Show Notes
What’s New in Power Platform:
* August update of Power Automate Desktop – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/power-automate/august-2024-update-of-power-automate-for-desktop/
* Using the Power Platform Catalog – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/2024/09/11/enable-reusability-and-maintain-best-practices-with-the-catalog-in-microsoft-power-platform/
* Copilot Agents – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/blog/copilot-studio/unveiling-copilot-agents-built-with-microsoft-copilot-studio-to-supercharge-your-business/
* Governance features in Copilot Agents – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/power-apps/it-governance-controls-for-your-copilot-agents/
* Power Apps Plan – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/power-apps/build-user-focused-intelligent-solutions-in-power-apps-start-with-a-plan/
* Power Automate enhancements – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/power-automate/advancing-automation-with-new-ai-capabilities-in-power-automate/
* Summary of Power Platform Conference Announcements – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/2024/09/18/ai-powered-business-innovation-with-the-power-platform-community/
* Sept release of COE Starter Kit is out – https://github.com/microsoft/coe-starter-kit/releases/tag/CoEStarterKit-September2024
* With the 2024 release wave 2, we’re making the next phase of changes to existing Dynamics 365 model-driven apps and any existing environments. The Auto behavior for the app and environment release channel field will be changed to Monthly channel. Like the previous release, the maker or admin will be able to select the Semi-annual channel option if a slower release cadence is needed.
What’s New in CE:
* New UX of Field Service Mobile goes GA – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics-365/blog/it-professional/2024/09/16/announcing-the-general-availability-of-the-new-ux-in-field-service-mobile/
* D365 Customer Service/Contact Center adds WhatsApp Channel – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics-365/blog/it-professional/2024/09/03/try-the-first-party-whatsapp-channel-in-dynamics-365-contact-center/
What’s New in HR/Retail/BC/Project:
* Business Central 24.5 – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/dev-itpro/whatsnew/whatsnew-update-24-5
* What’s New in Human Resources 10.0.41 – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/human-resources/get-started/hr-whats-new-10-0-41
What’s New in F&SCM:
* What’s New in Finance 10.0.41 – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/finance/get-started/whats-new-changed-10-0-41
What’s New in Solution Updates:
* Omnichannel for Customer Service to 1.5.26.101
* Omnichannel for Customer Service – Facebook to 1.5.26.83
* Omnichannel for Customer Service ? SMS to 1.5.26.95
* Omnichannel for Customer Service – Social Channels to 1.5.26.92
* Omnichannel for Customer Service – Teams to 1.5.26.80
* Omnichannel for Customer Service – Telephony to 1.5.26.261
* Omnichannel for Customer Service – Base to 1.5.26.274
* Omnichannel for Customer Service – CCaaS APIs to 1.5.26.24084444
* Globalization Solution for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance to 1.0.2811.1
* Power Automate Extensions to 1.8.20.1
* Power Automate Process Mining to 1.3.4.0
* Dynamics 365 for Field Service to 8.8.123.11 then 8.8.124.21
* Power Pages Core to 1.0.2408.119
* Virtual connectors in Dataverse to 9.1.0.234
* Dynamics 365 Service Scheduling to 9.0.24082.2002
* Power Platform Pipelines to 9.1.24081.240815044 then 9.1.24083.2408190
* Dual Write Supply Chain Extended Solution to 2.3.4.359
* Dual Write Finance and Extended Solutions to 2.3.1.138
* Dynamics 365 Customer Insights – Journeys real-time to 1.1.48225.57 then 1.1.48225.66
* Agent Productivity Tools to 9.2.24083.1006
* Appprofilemanager to 10.1.24083.1006
* Dynamics 365 ChannelExperienceApps to 1.0.24083.1004
* Dynamics 365 Customer Service Analytics to 9.0.24083.1002
* Dynamics 365 Customer Service Intelligence to 9.2.24083.1034
* Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability Data Model to 2.23.0.313
* Invoice Capture for Dynamics 365 Finance to 1.8.1.1
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