Show Notes

What’s New in Power Platform:

• The bible of Power Automate management – https://community.dynamics.com/crm/b/crminthefield/posts/monitoring-the-power-platform-power-automate—management-and-admin-connector-my-and-solution-aware-deep-dive
• Deep dive on Power Apps Monitor (the maker tool) – https://community.dynamics.com/crm/b/crminthefield/posts/monitoring-the-power-platform-canvas-driven-apps—the-monitoring-tool
• COE Toolkit version 2.0 – https://github.com/microsoft/powerapps-tools/releases/tag/v2.0-coestarterkit
• Nice details on how to instrument Canvas Apps with App Insights, including lots of details about specific event logging and how to query the logs –https://community.dynamics.com/crm/b/crminthefield/posts/monitoring-the-power-platform-canvas-apps—getting-started-with-application-insights
• Detailed whitepaper on how to do ALM and DevOps with Microsoft’s Power Platform – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/finally-application-lifecycle-management-alm-on-the-power-platform-explained/
• Power Virtual Agents can now directly use BOT Framework Composer – https://powervirtualagents.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-virtual-agents-bot-framework-enabling-everyone-to-build-intelligent-chatbots/
• Power Automate rapidly expands RPA capabilities with acquisition of Softomotive – https://flow.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-acquires-softomotive-to-expand-low-code-robotic-process-automation-capabilities-in-microsoft-power-automate/
• Great clickable List of Power Platform sessions from Microsoft Business Applications Summit 2020 – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/mbas-2020/
• More info on new reporting endpoint (TDS or Tabular Data Stream) for CDS – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/tabular-data-stream-tds-protocol-endpoint-for-common-data-service-cds/
• Canvas App Makers get new expression syntax for Self and Launch – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/formulas-launch-to-self-and-self-operator/
• Improvements in Canvas App debugging tool – Monitor – including collaborative monitoring – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/collaborate-and-debug-an-app-together-in-real-time-with-monitor/

What’s New in CE:

• How to work with SLAs in the 1H2020 Release – https://neilparkhurst.com/2020/05/07/slas-unified-interface-april-wave-2020/
• Once your Field Service Solution version hits 8.8.22+ (should be available this weekend in North America), check out a new app for the mobile experience – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/field-service/mobile-2020-power-platform
• New calendar control available for CE and all model-driven apps – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/enhanced-integrated-calendar-experience/

What’s New in HR/Retail/BC:

• What’s new in Human Resources – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/human-resources/hr-whats-new-2020-05-14
• Say goodbye to storage constraints in Business Central – https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/it/2020/04/28/extend-data-storage-for-dynamics-365-business-central/
• Human Resources now gets to be embedded in Teams – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/human-resources/hr-admin-teams-leave-app

What’s New in F&SCM:

• Updates in Search within LCS – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365-release-plan/2020wave1/finance-operations-crossapp-capabilities/lifecyle-services-issue-search-improvements
• IoT Intelligence in Supply Chain – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/supply-chain/iot/iot-intelligence-home-page

What’s New in Solution Updates:

• Core CDS Platform update to 9.1.0.16845 – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/business-applications-release-notes/dynamics/released-versions/weekly-releases/update168
• Core CDS Platform update expected this weekend to 9.1.0.17154 (H1 features should get auto-enabled) – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/business-applications-release-notes/dynamics/released-versions/weekly-releases/update171
• Channel Integration Framework to 9.2.1.599
• Sales Insights to 9.0.1.70101, then to 9.0.2004.3007
• Omnichannel to 1.5.5.2153
• AI Solution Anchor to 2.4.1.7, then to 2.4.2.7
• Customer Insights Card to 0.7.10
• Service Level Agreement to 9.0.20043.2092
• Dynamics 365 for Talent Anchor to 6.217.14

How do I operationalize things:

• Model-Driven App Sharing Nuances – if the “My Apps” subgroup is missing from your legacy Settings area, I’ll show you how to get it back dropping in this relative URL:  /tools/AppModuleContainer/applandingtilepage.aspx (you can also get it back by dropping this at the end of your core URL in the browser:  /main.aspx?forceUCI=1&pagetype=apps
• Connecting Power BI to CDM Folders Tips (make sure your URL has “dfs” instead of “blob” in the middle of it)
• Enabling SQL and Power BI direct connectivity that should light up over this Memorial Day weekend in North America with CDS build 171 (a release earlier than predicted) – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/maker/common-data-service/view-entity-data-power-bi