Show Notes
What’s New in Power Platform:
- PowerApps and Flow connectors go Open Source, now have a CLI, and support policies in custom ones – https://flow.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/building-an-ecosystem-of-open-source-connectors/
- Get updates about your PowerApps without having to go actively look for them (you have to opt-in to get them) – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/get-updates-about-your-app-right-in-your-inbox/
- CE, Model-Driven PowerApps, and Common Data Service quality assurance with fully supported Solution Checker – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-general-availability-of-solution-checker/
- Power Platform custom connectors from Azure Functions and Logic Apps and new CDS connector for easier deployment and publishing of Flows – https://flow.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-flow-at-microsoft-build-2019-announcements-and-sessions/
- Canvas PowerApps creation gets better every day with CDS as the data source – now add new fields while creating your app – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/add-new-fields-while-creating-your-canvas-app/
- Canvas App Accessibility Guidelines whitepaper – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/powerapps-canvas-app-accessibility-guidelines/
What’s New in CE:
- CE Customer Service Insights leaves Preview and is now Generally Available – https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/it/2019/04/30/dynamics-365-customer-service-insights-is-now-generally-available/
- CE User Security Role Administration just got way easier with a little more thoughtfulness up front (not in NA yet, but coming soon) – https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/it/2019/05/01/using-azure-active-directory-groups-to-manage-an-users-app-and-data-access/
- CE RSO engine gets nice upgrade to version 3.0 – https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/it/2019/05/01/whats-new-for-dynamics365-resource-scheduling-optimization-v3-0-update-release/
- Changes coming May 17 in process to switch between legacy web and new unified interface for Field Service and/or Project Service – https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/it/2019/05/01/disabling-the-opt-in-model-for-field-and-project-service-for-unified-interface-version-v8-x-and-3-x/
- Additional details about working offline with CE – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/customer-engagement/mobile-app/work-in-offline-mode
- CE Remote Assist update expands calling options exponentially – https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/it/2019/05/06/may-update-for-dynamics-365-remote-assist-provides-cross-company-calling-and-other-enhancements/
- CE and Model-Driven PowerApps modern forms designer now tackles more types of forms – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/extend-the-power-of-wysiwyg-form-authoring-to-quick-create-and-quick-view-forms/
- Microsoft’s Banking Accelerator is now in Private Preview – https://community.dynamics.com/365/b/dynamics365isvsuccess/archive/2019/05/06/microsoft-dynamics-365-banking-accelerator-is-now-in-private-preview
- Microsoft’s Automotive Accelerator is now in Private Preview – https://community.dynamics.com/365/b/dynamics365isvsuccess/archive/2019/05/05/dynamics-365-automotive-accelerator-private-preview
- Teams integration with CE is Generally Available – https://community.dynamics.com/365/sales/b/d365forteams/archive/2019/05/07/microsoft-teams-integration-with-dynamics-365-is-generally-available
- Working with new Predictive Forecasting module of AI for Sales – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/ai/sales/work-predictive-forecasting
What’s New in Talent/Retail/BC:
- Attract Analytics Now Available – https://community.dynamics.com/365/talent/b/dynamics365fortalent/archive/2019/04/28/reporting-amp-analytics-visualize-your-recruiting-pipeline-with-microsoft-dynamics-365-for-talent
- What’s New in Talent – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/unified-operations/talent/whats-new-talent-april-30-2019 and https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/unified-operations/talent/whats-new-talent-may-6-2019
- New Learning Videos Available for Talent and F&O – https://community.dynamics.com/365/talent/b/talentvideos and https://community.dynamics.com/365/financeandoperations/b/howtovideos
What’s New in F&O:
- Great System Administration Document Landing Page – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/unified-operations/dev-itpro/sysadmin/system-administration-home-page
- LCS April Release – https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/it/2019/04/30/lifecycle-services-april-2019-release-notes/
- F&O Update 27 Preview – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/unified-operations/fin-and-ops/get-started/whats-new-platform-update-27
What’s New in Solution Updates:
- CDS for Apps core platform update to 9.1.0.4239 – https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4497791/service-update-42-for-microsoft-dynamics-365-9-1-0
- CDS for Apps core platform update expected this weekend to 9.1.0.4437 – https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4498972/service-update-44-for-microsoft-dynamics-365-9-1-0
- Sales Insights (AI for Sales) solution update to 9.0.1.7053 (enables AI Predictive Forecasting in Preview)
- Talent solution update to 6.188.0
- Field Service solution update to 8.6.0.274 – https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/it/2019/05/06/release-notes-for-field-service-version-8-7-0-105/
- Project Service solution update to 3.7.0.59 – https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/users/2019/05/08/release-notes-for-project-service-automation-update-release-7/
How do I operationalize things?
- Configuring Power BI.com Integration for Workspaces in F&O – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/unified-operations/dev-itpro/analytics/configure-power-bi-integration
Featured Content:
- Working with updated Assistant in CE, including making your own custom cards