and using the business card scanning feature (reminder on how to turn on Preview Features)