Show Notes
What’s New in Power Platform:
- Canvas PowerApps makers get new screen properties for easier development of RESPONSIVE apps – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/new-properties-for-responsive-canvas-apps/
- Canvas PowerApps makers will love Results View! – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/canvas-debugging-with-results-view/
- Flow gets significantly improved trigger telemetry! Pay attention to connectors – Dynamics is simplifying the lineup – https://flow.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/nine-new-connectors-in-april-and-improved-visibility-into-trigger-failures/
- Canvas PowerApps makers get significantly updated experience working with icons in their apps – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/effortlessly-find-and-switch-between-icons-in-canvas-apps/
- PowerApps Navigate function is simplified – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/more-small-steps/
- Really nice enhancements to the model-driven #PowerApps forms designer –https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/easily-add-and-move-fields-and-controls-on-a-form-using-drag-drop-and-cut-paste/
What’s New in CE:
- April Release for CE Marketing is now available (v1.35.4666.0) (remember to update from applications tab in admin center) – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/admin/preview-april-2019-updates#when-will-the-april-2019-features-be-enabled-for-customers-who-did-not-opt-in-to-the-preview
- CE Marketing automatic segment creation using Flow – https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/it/2019/04/12/use-microsoft-flow-to-automate-tasks-in-dynamics-365-for-marketing/
- Dynamics 365 sign-in uses a process to determine where to send a user to authenticate after they enter their username on the sign-in screen. This process will be updated with an upgraded user lookup behavior. The new behavior will make intelligent decisions by reading tenant and user level settings based on the username entered on the sign-in page. This will pave the path towards a password-less future by enabling alternative credentials like FIDO (Fast Identity Online) 2.0. After this change takes place, Microsoft will check to see if the username that is entered on the sign-in page exists in their respective domain before deciding where to redirect the user to provide their credentials. Additionally, this behavior will introduce new and improved error messaging on the sign-in pages if the username of the user entered does not match an account in the respective domain. This feature will begin rolling out for managed domains (cloud-only) in May 2019 and for federated domains by the end of 2019. If you or your organization have practices that depend on the old domain level HRD (Home Realm Discovery), it is important that you update the employee authentication documentation, train employees to use their actual username to sign in, and notify your helpdesk of this change. The exact roll out date for federated domains will be dependent on customer feedback. – https://aka.ms/user-level-HRD/\
- Great blog post on matrix of email tracking options/settings needed – https://community.dynamics.com/crm/b/crminthefield/archive/2019/04/23/dynamics-365-customer-engagement-how-to-choose-system-settings-and-personal-options-for-automatic-email-tracking
- PowerApps Control Framework and CLI hit Public Preview – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/the-powerapps-component-framework-and-the-powerapps-cli-is-now-available-for-public-preview/
What’s New in Talent/Retail/BC:
- Fraud Protection Preview is now available – https://dynamics.microsoft.com/en-us/ai/fraud-protection/ and https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/bdm/2019/04/23/microsoft-dynamics-365-fraud-protection-public-preview-is-now-available/
- What’s New in Talent – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/unified-operations/talent/whats-new-talent-april-16-2019 and https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/unified-operations/talent/whats-new-talent-april-25-2019
- BC April Release Features – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/business-applications-release-notes/April19/dynamics365-business-central/planned-features
What’s New in F&O:
- What’s new or changed in F&O 10.0.1 – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/unified-operations/fin-and-ops/get-started/whats-new-changed-10-0-1
- Upcoming Changes to Servicing Flows Triggered through LCS – https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/it/2019/04/23/upcoming-changes-to-the-servicing-flows-triggered-through-lifecycle-services-lcs/
- UI Changes Coming for LCS – https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/it/2019/04/23/an-update-to-our-ui/
- Pause Platform Update Changes Now for Earlier Versions – https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/it/2019/04/23/configuring-lcs-for-monthly-platform-updates/
- Prepare to Go Live Documentation – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/unified-operations/fin-and-ops/imp-lifecycle/prepare-go-live
What’s New in Solution Updates:
- Core CDS for Apps solution update to 9.1.0.3842 – https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4494438/service-update-38-for-microsoft-dynamics-365-9-1
- Core CDS for Apps solution update expected this weekend to 9.1.0.4046 (includes April release features like Sales Forecasting) – https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4496214/april-19-service-update-40-for-microsoft-dynamics-365-9-1
- Sales Application Solution Update to 9.0.1903.4006
- Talent Solution update to 6.183.0
- CafeX Solution update to 3.4.1.0
- Sales Insights add-on (AI for Sales) Solution update to 9.0.1.7052
- Prospect to Cash Solution update to 1.15.0.4
- PowerApps Checker Solution update to 1.0.0.103
Featured Content:
- Walkthrough setting up Offline Mobile in CE – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/customer-engagement/mobile-app/setup-mobile-offline-for-admin
- Update global settings on all entities you want to go offline
- Make mobile offline profile(s) and publish them
- Set conflict resolution settings
- Update Model-Driven App(s) you want to take offline to enable that for required profiles
- Double-check security roles in question for read access to mobile offline profiles
- Test!
- Walkthrough of D365 for Unified Operations mobile app – F&O