Show Notes
What’s New in Power Platform:
* No show on 4-4. We’ll be back on 5-2-25!
* Register for Build (May 19-22) – https://register.build.microsoft.com/
* Register for Business Applications Launch Event (Apr 30) – https://register.msbizappslaunchevent.microsoft.com
* COE Starter Kit March update – https://github.com/microsoft/coe-starter-kit/releases/tag/CoEStarterKit-March2025
* Managed Security and Governance for Copilot Studio – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/it-pro/confidently-adopt-and-administer-microsoft-copilot-studio-with-managed-security-and-governance/
* How Microsoft planned an Enterprise-wide custom Agent – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/blog/copilot-studio/how-to-deploy-transformational-enterprise-wide-agents-microsoft-as-customer-zero/
* Managed Availability – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/it-pro/introducing-managed-availability-for-power-platform/
* Choose reasoning model – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/it-pro/supercharge-your-agents-and-flows-with-ai-prompts/
* GPT 4.5 in Copilot Studio (preview) – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/blog/copilot-studio/announcing-limited-preview-gpt-4-5-microsoft-copilot-studio/
* Power Pages card gallery is GA – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/power-pages/announcing-general-availability-of-card-gallery-in-power-pages/
* Advances in Power Automate telemetry – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/power-automate/enhanced-enterprise-automation-observability/
* Power CAT AI Webinar series – https://microsoft.github.io/powercat/programs/ai-webinar.html
* Model Context Protocol support in Copilot Studio – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/blog/copilot-studio/introducing-model-context-protocol-mcp-in-copilot-studio-simplified-integration-with-ai-apps-and-agents/
* Automatic Environment cleanup rules – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/admin/automatic-environment-cleanup
* Output Mode options for actions in Copilot Studio – Output mode “All” in copilot studio expands sub objects in the output instead of exposing just the L1 properties to the orchestrator. It is more expensive (higher latency) and uses more tokens so should only be used when the “Specific” isn’t sufficient for the action you are using. “Specific” exposes only the properties that have non null values from first level reflection of the object.
What’s New in CE:
* D365 Contact Center now HIPAA compliant – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics-365/blog/it-professional/2025/03/13/dynamics-365-contact-center-strengthens-patient-trust-with-hipaa-compliance/
* Teams phone enhancements for CCAAS (preview) – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics-365/blog/it-professional/2025/03/17/teams-phone-extensibility-for-dynamics-365-contact-center/
What’s New in HR/Retail/BC/Project:
* Project Operations Updates – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/project-operations/whats-new/project-operations-updates
* Project Operations Mobile – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/project-operations/prod-pma/project-timesheet
* Commerce Data Exchange (CDX) Overview – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/commerce/dev-itpro/download-sessions
* Commerce AI Summarization Q&A – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/commerce/responsible-ai/faqs-ai-summarization-hq
* Business Central Updates – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/dev-itpro/whatsnew/overview
What’s New in F&SCM:
* Performance Analytics in F&SC – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics-365/blog/business-leader/2025/02/27/unlock-insights-with-business-performance-analytics-in-microsoft-dynamics-365/
* Engineering Change Management Overview – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/supply-chain/engineering-change-management/product-engineering-overview
* Cleanup Routines in F&SC – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/fin-ops-core/dev-itpro/sysadmin/cleanuproutines
What’s New in Solution Updates:
* Dual Write Finance and Extended Solutions to 2.3.1.263
* Globalization Solution for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance to 1.0.2986.2
* Appprofilemanager to 10.1.25021.1015 then 10.1.25023.1013
* Dynamics Sales Embedded Package to 9.0.25022.10003 then 9.0.25023.10002
* Power Platform Environment Settings App to 1.1.1.985 then 1.1.1.1034
* Power Apps App Copilot PVA Bot to 9.1.2025022.250205135
* Power Platform Pipelines to 9.1.25032.250306087
* Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations Platform Tools to 1.0.5.00
* Dynamics 365 Inventory Visibility to 1.2.4.82
* Creator Kit to 1.0.20250310.1
* Globalization Solution for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance to 1.0.2906.2
* Dynamics 365 for Project Service Automation to 3.10.95.04
* Dynamics 365 Customer Service Intelligence to 9.2.25021.1039 then 9.2.25023.1024
* Power Pages Core to 1.0.2501.142
* Dynamics 365 Demand Planning Application to 1.0.0.2698
* Microsoft Dynamics 365 Project Operations to 4.124.0.1450
* Power CAT Tools to 1.0.20250314.1
* Microsoft Project Service Core to 1.0.131.105
* Agent Productivity Tools to 9.2.25023.1006
* Dynamics 365 ChannelExperienceApps to 1.0.25023.1019
* Dynamics 365 Customer Service Analytics to 9.0.25023.1001
* Dynamics 365 for Field Service to 8.8.133.214
* Microsoft Dynamics 365 – PowerAIExtensions to 1.0.1.396
* Business performance analytics to 2.0.2991.1241
* Power Automate Extensions to 1.8.45.1
* Microsoft Flow Approvals to 2.0.8.0
* Dynamics 365 Customer Insights – Journeys to 1.112.2003.0
* Dynamics 365 Customer Insights – Journeys real-time to 1.1.53893.130
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