Dynamics Fortnight Fridays Episode for 2023-03-10


Show Notes

What’s New in Power Platform:

* Desktop Flow Monitoring goes GA – https://powerautomate.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/monitor-your-rpa-automations-with-desktop-flow-activity-generally-available/
* Good guidance on how to think through rolling out Viva Sales – https://community.dynamics.com/365/dynamics-365-fasttrack/b/dynamics-365-fasttrack-blog/posts/empower-your-sellers-by-driving-viva-sales-adoption
* Pipelines goes GA – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/pipelines-in-power-platform-is-generally-available-ga/
* Special Connector for the Teams app called Updates – https://powerautomate.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/automate-workflows-with-power-automate-connector-for-updates-in-microsoft-teams/
* Part 2 in performance testing Dataverse series – https://community.dynamics.com/365/dynamics-365-fasttrack/b/dynamics-365-fasttrack-blog/posts/dataverse-performance-testing-concepts-part-2-authentication
* Customize the welcome message for new makers – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-public-preview-of-maker-welcome-content-in-power-apps/
* Open AI in Power Platform – https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/powerplatform/2023/03/06/build-solutions-faster-with-microsoft-power-platform-and-next-generation-ai
* Open AI models in AI Builder coming soon – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/ai-builder/prebuilt-azure-openai
* Open AI to boost PVA conversations soon also – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-virtual-agents/nlu-gpt-overview and https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-virtual-agents/nlu-boost-conversations
* Put Cloud Flows in Solutions by default – https://powerautomate.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/more-manageable-cloud-flows-with-dataverse-solutions-by-default/
* Great tip on Power Pages data change auditing – https://community.dynamics.com/365/b/crminthefield/posts/power-pages-what-contact-created-modified-this-record
* COE Kit will NOT have a March update (ALM Accelerator did). Look for a preview release of a new version soon based on the Export to Data Lake feature.
* Cards are now even easier – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/easily-design-and-automatically-send-actionable-data-driven-cards-in-teams/
* New connectors – https://powerautomate.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/11-new-independent-publisher-connectors-in-february-2023/

What’s New in CE:

* Copilot for Business Applications Announcement – https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2023/03/06/introducing-microsoft-dynamics-365-copilot/ and https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/bdm/2023/03/06/introducing-microsoft-dynamics-365-copilot-bringing-next-generation-ai-to-every-line-of-business/
* SMS messaging in Sales – https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/it/2023/03/02/how-to-engage-customers-with-the-right-communication-channels/

What’s New in HR/Retail/BC/Project:

* Copilot for BC – https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/bdm/2023/03/06/introducing-microsoft-dynamics-365-copilot-bringing-next-generation-ai-to-every-line-of-business/
* New Features in BC – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/release-plan/2023wave1/smb/dynamics365-business-central/planned-features
* Upcoming Features in Commerce 10.0.33 – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/commerce/get-started/whats-new-commerce-10-0-33
* Configure the Store App in Commerce – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/commerce/dev-itpro/store-commerce
* Nice Commerce Architecture Doc – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/commerce/commerce-architecture
* Project Operations Updates – https://experience.dynamics.com/releaseplans/?app=Project+Operations&rp=all-plans

What’s New in F&SCM:

* Copilot for SCM – https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/bdm/2023/03/06/introducing-microsoft-dynamics-365-copilot-bringing-next-generation-ai-to-every-line-of-business/
* Enable Power Platform Integration via LCS – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/fin-ops-core/dev-itpro/power-platform/enable-power-platform-integration
* Electronic Reporting Overview – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/fin-ops-core/dev-itpro/analytics/general-electronic-reporting
* Small Parcel Shipping – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/supply-chain/warehousing/small-parcel-shipping
* Platform Updates 10.0.33 – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/fin-ops-core/dev-itpro/get-started/whats-new-platform-updates-10-0-33

What’s New in Solution Updates:

* Flow extensions to 1.4.18.0 then 1.4.19.0
* Enterprise Sales to 9.0.23014.10003 then 9.0.23021.10001
* Omnichannel for Customer Service to 1.5.16.9939
* Field Service to 8.8.83.21
* Service Scheduling to 9.0.23022.2001
* Process Mining to 1.3.0.11
* Dual-write Party and Global Address Book to 3.5.1.76

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