Dynamics Fortnight Fridays Episode for 2024-05-31


Show Notes

What’s New in Power Platform:

* Power Apps Build Announcements – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-apps-is-making-it-easier-for-developers-to-build-with-microsoft-copilot-and-each-other/
* Power Pages Build Announcements – https://powerpages.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-power-pages-is-bringing-the-new-standard-in-secure-ai-powered-capabilities/
* Copilot Studio Build Announcements – https://microsoftcopilotstudio.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-copilot-studio-building-copilots-with-agent-capabilities/
* Monitor your Dataverse Plugins (preview) – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-apps/maker/data-platform/dataverse-accelerator/plugin-monitoring
* Power Pages Security Workspace – https://powerpages.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/introducing-the-new-security-workspace-in-power-pages-design-studio-that-puts-site-security-to-the-forefront/
* Dataverse enhancements with Copilot Studio – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/unlock-new-levels-of-productivity-with-microsoft-dataverse-and-microsoft-copilot-studio/
* New maker experiences in Power Automate – https://powerautomate.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/revolutionize-the-way-you-work-with-automation-and-ai/
* Connectors a plenty – https://powerautomate.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/super-charge-your-copilot-with-6-new-copilot-connector-plugins-along-with-74-new-connectors-releases-and-116-connector-updates-from-power-platform/
* Make your public Power Platform Connectors available easily – https://powerautomate.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-partner-center-to-certify-and-publish-power-platform-copilot-connectors-and-plugins/
* New Card Gallery for Power Pages – https://powerpages.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-card-gallery-a-new-data-control-in-power-pages/
* Power Pages pro-dev enhancements – https://powerpages.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-pages-pro-developer-experience-enhancements-update/
* Updated WAF in Power Pages is GA – https://powerpages.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-web-application-firewall-in-power-pages-general-availability-ga/
* Model choosing available in parts of AI Builder – https://powerautomate.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/generative-ai-prompts-to-automate-content-processing/
* Power Pages gets Gen AI driven search – https://powerpages.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/improve-power-pages-site-search-with-generative-ai-summarization-experience/
* Environment strategy white paper – https://aka.ms/powerpnp/environmentstrategy/download
* Cross geo enable your pipelines – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/alm/enable-cross-geo-solution-deployments
* See YAML code directly in Canvas App Maker Studio – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/introducing-code-view-in-power-apps-studio-public-preview/
* More modern control and theming improvements – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/may24-updates-for-modern-controls-and-theming/

What’s New in CE:

* Skills based agent search in Service – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics-365/blog/it-professional/2024/05/17/try-skill-based-agent-search-in-dynamics-365-customer-service/
* Content recommendations and more in Sales Copilot – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics-365/blog/it-professional/2024/05/20/copilot-in-d365-sales-boosts-efficiency-with-content-recommendations-and-qa/
* Copilot Workspace in Sales Copilot – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics-365/blog/it-professional/2024/05/20/transform-seller-productivity-with-copilot-in-dynamics-365-sales/

What’s New in HR/Retail/BC/Project:

* Project Lite 2024 Updates – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/project-operations/pro/whats-new/whats-new-apr-2024-lite
* HR Update 10.0.40 – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/human-resources/get-started/hr-whats-new-10-0-40
* Business Central 24.1 – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/dev-itpro/whatsnew/whatsnew-update-24-1 and https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/release-plan/2024wave1/smb/dynamics365-business-central/planned-features

What’s New in F&SCM:

* Create a Data Maintenance Strategy for F&SC – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics-365/blog/it-professional/2024/05/21/create-a-data-maintenance-strategy-for-dynamics-365-finance-and-operations-data-part-one/ and https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics-365/blog/it-professional/2024/05/22/create-a-data-maintenance-strategy-for-dynamics-365-finance-and-operations-data-part-two/

What’s New in Solution Updates:

* Omnichannel for Customer Service – Base to 1.5.26.202
* Omnichannel for Customer Service – CCaaS APIs to 1.5.26.24044300
* Power Apps Checker to 2.0.0.92
* Power Pages Core to 1.0.2405.98
* Unified Routing for Records to 1.3.0.7669
* Omnichannel for Customer Service to 1.5.26.54
* Omnichannel for Customer Service – Facebook to 1.5.26.33
* Omnichannel for Customer Service – Outbound to 1.5.26.22
* Omnichannel for Customer Service ? SMS to 1.5.26.49
* Omnichannel for Customer Service – Social Channels to 1.5.26.35
* Omnichannel for Customer Service – Teams to 1.5.26.33
* Omnichannel for Customer Service – Telephony to 1.5.26.184
* Omnichannel Power Virtual Agent Extension to 1.5.26.20
* Omnichannel Telephony Power Virtual Agent Extension to 1.5.26.20
* Wrap for Power Apps to 202302.2.906.27
* Dual Write Finance and Extended Solutions to 2.3.1.123
* Dual Write Supply Chain Extended Solution to 2.3.4.312
* Globalization Solution for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance to 1.0.2694.1
* Dynamics 365 Export to Data Lake to 1.0.0.122, then 1.0.0.124
* Dynamics 365 Customer Insights – Journeys to 1.104.2007.0
* Dynamics 365 Customer Insights – Journeys real-time to 1.1.41881.62
* Dynamics 365 Service Scheduling to 9.0.24043.2002
* Power Automate Extensions to 1.8.5.0
* Dynamics 365 Demand Planning Application to 1.0.0.1112
* Store Operations Assist Foundation to 1.0.0.1009
* Agent Productivity Tools to 9.2.24045.1007
* Appprofilemanager to 10.1.24045.1007
* Dynamics 365 ChannelExperienceApps to 1.0.24045.2001
* Dynamics 365 Customer Service Analytics to 9.0.24045.1001
* Power Automate Process Mining to 1.3.3.3
* Microsoft Flow Approvals to 2.0.5.4
* Creator Kit to 1.0.20240529.1
* Microsoft Sustainability Manager to 2.19.0.289
* Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability Data Model to 2.19.0.289

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