Show Notes

What’s New in Power Platform:

* Copilot Studio Nov Updates – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/blog/copilot-studio/whats-new-in-copilot-studio-november/
* Model-Driven App Smart Paste – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/power-apps/new-smart-paste-makes-filling-forms-as-easy-as-copy-paste/
* Power Apps Oct Features – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/power-apps/whats-new-in-power-apps-october-2024-feature-update/
* Native Git integration – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/power-apps/introducing-git-integration-in-power-platform-preview/
* Copilot for formulas in power apps – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/power-apps/creating-and-explaining-formulas-with-copilot-now-even-easier/
* Power Pages CDN updates – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/power-pages/optimize-power-pages-site-performance-with-content-delivery-network-cdn-for-static-web-pages/
* Power Automate Desktop Nov Updates – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/power-automate/november-2024-update-of-power-automate-for-desktop/

What’s New in CE:

* Document Summary in Copilot for Sales – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics-365/blog/it-professional/2024/11/07/boost-seller-productivity-with-document-summary-by-copilot-in-dynamics-365-sales/

What’s New in HR/Retail/BC/Project:

* Explore recruiting copilot scenarios – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/release-plan/2024wave2/finance-supply-chain/dynamics365-human-resources/recruiting-copilot-scenarios
* Commerce Copilots going GA – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/release-plan/2024wave2/commerce/dynamics365-commerce/planned-features
* Optimize processes with agent-led time, expense, and approvals – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/release-plan/2024wave2/finance-supply-chain/dynamics365-project-operations/optimize-processes-agent-led-time-expense-approvals
* Use the enhanced Quote experience and AI Quote summary – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/release-plan/2024wave2/finance-supply-chain/dynamics365-project-operations/use-enhanced-quote-experience-ai-quote-summary
* What’s new and planned for Dynamics 365 Business Central – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/release-plan/2024wave2/smb/dynamics365-business-central/planned-features

What’s New in F&SCM:

* Business performance analytics is now Generally Available – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/finance/business-performance-analytics/business-performance-analytics-home-page
* Business Performance Analytics – FastTrack TechTalk Series – https://community.dynamics.com/blogs/post/?postid=b5d85810-fd92-ef11-ac21-6045bda7f7fb
* Reconciliation in under 5 minutes using Microsoft 365 Copilot for Finance – https://community.dynamics.com/blogs/post/?postid=5fcb39f5-2ca1-ef11-8a69-7c1e52190d97
* Approvals Management mobile app for Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management – https://community.dynamics.com/blogs/post/?postid=2301ff82-3692-ef11-ac21-6045bda6da2f
* Adaptive Card controls – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/fin-ops-core/dev-itpro/user-interface/adaptive-cards
* Introducing Unified Pricing Management: A Revolutionary Approach to Attribute-Based Pricing – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics-365/blog/it-professional/2024/10/17/introducing-unified-pricing-management-a-revolutionary-approach-to-attribute-based-pricing/
* Transform work with autonomous agents across your business processes – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics-365/blog/business-leader/2024/10/21/transform-work-with-autonomous-agents-across-your-business-processes/

What’s New in Solution Updates:

