Show Notes
What’s New in Power Platform:
* Environment Customer Managed Keys now protect Power Automate – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/power-automate/microsoft-power-automate-customer-managed-key-support-now-generally-available/
* Copilot Studio updates – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/blog/copilot-studio/copilot-studio-is-enhancing-its-platform-with-knowledge-improvements-azure-ai-integration-and-more/
* Power Pages updates – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/power-pages/microsoft-power-pages-enhancing-business-websites-with-ai-powered-features-and-experiences/
* Power Apps updates – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/power-apps/intelligent-apps-now-created-with-a-plan-optimized-with-agents-and-scaled-on-a-fully-managed-platform/
* Power Automate updates – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/power-automate/the-next-frontier-in-enterprise-intelligent-automations-with-microsoft-power-automate/
* Managed Security – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/it-pro/introducing-managed-security-for-microsoft-dynamics-365-and-power-platform-advanced-protection-for-an-ai-driven-world/
* Managed Operations – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/it-pro/introducing-managed-operations-for-microsoft-dynamics-365-and-power-platform/
* All-up low code dev updates – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/2024/11/19/redefine-development-ai-first-innovation-with-agents-and-microsoft-copilot-in-power-platform/
* Autonomous Agents – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/blog/copilot-studio/unlocking-autonomous-agent-capabilities-with-microsoft-copilot-studio/
* AI Builder updates – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/power-automate/boost-productivity-automate-emails-documents-and-images-with-microsoft-ai-builder/
* Power Pages Summarization API – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/power-pages/introducing-the-power-pages-data-summarization-api/
* Advisor helps more than ever with Power Pages – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/power-pages/empowering-administrators-new-performance-and-security-recommendations-for-power-pages-in-power-advisor/
* And Power Pages is represented more completely in PPAC – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/power-pages/power-pages-dashboards-now-available-in-the-new-power-platform-admin-center-preview/
* Power Pages gets better help in context when making pages – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/power-pages/transform-page-creation-with-in-context-copilot-and-the-power-of-natural-language/
* Copilot Hub – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/it-pro/announcing-general-availability-of-copilot-hub-in-power-platform-admin-center/
* Easier PCF making – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/power-apps/react-and-fluent-based-virtual-code-components-are-now-generally-available/
* November Power Apps Feature Update – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/power-apps/whats-new-in-power-apps-november-2024-feature-update/
* Prebuilt agents in Copilot Studio – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/blog/copilot-studio/explore-agents-pre-built-for-you-in-microsoft-copilot-studio/
* Licensing clarification for Managed Environments – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/it-pro/announcing-exciting-updates-to-managed-environments-licensing/
* Managed Environment sharing limits gains – https://m365admin.handsontek.net/power-platform-copilot-studio-sharing-limits-and-solution-aware-cloud-flow-sharing-limits/
* Automation Center overview – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-automate/automation-center-overview
* New document processing model available (preview) – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/ai-builder/create-form-processing-model#try-the-new-model-version-preview
What’s New in CE:
* Enhancing OOB Sales Agents – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics-365/blog/it-professional/2024/11/21/microsoft-ignite-fall-2024-new-ai-capabilities-in-dynamics-365-sales-to-enhance-seller-productivity/
* Ways to improve email marketing – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics-365/blog/it-professional/2024/12/02/optimize-your-email-marketing-with-advanced-analytics-features/
* More about Sales Agents – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics-365/blog/business-leader/2024/12/09/pipeline-optimization-how-to-prioritize-and-close-more-deals/
What’s New in HR/Retail/BC/Project:
* Integrate Field Service with service management – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/release-plan/2024wave2/smb/dynamics365-business-central/integrate-field-service-service-management
* Use refreshed demo data for Sustainability – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/release-plan/2024wave2/smb/dynamics365-business-central/use-refreshed-demo-data-sustainability
* Microsoft Sustainability Manager overview – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/industry/sustainability/sustainability-manager-overview
* Microsoft is recognized as a Leader in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud ERP for Service-Centric and Product-Centric Enterprises – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics-365/blog/business-leader/2024/12/02/microsoft-is-recognized-as-a-leader-in-the-2024-gartner-magic-quadrant-for-cloud-erp-for-service-centric-enterprises/
What’s New in F&SCM:
* AI actions for finance and operations business logic – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/release-plan/2024wave2/finance-supply-chain/finance-operations-crossapp-capabilities/ai-actions-finance-operations-business-logic
* Extend Copilot in finance and operations apps with client actions – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/release-plan/2024wave2/finance-supply-chain/finance-operations-crossapp-capabilities/extend-copilot-finance-operations-apps-client-actions
* Generative help in business performance planning application – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/release-plan/2024wave2/finance-supply-chain/dynamics365-finance/planning-generative-help-business-performance-planning-application
* Automate procure-to-pay tasks with the supplier communications agent – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/release-plan/2024wave2/finance-supply-chain/dynamics365-supply-chain-management/automate-procure-to-pay-tasks-copilot
* EntityUtil: Create complex entities in the lake database | Dynamics 365 Bites – https://community.dynamics.com/blogs/post/?postid=9630c804-5eb7-ef11-b8e8-6045bdd88f4f
What’s New in Solution Updates:
* Power Apps App Copilot PVA Bot to 9.1.2024114.241114109 then 9.1.2024121.241204 then 9.1.2024121.241204118 then 9.1.2024122.241209
* Virtual connectors in Dataverse to 9.1.0.317
* Business Copilot AI to 2.0.0.160 then 2.0.0.275
* Dynamics 365 Demand Planning Application to 1.0.0.1733
* Globalization Solution for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance to 1.0.2875.1 then 1.0.2882.1 then 1.0.2889.1 then 1.0.2896.1 then 1.0.2902.1
* Real-Time Customer Insights Journeys to 1.1.50062.82
* Dynamics 365 Customer Service Analytics to 9.0.24104.1026
* Dynamics Sales Embedded Package to 9.0.24102.10007 to 9.0.24104.10005 then 9.0.24111.10007
* Power Automate Extensions to 1.8.30.0 then 1.8.32.0
* Power Automate Process Mining to 1.3.11.0 then 1.3.12.0
* Power Platform Connection References to 1.12.5.0
* Power Platform Environment Settings App to 1.1.0.6717 then 1.1.1.29 then 1.1.1.199
* Dynamics 365 for Field Service to 8.8.129.177
* Power Apps Checker to 2.0.0.137
* Creator Kit to 1.0.20241119.01
* Omnichannel for Customer Service – Base to 1.5.26.324
* Omnichannel for Customer Service – CCaaS APIs to 1.5.26.48222698 then 1.5.26.48222702
* Unified Routing for Records to 1.3.0.12129
* Agent Productivity Tools to 9.2.24104.2000
* Appprofilemanager to 10.1.24104.1009
* Dynamics 365 ChannelExperienceApps to 1.0.24104.1007
* Dynamics 365 Customer Service Intelligence to 9.2.24104.1053 then 9.2.24104.1054
* Dynamics 365 Service Scheduling to 9.0.24104.2001
* Power Apps App D365 Teams Integration App to 9.1.2024121.241204
* Store Operations Assist to 1.0.2.2482
* Dual-write core solution to 1.0.24121.1
* Business performance analytics to 1.7.2873.1159
* Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability Data Model to 2.26.0.998
* Invoice Capture for Dynamics 365 Finance to 1.8.3.160
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