Dynamics Fortnight Fridays Episode for 2023-01-27


Show Notes

What’s New in Power Platform:

* Check out all the updates around product plans interactively at
https://experience.dynamics.com/releaseplans/ and see a summary at
https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/bdm/2023/01/25/2023-release-wave-1-plans-for-microsoft-dynamics-365-and-power-platform-now-available/
* Power Pages data workspace is now solution aware – https://powerpages.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-pages-data-workspace-is-now-solution-aware/
* IP Cookie binding GA for Dataverse – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/ip-based-cookie-binding-in-dataverse-is-generally-available/
* Connector Updates – https://powerautomate.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/13-new-verified-connectors-and-12-updates-released-in-december-2022/
* How to set up Azure DevOps for ALM – https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Power-Apps-Community-Blog/Detail-Step-By-Step-Power-Platform-ALM-with-Azure-DevOps/ba-p/1976808
* How to set up GitHub Actions for ALM – https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Power-Apps-Community-Blog/Detail-Step-By-Step-Power-Platform-ALM-with-GitHub-Actions/ba-p/1976835
* New capabilities in Developer Environments – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/making-it-easier-to-work-with-dataverse/

What’s New in CE:

* Good tips on Conversation Intelligence for sellers – https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/it/2023/01/18/optimize-sales-conversation-follow-ups-in-2-easy-steps/
* How to use new Sales Reports – https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/it/2023/01/24/optimize-dynamics-365-sales-product-usage-with-new-reports/

What’s New in HR/Retail/BC/Project:

* 2023 Wave 1 – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/release-plan/2023wave1/
* Enable Asynchronous Payment Methods – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/release-plan/2023wave1/commerce/dynamics365-commerce/enable-asynchronous-payment-methods
* Improved Expense Mobile Application – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/release-plan/2023wave1/finance-operations/dynamics365-project-operations/use-improved-expense-mobile-application–notifications-approvals-itemization-support-through-mobile-app

What’s New in F&SCM:

* Business Events and Data Lake Export – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/fin-ops-core/dev-itpro/data-entities/azure-data-lake-generates-biz-events
* Archive and Purge Data – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/release-plan/2023wave1/finance-operations/dynamics365-finance/archive-purge-data
* Define Financial Tags – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/release-plan/2023wave1/finance-operations/dynamics365-finance/define-financial-tags-support-analytical-reporting-business-rule-automation
* Near Real-Time Inventory Insights – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/release-plan/2023wave1/finance-operations/dynamics365-supply-chain-management/empower-users-near-real-time-inventory-insights
* Multi-Vendor Sourcing – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/supply-chain/master-planning/source-from-multiple-vendors
* CTP and Planning Optimization – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/supply-chain/master-planning/planning-optimization/calculate-delivery-dates-using-ctp

What’s New in Solution Updates:

* Agent Productivity Tools to 9.2.22121.1016
* App Profile Manager to 10.1.22121.1009
* Customer Voice to 2.0.0.40
* Enterprise Sales to 9.0.22121.10002 then 9.0.22121.10011
* Sales Insights to 9.0.23011.10002
* Flow Extensions to 1.4.12.0 then 1.4.13.0
* Power BI Extensions to 1.0.0.59
* Check-ins to 4.0.0.0
* Customer Insights customer card to 0.9.7
* Cloud for Sustainability Data Model to 2.6.0.192
* Cloud for Sustainability Water Data Model to 2.6.0.192
* Power Platform Pipelines to 9.1.0.36
* Virtual Connectors in Dataverse to 9.0.0.1057
* F&O Virtual Entity to 2.8.2.105
* Omnichannel Customer Service to 1.5.16.9771
* Field Service to 8.8.81.89
* Marketing to 1.1.18092.102
* Service Scheduling to 9.0.22124.1003

3 Places you can look to find out some of the details of these updates:

* https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/released-versions/
* https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-apps/developer/data-platform/webapi/reference/solutions?view=dataverse-latest
* Customer Insights – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/customer-insights/whats-new-customer-insights