Month: January 2023

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

Dynamics Fortnight Fridays Episode for 2023-01-13


Show Notes

What’s New in Power Platform:

* Updated Power Apps Code Review Tool – https://github.com/microsoft/powerapps-tools/tree/master/Tools/Apps/Microsoft.PowerApps.CodeReview
* COE Kit won’t have a Jan update – watch for early Feb next release
* Change the order of solution layers – https://community.dynamics.com/crm/b/crminthefield/posts/how-to-change-the-layers-of-a-managed-solution-in-dataverse
* Power Pages update in how connections are made to Dataverse – https://powerpages.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-pages-improved-dataverse-connection-using-dataverse-application-user/
* Excel gets Power Automate button – https://powerautomate.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/do-more-in-excel-with-power-automate/
* Virtual Table creation wizard (preview) – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/virtual-tables-creation-wizard-now-in-public-preview/
* More connectors – https://powerautomate.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/20-new-independent-publisher-connectors-in-december-2022/
* Power Automate Hosted Machines (preview) – https://powerautomate.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-new-releases-for-microsoft-power-automate-hosted-rpa/
* Shared device mode for Power Apps (preview) – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/easily-share-devices-between-multiple-frontline-workers-using-power-apps-shared-device-mode/

What’s New in CE:

* Conditional Content in Real-Time Marketing messages – https://community.dynamics.com/365/dynamics-365-fasttrack/b/dynamics-365-fasttrack-blog/posts/real-time-marketing-using-conditional-content-within-your-emails
* Direct callback in Customer Service Omnichannel – https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/it/2023/01/05/direct-callback-because-nobody-likes-to-wait-on-the-phone/
* Direct inbound calling in Omnichannel – https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/it/2023/01/09/direct-inbound-calling-premier-support-made-easy/

What’s New in HR/Retail/BC/Project:

* What’s New in BC – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365-release-plan/2022wave2/smb/dynamics365-business-central/planned-features

What’s New in F&SCM:

* Dynamics Release Planner – https://experience.dynamics.com/releaseplans/?app=Marketing&status=new&rp=all-plans
* Project Invoice Performance Features – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/project-operations/prod-pma/project-invoice-proposal-performance
* Dual Write Troubleshooter – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/fin-ops-core/dev-itpro/data-entities/dual-write/dual-write-troubleshooting-initial-setup
* Proactive Quality Updates – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/fin-ops-core/fin-ops/get-started/quality-updates
* Track Changes in Virtual Tables – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/fin-ops-core/dev-itpro/power-platform/track-changes-fin-ops-virtual-table
* China Compliance for F&SCM/Commerce by 21Vianet – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/fin-ops-core/dev-itpro/deployment/china-local-deployment
* Servicing for updates – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/fin-ops-core/dev-itpro/lifecycle-services/pre-post-servicing
* Install the Invoice Capture Solution – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/finance/accounts-payable/install-invoice-capture

What’s New in Solution Updates:

* Virtual Connectors in Dataverse to 9.0.0.1029
* F&O Virtual Entity to 2.8.1.118
* Cloud for Sustainability Data Model to 2.6.0.184 then 2.6.0.190
* Cloud for Sustainability Data Manager to 2.6.0.184
* Project Operations to 4.58.0.123
* Project Service Core to 1.0.58.243
* Dual-write for HR to 2.4.1.22
* Process Mining to 1.3.0.8
* Agent Productivity Tools to 9.2.22112.1007
* App Profile Manager to 10.1.22112.1016
* Dual-Write Core to 1.0.39
* Dual-Write Supply Chain to 2.3.4.99
* Dual-Write HR to 2.4.1.23
* Enterprise Sales to 9.0.22112.10001, then 9.0.22112.10005
* Sales Insights to 9.0.22121.10004
* Service Scheduling to 9.0.22121.1004
* Cloud for Sustainability Water Data Model to 2.6.0.190
* Microsoft Sustainability Manager to 2.6.0.190
* Flow Extensions to 1.4.11.1
* Field Service to 8.8.80.48

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