Dynamics Fortnight Fridays Episode for 2025-01-24


Show Notes

What’s New in Power Platform:

* Register for Powerful Devs online conference on Feb 12 – https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/reactor/series/S-1440/
* Better Dataverse Table management experience (with limitations) – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/power-apps/work-with-existing-tables-in-data-workspace/
* Nice Pipelines (Managed Operations) enhancement – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/power-apps/introducing-maker-and-admin-deployment-pages/
* Copilot Studio Agents in M365 Copilot Chat – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/blog/copilot-studio/enabling-agents-in-microsoft-365-copilot-chat/
* Manage Copilot Studio message capacity – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot-studio/requirements-messages-management
* Power Pages revamped release cadence – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/power-pages/announcing-alm-aligned-monthly-updates-for-power-pages/
* More supported controls for Power Apps – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/power-apps/ga-announcement-6-additional-modern-controls-in-canvas/
* Nice enhancements to Power FX – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/power-apps/user-defined-functions-user-defined-types-and-enhanced-component-properties-move-forward/
* SQL Server Environment Variables (Entra auth only) – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/power-apps/sql-server-environment-variables-available-for-power-apps/
* Copilot Chat Starter Kit – https://aka.ms/Copilot/ChatAgentStarterKitDownload
* Release Plans for wave 1 of 2025 – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics-365/blog/business-leader/2025/01/23/2025-release-wave-1-plans-for-microsoft-dynamics-365-microsoft-power-platform-and-role-based-copilot-offerings/
* Power Apps Plan Designer now in Public Preview – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/power-apps/introducing-the-plan-designer-in-power-apps-preview/
* Update your firewall rules for Power Apps telemetry – https://m365admin.handsontek.net/power-apps-update-your-firewall-rules-to-add-the-new-telemetry-endpoints-by-february-20-2025/
* Manage Dataverse system views through security roles – https://m365admin.handsontek.net/power-platform-manage-system-views-with-security-role-public-preview/
* Restore default environment backups to Developer environments – https://m365admin.handsontek.net/power-platform-default-type-backup-restore-to-developer-type-is-available/
* Self-service Tenant to Tenant environment migrations through PowerShell – https://m365admin.handsontek.net/power-platform-tenant-to-tenant-migrations-public-preview-announcement/

What’s New in CE:

* Time to move on from Unified Service Desk (USD) – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics-365/blog/it-professional/2025/01/22/transition-from-unified-service-desk-to-customer-service-workspace/

What’s New in HR/Retail/BC/Project:

* Business Central Roadmap – https://releaseplans.microsoft.com/en-US/?app=Business+Central&status=planned
* Commerce Roadmap – https://releaseplans.microsoft.com/en-US/?app=Commerce&status=planned
* Project Operations Roadmap – https://releaseplans.microsoft.com/en-US/?app=Project+Operations&status=planned

What’s New in F&SCM:

* Copilot Summary in Finance and Supply Chain – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/fin-ops-core/fin-ops/copilot/copilot-for-finance-operations
* Roadmap for Supply Chain – https://releaseplans.microsoft.com/en-US/?app=Supply+Chain+Management&status=planned

What’s New in Solution Updates:

* Omnichannel for Customer Service to 1.5.26.118
* Omnichannel for Customer Service – Base to 1.5.26.346
* Omnichannel for Customer Service – CCaaS APIs to 1.5.26.48242720
* Omnichannel for Customer Service – Facebook to 1.5.26.97
* Omnichannel for Customer Service ? SMS to 1.5.26.134
* Omnichannel for Customer Service – Social Channels to 1.5.26.111
* Omnichannel for Customer Service – Teams to 1.5.26.94
* Omnichannel for Customer Service – Telephony to 1.5.26.348
* Omnichannel Power Virtual Agent Extension to 1.5.26.28
* Omnichannel Telephony Power Virtual Agent Extension to 1.5.26.28
* Power Apps App Copilot PVA Bot to 9.1.2024122.241209119
* Unified Routing for Records to 1.3.24121.2007
* D365 Customer Insights – Journeys real-time to 1.1.51539.135
* Power Automate Extensions to 1.8.36.1
* Agent Productivity Tools to 9.2.24114.1001 then 9.2.24122.1003
* Appprofilemanager to 10.1.24114.1003 then 10.1.24122.1008
* Dynamics 365 ChannelExperienceApps to 1.0.24114.1004 then 1.0.24122.2001
* Dynamics 365 Customer Service Analytics to 9.0.24114.1001 then 9.0.24122.1001
* Dynamics 365 Customer Service Intelligence to 9.2.24114.1034 then 9.2.24122.1024
* Dynamics Sales Embedded Package to 9.0.24114.10008
* Power Automate Process Mining to 1.3.15.0
* Power Platform Environment Settings App to 1.1.1.501 then 1.1.1.641
* Dynamics 365 Service Scheduling to 9.0.24114.2001
* Dynamics 365 for Field Service to 8.8.131.79
* Power Platform Pipelines to 9.1.24123.241216072
* Business Copilot AI to 2.0.0.371
* Globalization Solution for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance to 1.0.2941.1
* Store Operations Assist to 1.0.0.1142
* Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability to 2.27.0.1859

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