The DFF crew all hit summer vacations and back to school at the same time, so we took this fortnight off. See you all with a month’s worth of news on the Sept 6 show!

Show Notes

What’s New in Power Platform:

* July update for Power Automate Desktop – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/power-automate/july-2024-update-of-power-automate-for-desktop/
* New Power Apps Analysis Engine is GA – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/power-apps/new-analysis-engine-now-generally-available/
* Hosted RPA updates – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/power-automate/new-power-automate-hosted-process-license-and-hosted-rpa-latest-updates/
* Easier filter creation in Canvas Apps with SharePoint data – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/power-apps/use-copilot-to-filter-to-quickly-filter-sort-and-search-canvas-app-galleries-with-sharepoint-lists/
* SQL Stored Proc execution through Power Fx now GA – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/power-apps/call-sql-server-procedures-directly-in-power-fx-ga/
* July Power Apps Feature Update – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/power-apps/whats-new-in-power-apps-july-2024-feature-update/
* August update for COE Kit is out (new business value tracker functionality) – https://github.com/microsoft/coe-starter-kit/releases/tag/CoEStarterKit-August2024

What’s New in HR/Retail/BC/Project:

* Use copilot to summarize data for employee self-service – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/release-plan/2024wave1/finance-supply-chain/dynamics365-human-resources/use-copilot-summarize-data-employee-self-service
* Enable bulk resource reconciliation APIs for ProjOps – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/release-plan/2024wave1/finance-supply-chain/dynamics365-project-operations/enable-bulk-resource-reconciliation-apis
* Announcing public preview of Dynamics 365 Store Commerce Self-checkout – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics-365/blog/it-professional/2024/08/05/announcing-public-preview-of-dynamics-365-store-commerce-self-checkout/
* Start creating Power Automate flows with Copilot – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/release-plan/2024wave1/smb/dynamics365-business-central/introduce-power-automate-copilot-integration-business-central

What’s New in F&SCM:

* Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform Release planner – https://releaseplans.microsoft.com/en-US/?app=Finance+and+Operations+cross-app
* Business Performance Analytics – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/finance/business-performance-analytics/business-performance-analytics-home-page
* Copilot for Finance – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/copilot/finance/welcome
* Enhancing and Streamlining Financial Reporting with Dynamics 365 Finance – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics-365/blog/it-professional/2024/08/02/enhancing-and-streamlining-financial-reporting-with-dynamics-365-finance/
* Introducing Traceability add-in for Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics-365/blog/it-professional/2024/07/29/introducing-traceability-for-dynamics-365-supply-chain-management/ and a video from the Fast Track team
https://community.dynamics.com/blogs/post/?postid=5054d288-fe4a-ef11-a317-000d3a1e81a8
* Dynamics 365 Field Service integration with finance and operations applications – https://community.dynamics.com/blogs/post/?postid=ad265835-d353-ef11-a317-6045bdd98efa

What’s New in Solution Updates:

* Microsoft Dynamics 365 – PowerAIExtensions to 1.0.1.197
* Globalization Solution for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance to 1.0.2763.1 then 1.0.2769.1 then 1.0.2776.1
* Agent Productivity Tools to 9.2.24064.1003
* Appprofilemanager to 10.1.24064.1005
* Dynamics 365 ChannelExperienceApps to 1.0.24064.1003
* Dynamics 365 Customer Service Intelligence to 9.1.24064.1029
* Dynamics 365 Remote Assist to 1.0.0.666
* Power Automate Process Mining to 1.3.3.9
* Adobe Acrobat Sign for Microsoft Dynamics 365 to 9.6.1.0
* Dataverse Accelerator to 1.0.5.6
* Dynamics 365 Customer Service Analytics to 9.0.24064.1002
* Omnichannel for Customer Service to 1.5.26.87
* Omnichannel for Customer Service – Base to 1.5.26.232
* Omnichannel for Customer Service – CCaaS APIs to 1.5.26.24072386
* Omnichannel for Customer Service ? SMS to 1.5.26.81
* Omnichannel for Customer Service – Facebook to 1.5.26.62
* Omnichannel for Customer Service – Social Channels to 1.5.26.70
* Omnichannel for Customer Service – Teams to 1.5.26.62
* Omnichannel for Customer Service – Telephony to 1.5.26.245
* Power Apps App D365 Teams Integration App to 9.1.2024082.240802016
* Unified Routing for Records to 1.3.0.9145
* Power Platform Pipelines to 9.1.24071.240704035
* Power Automate Extensions to 1.8.15.1
* Power Pages Core to 1.0.2407.112
* Microsoft Flow Approvals to 2.0.5.7
* Microsoft Dynamics 365 Project Operations to 4.106.0.88
* Dynamics 365 Customer Insights – Journeys real-time to 1.1.46046.74
* Dynamics 365 Customer Insights – Journeys to 1.106.2005.0

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