Dynamics Fortnight Fridays Episode for 2023-08-25


Show Notes

What’s New in Power Platform:

* Custom Connectors in Solutions goes GA – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-general-availability-of-custom-connectors-in-solutions-as-well-as-environment-variable-secrets/
* Copilot enhancements for Power Pages makers –
https://powerpages.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/maker-copilot-for-power-pages-revolutionize-your-web-development-experience/

* Secure SQL creds and other implicitly shared connections – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/secure-implicitly-shared-connections-in-preview/
* CLI updates from July – https://devblogs.microsoft.com/powerplatform/power-platform-command-line-interface-july-update/
* More Copilot for Power Apps – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/copilot-brings-the-power-of-intelligence-to-your-favorite-power-apps/
* PAD August Release – https://powerautomate.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/august-2023-update-of-power-automate-for-desktop/
* Monitor your cloud flows – https://powerautomate.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-the-integration-of-power-automate-telemetry-data-with-azure-application-insights/

What’s New in CE:

* Mixed Reality Benefits – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/industry/blog/industrial-metaverse/2023/08/17/3-ways-mixed-reality-empowers-frontline-workers/
* Delivering exceptional service with D365 Field Service – https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/bdm/2023/08/09/introducing-copilot-in-dynamics-365-field-service-helping-your-frontline-deliver-exceptional-service-with-next-generation-ai/
* Work order form and component experience – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/field-service/work-order-experience

What’s New in HR/Retail/BC/Project:

* What’s new in Project Operations Resource Based – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/project-operations/whats-new/whats-new-aug-2023-resource-based
* What new in Project Ops Lite – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/project-operations/pro/whats-new/whats-new-aug-2023-lite

What’s New in F&SCM:

* Platform Updates 10.0.36 – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/fin-ops-core/dev-itpro/get-started/whats-new-platform-updates-10-0-36
* Finance 10.0.36 – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/finance/get-started/whats-new-changed-10-0-36

What’s New in Solution Updates:

* Flow Extensions to 1.5.13.0 then 1.5.14.0
* Omnichannel for customer service to 1.5.16.10275
* Agent Productivity tools to 9.2.23072.1010
* App Profile Manager to 10.1.23072.1014
* Real-Time Marketing to 1.1.28488.146 then 1.1.28488.148
* Service Scheduling to 9.0.23072.1027
* Enterprise Sales to 9.0.23074.10001
* Excel to table in Dataverse and Canvas App to 1.0.0.28
* Power Apps Copilot App to 1.0.0.3
* Store Operations Assist – Foundation to 1.0.0.815
* Process Mining to 1.3.2.6
* Check-ins to 5.1.0.0

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

* https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/released-versions/
* M365 Admin Center – https://portal.office.com/adminportal/home#/MessageCenter
* Customer Insights – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/customer-insights/whats-new-customer-insights

Featured Content:

* Register for the Power Platform Conference in Las Vegas in early Oct –
https://aka.ms/MPPC23/Apps/Register