* Power Automate Extensions to 1.8.28.2 then 1.8.29.1
* Power Apps App Copilot PVA Bot to 9.1.2024105.241029101 then 9.1.2024113.241108106
* Copilot for finance and operations apps to 1.0.02850.4
* Power Pages Core to 1.0.2409.127
* Power Platform Environment Settings App to 1.1.0.6528 then 1.1.0.6641
* Globalization Solution for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance to 1.0.2868.1
* Microsoft Dynamics 365 Project Operations to 4.121.0.50
* Invoice Capture for Dynamics 365 Finance to 1.8.3.40
* Workforce Management for Customer Service to 9.0.24104.1005
* Microsoft Project Service Core to 1.0.121.34
* Power Automate Process Mining to 1.3.10.0
* Agent Productivity Tools to 9.2.24102.1002
* Appprofilemanager to 10.1.24102.1012
* Dynamics 365 ChannelExperienceApps to 1.0.24102.1010
* Dynamics 365 Customer Service Analytics to 9.0.24102.1001
* Dynamics 365 Customer Service Intelligence to 9.2.24102.1063
* Dynamics 365 for Field Service to 8.8.128.214
* Dynamics 365 Service Scheduling to 9.0.24102.2004
* Dynamics Sales Embedded Package to 9.0.24102.10005
* Microsoft Dynamics 365 – PowerAIExtensions to 1.0.1.273
* Omnichannel for Customer Service to 1.5.26.113
* Omnichannel for Customer Service – Base to 1.5.26.322
* Omnichannel for Customer Service – CCaaS APIs to 1.5.26.48208686
* Omnichannel for Customer Service – Outbound to 1.5.26.29
* Omnichannel for Customer Service – Social Channels to 1.5.26.105
* Omnichannel for Customer Service – Telephony to 1.5.26.333
* Omnichannel for Customer Service – Teams to 1.5.26.90
* Omnichannel Power Virtual Agent Extension to 1.5.26.26
* Omnichannel Telephony Power Virtual Agent Extension to 1.5.26.26
* Omnichannel for Customer Service ? SMS to 1.5.26.123
* Business Copilot AI to 2.0.0.160
* Store Operations Assist to 1.0.0.1107
* Project ESG Reporting Premium (preview) to 2.25.0.123
* Unified Routing for Records to 1.3.0.11826

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

Special Notes:

* Don’t forget to register for and attend Ignite next week – https://register.ignite.microsoft.com/
* No show a fortnight from now (day after Thanksgiving). We’ll be back on Dec 13.

Show Notes

What’s New in Power Platform:

* Entra External ID Auth comes to Power Pages – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/power-pages/unveiling-seamless-authentication-with-power-pages-and-microsoft-entra-external-id/
* Cloud Flows Best Practices Whitepaper – https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2290320
* More security options for Power Pages – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/power-pages/power-pages-security-features-enhancing-website-security-for-admins-in-ppac/
* Picture in Picture in Power Automate – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/power-automate/work-and-automate-simultaneously-with-picture-in-picture-in-power-automate/
* Data Workspace goes GA – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/power-apps/data-workspace-is-now-generally-available/
* Update your DLP rules – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/power-automate/82-new-power-platform-connectors-and-43-updates-to-elevate-your-automation-journey/
* Solution Explorer in Copilot Studio – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot-studio/authoring-solutions-overview
* Reusable components for Copilot Studio (preview) – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot-studio/authoring-export-import-copilot-components
* Pipelines Enhancements – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/power-apps/exciting-new-updates-for-pipelines-in-power-platform/
* Intelligent Forms for Power Pages – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/power-pages/announcing-intelligent-forms-for-power-pages-preview/
* Better reusable component handling in Power Pages – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/power-pages/add-reusable-custom-components-in-design-studio/
* Copilot Studio Autonomous Agents – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/blog/copilot-studio/unlocking-autonomous-agent-capabilities-with-microsoft-copilot-studio/ and https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics-365/blog/business-leader/2024/10/21/transform-work-with-autonomous-agents-across-your-business-processes/ and https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2024/10/21/new-autonomous-agents-scale-your-team-like-never-before/
* Canvas App Coauthoring goes GA – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/power-apps/canvas-coauthoring-is-now-generally-available/
* Environment settings enforcement app – https://powertricks.io/settings-enforcer/
* Oct release of Power Automate Desktop – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/power-automate/october-2024-update-of-power-automate-for-desktop/
* Wave 2 2024 Announcements – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics-365/blog/business-leader/2024/10/29/2024-release-wave-2-launches-with-hundreds-of-copilot-capabilities/
* HR Copilot Agents – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/blog/copilot-studio/transform-hr-with-ai-powered-agents/

What’s New in CE:

