Author: Dian Taylor
Dian Taylor is a Microsoft Dynamics 365 (CRM) Presales Engineer - Director at RSM. She is a seasoned pre-sales consultant specializing in Microsoft Dynamics 365 (CRM) since 2011. In the past Dian has been involved in solution designing, implementing, configuring and customizing several complex scenarios in various industry sectors. D365-CE modules: Sales, Custer Service, Marketing, Field Service, Project Service Automation.
Posted by: Dian Taylor | on May 7, 2024
Microsoft is adding more and more functionality to Copilot and I am loving it! It’s almost like every time I log into one of the Dynamics 365 apps, there are new things that Copilot can do, no matter which app I am in! Today I am going to discuss a feature that you can test right now, because it is currently in public preview. The feature I am talking aboutRead More
Posted by: Dian Taylor | on April 30, 2024
If your organization is using Dynamics 365 Field Service, then you might have come across a scenario where a field technician doesn’t need to fully complete a work order, but instead they need to partially complete a work order. There could be multiple reasons for this need, for example a technician doesn’t have all the required parts on hand to fix the issue, and they might need to order theRead More
Posted by: Dian Taylor | on April 23, 2024
Here is another set of features that kind of snuck into Dynamics 365 Customer Service without anyone noticing! At least I didn’t notice until I opened an email message in Dynamics 365 Customer Service and saw some different options available for me! I (or any other admin) didn’t need to enable anything, these features just showed up out of the blue! It’s hard to pinpoint which release wave these featuresRead More
Posted by: Dian Taylor | on April 16, 2024
Believe it or not, I have actually received requests in the past where prospects wanted the system to automatically create records in Dataverse or Dynamics 365, which of course is kind of crazy! We always need to integrate with another system, or have someone either enter data manually or import the data into Dynamics 365 (or Dataverse) (for example rows like accounts, contacts, opportunities, cases, etc.) after which we canRead More
Posted in Configuration, Copilot, D365 Customer Service, D365 Field Service, D365 Sales | Tags:automatically, Canvas Apps, Copilot, Dynamics 365, Form fill, form filling, Model-Driven Apps, populating data, sales hub, suggestions | Comments Off on Copilot assistance for form fill in Model-Driven Apps
Posted by: Dian Taylor | on April 9, 2024
As you might or might not know, today we only have the ability to relate activities to ONE row (or record) in Dynamics 365 CX by setting the ‘regarding’ field on the activity. This can be problematic, because there might be a need to save a record to multiple rows (or records). A good example of when there would be a need to associate an activity (like an email) toRead More
Posted in Configuration, Customer Service Workspace, D365 Customer Service, D365 Field Service, D365 Sales, Release Wave | Tags:Activities, activity, Associate, Dynamics 365, Email, emails, Link, Link to multiple, Multiple, Records, regarding, related, Row, Track, Tracking | Comments Off on Associate emails to multiple records (preview)
Posted by: Dian Taylor | on April 2, 2024
Last Friday I noticed that a highly anticipated feature in Dynamics 365 Sales is now in preview! This feature is part of the 2024 release wave 1. With this feature sellers will be able to get product related files directly from within the Sales Hub in Dynamics 365 Sales! I believe this is a very important feature because how often are sellers searching for the latest product information like brochures,Read More
Posted in Copilot, Copilot for Sales (formerly known as Viva Sales), D365 Sales | Tags:Content recommendations, Copilot for Sales, Documents, files, integration, pdf, powerpoint, Sales, Sharepoint, word | Comments Off on Get document recommendations from SharePoint (preview) from Copilot for Sales
Posted by: Dian Taylor | on March 12, 2024
Today I stumbled across a feature that is pretty new! This feature was just released on March 6th and I have to say I am loving it! Apparently, it has been in preview, so I am not sure how I missed it, but I guess with so many new features being pushed out on a regular basis, it is to be expected that some features slip through the cracks! First,Read More
Posted in Configuration, Customer Service Workspace, D365 Customer Service, D365 Field Service, D365 Sales, Outlook Integration | Tags:@mention, D365, Dataverse, Dynamics 365, mention, mention records, mentions, Outlook, outlook on the web, OWA, tag | Comments Off on Find Dynamics 365 Data in Outlook using mentions
Posted by: Dian Taylor | on March 5, 2024
I am sure you have heard the term “Copilot” a lot in the Microsoft universe. It can be overwhelming to understand the different types of Copilots available. There is a Copilot for Dynamics 365 Customer Service, which helps customer service agents by searching through knowledge sources like SharePoint sites, internal websites, and knowledge bases to help solve customer issues. On the other hand, Copilot for Sales exists in Dynamics 365Read More
Posted in Configuration, Copilot, Copilot Studio (previously Power Virtual Agents), D365 Field Service, D365 Sales | Tags:Copilot, D365, data, Dataverse, Dynamics 365, dynamics 365 data, Field Service, integrate | Comments Off on Extend Copilot for Microsoft 365 with Dynamics 365 Data (preview)
Posted by: Dian Taylor | on February 20, 2024
Like every year, I’ve been writing several articles about the features included in the 2024 Wave 1 release for Dynamics 365 CX! In the first article of this series, I explored all the additions and enhancements for Dynamics 365 Sales. Following that, I wrote a piece about the new SKU Microsoft Copilot for Sales; you can catch up on it here if you haven’t gotten a chance to do soRead More
Posted in D365 Field Service, Release Wave | Tags:2024 Release Wave 1, Copilot, Copilot for Field Service, Create work orders in Teams using AI, D365, Embedded guides in Field Service mobile, Features, Field Service, Get insights for technicians from copilot, Integrate financial and inventory management, Integrate with business central, Link unfurling, Manage postcodes globally, Manage vendors with advanced contractor management, New and intuitive user experience for Field Service mobile, New Features 2024, New Mobile Experience, Offline sync settings for frontline workers, See bookings in the agenda view in new mobile experience | Comments Off on 2024 Wave 1 Release Notes: D365 Field Service
Posted by: Dian Taylor | on February 13, 2024
As you all know, the release notes were published not too long ago. As I do every year, I have been writing several articles about the functionality that is part of the 2024 Wave 1 notes for Dynamics 365 CX! In the first article I wrote in this series, I discussed everything exciting and new that is coming for Dynamics 365 Sales, followed by an article about the new SKURead More
Posted in Customer Service Workspace, D365 Customer Service, Release Wave | Tags:2024 Release Wave 1, Configuration health, convert voicemail to case, Copilot filters, Customer Service, dialer, Enhanced attachment experience, New Features, Overflow, Prompts, Skills for agents, Unified routing, Updates | Comments Off on 2024 Wave 1 Release Notes: D365 Customer Service