Dynamics Fortnight Fridays Episode for 2020-03-13


Show Notes

What’s New in Power Platform:

* UI Flows in Power Automate will go live both in attended and unattended modes on April 2 –
https://flow.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-power-automate-adds-robotic-process-automation-in-april/
* Recent Improvements in UI Flows –
https://flow.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-automate-ui-flows-february-2020-update-is-now-available/
* Crisis Communication and Free Push Notifications for a limited time –
https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/crisis-communication-a-power-platform-template/
* Recordings from 24-hour Power Platform Online Conference –
https://365.training/Courses/Detail/Power242020
* Getting Started guidance for PCF creation (developer-centric) –
https://community.dynamics.com/crm/b/crminthefield/posts/test
* UI Flows can now work with machines that are only AAD joined –
https://flow.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/unattended-robotic-process-automation-and-aad-support-now-available-in-ui-flows-preview/
* Good guidance if you want to build a Crisis FAQ bot using Power Virtual Agents – https://powervirtualagents.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/building-a-crisis-faq-bot-using-power-virtual-agents/
* Retention tips and tricks of your Power Virtual Agent conversation
transcripts – https://powervirtualagents.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/view-export-and-manage-retention-time-of-your-bot-conversation-transcripts/
* Model-driven App Sharing update – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/sharing-made-easy-for-model-driven-apps/

What’s New in CE:

* Create an API to allow consumption of your Customer Service Insights AI info in other places – https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/bdm/2020/03/04/derive-actionable-insights-from-your-customer-service-data/

What’s New in HR/Retail/BC:

* Commerce version update 10.0.10 – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/commerce/get-started/whats-new-commerce-10-0-10
* Business Central Update 15.3 – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/dev-itpro/whatsnew/whatsnew-update-15-3
* What’s New or Planned in BC – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365-release-plan/2019wave2/dynamics365-business-central/planned-features
* The latest updates for Human Resource – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/human-resources/hr-whats-new-2020-03-03
* HR Part 2 – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/human-resources/hr-whats-new-2020-03-10

What’s New in F&SC:

* Platform Update 34 – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/fin-ops-core/dev-itpro/get-started/whats-new-platform-update-34
* What’s new in Finance version 10.0.10 – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/finance/get-started/whats-new-changed-10-0-10

What’s New in Solution Updates:

* Core CDS Platform update to 9.1.0.13841 – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/business-applications-release-notes/dynamics/released-versions/weekly-releases/update138
* Core CDS Platform update expected this weekend to 9.1.0.14134 –
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/business-applications-release-notes/dynamics/released-versions/weekly-releases/update141
* AI Solution Anchor to 2.1.4.5, then to 2.2.1.6
* Dynamics for Marketing to 1.35.10059.1039
* Talent to 6.217.11
* Customer Insights Customer Card Add-in to 0.7.7
* Core Service Scheduling to 9.0.19122.1013
* Dynamics Sales App to 9.0.2001.4017

How do I operationalize things:

* Fix for Kanban views of Opportunities when Project Service is installed is known and making its way through the deployment pattern now. It should reach North American tenants on the weekend of 3/27.
* How to add input fields to a web-based UI Flow (to pass in parameters needed for the UI Flow to work properly)