* Oct updates for Copilot for Sales – https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-copilot-for-sales-blog/what-s-new-in-copilot-for-sales-october-2024/ba-p/4253275
* Advice for email marketers – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics-365/blog/it-professional/2024/10/16/rethinking-email-metrics-the-evolving-landscape-of-open-rates/
* Go to Customer Service Workspace – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics-365/blog/it-professional/2024/10/30/migrate-from-customer-service-hub-to-customer-service-workspace/

What’s New in HR/Retail/BC/Project:

* What’s New Project Operations Resource Based – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/project-operations/whats-new/whats-new-sep-2024-resource-based
* What’s New Project Operations Lite – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/project-operations/pro/whats-new/whats-new-sep-2024-lite
* End of Support for GP – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics-365/blog/it-professional/2024/09/25/announcing-end-of-support-for-dynamics-gp/

What’s New in F&SCM:

* What’s New Supply Chain 10.0.42 – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/supply-chain/get-started/whats-new-scm-10-0-42

What’s New in Solution Updates:

* Microsoft Dynamics 365 – PowerAIExtensions to 1.0.1.250 then 1.0.1.262
* Omnichannel for Customer Service – Base to 1.5.26.288 then 1.5.26.304
* Omnichannel for Customer Service – CCaaS APIs to 1.5.26.48188653 then 1.5.26.48204672
* Omnichannel for Customer Service – Facebook to 1.5.26.88
* Omnichannel for Customer Service ? SMS to 1.5.26.114 then 1.5.26.118
* Omnichannel for Customer Service – Social Channels to 1.5.26.99
* Omnichannel for Customer Service – Teams to 1.5.26.85
* Omnichannel for Customer Service – Telephony to 1.5.26.318
* Unified Routing for Records to 1.3.0.11039, then 1.3.0.11732
* Globalization Solution for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance to 1.0.2833.1 then 1.0.2839.1 then 1.0.2853.1
* Microsoft Dynamics 365 Project Operations to 4.120.0.106 then 4.120.0.164
* Copilot for finance and operations apps to 1.0.02832.4
* Microsoft Project Service Core to 1.0.120.77
* Appprofilemanager to 10.1.24091.1006 then 10.1.24095.1011
* Dynamics 365 Service Scheduling to 9.0.24092.1003 then 9.0.24094.1002
* Power Automate Extensions to 1.8.24.0 then 1.8.26.0 then 1.8.27.2
* Power Automate Process Mining to 1.3.6.0 then 1.3.8.0 then 1.3.9.0
* Power Platform Pipelines to 9.1.24092.240909052
* Business performance analytics to 1.6.2836.1121
* Copilot in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance to 1.0.2837.2
* Customer Insights Real-Time Journeys to 1.1.49129.110
* Dynamics 365 for Field Service to 8.8.127.75 then 8.8.127.141
* Dynamics 365 Customer Voice to 2.0.0.48
* Power Apps App D365 Teams Integration App to 9.1.2024104.241018024 then 9.1.2024105.241028
* Power Pages Core to 1.0.2409.121
* Virtual connectors in Dataverse to 9.1.0.306 then 9.1.0.311
* Agent Productivity Tools to 9.2.24093.1007 then 9.2.24095.1003
* Dynamics 365 for Project Service Automation to 3.10.93.29
* Dual Write Supply Chain Extended Solution to 2.3.4.367
* Invoice Capture for Dynamics 365 Finance to 1.8.2.20 then 1.8.3.5
* Dynamics 365 Customer Service Intelligence to 9.2.24095.1029
* Dynamics 365 Customer Service Analytics to 9.0.24095.1004
* Dynamics 365 ChannelExperienceApps to 1.0.24095.1008
* Power Platform Environment Settings App to 1.1.0.6208
* Power Apps App Copilot PVA Bot to 9.1.2024105.241029101
* Power Apps SharePoint Integration App to 9.1.2024105.241028010
* Power Platform Connection References to 1.12.5.0

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