Dynamics Fortnight Fridays Episode for 2024-02-09


Show Notes

What’s New in Power Platform:

* January update for Power Automate Desktop – https://powerautomate.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/january-2024-update-of-power-automate-for-desktop/
* January Power Apps Feature Update – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/whats-new-power-apps-january-2024-feature-update/
* Securing implicit connections is GA – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/general-availability-of-secure-implicit-connections/
* VNet Data Gateways are GA – https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/vnet-data-gateway-for-fabric-and-power-bi-is-now-generally-available/
* COE Starter Kit Feb Release – https://github.com/microsoft/coe-starter-kit/releases/tag/CoEStarterKit-February2024
* Improvements to AI Builder document handling – https://powerautomate.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/custom-processing-for-invoice-and-document-field-types-generally-available/
* January updates for theming in Power Apps – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/january-2024-updates-for-modernization-and-theming-in-power-apps/
* Copilot to make Power Apps is GA – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/building-new-apps-and-tables-with-maker-copilot-is-now-available-in-8-languages-worldwide/

What’s New in CE:

* Translation service for Dynamics – https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/it/2024/01/29/dynamics-365-translation-service/
* Tips and tricks for Sequences in Sales – https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/it/2024/01/30/support-parallel-working-with-multiple-sequences-in-dynamics-365-sales/
* Copilot for Sales and Service both went GA – https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/bdm/2024/02/01/microsoft-copilot-for-sales-and-copilot-for-service-are-now-generally-available/
* Enhanced focused view of records for sellers – https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/it/2024/02/05/enhanced-focused-view-in-dynamics-365-sales-helps-optimize-task-execution/

What’s New in HR/Retail/BC/Project:

* Human Resources Roadmap Wave 1 2024 – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/release-plan/2024wave1/finance-supply-chain/dynamics365-human-resources/planned-features
* Business Central in 2024 release wave 1 – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/release-plan/2024wave1/smb/dynamics365-business-central/
* Business Central March Updates – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/release-plan/2024wave1/smb/dynamics365-business-central/planned-features

What’s New in F&SCM:

* Finance Roadmap Wave 1 2024 – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/release-plan/2024wave1/finance-supply-chain/dynamics365-finance/
* Supply Chain Roadmap Wave 1 2024 – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/release-plan/2024wave1/finance-supply-chain/dynamics365-supply-chain-management/
* Supply Chain Management 10.0.39 (April 2024) – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/supply-chain/get-started/whats-new-scm-10-0-39

What’s New in Solution Updates:

* Process Mining to 1.3.2.15
* Dynamics 365 Channel Experience Apps to 1.0.23121.2002 then 1.0.24012.2001
* Dual-write core to 1.0.24011.1
* Dual Write Supply Chain Extended to 2.3.4.291
* Flow (Power Automate) Extensions to 1.7.1.1, then 1.7.2.0
* Omnichannel for Customer Service Base to 1.5.26.91
* Unified Routing for Records to 1.3.0.6074
* Field Service to 8.8.106.22
* Catalog Client to 1.4.0.6
* App Profile Manager to 10.1.23123.1015 then 10.1.24012.1013
* Agent Productivity Tools to 9.2.23123.1017 then 9.2.24012.1005
* Dynamics 365 Service Scheduling to 9.0.24014.1012
* Dynamics 365 Channel Experience Apps to 1.0.23123.2004
* Dynamics 365 Customer Service Analytics to 1.2.23347.1 then 1.2.24004.1
* Excel to Table in Dataverse and Canvas App to 1.0.5.0
* Dynamics 365 Invoice Capture to 1.0.1.19
* Power Platform Pipelines to 9.1.24013.2401251
* Finance and Operations Virtual Entity to 2.9.0.70
* Cloud for Sustainability to 2.16.0.541

4 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
* F&SC Release Schedule – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/fin-ops-core/dev-itpro/get-started/quality-updates-schedule